2004 Kia Rio Automatic Transmisson Reliability?

Well...it happened again last night... 45 miles from the house at midnight....only this time it continued to...lose power(like the automatic tranny was in neutral)...it would run for a little....lose power(like it was free wheeling) ...had to coast to a stop....then turn off the engine...put it in neutral/park...restart...finally limped it home(took 2 1/2 hrs!)...repeated the "trip" drive this morning taking it to the Kia dealership....they pulled the codes...slippage in the

4th whatever/torque converter issue...New tranny time! Thankfully the transmission is still under warranty(this was the SECOND!!!new tranny that the Kia dealer has put into this car)...First t. had 47k on it when it died...this tranny only has 10k on it... We're carless for 5 days(no trannys in stock)...Has anyone else had this car problem??? What do we need to be on the watch for now???:-(((((((((((( NOT A HAPPY KIA OWNER :-)Liz
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Its one of life little Pleasures KIA and its never ending list of Problems.

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Billy Jo Bobby

In many case you can wait for 3 weeks for Kia America to ship a Tranny.To make matters worse how would you like to have 4 trannys in 2 yeas installed.KIA has Problems.Trannys is just one of many.And who ever re manufacturs them is the other part of the problem.

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Billy Jo Bobby

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