NHTSA Complaint #11140133 — 2015 KIA RIO

THE KIA RIO BOUGHT BRAND NEW AT HADDAD KIA IN BAKERSFIELD, CA BEGAN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THE YEAR 2018. IT BEGAN WITH OVERHEATING. KIA SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS A FUSE, AND THE REPLACED IT. UPON REPLACING IT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED FOR 2 DAYS. THE OVERHEATING PERSISTED, AND WENT BACK TO HADDAD KIA. THEY THEN "TIGHTENED A LOOSE HOSE" THIS FIXED THE OVERHEATING FOR 2 WEEKS. IT THEN RETURNED TO THE STAGE OF OVERHEATING. IT WAS ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO HADDAD KIA WHERE THEY SAID THAT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD A LOOSE CONNECTOR, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE JOB TOOK 2 WEEKS, UPON GETTING THE CAR BACK IT DIDN'T OVERHEAT FOR 45 MINUTES. THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE CAR WENT BACK TO KIA WHERE THEY NOW SAY IT WAS A MELTED FAN CONNECTOR. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN FOR REPAIRS AND UNKNOWN IF THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM OF OVERHEATING.