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Engine turns but does not start

Kia Rio 2014  20800 miles
Dear friends, I would be really thankful if you could help me. I have a Rio and yesterday, when trying to start the car, it did not respond. The engine turns but it won't start working. I really do not understand what happened. I've checked every single fuse and they are all fine. When I give contact, the everything turns on normally on the dashboard, except for a light that shows the figure of a car with a key in the middle. I was told that the immobilizer had been activated. I do not understand how and why it happened. Can you help me please?
Garbrielle from United States 9 years ago  
GA
50 reports 

Speedometer and rpm gauge won't work

Kia Rio 2013  50000 miles
Notice one day that when I turn on my head lights my radio goes out turn lights off and radio works then the next day my speedometers and rpm gauge stop workingnow the engine light is on but the car is still running
Renee from United States 7 years ago  
RE
14 reports 

Rio won't start but everything else works

Kia Rio 2013 Hatchback/ 1.6L GDI 191000 miles
I have checked the fuel pumps, spark plugs and coils, compression, fuses, battery, starter, there's fuel and everything works but it won't turn over. The only thing that was different when it stopped working was it was parked on a flat road instead of an incline. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Benji from United States 2 years ago  
BE
11 reports 

Lock gears.

Kia Rio 2015 HATCHBACK 1.2 97600 miles
My gear stuck on neutral, i cant put other gears
manp from South Africa 4 years ago  
MA
11 reports 

No forward gears

Kia Rio 2010 Kia rio sedan lx sx 60000 miles
I parked the car came out the next day and i have reverse but no forward gears
Bart from United States 8 years ago  
BA
11 reports 

Radio oh radio...

Kia Rio 2008 Sedan 191800 miles
Just bought a 2008 kia Rio and while the radio and CD player work none of the buttons do. I can manually change stations but I can't use the presets, change from am to fm, aux...nothing. Help please.
Fynnvara from United States 7 years ago  
FY
10 reports 

Power steering rack leaking

Kia Rio 2007 4 door automatic 54000 miles
Dealership says I must replace leaking power steering rack. $1650 for repacement. Is this a common problem with other Kia Rios at only 54000 miles?
Mad at Kia from Canada 8 years ago  
MA
10 reports 

Kia, Rio, 2012

Kia Rio 2012 Hatch 200000 miles
The car fuel consumption is high, it was in a flood , a few years ago. Whilst driving, the car will just surge, like a power dip. If I lift my foot slightly, it loses power. No codes, no fault codes. All sensors are new, filters are new. Up hill I have to accelerate higher, the eco green goes out easily. The things I didnt check yet, is the CAT and gear box( automatic). Your advice will be appreciated.
Manny from other 2 years ago  
MA
9 reports 

No power to new starter

Kia Rio 2010 Auto 100100 miles
Won't start. Put on new starter it's not getting power to it
Helpneeded from United States 8 years ago  
HE
9 reports 

Engine Eco stop start

Kia Rio 2013 Hatchback 51000 miles
Stop start not working on my 2013 Kia Rio 1.1 battery ok tried to reset not working
Burni from United Kingdom 6 years ago  
BU
7 reports 

Horrible fuel mileage/fuel consumption

Kia Rio 2013 lx 1.6l hatchback 102000 miles
Purchased this 2013 kia rio hatchback 2 months ago. I was drawn to this vehicle because of it's decent fuel economy. I've put roughly 550 miles on this car since my purchase. From day one the onboard computer was showing around 12mph average. My personal ledger shows the same around 12mpg average. Can anyone help me here? I cannot seem to find any info on what is the problem.
RB172021pdx from United States 3 years ago  
RB
6 reports 

Transmission will not go into gear

Kia Rio 2005 Engine 118000 miles
2005 Kia Rio Original problem: after hearing to operating temperature vehicle will not accelerate no engine power or rpms, pull over put into park engine would rev up, put back into gear no rmps. Actions: removed MAF Sensor cleaned with MAF cleaner crc , cleaned throttle body, removed IAC Sensor cleaned with throttle cleaner crc brand. Inspect spark plugs all are good and gap correct. Engine performance is better and has no miss or stall. Went to put into drive and the dash D ILLUMINATED icon light does not come on now, car will go into P,R,1,2 but not D . drive 2 city blocks to get fuel a… Read complete
KiaRioManky1978 from United States 7 years ago  
KI
6 reports 

Noisy seemming to come from manual transmission

Kia Rio 2002  163000 miles
Grinding noise heard while travelling lefthand front
chris from United States 8 years ago  
CH
6 reports 

Limp mode poor acceleration

Kia Rio 2011 Rio saloon  2500 miles
Car goes into limp mode after driving for at least 1/2 hour and heater coolant fan refuse to work. Change engine oil temp sensors still in limp mode
Evan Hoss from Trinidad and Tobago 3 years ago  
EV
5 reports 

Really light steering when going 100kms, twitchy and quite dangerous!

