Enter the 17-character VIN of your Kia Rio to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Enter the 17-character VIN of a Kia Rio and the decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture, free and without registration. Our data for the Kia Rio spans model years 1999 to 2020, in Hatchback and Sedan bodies, with power from 75 to 130 hp across 17 versions.
A VIN carries no accidents, mileage, theft or owner records, so the decoder cannot show any of that. On a car you are looking at, compare the decoded model year and body style with the advert and the registration papers, and make sure the VIN on the car matches the documents character for character. Anything about the car's past comes from a paid vehicle history report.
1999 - 2020
Production years
75 - 130 hp
Power
2
Body styles
17
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kia Rio I Hatchback (DC) | 1999 - 2002 | Hatchback | 75 - 108 hp |
| Kia Rio I Sedan (DC) | 1999 - 2002 | Sedan | 75 - 108 hp |
| Kia Rio I Hatchback (DC, facelift 2002) | 2002 - 2005 | Hatchback | 82 hp |
| Kia Rio I Sedan (DC, facelift 2002) | 2002 - 2005 | Sedan | 82 hp |
| Kia Rio II Hatchback (JB) | 2005 - 2009 | Hatchback | 97 - 112 hp |
| Kia Rio II Sedan (JB) | 2005 - 2009 | Sedan | 97 - 112 hp |
| Kia Rio II Hatchback (JB, facelift 2009) | 2009 | Hatchback | - |
| Kia Rio II Sedan (JB, facelift 2009) | 2009 | Sedan | - |
| Kia Rio III Hatchback (UB) | 2011 - 2015 | Hatchback | 75 - 109 hp |
| Kia Rio III Sedan (UB) | 2011 - 2015 | Sedan | 75 - 109 hp |
| Kia Rio III Hatchback (UB, facelift 2015) | 2015 - 2017 | Hatchback | 75 - 109 hp |
| Kia Rio III Hatchback (UB, facelift 2015) 3 door | 2015 - 2017 | Hatchback | 75 - 109 hp |
| Kia Rio IV Hatchback (YB) | 2017 - 2020 | Hatchback | 77 - 120 hp |
| Kia Rio IV Sedan (YB) | 2017 - 2020 | Sedan | 130 hp |
| Kia Rio IV Hatchback (YB, facelift 2020) | 2020 | Hatchback | 84 - 120 hp |
| Kia Rio IV Sedan (FB/UC, facelift 2020) | 2020 | Sedan | 100 - 123 hp |
| Kia Rio IV Sedan (YB, facelift 2020) | 2020 | Sedan | 120 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Kia Rio, with model years 1999 - 2020 in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1999 - 2020 across 17 versions of the Kia Rio. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Kia Rio the characters to expect are X (1999), Y (2000), 1 (2001), 2 (2002), 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012), D (2013), E (2014), F (2015), G (2016), H (2017), J (2018), K (2019), L (2020).
17 versions, in 2 body styles, with power up to 130 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
The decoder gives you manufacturer, model year and country, not the version name, so treat the model year as a starting point. Then match the body style and the power figure on the registration papers against version names such as Kia Rio II Sedan (JB) or Kia Rio III Hatchback (UB, facelift 2015) 3 door.
Read all 17 characters and check they are identical on the car and on the papers. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so one of those points to a misread. The 10th character is the model year, and it should agree with the year in the listing. The 9th is a check digit, required in North America, while many European VINs fill it differently, so an unusual value there is not proof of a problem.
It will not show accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, because a VIN does not contain them. It reads only the characters of the number itself.