2014 KIA SOUL Problems & Recalls

Summary of Safety Defect: While my 16 year old daughter was driving our 2014 Kia Soul in December 2025, the car suddenly lost power in traffic and would not go over 20 mph; the check engine light came on and the vehicle entered limp mode. The sudden drop in power created a high anxiety, hazardous si...

Summary of Safety Defect: While my 16 year old daughter was driving our 2014 Kia Soul in December 2025, the car suddenly lost power in traffic and would not go over 20 mph; the check engine light came on and the vehicle entered limp mode. The sudden drop in power created a high anxiety, hazardous si...

Summary of Safety Defect: While my 16 year old daughter was driving our 2014 Kia Soul in December 2025, the car suddenly lost power in traffic and would not go over 20 mph; the check engine light came on and the vehicle entered limp mode. The sudden drop in power created a high anxiety, hazardous si...

I was driving my 2014 Kia Soul on Friday 12/12 when without any warning the brakes went out. Thankfully I was able to get it to a parking lot without incident and requested a tow. After having it repaired, the mechanics stated the brake lines completely popped due to brake line corrosion. After rese...

Brakes failed my husband (primary driver of the KIA vehicle) came home from work on 8/19/2024. He pulled off at the local mechanic. Brakes were rusty and there was rust in the brake line so we had to replace. Rusty brakeline became a voluntary recall because it was not just our car that had this pro...

Brakes failed my husband (primary driver of the KIA vehicle) came home from work on 8/19/2024. He pulled off at the local mechanic. Brakes were rusty and there was rust in the brake line so we had to replace. Rusty brakeline became a voluntary recall because it was not just our car that had this pro...

Upon backing the Kia out of my driveway the brakes failed completly. Upon removing the brake line shield I found extensive corrosion of the brake line resulting in a massive fluid loss. There is a Voluntary Service Campaign by Kia Motors for this issue. But, it only pertains to automobiles driven in...

Subject: Reimbursement Request for Engine Defect Repairs - VIN [XXX] Dear Kia Consumer Assistance Center, I am requesting full reimbursement for repairs necessitated by the known engine defect in my 2014 Kia Soul with the 2.0L VEHICLE INFORMATION: •Year/Model: 2014 Kia Soul Plus •Current Mileag...

Subject: Reimbursement Request for Engine Defect Repairs - VIN [XXX] Dear Kia Consumer Assistance Center, I am requesting full reimbursement for repairs necessitated by the known engine defect in my 2014 Kia Soul with the 2.0L VEHICLE INFORMATION: •Year/Model: 2014 Kia Soul Plus •Current Mileag...

Engine failing, pistons, and major oil consumption

10/01/2025 I took my vehicle to Crain Kia of Conway for four different safety recalls. Safety Recall 15V123 (SC116) , 22V096(SC229) ,17V608(SC155A) ,and 19V120(SC176). Mr.Jerime York handled my paperwork. I told him my car has. diagnotic code of 420(Catalytic Converter is not operating efficientl...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received a recall letter related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling). The contact stated that while driving 40-45 MPH, the vehicle lost power and stalled. The vehicle was restarted. The engine warning light was illumin...

Mileage: 177,238

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received a recall letter related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling). The contact stated that while driving 40-45 MPH, the vehicle lost power and stalled. The vehicle was restarted. The engine warning light was illumin...

Mileage: 177,238

The engine has absorbed an insane amount of oil the last several weeks, and this week it burned 1/2 quart of oil in four days- it was fully filled to 1 quart monday and by Friday of the same week was halfway gone. Otherwise it has worked well. Other Kia souls in the area are selling for much more mo...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact, who was an independent dealer, purchased the vehicle for resale. The contact researched and identified an unrepaired recall under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) associated with the VIN. The vehicle was taken to the ...

Mileage: 123,478

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact, who was an independent dealer, purchased the vehicle for resale. The contact researched and identified an unrepaired recall under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) associated with the VIN. The vehicle was taken to the ...

Mileage: 123,478

In June 2024, my 2014 Kia Soul (VIN: [XXX] ) experienced a sudden engine failure without warning. I was driving on a busy road when the engine began sputtering and quickly stalled. The vehicle became inoperable and had to be towed. I had it inspected at a Kia dealership, who diagnosed the issue as c...

In June 2024, my 2014 Kia Soul (VIN: [XXX] ) experienced a sudden engine failure without warning. I was driving on a busy road when the engine began sputtering and quickly stalled. The vehicle became inoperable and had to be towed. I had it inspected at a Kia dealership, who diagnosed the issue as c...

In June 2024, my 2014 Kia Soul (VIN: [XXX] ) experienced a sudden engine failure without warning. I was driving on a busy road when the engine began sputtering and quickly stalled. The vehicle became inoperable and had to be towed. I had it inspected at a Kia dealership, who diagnosed the issue as c...

Headlights seem to flicker off and on while using turn signals. Dash lights will brighten during the incident as well.

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 92,000. It was later discovered that the mileage on the Title was 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

On [XXX], my 2014 Kia Soul received the PI2002A Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) ECU update at Southwest Kia, 39650 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway South, Dallas, TX 75237. After the update, the engine sustained catastrophic damage (a hole in the block). Southwest Kia informed me that Kia denied the en...

I WAS DRIVING FOR LESS THAN TEN MINUTES ON AN EXPRESSWAY WHEN MY KIA SOUL SHUT DOWN. I HAD JUST CHANGED LANES. FORTUNATELY, I HAD MOVED TO THE FAR LEFT WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE PRIOR TO THE SHUT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR TO THAT AREA AND BRAKE. THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY SHU...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the malfunction indicator lamp illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was persistent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the contact was unsure if the vehicle was diagnosed. The vehi...

Mileage: 40,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the malfunction indicator lamp illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was persistent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the contact was unsure if the vehicle was diagnosed. The vehi...

Mileage: 40,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 22V096000 (AIR BAGS), 15V123000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), 17V608000 (STEERING), and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle failed to accele...

Mileage: 67,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 22V096000 (AIR BAGS), 15V123000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), 17V608000 (STEERING), and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle failed to accele...

Mileage: 67,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 22V096000 (AIR BAGS), 15V123000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), 17V608000 (STEERING), and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle failed to accele...

Mileage: 67,000

Car burns through oil like crazy. Most likely has already caused damage to engine. After about 2-3 weeks from getting my oil changed my oil light will start flashing when I brake. After another week it'll start coming on when I accelerate.

My VIN number was included as part of the engine recall up to 150,000 miles. My car sat at the dealership and the engine replacement was denied because the leaking piston were not cover as part of the engine recall. I even called Kia directly and they would not cover the engine replacement. The ...

Ive tried to get my recalls fixed since I bought the car 2 years ago, Jeff Wyler Kia Eastgate Ohio has given me the run around, at least 5 attempts of no call backs or prolonged appointment dates not having me on record, my car breaks down I pay for diagnostic blown engine, I pay to have it towed to...

Ive tried to get my recalls fixed since I bought the car 2 years ago, Jeff Wyler Kia Eastgate Ohio has given me the run around, at least 5 attempts of no call backs or prolonged appointment dates not having me on record, my car breaks down I pay for diagnostic blown engine, I pay to have it towed to...

Ive tried to get my recalls fixed since I bought the car 2 years ago, Jeff Wyler Kia Eastgate Ohio has given me the run around, at least 5 attempts of no call backs or prolonged appointment dates not having me on record, my car breaks down I pay for diagnostic blown engine, I pay to have it towed to...

Flickering lights on off while driving at night turn signal triggers it and does it randomly

Flickering lights on off while driving at night turn signal triggers it and does it randomly

** Component/system that failed: The engine and catalytic converter. An independent mechanic confirmed the catalytic converter is clogged due to engine oil burning and entering the exhaust system. The component is still in the vehicle and available for inspection upon request. ** Safety risk: The ...

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon start of the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken an independent mechanic where the mechanic discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle ...

Mileage: 138,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the catalytic converter was defective and needed to be replaced. Upon investigation, t...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the catalytic converter was defective and needed to be replaced. Upon investigation, t...

In 2023 I had my car repaired at a Kia dealership due to NHTSA Recall Number: 19V120, KIA Customer Care Case Number: [XXX]. It mentioned in recall that the engines may need to be replaced. Even though the engine had made grinding noises when I brought the vehicle in for repair on that recall, the Ki...

Q: What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? A: My 2014 Kia Soul "threw a rod" (as confirmed by a Kia dealer in Jan 2025) at only 115,773 miles after years of regular (every 3-5K miles) maintenance. I bought the car used in 2017 and have do...

Q: What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? A: My 2014 Kia Soul "threw a rod" (as confirmed by a Kia dealer in Jan 2025) at only 115,773 miles after years of regular (every 3-5K miles) maintenance. I bought the car used in 2017 and have do...

Went to back out of driveway noticed puddle of water substance near right passenger door grd. Thought possibly from AC unit, I had been previously out and about. Few days later went to leave no brakes! Had it towed, currently at dealership, so far report crack in brake line not sure yet why. Scary t...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle intermittently stalled. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; h...

Mileage: 89,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact restarted the vehicle and continued driving. The failure had occurred twice in one week. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was temporarily illuminated during...

Mileage: 130,000

Vehicle Information: 2014 Kia Soul (Base Model) VIN: [XXX] Approx. Mileage at Failure:91,000 Incident Date: [XXX] Complaint: On [XXX], the catalytic converter in my 2014 Kia Soul failed. This follows the completion of recall SC176 on July 14, 2022, which addressed excessive exhaust gas temperatu...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact had received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); and the engine block was replaced; however, the catalytic converter was not replaced. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufactu...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact had received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); and the engine block was replaced; however, the catalytic converter was not replaced. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufactu...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed with cruise control activated, the RPM's suddenly increased to over 4,000 and the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact pulled over to the shoulder of the roadway wher...

Mileage: 120,000

I purchased this vehicle used just four months ago. Since then, I’ve had continual problems with it, costing me a significant amount of money. To date, it required all new tires, a new battery, and multiple problems related to the engine light turning on. So far, these problems have resulted in tw...

Catalytic converter overheated. Motor stalled. Wallace Kia, Stuart, Florida ran diagnostics on my vehicle. I brought it into Wallace Kia, Stuart, to get it fixed via the recall. They refused to do it. They said that the catalytic converter overheated and the motor has damage. I don't understand why ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 17V608000 (STEERING), 22V096000 (AIR BAGS) and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); however, the dealer and manufacturer informed the contact there were no recalls associated with the VIN. The c...

Mileage: 110,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 17V608000 (STEERING), 22V096000 (AIR BAGS) and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); however, the dealer and manufacturer informed the contact there were no recalls associated with the VIN. The c...

Mileage: 110,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 17V608000 (STEERING), 22V096000 (AIR BAGS) and 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); however, the dealer and manufacturer informed the contact there were no recalls associated with the VIN. The c...

Mileage: 110,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the ESC warning light illuminated and turned off and on. The contact was concerned that the vehicle might catch on fire while parked or while driving. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA Cam...

Mileage: 96,806

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the ESC warning light illuminated and turned off and on. The contact was concerned that the vehicle might catch on fire while parked or while driving. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA Cam...

Mileage: 96,806

Multiple misfires, codes Codes P062E x2 P0300 P0303 P0302 P0500 P0267 P0264 P050B

Multiple misfires, codes Codes P062E x2 P0300 P0303 P0302 P0500 P0267 P0264 P050B

The engine stalls without warning while driving. It’s been at dangerous times on highways or just driving around town. There’s no rhyme or reason and has almost caused horrible traffic accidents. When calling the local Kia dealer to see if there was a recall concerning engine stalling I was trea...

I was driving and my MIL came on. When I parked, I could smell strong exhaust fumes. I went to get an OBD2 scan and it came back with P0420: Catalyst System Efficiency below Threshold (Bank 1) reading. I was told to replace the O2 sensor. After getting it replaced, this did not fix the issue. After ...

I was driving and my MIL came on. When I parked, I could smell strong exhaust fumes. I went to get an OBD2 scan and it came back with P0420: Catalyst System Efficiency below Threshold (Bank 1) reading. I was told to replace the O2 sensor. After getting it replaced, this did not fix the issue. After ...

When I was at work and driving in the parking lot the brake pedal went to the floor. I realized that I didn't have any brakes so I used my emergency brakes to stop. I checked and looked to find the problem: the pressure brake line was leaking under the car before the gas tank. I got my vehicle towed...

Rod bearing three has started knocking and is throwing a catalytic converter code

Kia won’t honor engine oil leak recall. Claims negligence on my part but I never had gross negligence. I kept up with everything I was supposed to. I had an oil change at a Florida Kia that may not have been picked up in system but they refuse to fix in warranty and recall. They let my vehicle...

