Kia Rondo
Registered from 2007 to 2016.
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1505 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase |
| 2015 | 1505 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase |
| 2014 | 1543 kg · 2750 mm wheelbase |
| 2013 | 1686 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2012 | 192 hp · 1686 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2011 | 192 hp · 1686 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2010 | 175 hp · 1686 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2009 | 1565 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2008 | 1565 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2007 | 1565 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires
Audit query, opened November 2023, still open.
Loss of Motive Power
Defect petition, opened September 2022, closed December 2023.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Kia filed 3 bulletins about the 2011 Rondo.
- Electrical system: 1
- Exterior lighting: 1
- Power train: 1
- TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: INFORMATION FOR HEADLAMP CONDENSATION AND MOISTURE - This bulletin has been revised to include additional information. New/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated… · October 2021
- Tsb: 6-spd. a/t adaptive value reset /relearn - this bulletin provides the procedures necessary to reset and relearn the adaptive values after transmission replacement or reprogramming/replacement of… · January 2017
- Tsb: kds - audio update module (aum) - the gds audio update module (aum) was introduced in fourth quarter of 2013. this special service tool (sst) was developed to improve the efficiency and… · January 2017
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.