Kia Rio 2008 1.5 ltr diesel hatch manual 340000 miles
We have a 2008 kia rio diesel with really light steering when travelling at speed. It is really twitchy and dangerous when travelling around a corner at speed, but will be good when it is travelling around the town at low speed. All steering joints are ok, have replaced steering fluid with recommended fluid and it's going to be expensive to replace steering box when i don't know if it would fix the issue. Has any one else had this issue?? and what did you do to rectify?? it has done 340,000kms
welshee from New Zealand 6 years ago  
WE
5 reports 

Hood Release Broken

Kia Rio 2008  120000 miles
Recently my front hood release cable has stopped opening the hood. I tried getting under the car and pulling the cable with a pair of pliers to open the hood but no luck. I'm thinking of taking off the grill to trying to detach the hood release but I'm not sure if these in the way to go or how that process would work. Can anyone help?
Dmatt2400 from United States 8 years ago  
DM
5 reports 

Engine won’t start after turning it off for brief period

Kia Rio 2017 GDI 127250 miles
Seems to start fine initially and drive fine as well. Recently at very random occasions (like if I stop for gas) it seems as though my Kia won’t start. The lights come on, it makes the sound as if it’s cranking but nothing and then all the lights go completely off or dim. This has happen three times as of today over then span of two months and two of the times it has reset my dash view. (Trips starts back at zero or changes from viewing mileage left in tank to a trip or avgerage gas mileage. ) there doesn’t seem to be any warming as to when it happens and there has not been any signals lighting up in the dash and the car gets regularly serviced it just happens. Any thoughts?
MegA from United States 2 years ago  
ME
4 reports 

Engine mangement light

Kia Rio 2013 KIA RIO 1.4 DIESEL HATCHBACK 72000 miles
Engine management light comes on and off intermitently over the last 3 months had 2 new airflow meters de carbonated plus several other diagnostic checks ithink the electrics may be at fault?but garages say no but they cant find fault
KENG from United Kingdom 4 years ago  
KE
4 reports 

80 watt fuse keeps blowing

Kia Rio 2005 5 door hatchback  164000 miles
It seem to be blowing the main 80 watt fuse constantanly... any ideas on what could be causing this
Kylee from Australia 7 years ago  
KY
4 reports 

Loss of power fuel too rich code

Kia Rio 2008 Kia rio 1.6 180000 miles
Can't locate the maf sensor all
Danny from United States 8 years ago  
DA
4 reports 

Radiator fan not working

Kia Rio 2009 Hatchback 72570 miles
My radiator fan has stopped working. I just done a 157 mile trip and stop at a shop tgen restarted my journey and I heard a clunking noise. I stopped at my destination and looked under the bonnet and relised the fan was not going round...

Any help or advise please
Tracy01 from United Kingdom 8 years ago  
TR
4 reports 

Engine failure

Kia Rio 2013  40563 miles
At low revolutions or when the gear is changed, a jingle becomes audible, that is there not when driving at high speeds. I use a synthetic oil 10w30. What can I do to remove the jingle? Thanks for the help.
Calista from United States 8 years ago  
CA
4 reports 

Car won't start

Kia Rio 2013  1300000 miles
Kia runs fine after a jump and when it sits overnight it will not start again
[email protected] from United States a year ago  
VA
3 reports 

No display on console

Kia Rio 2019 Hatchback 17800 miles
Car starts fine but there is nothing showing on display console. No radio and no back up camera
Dora from United States a year ago  
DO
3 reports 

Rough idle and cut out/stalls at times from high revs to clutch in.

