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#7 of 36 Re: My poor Rio5 got dimpled [b3nut] by backy Apr 14, 2006 (5:30 am)
Replying to: b3nut (Apr 14, 2006 4:46 am) Check out paintless dent removal, PDR (from a reputable company, e.g. we have Dent Wizard here and they are good). I had bad hail damage to my Elantra a few years ago and PDR worked great. You could not tell it had ever been hit, and the original factory finish was left intact. I recently had PDR done on a 626 that got sideswiped. The non-PDR estimate was $1400. With PDR and a little buffing and touch-up of nicks, it was $500. Works great on door dings too, much cheaper than panel repair and no need to mess up the factory finish.
#8 of 36 Re: My poor Rio5 got dimpled [b3nut] by chuck1959 Apr 14, 2006 (8:11 am)
Replying to: b3nut (Apr 14, 2006 4:46 am) I know exactly how you feel. I had to watch mercifully my 2 week old 1972 Cadillac Coupe De Ville getting beaten by a golf ball size hail storm. I swear I threw up!! It amounted to 2 grand worth of damage!   She gave me crap about it afterward, "you poor widdle car had to sit out all alone in the icky hail"...guess she doesn't understand the "guy and his car" thing   It just killed me to hear your wife be so insensitive! For me that would be grounds for DIVORCE!!! LOL....Kidding I bet it would have been a VERY different story if it was HER car! If it were my wife's car she'd want a new one!
#9 of 36 Oil change by kennybeeak Aug 21, 2006 (6:13 pm)
What wrench size is needed to remove the engine oil drain plug on a 2003 Rio 4-dr sedan?
#10 of 36 Re: Kia Rio Care & Maintenance [pf_flyer] by danharris Mar 12, 2007 (10:25 pm)
Replying to: pf_flyer (Oct 16, 2006 9:26 am) 60K miles (100K KM) CHANGE YOUR TIMING BELT.. I frequent alot of Kia forums, everywhere from forums such as this where there are people curious about thier vehicles, to Kia forums where it is all about performance.. And I am fed up with people joining the forums and saying how much Kias suck because they were to cheap or didn't know they had to change thier timing belts.   01-05 Kia Rios with the 1.6 Mi-tech engines are interferance engines.. If the timing belt breaks you will be lucky not to bend/break all 16 valves.. I've also seen smashed pistons, bent rods.. It's not a pretty sight.. So please people chnage your timing belts as required in your owners manual. The $600 Kia may charge you for the timing belt install is about a tenth the price you will pay to replace your engine after it smashes to bits. Replies to this message: randydriver (Jun 04, 2007 9:35 pm) daniellef (Oct 16, 2007 12:11 pm) tsaunders (Feb 06, 2008 10:24 am)
#11 of 36 Re: Regular. [b3nut] by huff3 May 19, 2007 (6:01 am)
Replying to: b3nut (Feb 25, 2006 2:35 pm) We have bought two Kia's new and one used. In each case the salesman said this is a regular fuel octain engine, if you put anything else in it your wasting your money. Good advice and As they said it at each sales, I think it was a standard Kia statement.
#12 of 36 Re: Kia Rio Care & Maintenance [danharris] by randydriver Jun 04, 2007 (9:35 pm)
Replying to: danharris (Mar 12, 2007 10:25 pm) People have been whining over a the Aveo sight about the same thing...dont change there belts and then cry about it....They dont seem to understand about maintenence....
#13 of 36 My wife's 05 Rio with premature clutch failure by lameclutch Jul 08, 2007 (4:50 pm)
We both knew it was her clutch,(or cable) when she called me at work to let me know she had her car towed to the dealer. After breaking down on the interstate without warning. She says there was a loud snap as she released the clutch shifting from 4th to 5th. I calmed her down reminding her that the car had less then 23000 K on it and the warranty would cover what i had guessed as the clutch cable. Frustration came the next morning with the phone, when the dealer explained that the clutch had to be replaced. Normal wear and tear. And as the clutch is only warranted for a sad 12000 K or a year. Including the cost of $ 97.00 to look and tell us it was the clutch. Replacement would be at $1000.00 more than double the three quotes I have found a little closer to home. I am both discussed and a little embaressed for the kia dealership. How they can talk all the hype about there super warranty, and install a cheep, key part in there new vehicals. With a warranty that is less than half the miles, than the cars first scedual tune up. We would like to be one of the many (we are sure) to  thank kia for an affordable trustworthy product we middle class people work very hard to buy, maintenance, insure and fuel. Tight budgets and a young family makes our 05 Rio a nice yard ornament for a while.
#14 of 36 Re: Kia Rio Care & Maintenance [danharris] by daniellef Oct 16, 2007 (12:11 pm)
Replying to: danharris (Mar 12, 2007 10:25 pm) yah..CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO PUT THE TIMEING BELT ON AND SET THE TIMEING BELT, I GOT THE BELT I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW IT IS SET? THANKS A LOT,
#16 of 36 Oil Change by max43 Nov 28, 2007 (7:02 pm)
Hello, I just bought a new '08 Rio5 and reading through the manuals I see that the first oil change is at 7500 miles. Is this correct? I don't think it has synthetic oil, and have always changed conventional oil 3000-4000 miles. I seem to recall from my last new car in 1997 that the first new car oil change was around 1000 miles. I appreciate any info on this -   Thanks Max Replies to this message: patito (Dec 03, 2007 10:51 pm) max43 (Dec 23, 2007 4:48 am) rioowner (Aug 05, 2008 4:00 am) max43 (Sep 10, 2008 4:50 pm) rioowner (Sep 11, 2008 12:15 pm) rioowner (Sep 11, 2008 7:11 pm)

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