04 rio stalling problems after getting gas

[mburcina]

I purchased an 04 kia rio. it was my first new car and i was super excited to get something i thought i could rely on. the first year was good, not too many problems. just normal car things. then i started noticing the loss of power and if i dared turn a corner with my ac on. my car with only 30,000 miles on it was doing the same thing that my 1988 honda civic did at 200,000 miles. lack of power, yet somehow i trusted my honda more. now a year later and i was driving my car up to my dad's in sacramento from where i live in LA. i put gas in my car and tried to start it up to get back on the road when it just dies... i start it back up and it dies again. i start it, leave my foot on the gas reving my engine.. after 3 minutes it's idling again.. i get up to my dads and tell him about it. i thought fuel injection cleaner would have helped and it did nothing. i take it to the dealership an hour away (LA people are shady) i dropped my car off on a tuesday night cause i was leaving town till saturday. they tell me friday that it's my gas tank, it was assembled incorrectly so they're gonna replace that. i get back saturday and they told me that the car isn't finished, they're still working on the problem. so they put me in a rental car till it's finished. they paid for that. i get the car back on tuesday. i went and put gas in the car and same problem! so i take it back the following friday and leave them a message telling them it's not fixed. i get put in a rental car again. they have my car for a week, no updates. they said they couldn't repeat the issue i was having and they gave the car back to me. the same day i pick up the car i go get gas and IT STALL AGAIN! So this friday (2.15.08) I have to take the car back for a 3rd time.. There has to be something that protects a consumer from even purchasing used lemons..

has anyone had this problem?