Kia Rio 2013 hatchback / 1.3L / manual / tech 53000 miles
The car has had a service but the problem still persists. ---The symptoms--- 1. Rough idling at rest. Rev pin would fluctuate 100-200 RPM. After service that is no longer an issue but the even though the pin is not fluctuating you can feel the engine isn't smooth. 2. When driving doing 2500+ RPM and then putting in the clutch and no longer on the accelerator/gas, the pin as per usual goes down but at times it doesn't recover fast enough, goes below 500 RPM and cuts out. 2.1* Engine doesn't cut out on idle, only from a high RPM to the "clutch in" + "no gas". 3. Before the service car wo… Read complete
drakcore from South Africa 2 years ago  
DR
3 reports 

My Coil 1 keeps malfunctioning

Kia Rio 2014 Soul  4500 miles
My Coil 1 keeps melting and thus malfunctions and car never seems to drive smoothly
Kweku from other 3 years ago  
KW
3 reports 

Kia Rio 2007 model

Kia Rio 2007 Salon 25000 miles
It starts fine in the morning but stall and stops after about a 15 to 20 seconds. This happens untill I throttle down for some time while it will be making a shooting sound. This continues for about 5 to 20minutes before it stabilizes
Jeph from Nigeria 3 years ago  
JE
3 reports 

No power to new starter

Kia Rio 2010 Auto 100100 miles
Won't start. Put on new starter it's not getting power to it
Helpneeded from United States 8 years ago  
HE
3 reports 

Engine failure

Kia Rio 2012 Manual 1.5l 84200 miles
My engine goes off when I slow to change into second gear
Legend from other 8 years ago  
LE
3 reports 

Key sign on dash

Kia Rio 2014 Hatch 310878 miles
My kia Rio 2014 is showing the key signal on the cluster. We have done diagnosis no codes are coming up, the car cranks but wont start. What could be the problem, because this happened after changing my car battery
King David from South Africa 2 months ago  
KI
2 reports 

Engine cuts out after 5 min of running

Kia Rio 2008 Hatch back manual lx 1.4 liter 100000 miles
Engine starts and runs well until 5 min in then cuts out and won’t start for like 15 min. I have changed o2 sensor and crankshaft sensor. Battery I think is ok as all electronics work and the car cranks over.
Thomas from Australia 4 months ago  
TH
2 reports 

Automatic gearbox

Kia Rio 2004 Hatchback  155000 miles
Forward gears not going in automatic
Tk ndlovu from South Africa 2 years ago  
TK
2 reports 

Will not crank by key switch

Kia Rio 2004 Automatic 138000 miles
I have fuel in my Kia and I have a great battery in my Kia but when I turn the key switch the motor wont start if I cross the starter over the engine will start. What could be the problem? Beside the roll button for the dash lights there is a little black switch that has three metal prones there is a light that flashes all the time even when the key is out of the ignition. What is that light?
Murphy from United States 3 years ago  
MU
2 reports 

2017 mk3 kia rio common rail diesel starting fault

Kia Rio 2017 rio3 1400 common rail diesel engine 12500 miles
Vehicle takes along time to start first thing in the morning when it starts white/blue smoke from exhaust. When it has been running no poblem starts o/k all day,just whern stood overnight. No waring lights on &glow plug simble lights up & goes out when ignion is switched on
duggie from United Kingdom 4 years ago  
DU
2 reports 

Starts up but will not drive

Kia Rio 2012 Kia rio 50000 miles
Cars engine will start but will not drive when it's put in to gear it will not move at all it's a manual car
Some smoke came out off the bonnet and smells funny
Cook from United Kingdom 6 years ago  
CO
2 reports 

Setting up the Bluetooth

Kia Rio 2010  90000 miles
We can't connect to the Bluetooth
Sanz from Australia 7 years ago  
SA
2 reports 

Abs module

Kia Rio 2009 5 DOOR 1.4 PETROL  39000 miles
I have replace abs module and pump but abs making nose
IAn tudor from United Kingdom 7 months ago  
IA
1 report 

AC / Air Conditioner

Kia Rio 2017  135300 miles
I turn on my AC it just blows warm air don't get cold at all... my AC air isn't cold. 🥶 I've put freon in it had it recharge and check the fuses/relays and there ain't bad they are all good...
Avie from United States 8 months ago  
AV
1 report 

My car is eating up gas

Kia Rio 2021  16000 miles
I am putting an average of $13 a day in gas. I got a gas card of $509 july 1st. It is finished. 80% about was used in this car. I had a Walmart card for $300. About 50% was used in this car. I took oimut A loan specifically to put gas in this car. Something is wrong
Sonia from United States 8 months ago  
SO
1 report 

Won't turn over

Kia Rio 2006 Sedan 2220000 miles
Whilst driving the engine just stopped no light warning was fine then just stopped and won't start again
Stopped from Australia a year ago  
ST
1 report 
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