In recent years, the Kia Rio has actually delivered a fairly reliable showing for motorists, with few major issues reported. You'd have to look back more than a decade to find a noteworthy defect. Nowadays, you're more likely to encounter the general problems that plague many of today's new cars, including the odd issue with electricals and the like. Remember, don't hold cars up to impossible benchmarks, they each have their own problems over time
The 2023 Kia Rio GT-LINE is a front wheel drive five-door hatchback that was released to the Australian market on 01/05/2021 classified as a YB PE MY22. The Rio is regarded as a light up to 25k built in Korea with prices starting at $25,590 before on-road costs
The Rio is a front wheel drive 5 door with 5 seats, powered by a 1. 0L TURBO 3 engine that has 74 kW of power [at 4500 rpm] and 172 Nm of torque [at 1500 rpm] via a Seven-speed Auto Dual Clutch. Kia claims the Rio GT-LINE uses 5. 3L/100km of Unleaded Petrol in the combined city and highway cycle while putting out 124g of CO2. It has a 45L fuel tank, meaning it should be able to travel 849km per full tank
The Rio measures 1450mm [57. 1 inches] in height, 4070mm [160. 2 inches] in length, 1725mm [67. 9 inches] in width with a 2580mm [101. 6 inches] wheelbase that brings about a total of 1197kg [2638. 9 lbs] of unladen weight. The Rio GT-LINE comes standard with 205/45 R17 front tyres and 205/45 R17 rear tyres. It requires a service every 6 months or 7,000 km, whichever comes first. It has a 84 month, unlimited kilometre warranty
The 2023 Kia Rio GT-LINE has a 140mm ground clearance with a 900kg braked and 450kg unbraked towing capacity. It has a final gear ratio of 3. 650
The Rio has received a 5 star rating from ANCAP. The VIN number can be found on the Driver Side Front Floor and the compliance plate is located on the LHS - Lower Door Aperture. An example VIN number would be similar to KNAD&51*V@6123456
The 2023 Kia Rio SPORT is a front wheel drive five-door hatchback that was released to the Australian market on 01/05/2021 classified as a YB PE MY22. The Rio is regarded as a light up to 25k built in Korea with prices starting at $23,490 before on-road costs
The Rio is a front wheel drive 5 door with 5 seats, powered by a 1. 4L INLINE 4 engine that has 74 kW of power [at 6000 rpm] and 133 Nm of torque [at 4000 rpm] via a Six-speed Automatic. Kia claims the Rio SPORT uses 6. 0L/100km of Unleaded Petrol in the combined city and highway cycle while putting out 143g of CO2. It has a 45L fuel tank, meaning it should be able to travel 750km per full tank
The Rio measures 1450mm [57. 1 inches] in height, 4065mm [160. 0 inches] in length, 1725mm [67. 9 inches] in width with a 2580mm [101. 6 inches] wheelbase that brings about a total of 1132kg [2495. 6 lbs] of unladen weight. The Rio SPORT comes standard with 205/45 R17 front tyres and 205/45 R17 rear tyres. It requires a service every 12 months or 15,000 km, whichever comes first. It has a 84 month, unlimited kilometre warranty
The 2023 Kia Rio SPORT has a 140mm ground clearance with a 800kg braked and 450kg unbraked towing capacity. It has a final gear ratio of 3. 612
The Rio has received a 5 star rating from ANCAP. The VIN number can be found on the Driver Side Front Floor and the compliance plate is located on the LHS - Lower Door Aperture. An example VIN number would be similar to KNAD@514*#6123456
I wouldn’t be taking the car to a transmission specialist…yet. Since the car is still under warranty, you need to give Kia every chance to sort it out for you. The good news is that this won’t cost you a cent, whereas taking it to an independent repairer will start emptying your wallet
You’re doing the right thing by keeping a close watch on the transmission temperature readings [provided that’s not at the expense of watching the road] and if overheating was what caused the warning light to illuminate, then I’d be of the view that the transmission fluid should be changed [at the very least] and an investigation carried out into why the transmission overheated in the first place
I haven’t heard of a rash of problems with the Rio GT-Line’s seven-speed DCT transmission in Australia, but Kia’s DCT gearboxes in other models have been known to give problems in other countries. Given our typical summer ambient temperatures, we probably won’t be immune from the same problems. This is not a Kia thing, by the way, but seems to be one of many problems that have plagued DCT [double-clutch] gearboxes over the years from a variety of car-makers
The clutch packs in these gearboxes have to slip to work and that’s a well-known cause of heat in any transmission. If they slip enough, they could conceivably cause the transmission to overheat at which point it will trigger the warning light you’re seeing as well as not operating properly and potentially doing internal damage. Both Ford and Volkswagen have discovered this the hard way, replacing many double-clutch transmissions under warranty over the years
It’s a bit hard to see why so many manufacturers are persisting with this technology, especially when the modern, multi-ratio conventional automatic is so compact, light and efficient these days