Well, on the 31st of December 2010 I bought a brand new car from Ipswich Central Motors.\u00a0 From the time I drive off I noticed that the air bag light on the dash would not turn off.\u00a0 So I called them up and explained.\u00a0 They told me that I needed to bring the car back so they can look it over, which I did.<\/p>\n
An hour goes by and they said that their equipment is malfunctioning and they can not find the cause of the problem.\u00a0 They give me a loan car (which was nice) and they have the car for the day.\u00a0 They finally find the cause and I was informed that the reason the light was on was because a pin that an electronic cable was connected to was not push into its connector correctly, but I digress from the real problem.<\/p>\n
After a couple of days I notice a noise coming from the back left of the car and over the next few weeks it gradually gets louder.\u00a0 As I got attuned to the noise it became very irritating and I was able to hear the noise over the radio.\u00a0 The problem I have now is that the Brisbane floods have hit and Ipswich Central Motors is underwater.<\/p>\n
A couple of months pass and I call Ipswich Central Motors back up to hear that their service division is not operational\u00a0and that they will call me when they are.\u00a0 A month passes (now in March) and I have to do something about it.\u00a0 I call Motorama Moorooka and organise a time to book in the car so they can look at it.\u00a0 They give me the usually spiel that noises are not covered under warranty.<\/p>\n
So they look at the car and tell me that the noise was caused from the “Striker”.\u00a0 I was told it was realigned.\u00a0 I drive off and all is good.\u00a0 About 3 days pass and then the noise comes back quiet at first and then louder and louder over the next few days until it was like it was before. A week goes by and I take it back.\u00a0 They reckon nothing was wrong and ask me to take someone for a drive to hear the noise.\u00a0\u00a0 So I do and to my surprise there was no noise.\u00a0 So two weeks goes by and I am happily driving my car and the noise slow comes back.<\/p>\n
I’m now (still in March) starting to think I should drive the car into a wall and get insurance to replace the car for me.\u00a0 I’m thinking I bought a lemon and it is pissing me off.<\/p>\n
November rolls around and the car is ready for it first service, 15K. I book it in and ask for someone to come for a ride me with.\u00a0 I don’t say anything and when we are driving I say there is this noise coming from the back.\u00a0 When you lower the back left seat the noise goes away.\u00a0 I said to him that you have had this car twice to fix this problem.\u00a0 I asked him does he know what it is.<\/p>\n
He says to me something along the lines of, well to be honest it is a known problem with this car.<\/p>\n
Well finally I have some acknowledgment that there is a problem and that something will be done about it.\u00a0 Later that day I pickup the car from the service and they tell me that they have ordered a part.\u00a0 For about 3 days there was no noise but in predictable fashion the noise comes back.\u00a0 I’m not too concerned as I know there is a part on order to fix this problem.<\/p>\n
A week later the part arrives and I take the car in for them to install, fix whatever needs to be done.\u00a0 They ended up changing the “Lock Assy-RR Seat Back”.\u00a0 I drive the car away and all seems good, but I can’t be too sure\u00a0until a couple of weeks or a month goes by, and this is where I am now.<\/p>\n
So if you are going to buy as Kia Rio, be aware that you may have a problem with the Striker and or the Lock Assy-RR Seat Back.<\/p>\n
I’ll keep you posted if this problem comes back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, on the 31st of December 2010 I bought a brand new car from Ipswich Central Motors.\u00a0 From the time I drive off I noticed that the air bag light on the dash would not turn off.\u00a0 So I called … Continue reading