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2008 Kia Rondo fuel/propulsion system problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2008 Kia Rondo16% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
16%
share of all complaints
100,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My vehicle reves up high when I start it and when I'm on the highway it would just cut off and there's gas fumes I smellinside my kia, it also hesitates while driving.

    filed Dec 16, 2020

  • My rondo speeds up while I'm driving it on the road, and it smells of gas inside my rondo, it runs high when I start it and there's a hesitation before it drives.

    filed Nov 16, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Rondo years

YearReportsShare
2009 Rondo46%
2007 Rondo87%
Rondo fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.