KIA RIO — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR

CARS ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE WALL CAUGHT ON FIRE FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. I WORK FOR CAR DEALER THAT SELLS THIS MAKE. I TOLD KIA REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HE TOLD ME TO REPORT IT TO KIA BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO SOME OF THEM AND THAT A GUY BACK EAST HAD DIED BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE BEING TOXIC. I REPORTED TO KIA RECEIVED A CASE NUMBER BUT NEVER HEARD BACK DID NOTICE ON NEWER RELEASES THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS BEEN RELOCATED THERE ARE A LOT OF 2001 TO 2003 KIA RIOS RUNNING AROUND WITH THIS POSSIBLE PROBLEM. *LA