Brakes are loud been changed to new ones, engine makes a small sound

Brakes are loud been changed to new ones, engine makes a small sound

Purchased car on [XXX] less then a week later I tried o purchase Sirius radio for car, however due to being a previous customer I didn’t get a fair enough price for purchase an decided against purchase all together. However due to linking my VIN number ( assuming) kia customer recall center conta...

Mileage: 128,656

Purchased car on [XXX] less then a week later I tried o purchase Sirius radio for car, however due to being a previous customer I didn’t get a fair enough price for purchase an decided against purchase all together. However due to linking my VIN number ( assuming) kia customer recall center conta...

Mileage: 128,656

On [XXX] my 2014 Kia Soul caught on fire while I was at a gas station. There had been no warning lights, however when I first started it that day it acted like it didn't want to start. A man ran in the gas station and got their fire extinguisher and put the engine fire out. I called 911 , and when...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, an abnormal sound and odor was coming from the engine compartment. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine needed to...

My 2014 Kia Soul ! has had 2 codes, P1326 which is related to a Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) which has ties to a known Rod Bearing issue. And a P0420 code related to the Catalytic converter. There was a lawsuit which led to a Recall issued for this vehicle, however, it appears only for 1.6...

My 2014 Kia Soul ! has had 2 codes, P1326 which is related to a Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) which has ties to a known Rod Bearing issue. And a P0420 code related to the Catalytic converter. There was a lawsuit which led to a Recall issued for this vehicle, however, it appears only for 1.6...

My 2014 Kia Soul ! has had 2 codes, P1326 which is related to a Knock Sensor Detection System (KSDS) which has ties to a known Rod Bearing issue. And a P0420 code related to the Catalytic converter. There was a lawsuit which led to a Recall issued for this vehicle, however, it appears only for 1.6...

The engine light and oil light were coming on and the engine was making horrible noises. My wife called me and we had it towed to the nearest dealer, Allentown KIA. The paperwork we received from KIA stated if those 3 things occur, get towed and the dealer will look the car over over. According to ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at night, the front passenger’s side low-beam headlight failed to illuminate as needed. The contact stated that while activating the high-beam headlights, the driver’s side high-beam headlight failed to illuminate as needed....

Mileage: 100,000

Please see the attached statement for a more detailed explanation. To summarize, Kia will not perform a recall to repair the knock sensor in my 2014 Kia Soul. The reason provided was that my engine needs to be replaced first. However, this recall calls for engine replacement if Kia is unable to perf...

Please see the attached statement for a more detailed explanation. To summarize, Kia will not perform a recall to repair the knock sensor in my 2014 Kia Soul. The reason provided was that my engine needs to be replaced first. However, this recall calls for engine replacement if Kia is unable to perf...

Please see the attached statement for a more detailed explanation. To summarize, Kia will not perform a recall to repair the knock sensor in my 2014 Kia Soul. The reason provided was that my engine needs to be replaced first. However, this recall calls for engine replacement if Kia is unable to perf...

This vehicle was parked prior to the incident. The 2014 Kia Soul had been backed into parking space number 28 and pulled forward midway through the space where it appears the car was put back into park. It was here the occupant of the vehicle, Mr. Keith Nash perished in a fire that consumed his 2014...

This vehicle was parked prior to the incident. The 2014 Kia Soul had been backed into parking space number 28 and pulled forward midway through the space where it appears the car was put back into park. It was here the occupant of the vehicle, Mr. Keith Nash perished in a fire that consumed his 2014...

This vehicle was parked prior to the incident. The 2014 Kia Soul had been backed into parking space number 28 and pulled forward midway through the space where it appears the car was put back into park. It was here the occupant of the vehicle, Mr. Keith Nash perished in a fire that consumed his 2014...

UNKNOWN. Kia Dealership in Edmond Oklahoma is refusing to do the recalls on my 2014 KIA Soul because the engine has a knock in it which I believe to be from one of the recalls with the engine. KIA manufacturer said that they couldn't do anything about the dealership not fixing the recalls and to tak...

UNKNOWN. Kia Dealership in Edmond Oklahoma is refusing to do the recalls on my 2014 KIA Soul because the engine has a knock in it which I believe to be from one of the recalls with the engine. KIA manufacturer said that they couldn't do anything about the dealership not fixing the recalls and to tak...

My vehicles KSDS sensor was updated per recall. 2 months later the catalytic converter, PCV valve, and spark plugs needed replaced. After replacing and paying out of pocket in 01/2024, the check engine light began coming on as well as oil light. Vehicle began losing power and going into limp mode. ...

My vehicles KSDS sensor was updated per recall. 2 months later the catalytic converter, PCV valve, and spark plugs needed replaced. After replacing and paying out of pocket in 01/2024, the check engine light began coming on as well as oil light. Vehicle began losing power and going into limp mode. ...

Vehicle diagnosed with code P0420. Upon further inspection discovered to have catalytic converter damage causing further engine mechanical issues and piston damage.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, there was an abnormally loud sound coming from the front end of the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure increased significantly while driving. Upon inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the cata...

Mileage: 139,762

HIGH SAFETY HAZARD. Check engine light comes on continuously with code P050A. Have tried manufacturer recommended ECM update per service bulletin. All manufacturer updates have been done, authorized dealer repair says no fix. Unable to see other engine problems if check engine light is always on...

Engine knocking, excessive oil burning. Dealer confirmed excessive engine consumption. Currently have less than 2 quarts in engine. Will not last until next oil change. I have two small children and vehicle and have to wait until engine seizes for engine to be serviced. Dangerous situation for my ki...

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The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) and 22V096000 (Air Bags) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a re...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) and 22V096000 (Air Bags) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a re...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, there was an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine compartment, after which the vehicle lost motive power. The contact was able to pull to the shoulder of the roadway, where the failure persisted. The check engine wa...

Mileage: 180,000

I have a re call on my 2014 kia soul my check engine light is on the reason is I'm having issues with my catalytic converter I been asking for this repair to be done for over a month now kia has been giving me the round around

I have a re call on my 2014 kia soul my check engine light is on the reason is I'm having issues with my catalytic converter I been asking for this repair to be done for over a month now kia has been giving me the round around

Check engine light on and there is no acceleration

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH and slowing for a traffic signal, the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle made an abnormal clunking noise and failed to slow as needed. The contact started tapping the brake pedal and eventually the vehicl...

Mileage: 91,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH and slowing for a traffic signal, the brake pedal was depressed, and the vehicle made an abnormal clunking noise and failed to slow as needed. The contact started tapping the brake pedal and eventually the vehicl...

Mileage: 91,000

The recall for the rod in the motor is not being honored due to me being a second owner. When i called about the recall i was told by the manufacture that because i purchased the vehicle with an open recall and was not informed that it had an open recall.

The engine is consuming motor oil in excess after conducting oil changes. If it goes unaddressed after oil changes, it causes the pins in the engine to not operate properly. This results in a check engine light requiring the owners to get another oil change prior to actually needing one. Kia motors ...

The engine is consuming motor oil in excess after conducting oil changes. If it goes unaddressed after oil changes, it causes the pins in the engine to not operate properly. This results in a check engine light requiring the owners to get another oil change prior to actually needing one. Kia motors ...

The engine is consuming motor oil in excess after conducting oil changes. If it goes unaddressed after oil changes, it causes the pins in the engine to not operate properly. This results in a check engine light requiring the owners to get another oil change prior to actually needing one. Kia motors ...

At a speed of 50+ the car wants to shake and sputter as if trying to die out. Oil, all fluids faithfully changed since purchased, along with rotatable tires.fuel pump good, many trips to local dealership but nothing completely resolved as informed. Aside air bag never checked or replaced. Desperatel...

The recalls on my car has not yet been resolved. I took the car to CarTown Kia Florence South Carolina and the one in Columbia. First time was at CarTown Kia Florence, they had every excuse that they were short of staff and my car sit there for over a month and claim that I needed to fix the head ga...

The recalls on my car has not yet been resolved. I took the car to CarTown Kia Florence South Carolina and the one in Columbia. First time was at CarTown Kia Florence, they had every excuse that they were short of staff and my car sit there for over a month and claim that I needed to fix the head ga...

While driving, the engine failed and began to smoke then was on fire.

Check engine light came on about a month ago and shows bad catalytic converter it is available for an inspection...will not pass inspection so it sits in my driveway

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was making an abnormal rattling sound. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and the contact was informed that the catalytic coveter needed to be replaced...

Mileage: 90,000

When first taking off in it in the mornings, it jumps and goes very fast and reverse. There’s no control in it. I have no brakes they go all the way down so the car just like flies backwards when I’m backing out of my garage I don’t even even have to hold the gas it’s going it’s gonna fly ...

I went to the Car Town Kia USA Florence 2185 W Evans, Florence, SC 29501 for the recalls on my car. My car still has engine skipping tapping knocking noise that gotten worst and my engine warning light is blinking while I'm driving. I reported back to Kia next day, and asked did they inspect and rep...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle briefly jerked and shook abnormally before returning to normal functionality. The contact retrieved the vehicle from the dealer following the repair under NHTSA Campaign Number 20V750000 (Eng...

Mileage: 144,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle briefly jerked and shook abnormally before returning to normal functionality. The contact retrieved the vehicle from the dealer following the repair under NHTSA Campaign Number 20V750000 (Eng...

Mileage: 144,000

While driving, the ABS system turns on but the light on the dash doesn't turn on. The brake pedal is solid with the ground glass feeling while braking. The ABS doesn't disengage when I take my foot off the brake. My vehicle doesn't stop or slow down. I went through an intersection and red ligh...

Knock sensor and glow sensor is stuck on. Knock sensor has been replaced. Vehicle is still in limp mode. Has no exceleration. Engine light flashing. Have takin it to a Kia dealer and they can't find anything.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number 20V750000 (Engine) however, the dealer stated the recall was closed. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving 15 MPH, she heard a knocking sound coming from the vehicle. The check oil warning ...

Mileage: 105,000

Vehicle was purchased from a private seller in August 2023. We took the car to get an oil change in late August, although previous owner stated it was 1500 miles away from needing one. We learned there was no oil in vehicle while being serviced. Oil was replaced. Car was driven for 3 months, then...

Oil consumption and catalytic converter clogging. My car burns through 5 liters of oil about every 1,000 miles. I've already had the catalytic converter replaced and my mechanic said it's from excessive oil leaking, and the only alternative to fix it is to replace the engine.

Oil consumption and catalytic converter clogging. My car burns through 5 liters of oil about every 1,000 miles. I've already had the catalytic converter replaced and my mechanic said it's from excessive oil leaking, and the only alternative to fix it is to replace the engine.

Oil consumption and catalytic converter clogging. My car burns through 5 liters of oil about every 1,000 miles. I've already had the catalytic converter replaced and my mechanic said it's from excessive oil leaking, and the only alternative to fix it is to replace the engine.

i received notice in the mail that there are recalls on my car prior to receiving the notice i had recently got an oil change and i was informed that there is a little leaking and in recall number 20V750 the car can possible catch on fire so i waited for my appointment with the dealer it was ins...

i received notice in the mail that there are recalls on my car prior to receiving the notice i had recently got an oil change and i was informed that there is a little leaking and in recall number 20V750 the car can possible catch on fire so i waited for my appointment with the dealer it was ins...

(re: Hyundai and Kia Engine Litigation II, No. (XXX) NHTSA Recalls: 20V750; 19V120 Kia Soul began leaking oil as a result of rod bearing issues prior to 145,000 miles. Took to repair shop several times to refill oil because oil levels were rapidly depleting. This led to Engine failure, leaving my ve...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the check engine and check oil warning lights were illuminated. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle and determined...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the check engine and check oil warning lights were illuminated. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle and determined...

Mileage: 127,000

My car only has 77398 miles and the entire car lost power while I was driving I had to safely coast into a parking space. The engine is making a knocking sound and the battery light and oil light came on. The car has had every oil change on time and documented since it left the dealership in 2014 w...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the low oil pressure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed failures with the catalytic converter and the intake manifold. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufac...

Mileage: 86,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the low oil pressure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed failures with the catalytic converter and the intake manifold. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufac...

Mileage: 86,000

on 11/11/2023: Engine failed/malfunctioned. Engine stalled while driving on the interstate. Traveling 75mph. I felt some sort of slight jolt, looked down at the dash and seen my check engine light blinking. There was not an exit nearby so I proceeded to pull over. As I pull over all lights had becom...

on 11/11/2023: Engine failed/malfunctioned. Engine stalled while driving on the interstate. Traveling 75mph. I felt some sort of slight jolt, looked down at the dash and seen my check engine light blinking. There was not an exit nearby so I proceeded to pull over. As I pull over all lights had becom...

