2001 Kia Rio Fuel System Problems

REF 2001 KIA RIO. PERPETUAL INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP TO OPERATE. FUEL PUMP REPLACED, RELAY REPLACED, AND ECM REPLACED. PUMP WON'T TURN ON AT START UP AND PERIODICALLY, THE PUMP STOPS OPERATING AFTER IT DOES COME ON WHILE DRIVING. NO WARNING. CAUSES SAFETY PROBLEM ON ROAD BY NOT HAVING ANY POWER TO MOVE CAR OFF ROAD. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2001 KIA RIO IN 2007 AND WITHIN 8 MONTHS MY FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. A YEAR LATER MY CAR STARTED SPUTTERING AND SHUTTING OFF RANDOMLY WHILE I DROVE IT. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP TWO MORE TIMES. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE THEY INFORMED ME I NEEDED ANOTHER FUEL PUMP. IM SORRY BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IF I HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER 4 TIMES IN A 2 YEAR TIME SPAN. NOW MY CAR DOES NOT EVEN RUN, AND I REFUSE TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AGAIN WHEN I KNOW IT WONT DO ANYTHING. *TR

FAX RE REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN GETTING KIA TO SHIP PARTS FR ANCHORAGE TO FIX SAFETY RECALL ON 2001 KIA RIO. *BF RECALL# 04V179000. (FUEL DISTRIBUTOR AND MAIN FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLIES) *SC

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL TO REPLACE THE FUEL DISTRIBUTOR AND MAIN FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER LIVES IN JUNEAU AND THERE ARE NO ROADS IN OR OUT. IT WOULD COST THE CONSUMER $2500. TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SHIPPED TO ANCHORAGE. *NM RECALL# 03V352000 & 04V179000. *SC

FUEL DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING. *NM WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED, SHE WAS TOLD NO APPOINTMENT WAS NECESSARY ON SATURDAYS, HOWEVER WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED SHE WAS TOLD AN APPOINTMENT WAS NECESSARY, SO THE CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT SATURDAY, HOWEVER WHEN SHE RETURNED SHE WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *JB

NHTSA RECALL 03-V-352-000: ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, FUEL LEAKS MAY DEVELOP AT THE FUEL DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY, EITHER AT ITS SERVICE PORT OR AT THE MAIN FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLY CONNECTOR TO THE FUEL DISTRIBUTOR ASSEMBLY INTAKE PORT BECAUSE OF QUALITY DEVIATIONS IN THE SERVICE PORT VALVE OR MAIN FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLY. DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE FUEL DISTRIBUTOR AND FUEL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES. "KIA HAS NOT YET PROVIDED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION SCHEDULE". OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KIA AT 1-800-222-5500. MANUFACTURER STATED THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A RECALL. *AK RECALL#03V352000 *SC *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH FUEL IT LATER STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NLM

SECOND TIME IN 6 MONTHS THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS FALLEN APART AND CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP, ALSO 2ND TIME IN 6 MONTHS THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE VALVE HAS FAILED. DT

CONSUMER SMELLED BURNING RUBBER, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND FLAMES EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR INDICATED THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FUEL LINE FAILURE AT THE PASSENGER SIDE FIREWALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, BUT DEALERSHIP DIDN'T OFFER ANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIX THE CAR. *CB *JB

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART, VEHICLE TOW TO DEALER, INFORMED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE AND CAUSED LOSS OF PRESSURE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FUEL TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. *AK

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL 2001, IN MAY 2001 I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

A FIRE BEGAN UNDER HOOD AND CAUSED TOTAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION TEAM ASSESED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMIND THAT THE DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE IN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE CAUSED THE FIRE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, A MOTORIST FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS TO GET CONSUMERS ATTENTION, CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, AN AUTOMOTIVE ANALYST STATED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS RELATED TO EITHER A FAILURE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STEEL FUEL LINE MOUNTED TO THE FIREWALL AND THE FUEL INJECTOR FUEL RAIL OR A FUEL LINE LEAK WITHIN THE HOSE ASSEMBLY. *SLC

DEALER SAYS CONTAMINATION IN GAS TANK-FUEL COIL,REPLACE FUEL PUMP,CLEAN LINES,ETC..