FaultScore

Worst years for a KIA Rondo

Owners have filed 446 complaints about the KIA Rondo with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2011. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2007 KIA Rondo

179 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2010 KIA Rondo

19 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Rondo year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2011 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 19 2 0 85,900 Electrical System
2009 B 105 5 0 87,000 Steering
2008 D 139 18 0 75,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 F 179 24 5 70,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a KIA Rondo

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 53 11.9%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 52 11.7%

Worst in 2007

Steering 50 11.2%

Worst in 2009

Brakes 44 9.9%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Acceleration & Cruise Control 24 5.4%

Worst in 2008

Lights 23 5.2%

Worst in 2007

Stability & Traction Control 23 5.2%

Worst in 2007

Suspension 19 4.3%

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 18 4.0%

Worst in 2008

Transmission & Drivetrain 14 3.1%

Worst in 2008

Other & Unspecified 14 3.1%

Worst in 2008

Seat Belts 13 2.9%

Worst in 2007

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every KIA Rondo, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2007 peak 11 Nov 2023

KIA Rondo problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the KIA Rondo

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.