2014 Kia Soul started having engine trouble in July this year (7/8/2023). It was consuming too much oil and we had to get frequent oil changes and refill oil between service visits because the oil was getting low after short periods of time. Engine ended up completely failing making the car inoperab...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at night at 45–50 MPH, the headlights became inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact was able to pull over, and the headlights returned to operation but were flickering. The contact called the local d...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that the check engine warning was illuminated. The contact pulled over and was able to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH. The contact was ab...

Mileage: 150,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that the check engine warning was illuminated. The contact pulled over and was able to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH. The contact was ab...

Mileage: 150,000

My check engine light was going on and off and I was told that I need to replace my catalytic converter. I went on line to see if my car had a recall it did show other 2014 souls but mine was not part of the recall #19v101. I'm wondering why mine wasn't part of it. I also had my engine replaced by...

My check engine light was going on and off and I was told that I need to replace my catalytic converter. I went on line to see if my car had a recall it did show other 2014 souls but mine was not part of the recall #19v101. I'm wondering why mine wasn't part of it. I also had my engine replaced by...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal noise and noticed that the vehicle was hesitant to accelerate. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informe...

Mileage: 85,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine light, oil light, and battery light remained illuminated and blinked off and on. Also, a knocking and ticking sound was coming from the engine compartment along with a burning oil odor. Additional...

Mileage: 23,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine light, oil light, and battery light remained illuminated and blinked off and on. Also, a knocking and ticking sound was coming from the engine compartment along with a burning oil odor. Additional...

Mileage: 23,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine light, oil light, and battery light remained illuminated and blinked off and on. Also, a knocking and ticking sound was coming from the engine compartment along with a burning oil odor. Additional...

Mileage: 23,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle; however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that on another occasion while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle ...

Mileage: 171,000

The contact's neighbor owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in his neighbor’s garage, another neighbor noticed smoke coming from the walls of the garage. The contact then stated that his neighbors were awakened by another neighbor alerting them of the fire. T...

Mileage: 118,006

The contact's neighbor owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in his neighbor’s garage, another neighbor noticed smoke coming from the walls of the garage. The contact then stated that his neighbors were awakened by another neighbor alerting them of the fire. T...

Mileage: 118,006

As I was driving on the highway, driving uphill, the car began to rattle under the hood as I attempted to increase speed. When I came to a full stop, the car completely shut down. I popped the hood, and the coolant cap was blown off and coolant was leaking everywhere. I was stranded on the highway u...

As I was driving on the highway, driving uphill, the car began to rattle under the hood as I attempted to increase speed. When I came to a full stop, the car completely shut down. I popped the hood, and the coolant cap was blown off and coolant was leaking everywhere. I was stranded on the highway u...

The contact called on behalf of his daughter-in-law who owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing abnormal oil consumption. The contact stated that the vehicle owner had been adding a quart of oil to the vehicle every week. The contact's mechanic informed the contact...

The contact called on behalf of his daughter-in-law who owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing abnormal oil consumption. The contact stated that the vehicle owner had been adding a quart of oil to the vehicle every week. The contact's mechanic informed the contact...

The car was having an oil consumption issue so I took it to the dealer where they said it wasn’t considered excessive to them and said to get the PCV valve replaced which I had them do. Then the car went into “limp home” mode while on the highway and began displaying a check engine light inter...

In 2021, my Kia Soul engine locked up entirely to the point of needing a total engine replacement. I received mail indicating that engine failure is part of a class action settlement from Kia. Due to the pandemic, I hadn't been able to find an engine or afford the replacement costs.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the contact smelled an abnormal electrical burning odor inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to dealer however, no cause for the failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case...

Mileage: 60,000

I phoned your hotline today to report that I have been unable to get the dealership and the manufacturer to repair the SAFETY recall. She told me filing a complaint wouldn’t help me even though I kept telling her that I wanted to file a complaint. I asked to speak to someone else and she said bec...

Car knocks bad. Air has never worked well. Car had been stolen before. Insurance did not do anything. My insurance has gone up because of the security system scandal.

Car knocks bad. Air has never worked well. Car had been stolen before. Insurance did not do anything. My insurance has gone up because of the security system scandal.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost power. The engine warning light was flashing. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who replaced the catalytic converter on two separate occasions. The vehicle was towed to the loc...

Mileage: 91,000

I drove my car a short distance, parked, and turned off the engine. about 5 minutes after I left my car in the parking lot, we heard a loud explosion and everyone in the office stepped outside. My car became a ball of orange fire and burned for some time. It took 3 fire trucks to contain the fire an...

I drove my car a short distance, parked, and turned off the engine. about 5 minutes after I left my car in the parking lot, we heard a loud explosion and everyone in the office stepped outside. My car became a ball of orange fire and burned for some time. It took 3 fire trucks to contain the fire an...

I drove my car a short distance, parked, and turned off the engine. about 5 minutes after I left my car in the parking lot, we heard a loud explosion and everyone in the office stepped outside. My car became a ball of orange fire and burned for some time. It took 3 fire trucks to contain the fire an...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was recently taken to an undisclosed dealer for a routine oil change; however, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. ...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was recently taken to an undisclosed dealer for a routine oil change; however, the oil pressure warning light illuminated. ...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal sound before the vehicle started to stall. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was unable to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was not drivable. The cont...

Mileage: 111,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal sound before the vehicle started to stall. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was unable to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was not drivable. The cont...

Mileage: 111,000

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, a pinging-type noise was heard coming from the engine compartment along with gray smoke. The vehicle began to lose automotive power and reduced speed before the engine stalled. The contact exited the ve...

Mileage: 132,000

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, a pinging-type noise was heard coming from the engine compartment along with gray smoke. The vehicle began to lose automotive power and reduced speed before the engine stalled. The contact exited the ve...

Mileage: 132,000

Since September 2015 the car Headlamps malfunctioned. I made several trips to the Dealer and was told they are not able to duplicate my complaint. Presently while driving the headlights will go off and by bumping the multi-Function light switch, they would come back on. Please see attached letter ...

My car was stolen on June 30th 2023 due to the kia tik tok challenge. The officer at LMPD says is common. There were lots of kias in the impound lot! My car did not have standard antitheft installed. The car has body damage and the steering coloumn is trashed. From the theft This was a suprise to m...

I have had issues with car stalling and not working. As a result, I've had to purchase another car. I found out via research that my car may have qualified for a recall or new catalytic converter which the dealership failed to replace years ago. Now I have a cat that needs a new catalytic converter...

While driving the brake warning light came on and immediately lost all braking. My safety and the safety of other vehicles around me were put at risk. Vehicle was towed to a repair facility and upon inspection the brake master cylinder was leaking and had leaked into the brake booster. Brake master ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that on two occasions while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The oil level warning light was illuminated. There was also an unknown warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to the dea...

Mileage: 120,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH uphill, the vehicle went into LIMP mode. The contact veered to the side of the road. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to drive to the residence. Upon inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that...

Mileage: 207,000

Excessive oil consumption, oil turning dark and burned right after oil change, engine knocking, engine stalling, check engine light did not turned on, no alerts of engine failure. Car started to stall on the freeway hazard to me and other drivers if car shuts down. This car is at risk of engine to b...

The car hood fire shield compartment has been making raddle noises. I have heard pieces falling into the engine several times. On 6/24/2023 I attempted to remove the fire shield and black hard pieces started to fall out. I immediately took it to Moritz Kia @ 8501 West Fwy, Fort Worth, TX 76116, (...

Mileage: 156,518

I was driving the speed limit of 60 mph and all of a sudden it sputtered and hesitated; stalling out while attempting to accelerate going lower speed. My vehicle luckily got a parking spot at an automotive repair shop. No warning signal illuminated during my driving incident. The next morning the en...

I was driving the speed limit of 60 mph and all of a sudden it sputtered and hesitated; stalling out while attempting to accelerate going lower speed. My vehicle luckily got a parking spot at an automotive repair shop. No warning signal illuminated during my driving incident. The next morning the en...

I was driving the speed limit of 60 mph and all of a sudden it sputtered and hesitated; stalling out while attempting to accelerate going lower speed. My vehicle luckily got a parking spot at an automotive repair shop. No warning signal illuminated during my driving incident. The next morning the en...

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ENGINE SECURITY CAR LOCK

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ENGINE SECURITY CAR LOCK

While my wife was returning home from dinner one evening approximately 6PM in the evening, she was traveling about 35MPH when all of a sudden she heard a soft "POP" sound and the engine died. She had to coast to the side of the road to get out of traffic. There was no warning, no lights on the dash,...

The recall on the catalytic converter literally happened to my car that caused piston and oil tank damage resulting in a new engine, but Kia will not replace the catalytic converter, even though they just told me that it is damaged and caused the damage of the engine. Instead they want 3 grand for a...

This vehicle has a serious oil consumption issue. It was first noticed about three years ago and has been getting progressively worse. As of June 2023 it consumes a full oil tank in about 2500 miles. Oil warning indicators flash very briefly on occasion but the light does not come on until the oil...

This vehicle has a serious oil consumption issue. It was first noticed about three years ago and has been getting progressively worse. As of June 2023 it consumes a full oil tank in about 2500 miles. Oil warning indicators flash very briefly on occasion but the light does not come on until the oil...

OIL CONSUMPTION. I EXPRESSED CONCERN AT 140,734 MILES TO DEALERSHIP AS OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON EVERY 1000 T0 1500 MILES. SERVICE REP SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, $9.000. I HAVE JUST RECD NOTICE OF AN ENGINE CLASS SETTLEMENT. I AM CONCERNED IF ENGINE WOULD STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, there was an abnormally loud sound coming from the vehicle, followed by the vehicle coming to a complete stop. The contact stated there was an oil leak underneath the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehic...

Mileage: 145,000

Three repeat incidents, a few months apart, introduced same hazard to passengers and others: End of year 2022 (date not remembered): Car was stopped at stop sign at T-intersection to enter busy roadway. Break depressed. Engine RPMS started high revving, and unexpected forward motion of car lurch...

ABS light and traction light

ABS light and traction light

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) however, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, she smelled a burning odor then the oil warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a Valvoline Service...

Mileage: 132,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V096000 (Air Bags). The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair and the vehicle was also repaired under the NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) however, ...

Mileage: 160,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard. The vehicle was slow to respond and failed to move. After the vehicle responded, the vehicle ...

Mileage: 116,119

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard. The vehicle was slow to respond and failed to move. After the vehicle responded, the vehicle ...

Mileage: 116,119

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond. The brake pedal was depressed to the floorboard. The vehicle was slow to respond and failed to move. After the vehicle responded, the vehicle ...

Mileage: 116,119

My car was stolen by a minor who had a USB cable and internet instructions. My car was lacking proper if any anti theft technology by Kia. Because Kia is aware of this issue and did nothing not only myself but anyone who drives a Kia is at risk for a theft or car jacking. The car was recovered a...

I brought my vehicle into an authorized dealer when my check engine light came on, having just been made aware of the recall notice when I took it in for an oil change earlier that day. He said the recall came about when cars of my make/model/year started catching fire out of nowhere due to engine ...

I brought my vehicle into an authorized dealer when my check engine light came on, having just been made aware of the recall notice when I took it in for an oil change earlier that day. He said the recall came about when cars of my make/model/year started catching fire out of nowhere due to engine ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the engine revved, the check engine light illuminated, and the vehicle stal...

Mileage: 80,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine...

Mileage: 146,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine...

Mileage: 146,000

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO DEFECTS IN VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS THAT APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO, AND COVERED, BY ONE OR MORE RECALLS THAT APPLY TO THE KIA SOUL VEHICLE.

Catalytic Converter malfunction and it was check by my mechanic at Hillebrand Automotive. It causes my 2014 Kia Soul to stop running in the middle of the highway. There were no warning lights, massages or any other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. This happened 3 months ago. On January ...

Catalytic Converter malfunction and it was check by my mechanic at Hillebrand Automotive. It causes my 2014 Kia Soul to stop running in the middle of the highway. There were no warning lights, massages or any other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. This happened 3 months ago. On January ...

Catalytic Converter malfunction and it was check by my mechanic at Hillebrand Automotive. It causes my 2014 Kia Soul to stop running in the middle of the highway. There were no warning lights, massages or any other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. This happened 3 months ago. On January ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle jerked significantly and hesitated to respond. The contact stated that the failure occurred while driving under 40 MPH. The check engine warning light was illum...

Mileage: 94,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle jerked significantly and hesitated to respond. The contact stated that the failure occurred while driving under 40 MPH. The check engine warning light was illum...

Mileage: 94,000

Since I bought this car, I have experienced hesitation, stalling, high RPM idle, fluctuating idle, burning smell, lurching, running though gas very fast (not due to increased driving), engine noises, dash panel half lighting up, hard to accelerate when the headlights are on, or heat, or air con, odd...

