{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2003279 (Kia), 2001 to 2004: Fuel System",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2003279/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2003279, KIA RIO, 2003-11-12. On certain vehicles, the fuel intake nipple of the fuel distributor is subject to fracture or cracking.",
  "excerpt": "Kia Rio. Published by Transport Canada as 2003279 on 12 November 2003. System: Fuel System. What the notice says On certain vehicles, the fuel intake nipple of the fuel distributor is subject to fracture or cracking during removal of the quick connect coupling securing the main fuel tube assembly to the fuel intake nipple, or when force is accidentally applied to the intake nipple during the vehicle assembly process or during … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia RIO is named on 4 American notices, 4 British, 3 European and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Kia recall 23V594 - 2016-2017 Rio, 2016-2018 Optima, 2017-2018 Optima Hybrid a... Kia recall 22V304 - 2021-2022 Rio and Forte Kia recall 21V936 - 2020-2021 Rio DVSA recall R/2003/162: Kia Carens, Sedona and RIO (Reprogramming of ABS ECM) DVSA recall R/2004/109: Kia RIO (Potential fuel leak) DVSA recall R/2018/120: Kia RIO (Child locks on the rear doors may not operate) EU Safety Gate alert A12/0653/18: Kia Rio, notified by Poland EU Safety Gate alert SR/00015/25: Kia Rio, notified by Poland EU Safety Gate alert SR/00584/25: Kia Rio, notified by Germany Israeli recall 15947 (Kia",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:07:19+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:07:19+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2003279 (Kia), 2001 to 2004: Fuel System\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2003279/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}