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Dangerous
Gail, 09/18/2005
2003 Kia Rio 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 4 people found this review helpful
Poor visibility, has large blind spots when driving. It is a Rock Magnet. The second day I owned it, the front window shield was hit 3 times. There must be over 8 chips and seriously cracked 3 times by the base of the windshield.
Pretty Terrible
ultrarunner100, 08/21/2012
2003 Kia Rio 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 5 people found this review helpful
Car had less than 90k miles when the engine failed. No power, looks terrible. I'm 6'4" and I barely fit in the car.
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- Base SedanMSRP: $2,9991,780 mi away
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should've been great
George, 07/24/2009
2003 Kia Rio 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought this car second hand from an elderly lady with 8,300 miles on it, and at first I loved it. Good performance due to light weight, and great mileage (32 mpg) certainly had me feeling good when gas prices soared. Love the warranty coverage, though I've had to use it throughly, and this was the cars ultimate undoing. By 61,000 miles of mixed city, suburban and long highway drives, it has gone through several (4- 5) sets of front wheel bearings, a control arm, a few sensors (check engine light comes on every spring for something different) and a TRANSMISSION. I'm currently facing another failed sensor, an ominous noise that the dealer says is "normal" and spotty starts. Hoped for better.
Kia Rio
D, 06/11/2010
2003 Kia Rio 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I had this car for two years and had a lot of problems with it mechanically. Through the short time I had it, it dropped a cylinder, the timing belt broke, bending all of the valves and the ball bearing went bad three times. It was very fuel efficient and not a bad deal for the price, but there is a reason that they are so inexpensive.
I love my car
girl, 12/20/2002
2003 Kia Rio 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl 4A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I love how smooth this car drives. It is very comfortable and quiet. they also made great colors for the cars this year. I think this is a great family car.