Since I bought this car, I have experienced hesitation, stalling, high RPM idle, fluctuating idle, burning smell, lurching, running though gas very fast (not due to increased driving), engine noises, dash panel half lighting up, hard to accelerate when the headlights are on, or heat, or air con, odd...

Since I bought this car, I have experienced hesitation, stalling, high RPM idle, fluctuating idle, burning smell, lurching, running though gas very fast (not due to increased driving), engine noises, dash panel half lighting up, hard to accelerate when the headlights are on, or heat, or air con, odd...

My check engine light came on and took it to Coastal Kia. Was told the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. After checking it’s not on the recall list but why are some on recall and not others. It started with the light at 127,000 miles. At first it would only stay on for a few days and then...

My check engine light came on and took it to Coastal Kia. Was told the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. After checking it’s not on the recall list but why are some on recall and not others. It started with the light at 127,000 miles. At first it would only stay on for a few days and then...

I own a 2014 Kia soul with 78000 miles. Engine light came on just changed my oil it was almost dry. I’m going through 2 quarts every two weeks due to KIAS power train warranty of 100000 miles I was sold on as a second owner. The dealer will not cover to replace the engine since the second owner...

check engine light came on the evening of 3/08/2023. Auto zone said it was a knock sensor code and was listed as a recall. Next morning while driving on highway to ft Wayne Kia dealership my car engine lost rpm while driving at 65 mph on i-69 chapel exit in ft Wayne indiana. The car engine compar...

check engine light came on the evening of 3/08/2023. Auto zone said it was a knock sensor code and was listed as a recall. Next morning while driving on highway to ft Wayne Kia dealership my car engine lost rpm while driving at 65 mph on i-69 chapel exit in ft Wayne indiana. The car engine compar...

check engine light came on the evening of 3/08/2023. Auto zone said it was a knock sensor code and was listed as a recall. Next morning while driving on highway to ft Wayne Kia dealership my car engine lost rpm while driving at 65 mph on i-69 chapel exit in ft Wayne indiana. The car engine compar...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle was making an abnormal sound from the engine compartment. The vehicle was idling rough and vibrating. The contact dro...

Mileage: 88,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The contact stated that oil had to be added once every month. The contact then received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) and the vehicle was taken to the de...

Mileage: 127,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 30-40 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly. The contact immediately shifted into neutral (N). There was no warning light illuminated. The contact then shifted into drive (D) and the vehicle respond...

Mileage: 41,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 30-40 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly. The contact immediately shifted into neutral (N). There was no warning light illuminated. The contact then shifted into drive (D) and the vehicle respond...

Mileage: 41,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 30-40 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly. The contact immediately shifted into neutral (N). There was no warning light illuminated. The contact then shifted into drive (D) and the vehicle respond...

Mileage: 41,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that an unknown tube or valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer ...

Mileage: 88,000

Error code p1326 kia soul 2014

Error code p1326 kia soul 2014

My wife was involved in a traffic accident yesterday where she was not at fault, was hit, had on her safety belt, and her head hit the steering wheel of this car and she lost consciousness and has lacerations requiring stitches on her face. The airbag should have deployed in this case and did not. ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 45-50 MPH, there was an abnormal ticking sound coming from the engine compartment. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving at a slower speed. The vehicle was taken to an independent me...

Mileage: 147,250

Friday January 20th, 2023 while on the freeway my 2014 Kia Soul with less than 75,000 miles spontaneously caught on fire. While merging over to the side of the road the breaks and throttle were inoperable. I was very fortunate that I did not suffer any injuries though it was a very close call. My s...

Friday January 20th, 2023 while on the freeway my 2014 Kia Soul with less than 75,000 miles spontaneously caught on fire. While merging over to the side of the road the breaks and throttle were inoperable. I was very fortunate that I did not suffer any injuries though it was a very close call. My s...

I own a Kia Soul. The catylitic converters went out. The car won't accelerate and the car got extremely hot. When I looked up Kia Soul recalls it showed that there was a recall on the converters also that some Kia Souls had gotten hot an caught on fire. I called Parkway Family Kia. They told me...

I own a Kia Soul. The catylitic converters went out. The car won't accelerate and the car got extremely hot. When I looked up Kia Soul recalls it showed that there was a recall on the converters also that some Kia Souls had gotten hot an caught on fire. I called Parkway Family Kia. They told me...

When approaching 60-65 mph vehicle begins to shake and make loud muffler sounds. No warning signal illuminated at all. I took the vehicle to Woodbridge Kia service center and they advised that I need to replace the catalytic converter. I paid for a replacement catalytic converter, gas pump and gaske...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that after the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V75000 (Engine), the vehicle sputtered and hesitated while attempting to accelerate above 40 MPH. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicl...

Mileage: 80,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that after the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V75000 (Engine), the vehicle sputtered and hesitated while attempting to accelerate above 40 MPH. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicl...

Mileage: 80,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to AutoZone where a diagnostic test was performed and produced an unknown code indicating failure with the O2 sensor. The vehicle was...

Mileage: 206,975

i was driving home and noticed my gas mileage rapidly going down. (before when i filled up i used to get 408 miles till “E” then got 380) so i knew sowmthing was starting to go wrong. then, my engine light started flashing. i got my catalytic converters replaced but i’m still losing gas mileag...

i was driving home and noticed my gas mileage rapidly going down. (before when i filled up i used to get 408 miles till “E” then got 380) so i knew sowmthing was starting to go wrong. then, my engine light started flashing. i got my catalytic converters replaced but i’m still losing gas mileag...

Took my car in the dealership 3 months ago before I hit my 100K mark. The engine sounded like a Cummons diesel and the engine light kept going on and off. They did an oil change and kept my car for 3 days and were unable to diagnose the problem. I made sure the problem was documented by the deal...

This car has experienced paint issues due to poor bonding of the primer. The paint is literally peeling off the car in sheets. It has been going on for the last 1.5 years , and Kia states that it is not their problem. I have worked patiently with them for almost a year as they have instructed me to ...

Whenever needing to accelerate sharply on highway or roadways a plume of white smoke is released from the engine manifold compartment area and creates a smoke screen surrounding and behind vehicle. Had numerous mechanics fix things on this, fuel injectors recently, Kia dealership states it needs a n...

Whenever needing to accelerate sharply on highway or roadways a plume of white smoke is released from the engine manifold compartment area and creates a smoke screen surrounding and behind vehicle. Had numerous mechanics fix things on this, fuel injectors recently, Kia dealership states it needs a n...

I have did a diagnosis on the car and it’s coming back to the catalytic converter, the gas in my car is draining out like crazy it’s like i’m putting in so much just for it to run out. The RPMs won’t go up when suppose to. The seems like it’s trying so hard to switch in and out of gears

I have did a diagnosis on the car and it’s coming back to the catalytic converter, the gas in my car is draining out like crazy it’s like i’m putting in so much just for it to run out. The RPMs won’t go up when suppose to. The seems like it’s trying so hard to switch in and out of gears

I purchased the vehicle new (2014 KIA Soul, 1.6 liter) and in 2019 (85,000), under NHTSA Recall ID: 19V120000, I took the vehicle to a dealer who allegedly effected the repair, claiming, according to KIA, the catalytic converter was ok. I had a warranty on the vehicle to 120,000 miles. At 125,000 ...

Own my way home from work. It was foggy and rainy. I did not realize it flooded. I ran my car in the water. After that it started messing up and not running right. My insurance sent it to Kia and Kia claims that the catalytic converter is all of a sudden messed up and said it don't have water damag...

The contact’s daughter owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated to approximately 40 MPH. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the spark plugs needed ...

Mileage: 150,000

The vehicle’s engine spontaneously caught fire on the interstate. Entire car and all belongings inside were a total loss.

The vehicle’s engine spontaneously caught fire on the interstate. Entire car and all belongings inside were a total loss.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was ma...

Mileage: 58,000

The engine is the system that is malfunctioned and yes it is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle accelerates at a slower pace than actual acceleration pressure put on pedal and then it lurches/jerks forward at a fast pace and then slows down and repeats that process over and over. Ye...

The engine is the system that is malfunctioned and yes it is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle accelerates at a slower pace than actual acceleration pressure put on pedal and then it lurches/jerks forward at a fast pace and then slows down and repeats that process over and over. Ye...

The engine is the system that is malfunctioned and yes it is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle accelerates at a slower pace than actual acceleration pressure put on pedal and then it lurches/jerks forward at a fast pace and then slows down and repeats that process over and over. Ye...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated, and the vehicle decelerated. The contact stated that the vehicle then failed to exceed 20 MPH. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the ca...

Mileage: 93,000

I was informed by U.S. Mail with a letter from Kia America this vehicle has an important NHTSA Recall number 22V096. I have contacted three Kia dealerships since received the letter dated April 4, 2022, about 3 times each. Each time, a representative says they will contact me "when they receive part...

The rear windshield in my 2014 Kia Soul shattered upon getting into it and just closing the driver’s side front door. The car had been parked for about 11 hours and was not running at the time - I hadn’t even started it yet. There was no sign or indication of anything or anyone hitting the windo...

Vehicle has engine knocking and cylinder misfires believed to have been caused by a previous recall/ system update. Kia was supposed to have updated their KSDS (Knock sensor detection system) in my 2014 Kia Soul. I was driving the Kia Soul to work back in October 2021 when check engine light started...

My catalytic converter continuously fails. I have fixed it once, but yet my car still jerks and uses a lot of oil. As for being put at risk, my accelerator takes time to accelerate which can prevent any accidents on the road, putting myself and my family in danger. I have visited my local car dealer...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine). The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated and there was an abnormal amount of smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. Additionally, the contact stated that the ...

Mileage: 201,000

Engine malfunction and burning excessive amounts of oil and no warnings of this malfunction on dash. Engine will need complete replacement

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the engine emitted abnormal rattling sounds. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred while driving 30 MPH. The contact then inspected the oil dipstick and noticed that there...

Mileage: 120,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated upon starting the vehicle, the engine emitted abnormal rattling sounds. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred while driving 30 MPH. The contact then inspected the oil dipstick and noticed that there...

Mileage: 120,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at 80 MPH, the vehicle decelerated unintendedly to 40 MPH. The check engine warning light and the oil pressure warning light were illuminated. The contact refilled the oil reservoir with the assistance of a towing agent. However, th...

Mileage: 120,000

Has consumed more than 15 qts if oil in the last 2.5 months less than 3000 miles. Has had check engine light come on due to low oil. Ha e had to continue to refill oil. Highly concerned I'm going to get stranded due to engine failure. Kia dealership I took it to was no help.

On or about 10/11/22 while driving I completely lost control of the vehicle suddenly. I was unable to break or use my steering wheel. The vehicle rolled over twice and the front airbags failed to deploy.

On or about 10/11/22 while driving I completely lost control of the vehicle suddenly. I was unable to break or use my steering wheel. The vehicle rolled over twice and the front airbags failed to deploy.

On or about 10/11/22 while driving I completely lost control of the vehicle suddenly. I was unable to break or use my steering wheel. The vehicle rolled over twice and the front airbags failed to deploy.

My car was jerking, and smoking broke down in OK, the mechanic that fixed my car told me to reach out to KIA and you because he said that Oil was leaking down into the coils and I was lucky that A. it didn't catch fire with me and my child in the car and B. that it didn't burn up my motor. Since th...

My car was jerking, and smoking broke down in OK, the mechanic that fixed my car told me to reach out to KIA and you because he said that Oil was leaking down into the coils and I was lucky that A. it didn't catch fire with me and my child in the car and B. that it didn't burn up my motor. Since th...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the catalytic converter sensor to be replaced. ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing excessive oil consumption. The contact stated that oil was added every 2-3 days. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) however, the dealer inform...

Mileage: 130,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle jolted. The contact was able to continue driving however, the failure reoccurred increasingly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the catalytic conv...

Mileage: 122,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle jolted. The contact was able to continue driving however, the failure reoccurred increasingly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the catalytic conv...

Mileage: 122,000

I was driving on a busy 2 lane highway road. The Kia soul lost power and I had to veer to the side of the highway to not b hit from behind. The car behind me had to use their brakes and veer to the next lane which was on coming traffic not to hit me from behind.i had (including myself), 4 woman in ...

Engine seized. Wont rotate with breaker bar despite plugs and serpentine belt removed

Jeffrey Kia charged and claimed fix the engine recall and told me me that the engine was seizing but failed to let me know the dangers of an engine seizing which caused my accident after blinking engine wouldn’t allow me to go above 5mph.

My headlights flicker or shut off intermittently when driving at night. Sometimes it seems to be associated with using my turn signal. Sometimes it seems to be associated with going from dim to bright headlights. I took my car to the dealer who said that KIA has an extended warranty to cover this re...

My catalytic converter failed and lead to no compression in cylinder 1 of the engine. I scanned the car on 3 different OBD scanners and I had P0420 and P0300 and P0301 codes. Also, the car has the symptoms of bad catalytic converter, which are 1) rattling sound from the exhaust 2)really hot air comi...

The car shut down in the middle of a highway while driving. My partner and I had to wheel the car aside. It then turn on 20 minutes later. The vehicle shakes and shifts. Kia stated they cannot fix issue because the car is out of warranty. We took it when the warranty came out in 2020 and we had to p...

It's says the engine exhaust recall is not open on this vin but I recently had to replace my catalytic converter and the problem is still happening because of excessive heat to the converter.i would like to make sure this was fixed properly it's the same GDI engine that was in the recall. The car st...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated she noticed that the driver’s side brake light bulb was inoperable. The bulb was replaced; however, the failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, no failure was found. The manufacturer was not ...

Mileage: 40,000

Driver's side headlight flickering on and off at times. Inspected wiring and it looks like the harness socket is burning out. It looks like this is a common problem with this car and can prove to be a safety issue if your lights go out while driving

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the residence and then to her place of business where she discovered that her vehicle was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V75000...

Mileage: 108,000

On July 6, 2022 while in route to Virginia Beach with 4 of my younger siblings for a camping trip, my meticulously maintained 2014 SOUL suddenly lost power and the check engine light began flashing. Unsure what to do I pulled to the side of I-64 and called my father. He instructed me to drive to the...

When braking, the car tends to push forward resulting in a hard brake. I’m unable to use Apps like “DRIVEWISE “. It records as a “ HARD BRAKE “, I have to start braking way in advance to prevent such incident. This happens all the time.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while her mother was driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 19...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while at a traffic light, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle however while driving, the engine was knocking. The contact continued driving to her residence. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it wa...

Mileage: 77,523

Took car into Dean McCary Mobile, Al on June 13, 2020 for the two recall, engine and air bag Also problems with car, wouldn’t pick up speed over 60 miles, with rattling noise, I was putting extra oil in car, because it kept using lots of oil, They told me they did an inspection on engine, and ai...

Took car into Dean McCary Mobile, Al on June 13, 2020 for the two recall, engine and air bag Also problems with car, wouldn’t pick up speed over 60 miles, with rattling noise, I was putting extra oil in car, because it kept using lots of oil, They told me they did an inspection on engine, and ai...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called the local dealer but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer informed the contact he ...

Mileage: 77,720

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while her husband was driving approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle stalled with abnormal sounds coming from the vehicle. The driver stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicl...

Mileage: 132,000

While driving on the highway, my car blew a puff of smoke, and I was no longer able to accelerate higher than 15 mph. I had to stop and get my vehicle towed to the local Kia Dealership because my vehicle was inoperable. The dealership told me that DTC P0420 was triggered and that I would need a cata...

While driving on the highway, my car blew a puff of smoke, and I was no longer able to accelerate higher than 15 mph. I had to stop and get my vehicle towed to the local Kia Dealership because my vehicle was inoperable. The dealership told me that DTC P0420 was triggered and that I would need a cata...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle lost braking functionality, and the brake pedal depressed to the floorboard. Additionally, there was an abnormal sound coming from the dashboard. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle...

Mileage: 95,000

I took my car to KIA to get its recall fixed and my engine started knocking before hand. They denied the recall stating that the recall is in place so they wouldn’t have to replace the engine, but the recall clearly states “DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF ANY DAMAGE, THE ENGINE MAY ALSO BE REPLACED�...

The check engine light is displayed showing that the catalytic converter is bad. Vehicle is losing engine oil. Have filled complaint with KIA. No assistance offered other than stating there are no recalls on the vehicle.

For about a year now our Kia Soul has been shutting off at random times. There is no warning or sound that indicates a problem with the engine. While driving the engine may just shut off at any time. I started recording the engine to capture this and the last time it happened I was traveling down...

The engine burns an excessive amount of oil; I have to replace the oil in the car every month. If I drive from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, by the time I get to Oklahoma city, I have to replace 3 quarts of oil. This has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the car.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Coolant) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recal...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Coolant) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recal...

I had went I. To Waukegan auto warehouse dealership and around Mar25-26 I went home in black 2014 Kia Soul and not even to months later my engine blown and they don’t wanna let me trade for something else that’s even in the same price and or let me have a curtsy car and I’m at the risk of losi...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that he had received an unknown recall notification. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and four unstated recall repairs were performed. Upon return of the vehicle, the contact stated that the vehicle would stall and hesitate upon depressi...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, there was an abnormal burning odor coming from the vehicle. The oil warning light was flashing on the instrument panel and then the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local mech...

Mileage: 107,000

Soon after buying my car used in 4/2021, I took the car into a KIA dealership to have the check engine light evaluated and asked for the open recalls to be addressed also. They didn't check the codes before doing the recalls and said the recalls performed cleared the codes and the check engine light...

BEEN LEAKING OIL AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN AND NOT STARTING AFTER THIS. I GET MY OIL CHAGED EVERY 3,000 MILES AND I HAVE TO KEEP A CHECK ON THE OIL AND ADD OIL EVERY COUPLE WEEKS DUE TO THE OIL LEAK. I NOTICED THAT OTHERS OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF THERE KIA SOUL...

Vehicle's engine failed months after a recall was performed on it in October 2021 to "protect the engine from damage" while failing to reason why this was necessary. Upon my vehicle breaking down on April 1st, 2022, I had it taken to a repair shop that performed about $2,000 worth of work on the veh...

Check engine light continually emits., code states there is a catalytic converter issue., tire sensor light continues to emit., car idles high and shakes continually. Oil disappears and low oil indicator does not work.

Check engine light continually emits., code states there is a catalytic converter issue., tire sensor light continues to emit., car idles high and shakes continually. Oil disappears and low oil indicator does not work.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming oil at an excessive rate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on multiple occasions, however, the failure persisted. The contact also stated that the vehicle was making an abnormal sound. The check engine warning lig...

Mileage: 96,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) at the dealer; however, the failure recurred with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was towed back to th...

Mileage: 180,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) at the dealer; however, the failure recurred with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was towed back to th...

Mileage: 180,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle started to shake and nearly stalled. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that th...

Mileage: 213,038

March of 2021 I started to experience slow take off speeds also the car was riding a little rougher than usual when accelerating with engine light on. I took it to the Kia dealership when they advised me that my catalytic converter went out and had messed up entire exhaust system which they ended re...

A loud bang was heard while driving approx. 35 MPH on a clear day. The vehicle lost all power, smoke started coming from the hood area and the cabin began to fill with smoke. Driver pulled over, opened the hood and discovered the entire engine compartment in was engulfed in flames. Passersby trie...

A loud bang was heard while driving approx. 35 MPH on a clear day. The vehicle lost all power, smoke started coming from the hood area and the cabin began to fill with smoke. Driver pulled over, opened the hood and discovered the entire engine compartment in was engulfed in flames. Passersby trie...

A loud bang was heard while driving approx. 35 MPH on a clear day. The vehicle lost all power, smoke started coming from the hood area and the cabin began to fill with smoke. Driver pulled over, opened the hood and discovered the entire engine compartment in was engulfed in flames. Passersby trie...

Complete engine failure at 120,000 miles. Engine will need replaced. Old engine will be sent back for core charge. The car went in for repairs at a local car repair shop. Kia dealership has done all the recalls on vehicle. No warning lights or noise prior to failure. Getting on the interstate and t...

I had my car “recall” checked out at a dealership. They preformed a software update but I have had problems ever since. I’ve replace the catalytic converter twice. Had to replace spark plugs after the dealership blew them all and only decided to fix one. I’ve had engine misfires and burning ...

I had my car “recall” checked out at a dealership. They preformed a software update but I have had problems ever since. I’ve replace the catalytic converter twice. Had to replace spark plugs after the dealership blew them all and only decided to fix one. I’ve had engine misfires and burning ...

The contact's sister-in-law owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine and Engine Cooling) and passed the catalytic converter test. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered and would not ac...

Mileage: 125,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph when the vehicle's engine was making a grinding sound then it started making a winding noise as if it was revving up. The contact stated they noticed that something had dropped from underneath the hood of th...

Mileage: 96,000

I recently had the engine related "recalls" done to my 2014 kia Soul car. The dealership made no mention of my bad engine noises on the service invoice or when he called me to come pick up the car that had "passed" the engine test and the ecu update. My faint engine noise is escalating greatly foll...

I recently had the engine related "recalls" done to my 2014 kia Soul car. The dealership made no mention of my bad engine noises on the service invoice or when he called me to come pick up the car that had "passed" the engine test and the ecu update. My faint engine noise is escalating greatly foll...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the engine and oil warning lights illuminated. The vehicle then emitted smoke from the front-end and rear-end of the vehicle began to smoke. The vehicle then shut completely off. The contact had the vehicle towed. The dealer diagnosed that a...

Mileage: 126,000

2014 Kia Soul: Noticed some pretty dim headlights. In checking them out the lens over the headlight has orange peal cracking. On the inside. Took it to Kia dealer where I bought it with a 10 year bumper to bumper insurance policy. They told me it is not covered. To go ahead and call myself and find ...

Check engine light came on trouble code P050A

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that her check engine light had been illuminated on her instrument panel. The contact initially took the vehicle to a dealer where the check engine light was reset; however, the light returned the next day. The contact then took the vehicle to an ...

Mileage: 130,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that her check engine light had been illuminated on her instrument panel. The contact initially took the vehicle to a dealer where the check engine light was reset; however, the light returned the next day. The contact then took the vehicle to an ...

Mileage: 130,000

I am unaware of what is able to be inspected of the vehicle at this time due to the amount of damage. My own and other drivers’ safety was at risk when my car began smoking and eventually caught fire. Nothing has been reproduced, inspected, or confirmed by any manufacturer, dealer, or independent ...

I am unaware of what is able to be inspected of the vehicle at this time due to the amount of damage. My own and other drivers’ safety was at risk when my car began smoking and eventually caught fire. Nothing has been reproduced, inspected, or confirmed by any manufacturer, dealer, or independent ...

I am unaware of what is able to be inspected of the vehicle at this time due to the amount of damage. My own and other drivers’ safety was at risk when my car began smoking and eventually caught fire. Nothing has been reproduced, inspected, or confirmed by any manufacturer, dealer, or independent ...

I have notice that there is a burn smell or melting smell coming in my vent. Has happened several times it’s been a month so I reported to Kia dealership. They tested and said there is nothing wrong. It’s been two weeks since they did the test. The car is acting weird and not wanted to speed an...

The contact owns 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at unknown speeds, the front driver’s side tire pressure monitoring system would erroneously remain activated although the tire pressure was correct. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer...

Mileage: 95,000

Power Steering went out .

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 MPH, an abnormal sound was heard coming from the front end of the vehicle. The contact stated that no warning lights were illuminated until the vehicle was stopped and at that time the check engine warning wa...

Mileage: 142,111

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Driving car at normal speed suddenly car would not accelerate. had severe loss of bower with no warning. engine stalled and would not start. towed to mechanic and was told engine needed to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle, the oil pressure warning light would remain illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who performed an oil consumption test however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not yet notified of the f...

Mileage: 67,500

I noticed my 2014 kia soul 2.0 not taking off when accelerating and hearing a high pitched screeching sound coming from the engine almost like metal was rubbing against metal. My vehicle also has been burning a lot of oilsince I purchased it in 2018 (1 quart every 2 weeks). I have taken my vehicle i...

Brakes completely failed. It turned out that the brake line for the rear wheels rusted through where it bends near the rear wheels and all of the brake fluid was lost. I had just completed a 400 mile trip (New Hope, PA to Wash DC and back) and it was just my good fortune that the failure occurred in...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine, and Engine Cooling). The contact's mother took the vehicle to the local dealer and had the recall remedy completed. The contact stated in November 2021, while driving approximatel...

Mileage: 82,558

Lack of power and would not go above 60 on highway. KIA of Des Moines says oil consumption and oil everywhere and that Catalytic converter clogged which made the piston rings blow out.

While driving at 15-20 mph, the engine started knocking loudly, smoked a little and died. There were NO warning lights or messages. There were NO previous symptoms, the car had been running fine and the oil and water had been checked 3 days prior. My car had never leaked or burned oil. I was able to...

While driving at 15-20 mph, the engine started knocking loudly, smoked a little and died. There were NO warning lights or messages. There were NO previous symptoms, the car had been running fine and the oil and water had been checked 3 days prior. My car had never leaked or burned oil. I was able to...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the oil warning light was illuminated after an oil change. Upon inspection, the contact noticed there was no oil in the oil reservoir. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where various unknown tests were performed. The dealer diagnosed that ...

Mileage: 60,000

I had the Knock sensor recall updated on my car last year. This installation was faulty so Kia had to create a software for my car for the knock sensor. Recently, my car has starting losing momentum when trying to drive and it's slow to shift almost like it's stuck in safe mode which is what happene...

I had the Knock sensor recall updated on my car last year. This installation was faulty so Kia had to create a software for my car for the knock sensor. Recently, my car has starting losing momentum when trying to drive and it's slow to shift almost like it's stuck in safe mode which is what happene...

I had the Knock sensor recall updated on my car last year. This installation was faulty so Kia had to create a software for my car for the knock sensor. Recently, my car has starting losing momentum when trying to drive and it's slow to shift almost like it's stuck in safe mode which is what happene...

Car has issues when starting up. When turning on, occasionally it will take time to completely turn on, its as if it’s not receiving enough power from battery, but then it will turn on with the traction control and engine light being on. I would have to turn it off and turn it back off for those l...

Car has issues when starting up. When turning on, occasionally it will take time to completely turn on, its as if it’s not receiving enough power from battery, but then it will turn on with the traction control and engine light being on. I would have to turn it off and turn it back off for those l...

Car has issues when starting up. When turning on, occasionally it will take time to completely turn on, its as if it’s not receiving enough power from battery, but then it will turn on with the traction control and engine light being on. I would have to turn it off and turn it back off for those l...

Live in Dallas,TX. In MS 12/29/20 when engine failed, no warning. Did not receive recall until 1/28/21. KIA Wilson Flowood,MS kept my Soul until I retuned in person to MS 4/7 and demanded they return my Soul. Admitted they had to finish installing engine. I picked it up 4/9. I knew before I left MS ...

This vehicle has been a nightmare for half of the time that I’ve had it. I first took it back to the Kia dealership in 2019 because of the check engine light and told them it was pulling a 420 code I knew that was a catalytic converter which had been recalled. After a few hours of having my car th...

The engine on my Kia Soul blew about 3 months ago. My husband was driving on the highway when the car started acting funny. It lost the power to accelerate and steer. He was able to make it to a gas station where he checked all the fluids. He found there to be NO oil!! There was no indication light ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine, and Engine Cooling) however, the check engine warning light started illuminating randomly. The vehicle was diagnosed with catalytic converter failure....

Vehicle is a 2014 Kia Soul with the 1.6L GDI engine. While traveling at highway speeds the engine began to run rough and the vehicle lost power. The check engine light did not illuminate. We pulled off the highway to a Kia dealership in Greensboro, NC with the engine continuing to run & idle roug...

Engine consuming so much oil it caused several breakdowns while driving, including total loss of acceleration and very bad engine knocking/shaking. Constantly refilling oil to avoid these breakdowns. Integral engine parts failed including catalytic converter and cam shaft sensors. Parts replaced but...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle wobbled and hesitated to accelerate. Additionally, the vehicle was consuming excessive amounts of oil. The local dealer and Gurley Leep Kia (4028 Grape Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545) were made aware of t...

Mileage: 90,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle wobbled and hesitated to accelerate. Additionally, the vehicle was consuming excessive amounts of oil. The local dealer and Gurley Leep Kia (4028 Grape Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545) were made aware of t...

Mileage: 90,000

2914 Kia Soul with 49,405 miles. Malfunction Indicator Lamp illuminated-No drivability issues were noted outside of a rapid idle at startup. Dealer scan indicated fault code P050A and performed ECU upgrade for $186.51.

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The front of the car started to smoke (black smoke coming from under the hood) while driving on a highway and caught fire within one minute. The safety of the driver was at risk. He barely had enough time to get out of the car before the whole front of the car burst into flames. The driver had to ca...

The front of the car started to smoke (black smoke coming from under the hood) while driving on a highway and caught fire within one minute. The safety of the driver was at risk. He barely had enough time to get out of the car before the whole front of the car burst into flames. The driver had to ca...

My check engine light goes on and off and its reading catalytic converter there is a recall for that as well on kia souls

My check engine light goes on and off and its reading catalytic converter there is a recall for that as well on kia souls

Catalytic converter was replaced on 10/27/21 as well as Logic update. After driving the car 53 miles it got hot and started smoking and now the head gasket is blown. No warning lights came on except the temp went to Hot. Dealer says they won’t replace the engine.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while his wife was at a stop light, the vehicle shuddered and stalled. The power train warning light was illuminated. Additionally, while driving the vehicle was shuddering. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the co...

Mileage: 164,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while his wife was at a stop light, the vehicle shuddered and stalled. The power train warning light was illuminated. Additionally, while driving the vehicle was shuddering. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the co...

Mileage: 164,000

I took my 2014 Kia Soul into the dealer to have them do the 2 open recalls on the car, the one to update the knock sensor logic detection system and they also replaced the catalytic converter. 2 days later after picking up the car & only driving it 50 miles, the engine blew (head gasket blew) and i...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, when there was an abnormal knocking noise coming from the engine compartment and suddenly there was smoke as well. The contact was able to pull over and EMS were called to the scene, before fire marshals arrived...

Mileage: 93,635

Engine making knocking noise, car turns off while driving, it won't start sometimes, hard hesitates when gears change, I'm mostly concerned about it turning off while driving in a high way it happened three times already to me!

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, exhaust fumes entered the cabin causing a headache. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and was await...

Mileage: 93,500

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently downshifted and would not go past 45 MPH. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact was able to veer to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. The contact was able to resta...

Mileage: 84,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) on 9/21/2021. The contact called multiple local dealers and was informed the closest appointment was on 11/8/2021 to have recall repairs. The contact stated on 9/24/2021 while his daughte...

Mileage: 90,400

Unknown, issue is the vehicle will not accelerate or change gears properly on an incline. On level roads the acceleration is still very slow.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle started sputtering then loss motive power. The check engine and oil warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was leaking oil onto the ground. The contact inspe...

Mileage: 150,000

When trying to accelerate the engine does not go into the next gear causing the speed to stay below 60 mph.

Started experiencing engine issues around 100,000 miles/6 years with Kia Soul, including very sluggish acceleration, not shifting gears properly or when needed on Highway. A couple of different technicians/dealers looked at car and couldn’t figure it out. In June 2020 at 108,151 miles a Kia dealer...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) however, while pulling into the driveway the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and became aware that ...

Mileage: 57,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph during rainy weather conditions, the vehicle began to produce a knocking noise, decelerated, and smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact's boyfriend opened the hood and confirmed that there was a fi...

Mileage: 99,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that during a brakes and struts repair being performed by an independent mechanic, the mechanic informed the contact that there was oil pan leakage but could not fix the failure since the vehicle was under a recall. The vehicle was taken to the de...

Mileage: 64,000

My dash lights would flash bright and dim randomly while driving at first. A few weeks later my headlights would flicker from high beam to low beam and dash lights would still flicker. Now about a month into this my headlights still flicker but they have even turned off all while driving and I was t...

My dash lights would flash bright and dim randomly while driving at first. A few weeks later my headlights would flicker from high beam to low beam and dash lights would still flicker. Now about a month into this my headlights still flicker but they have even turned off all while driving and I was t...

My dash lights would flash bright and dim randomly while driving at first. A few weeks later my headlights would flicker from high beam to low beam and dash lights would still flicker. Now about a month into this my headlights still flicker but they have even turned off all while driving and I was t...

I took my 2014 soul to get recall done in San Leandro on 01APR21.No repairs done except coil that I paid for.Today 03SEP21 I took my 2015 soul in(same issue as b4 little power)and they are telling me my catalytic converter needs changing. To my understanding when I had them check the safety recall T...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon placing the key into the ignition and turning the key in the on position, the passenger side curtain airbag deployed without warning. No injuries were reported. The dealer was notified of the failure and he was referred to an independent...

Mileage: 111,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate above 40 MPH. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed but not repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with N...

Mileage: 146,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while at a stoplight, the vehicle stalled with an abnormal knocking sound coming from the engine. The contact was uncertain if the check engine warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel prior to failure. The contact was unable to ...

Mileage: 111,436

The engine started overheating when the vehicle reached over 150,000 miles. The oil in the car is burning rapidly. I have to check the engine oil daily and when on the freeway every hour because the oil is burning rapidly. When there is no oil the engine shuts down. The engine is overheating and...

The contact owns 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated her daughter's boyfriend was driving approximately 70 MPH with her daughter in the passenger’s seat, when they noticed smoke in the rearview mirror. The driver checked around to see if the smoke was coming from another vehicle and determined that ...

Mileage: 105,000

The contact owns 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated her daughter's boyfriend was driving approximately 70 MPH with her daughter in the passenger’s seat, when they noticed smoke in the rearview mirror. The driver checked around to see if the smoke was coming from another vehicle and determined that ...

Mileage: 105,000

Kia engine seized while driving. Check engine and check oil lights both flashed immediately before car engine failed. Car would not turn over but battery was still fully functional. It was immediately brought to a local repair shop where oil was cleared as a non factor in engine problems. I was also...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving up an incline at various speeds, the vehicle would stall upon depression of the accelerator without warning. The contact also stated that the check oil light would illuminate on the instrument panel soon after an oil change. The cont...

Mileage: 70,000

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, smoke started coming from the air vents then the vehicle was filled with smoke. The contact pulled over, exited the vehicle, and saw there was fire coming from under the hood. The fire department was able to extingui...

Had knock sensors replaced twice and engine is still knocking. Been noticing in the news and media that these cars are catching on fire and the knock sensors were designed to go into limp mode so it doesn’t catch on fire and I’m stuck with it and can’t drive it anymore because it’s in limp...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, a burning odor was detected. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the dealer performed a recall repair for NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V75...

Mileage: 63,363

The exhaust manifold failed and yes, it is available for inspection. My daughter's safety was put at risk after I was advised by Kia service center that I needed to replace the rocker cover and a fuel pump. My daughter experienced the burning smell of fuel and the vehicle would not accelerate and w...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to exceed 40 mph. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufactu...

Mileage: 125,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to exceed 40 mph. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufactu...

Mileage: 125,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to exceed 40 mph. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufactu...

Mileage: 125,000

The lights flicker on and off making it dangerous to drive. This is an ongoing problem and did not just happen one time

Banging in engine Consuming excessive amounts of oil Oil light flickering Check engine light on Loss of power Car shakes when idle Gas/ fuel odor Brought to mechanic, valves pistons replaced. Banging stopped other stated problems continue.

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving the vehicle at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a loss of automotive power. Another driver notified her that there was smoke coming from the vehicle. After the vehicle was stopped, the driver saw f...

Mileage: 238,000

My vehicle started driving really sluggish and slowing down from 55 to 35 when going up a hill. It felt like it wasn’t getting the gas to make it go. I looked it up and found this recall: 2014 Kia Soul; Manufacturer photo Vehicles Affected: Approximately 379,000 model-year 2012-16 Kia Soul hatchb...

Car displays a check engine light. The check engine light reports an issue with the catalytic converter. Car has began to shut off randomly when coming to or at a stop (for example: at a red light).

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the daughter was driving approximately 40 mph the vehicle crashed into the rear end of another vehicle. During the crash, the front end sustained severe damage and the vehicle was destroyed but the driver-side air bag did not deploy an...

Mileage: 94,000

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the daughter was driving approximately 40 mph the vehicle crashed into the rear end of another vehicle. During the crash, the front end sustained severe damage and the vehicle was destroyed but the driver-side air bag did not deploy an...

Mileage: 94,000

The vehicle had a strange smell ever since we got it a few years back. Earlier in the month, the headlight and dashlight would flicker with the turn signal. We looked it up and set up an apppointment with a local Kia dealership for recall on this issue. Then this week, the engine suddenly quit while...

The vehicle had a strange smell ever since we got it a few years back. Earlier in the month, the headlight and dashlight would flicker with the turn signal. We looked it up and set up an apppointment with a local Kia dealership for recall on this issue. Then this week, the engine suddenly quit while...

The vehicle had a strange smell ever since we got it a few years back. Earlier in the month, the headlight and dashlight would flicker with the turn signal. We looked it up and set up an apppointment with a local Kia dealership for recall on this issue. Then this week, the engine suddenly quit while...

While I was driving on the highway, I heard a loud banging coming from the front of my car. I took it to a repair shop and was told it needed a valve replacement but it was only a matter of time before I would need to replace the engine. I did have the valve job done at great expense to me. However ...

While driving on the highway in cruise control, the engine suddenly went into a lower gear and lost acceleration. Since then, the car has had difficulty accelerating and struggles to get up to speeds over 60mph. I had the car checked out and was told it was a clogged catalytic converter and that it ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced for NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine) and a manufacturer's product improvement campaign software update however, the failure occurred. The contact stated that on three separate occasions while driving at 60 mp...

Mileage: 93,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that the vehicle would idle when coming to a complete stop and there was a heat source coming from the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was serviced for a manufacturer's product improvement campaign software updates for the engi...

Mileage: 51,000

IN THE PAST YEAR FROM FEB LAST YEAR TILL TODAY I HAVE BOUGHT 2 SET OF LIGHTBULBS. THE 1ST SET LASTED A YEAR THE 2ND SET I BOUGHT 2/1/21 AND IT JUST BURNT OUT AGAIN. I AM NOT BUYING CHEAP BULBS EITHER.

I was traveling back home from Dandridge, TN in July 2019. As I was going down the interstate at 70MPH, the engine made a very loud noise and the vehicle began to shake. I promptly pulled over to the shoulder and shut off the vehicle. The vehicle was then towed to Rusty Wallace Kia of Knoxville. The...

My car caught fire upon a drive home. Had to call fire department and extinguished it myself before fire department arrival. Took vehicle to local Kia dealership to have them check car. Documentation of charting from fire. They told me it’s because I needed new snow tires. I purchased new tires. ...

We have concerns how Gerald KIA of Naperville handled the recall: NHTSA Recall Number: 20V750 (1/25/21)/Product Improvement Campaign (10/20/20) and at this point are very concerned about the safety of driving our car at all. We brought our car in on 2/24/21 for this important safety recall/product ...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to accelerate as needed. The contact stated that there was an abnormal knocking coming from the engine. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where the...

Mileage: 130,000

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving an abnormal sound was heard as the vehicle loss power with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact opened the hood and checked the oil dipstick and discovered there was no oil in the engine. The contact stated that th...

Mileage: 125,000

My issue has to deal with the catalytic converter. I received a safety recall letter dated 4/12/2019 which stated I had a defect related directly to the converter. I brought the car in within days of this letter to get the upgrade to the Catalytic overheating protection unit. starting in Feb of 2021...

The contact owns a 2014 Kia SOUL. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V120000 (Engine, Engine and Engine Cooling) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recal...

Mileage: 107,269

Engine has a severe knock and is consuming large quantities of oil, oil light would flash even with oil at the max mark. It is available for inspection. When dealer looked at the car they flashed the knock sensor, and returned vehicle, drove 2 miles went into limp mode in traffic, would not go above...

Piston punched through wall of engine resulting in small fire while driving vehicle

Can you please update the recall on this car it’s already has been fixed by the dealership in Arizona , 12 April 2021 the vehicle got fixed and i have all paperwork shows that

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated her son was driving at 35 mph when smoke started coming out from under the hood of the vehicle. The vehicles next to the vehicle and behind the vehicle honked their horns and started yelling at the driver that there was a fire underneath the vehi...

Mileage: 60,000

MY ENGINE SHAKES REALLY BAD WHILE SITTING IDLING AND I CAN HEAR A LOUD HUMING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. I CAN ALSO SMELL GAS FROM TIME TO TIME. MY OIL WAS JUST CHANGED LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT IS ALREADY DIRTY, GRITTY AND DARK.

Mileage: 84,000

MY ENGINE SHAKES REALLY BAD WHILE SITTING IDLING AND I CAN HEAR A LOUD HUMING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. I CAN ALSO SMELL GAS FROM TIME TO TIME. MY OIL WAS JUST CHANGED LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT IS ALREADY DIRTY, GRITTY AND DARK.

Mileage: 84,000

ABS LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHER DASH BOARD LIGHTS ARE ON, AND WONT TURN OFF. THERE IS A SOME SORT OF LEAK THAT I AM UNABLE TO FIND WHERE IT COME FROM. I TOOK IT IN FOR A SERVICE AND TO PERFORM RECALL P12002AQ WHICH THEY DID BUT KIA DID NOT ATTEND TO, OR ADDRESS THE BRAKE LIGHT & ABS LIGHT & U...

Mileage: 9,023

ABS LIGHT & BRAKE LIGHT AND OTHER DASH BOARD LIGHTS ARE ON, AND WONT TURN OFF. THERE IS A SOME SORT OF LEAK THAT I AM UNABLE TO FIND WHERE IT COME FROM. I TOOK IT IN FOR A SERVICE AND TO PERFORM RECALL P12002AQ WHICH THEY DID BUT KIA DID NOT ATTEND TO, OR ADDRESS THE BRAKE LIGHT & ABS LIGHT & U...

Mileage: 9,023

RECALL SC200 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE SAFETY HAZARD. WHILE DRIVING AFTER I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND GOT OFF ON MY EXIT, I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE, THEN OIL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I GET MY OIL CHANGED ON THE REGULAR, SMELLED REALLY HOT HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR IT SCARED ME BECAUSE I...

Mileage: 90,000

RECALL SC200 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE SAFETY HAZARD. WHILE DRIVING AFTER I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND GOT OFF ON MY EXIT, I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE, THEN OIL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I GET MY OIL CHANGED ON THE REGULAR, SMELLED REALLY HOT HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR IT SCARED ME BECAUSE I...

Mileage: 90,000

RECALL SC200 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE SAFETY HAZARD. WHILE DRIVING AFTER I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND GOT OFF ON MY EXIT, I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE, THEN OIL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I GET MY OIL CHANGED ON THE REGULAR, SMELLED REALLY HOT HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR IT SCARED ME BECAUSE I...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING THE VEHICLE, THE BACK OVER PREVENTION CAMERA MALFUNCTIONED AND THERE WAS NO IMAGE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER NOR AN INDEPENDENT MECH...

Mileage: 67,230

ON APRIL 13, 2021 KIA COMPLETED THE RECALL FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AND COMPUTER SYSTEM RECALL/UPDATE. ON APRIL 13, 2021 I WAS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN WHEN THERE WAS A ROTTEN SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR. THEN UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT STARTED TO FEEL WARM, LIKE IT WAS HEATING UP. THE CAR THEN VIOLENTLY...

Mileage: 1,207,999

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIDE KIA (793 LYNNWAY, LYNN, MA 01905) FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND THE DEALER INSPECTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FOUND THERE WAS AN ...

Mileage: 117,000

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER RECALL INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HONOR RECALL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT EVEN AFTER THE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ON VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED THE CODES WERE E0441. *JS

ENGINE SPUTTERS, BURNS OIL CAR DOESN'T WANT TO GO OVER 50 MOH WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE SAFETY AND RECALL LETTERS BROUGHT TO DELEARSHIP NUMEROUS TIME THERE WAS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL KIA REFUSED TO FIX WE PAID OUT OF POCKET NOW WE HAVING ISSUES SAME ISSUES THEY TRYING TO BLAME OIL PUMP EXPECT...

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY CAR FROM LAS VEGAS, NV TO HEMET, CA AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY I PULLED UP TO A STOP SIGN. I STOPPED, THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT MY MANUAL VEHICLE INTO 1ST GEAR TOOK OFF, SWITCHED TO SECOND, NO PROBLEM, THEN THIRD AND THEN MY CAR TURNED OFF ON IT'S OWN AND I COULD NOT GET IT TO REST...

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS ENGINE CONSUMED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD ADD AT LEAST 16 OZ OF OIL INTO THE ENGINE EVERY 500 MILES. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO KIA OF OLD SAY...

Mileage: 100,000

CODE P050A CAME ON AFTER RECALL. DEALERSHIP CANNOT TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG AND IT ONLY COMES ON UPON STARTING IN COLD WEATHER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND KIA NEEDS TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION.

CODE P050A CAME ON AFTER RECALL. DEALERSHIP CANNOT TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG AND IT ONLY COMES ON UPON STARTING IN COLD WEATHER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND KIA NEEDS TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION.

A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CODE P050A CONTINUES TO REPOPULATE ON MY FAULT CODES. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND BEEN CHARGED MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET WITH NO RESOLUTION. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRIVABILITY OF THE VEHICLE AND ANY FUTURE ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE AS A R...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OIL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED OIL VERY QUICKLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED BEANS KIA OF LANGHORNE (1801 LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047) WHERE IT WAS DI...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OIL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED OIL VERY QUICKLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED BEANS KIA OF LANGHORNE (1801 LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047) WHERE IT WAS DI...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, HER VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE SHE HAD HER OIL TOPP...

Mileage: 109,000

2014 KIA SOUL BASE 1.6L WITH APPROX 30K MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE P050A CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AND HAS REMAINED ON. ECU UPDATE FOR CAT RECALL PERFORMED IN 2019.

Mileage: 30,000

P050A ENGINE CODE KEEPS REOCCURRING WITH NO FIX FROM KIA. THEY KEEP SUGGESTING "FIXES" LIKE REPLACING THE COLD AIR INTAKE VALVE. CAI MECHANICAL BOARD. CLEANING THE CARBON IS REALLY PRICEY, BUT THE ERROR CODE JUST KEEPS COMING BACK. SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON. CHECK ENGINE CODE KEEPS POPPING UP DE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TROPHY KIA (22020 RECREATION KARSON CA 9...

Mileage: 126,310

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TROPHY KIA (22020 RECREATION KARSON CA 9...

Mileage: 126,310

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IT'S ALWAYS USING EXCESSIVE OIL NO LEAKS ITS JUST USING EVEN WHEN IT WAS NEWER. HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE OIL BURN. HAD PROBLEMS WITH POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE GRADUALLY UNTIL IT GOT SEVERE ENOUGH IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. TOOK IT IN ...

Mileage: 1,725,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT RELATED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V1200...

Mileage: 123,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMING OIL PREMATURELY WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROWLEY KIA (223 BROAD STREET, BRISTOL, CT 06010, (860) 589-4444) TO BE DIAGNOS...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOWLY START TO LOSE MOTIVE POWER AND FAILED TO EXCEED 40 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE...

Mileage: 116,000

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE AT ONE POINT IN 2019 WHICH I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION COILS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE MY PURCHASE IN 2017. THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND IT KEPT BURNING OUT THE COIL PACKS TOOK IT TO JULIO JONES KIA IN TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA AND THEY TELL ...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND SHOOK ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ...

Mileage: 150,000

I HAVE BEEN CALLING KIA DEALERSHIPS IN THE WASHINGTON D.C., MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AREA TO HAVE IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL 20V750 SERVICE WORK PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE FIRE RISK, AND ALL OF THE DEALERSHIPS EITHER DO NOT RETURN MY CALLS, OR SAY THEY DON'T HAVE RECALL APPOINTM...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT TOM DOLAN'S RENO KIA (9455 S VIRGINIA ST, RENO, NV 89511) TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TWO RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINAT...

Mileage: 136,972

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCESSIVELY CONSUMING OIL, WHICH RESULTED IN OIL CHANGES BEFORE THE REQUIRED MILEAGE OIL CHANGE RECOMMENDATION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT THERE WERE TWO RECALLS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1...

Mileage: 80,600

MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER SC200PS NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 20V750 300,000 EFFECTED VEHICLES. ENGINES BLOWING UP I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 74 DAYS NOW DESPITE CONSTANT ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE DEALER. MY ENGINE BLEW UP TWICE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO PAY FOR THE EN...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS A BURNING OIL SMELL, NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS IT STALLED. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FRED ANDERSON KIA OF RALEIGH (9209 GLENWOOD...

Mileage: 157,245

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEIR SON WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DECREASING IN SPEED. THE CONTACTS SON NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACTS SON PULLED OVER THE SIDE ROAD AND TH...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR DETECTED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V6080...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR DETECTED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V6080...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO EXCEED 60 MPH, WITH AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE OIL DIPSTICK WHICH SHOWED NO OIL PRESENT. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDE...

Mileage: 102,000

DESPITE THE FIXED RECALL OF THE STEERING COUPLER, THIS VEHICLE MAKES A STEERING CLUCK NOISE WHEN TURNING WHICH CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS ESPECIALLY OCCURS WHEN FIRST DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED EITHER THE SOUND WAS NORMAL OR THEY COULD NOT REPRO...

Mileage: 27,647

KNOCKING NOISES FOR LONG TIME. SCRAPING NOISE. LIGHTING DIM AND FLASES. NOISE TUNNEL CAUSING AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS. BURNING SMELL. LEAKING OIL

KNOCKING NOISES FOR LONG TIME. SCRAPING NOISE. LIGHTING DIM AND FLASES. NOISE TUNNEL CAUSING AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS. BURNING SMELL. LEAKING OIL

KNOCKING NOISES FOR LONG TIME. SCRAPING NOISE. LIGHTING DIM AND FLASES. NOISE TUNNEL CAUSING AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS. BURNING SMELL. LEAKING OIL

I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE ENGINE ISSUE WITH THE 2014 KIA SOUL.A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT KNOWN AS IN RE: HYUNDAI AND KIA ENGINE LITIGATION, NO. 8:17‑CV‑00838‑JLS‑JDE AND FLAHERTY V. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, ET AL., NO. 18‑CV‑02223 (C.D. CAL.) ...

Mileage: 98,000

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT JUST CAME ON FOR NO REASON. DEALER STATED PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT SENSORS BEING BAD AND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAGS WOULD STILL DEPLOY BUT PASSENGER WON'T. DEALER ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR TO BE APPROXIMATELY $1,500. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY ...

Mileage: 75,000

KIA IS REFUSING TO FIX MY CAR ALTHOUGH THE VIN MATCHES THE RECALL NOTICE! I HAVE ALREADY PAID ONCE TO HAVE IT TOWED AND INSPECTED AND THEY ARE DEMANDING I DO IT AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE BECAUSE THEY THREW AWAY THE REPORT! THE REPORT I PAID FOR AND NEVER RECEIVED A COPY OF. WHILE IN MOTION, THE ENGINE ...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V750000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT S...

Mileage: 175,000

I HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT FORM. BUT MY GAS CAP ICON KEEPS COMING ON, EVEN WHEN THE CAP IS TIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ALREADY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SECURE THE GAS CAP. SO I AM NOT SURE IF IT IS THERE IS A GLITCH WITH THE SENSOR, OF IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SEAL OF THE GAS CAP. I ...

Mileage: 46,777

I HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED FOR THE ENGINE FIRE ISSUE IN LATE 2019/EARLY2020 THEN ABOUT JANURARY 20, 2020 MY CAR BROKE DOWN WITH A FAILED CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH WAS AN ISSUE FOR THE RECALL. ONE YEAR LATER MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS FAILED AGAIN! I DON'T THINK THE "FIX" FOR THE RECALL WORKED! IF T...

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, WHEN SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE INSPECTING UNDER THE HOOD, SHE...

Mileage: 124,496

THE OIL WARNING LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OF MOSTLY AT INTERSECTIONS. WE TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE. THERE WAS COOLANT/WATER IN THE OIL. ALSO, THEY SAID IT HAD EXTREMELY LOW OIL PRESSURE AT IDLE. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THE CAR COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGIN...

Mileage: 120,000

HAVE BURNT 5 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE LAST 30 DAYS DURING NORMAL USE. OIL LIGHT HAS NEVER COME ON TO INDICATE LOW OIL

Mileage: 94,000

THE 2014 SOUL HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT, BUT WHEN MY DAUGHTER TRAVELED HOME, THANKSGIVING 2020, RIGHT AS SHE PULLED INTO OUR PARKING SPOT, BOTH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. SHE HAD JUST HAD THE SOFTWARE UPDATE TO MOVE THE CAR INTO LIMP HOME MODE IF THERE WAS ENGINE PROBLEMS, A...

Mileage: 96,000

DRIVING 70 ON INTERSTATE, SUDDEN TAPPING FROM ENGINE, PULLED INTO SERVICE STATION NO OIL IN VEHICLE, DESPITE BEING WELL MAINTAINED AND NO PRIOR ISSUES. HAD VEHICLE TOWED , AUTO SHOP SAID IT IS A VENT ROD CONNECTOR, KIA HAS A RECALL COMING LATE JANUARY.

Mileage: 125,000

I AM RECEIVING A P0420 ODBII CODE. I SEE THAT AN ISSUE WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 89,000

THREE WEEKS AFTER I GOT A OIL CHANGE I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY CAN PUT MORE OIL IN MY CAR AND ASSESS THE SITUATION. MY CAR WAS PUT ON THE MACHINE AND THE MECHANIC SAID ALL I NEEDED WAS OIL EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD I GOT A PRINT OUT OF WHAT THEY LOOK AT AND EVERYTHING LOOK GOOD. A ...

2014 KIA SOUL PLUS WITH 106,000 MILES. REGULAR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL KIA DEALER WITH NO PREVIOUS ISSUES AND ALL RECALLS ADDRESSED. I WAS DRIVING TO A JOB LOCATION AND WAS ABOUT 45 MILES FROM HOME GOING 70 MPH ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. ENGINE STARTED CLICKING AND SHORTLY THER...

Mileage: 106,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER TWICE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE WHICH IS CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO BECOME CLOGGED. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER ON AN UPHILL PORTION OF A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE THEN ...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED SHE HAD TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE BEFORE REGAINING NORMAL FUNCTIONALITY. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD DISPLAY D FOR DRIVE FOR A MOMENT HOWEVER, THE DRIVE INDICATOR WOULD SUD...

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS APPROXIMATELY DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE MOTOR DEVELOPED A TICKING NOISE. THEN SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A KNOCKING/CLATTERING NOISE. MY OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS MY ENGINE LIGHT. I THEN PROCEEDED DOWN THE HIGH WAY TO THE NEXT EXIT TO PULL OFF AND CHECK MY OIL. BEFORE I MADE IT TO MY E...

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS APPROXIMATELY DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE MOTOR DEVELOPED A TICKING NOISE. THEN SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A KNOCKING/CLATTERING NOISE. MY OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS MY ENGINE LIGHT. I THEN PROCEEDED DOWN THE HIGH WAY TO THE NEXT EXIT TO PULL OFF AND CHECK MY OIL. BEFORE I MADE IT TO MY E...

Mileage: 80,000

DECEMBER 2020 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY 2014 KIA SOUL STARTED STALLING AND THREATENING TO LOSE POWER, AND THEN, WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. MY CAR JERKED AND THREATENED TO TURN OFF-ACCELERATION WAS DECREASED-IT WAS VERY ALARMING AND VERY SUDDEN. THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR ...

Mileage: 154,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR OUT OF TOWN, WHEN THEY WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE MADE A HORRIBLE SOUND AND DIED. I HAD TO WALK TO A CAR RENTAL PLACE TO RENT. CAR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. I GOT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY THE MECHANIC CALLED AND SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW ENG...

Mileage: 24,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR OUT OF TOWN, WHEN THEY WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE MADE A HORRIBLE SOUND AND DIED. I HAD TO WALK TO A CAR RENTAL PLACE TO RENT. CAR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. I GOT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY THE MECHANIC CALLED AND SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW ENG...

Mileage: 24,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR TURNED OFF. I WAS GOING AROUND 70 MPH AND NOTICED WHEN THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND RADIO WENT OUT. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE STILL DRIVING TO GET IT GOING AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 4 DAYS AFTER WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND RUNNING, AGAIN THE LIGH...

Mileage: 117,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR TURNED OFF. I WAS GOING AROUND 70 MPH AND NOTICED WHEN THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND RADIO WENT OUT. I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE STILL DRIVING TO GET IT GOING AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 4 DAYS AFTER WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND RUNNING, AGAIN THE LIGH...

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS CONNECTOR MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA OF ANDERSON, 5281 US-76, PENDLETON, SC 29670, AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS CONNECT...

Mileage: 136,000

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I STARTED HEARING A TICKING NOISE, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING, AND ACTED LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS FLASHING. I HAD IT HAULED IT TO A KIA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED DUE TO ROD DAMAG...

Mileage: 95,600

AT ACCELERATION SUDDENLY BOGGED OUT. TURNS OUT TO BE THE 02 SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER OVER HEATED, BURNT OUT NEWLY REPLACED SPARK PLUGS. THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF O2 SENSORS REPLACED. MASTER MECHANIC SAYS ALL DUE OVER HEATING FROM EXHAUST.

Mileage: 1,600

AT ACCELERATION SUDDENLY BOGGED OUT. TURNS OUT TO BE THE 02 SENSOR AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER OVER HEATED, BURNT OUT NEWLY REPLACED SPARK PLUGS. THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF O2 SENSORS REPLACED. MASTER MECHANIC SAYS ALL DUE OVER HEATING FROM EXHAUST.

Mileage: 1,600

I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 KIA SOUL IN THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND LACKED ON ACCELERATION AND DROPPED SPEED FROM 70 MPH TO 40 MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURN ON SO I PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GOT THE CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT ...

Mileage: 153,476

AFTER HITTING A SNOW PILE LEFT FROM A SNOW PLOW I JUMPED THE SNOW PILE AND HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER GOING BETWEEN 65 AND 70 MPH AIR BAGS DIDNT DEPLOY. I HIT IT MOSTLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED STILL. I DESTROYED THE BUMPER AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE PROTECTION IS CRACKED BUT NO AIR BAGS? I...

Mileage: 162,000

ONE DAY IT WAS FINE, DROVE TO LOUISVILLE KY FROM LEXINGTON KY AND NOTICED SPORADIC, WEIRD SHIFTING WHICH SEEMED VERY OFF, SHIFTING AT THE WRONG TIME I HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO FOR THE PREVIOUS 6 YEARS ON THE WAY BACK HOME CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 55-60 MPH AND TO TRY AND FORCE IT TO DOWNSHIFT ONLY MAD...

Mileage: 136

ONE DAY IT WAS FINE, DROVE TO LOUISVILLE KY FROM LEXINGTON KY AND NOTICED SPORADIC, WEIRD SHIFTING WHICH SEEMED VERY OFF, SHIFTING AT THE WRONG TIME I HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO FOR THE PREVIOUS 6 YEARS ON THE WAY BACK HOME CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 55-60 MPH AND TO TRY AND FORCE IT TO DOWNSHIFT ONLY MAD...

Mileage: 136

THERE IS A 1.6 LTR ENGINE IN THIS VEHICLE, 2014 KIA SOUL. I FIND THIS VEHICLE USING .5QT OF OIL BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 MILES. IS THIS NORMAL? I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON COMPLAINING ABOUT KIA ENGINES USING OIL. BY COMPARISON I ALSO HAVE A HYUNDAI 2008 HYUNDAI ACCENT WITH A 1.6LT ENGINE BOTH VEHICLES HA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND...

Mileage: 126,000

TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH...HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON AND STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD RATTLING NOISE THEN A POP RESULTING IN VEHICLE BECOMING IMMOBILIZED WITH OIL ALL OVER THE GROUND. VEHICLE TOWED HOME. ENGINE HAD THROW A ROD RESULTING IN HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND DRAIN PAN - HAS 102,0...

Mileage: 102,000

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE FAILURE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER AND FELT AS IF IT WAS MISFIRING UPON ACCELERATION. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CATALYTIC CONVETER NEEDED TO E REPLACED AS WELL AS THE SP...

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020, WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, WE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LEAKAGE OF ENGINE OIL AND SIGNIFICANT SMOKING FROM THE VEHICLE. OVER 3 QTS OF OIL HAD LEAKED FOR THE ENGINE INTO THE PAN UNDERLYING THE ENGINE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. KIA HAS JUST ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE PRE...

Mileage: 54,025

SINCE FIRST OIL CHANGE DONE WITH DELRAY FLORIDA KIA I COMPLAUOF KICKING SOUNDS IN ENGINE LOSS OF POWER OIL BURNING SMELLS OCCASIONALLY. I WAS TOLD EACH TIME THEY PUT ON COMPUTER N NOTHING WRONG. I BOUGHT NEW AT 11/2014 NOW OIL LIGHTS ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING ON IRRATIONALLY CAR CONSUMING OIL NO LEAKS ...

Mileage: 3

SINCE FIRST OIL CHANGE DONE WITH DELRAY FLORIDA KIA I COMPLAUOF KICKING SOUNDS IN ENGINE LOSS OF POWER OIL BURNING SMELLS OCCASIONALLY. I WAS TOLD EACH TIME THEY PUT ON COMPUTER N NOTHING WRONG. I BOUGHT NEW AT 11/2014 NOW OIL LIGHTS ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING ON IRRATIONALLY CAR CONSUMING OIL NO LEAKS ...

Mileage: 3

SINCE FIRST OIL CHANGE DONE WITH DELRAY FLORIDA KIA I COMPLAUOF KICKING SOUNDS IN ENGINE LOSS OF POWER OIL BURNING SMELLS OCCASIONALLY. I WAS TOLD EACH TIME THEY PUT ON COMPUTER N NOTHING WRONG. I BOUGHT NEW AT 11/2014 NOW OIL LIGHTS ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING ON IRRATIONALLY CAR CONSUMING OIL NO LEAKS ...

Mileage: 3

COMPLETE OIL LOSE, DIAGNOSTIC INDICATES ENGINE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY INTERSTATE 93 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.. OIL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH AND POWER LOSE DEVELOPED. NAVIGATING THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT AND COLLISION WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AS THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE

Mileage: 50,000

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH SHIFTING INTO GEARS- IVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND THE SYSTEM KEEPS TELLING ME THAT THE SPARK PLUGS/IGNITION COILS ARE BAD - IVE REPLACED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT KEEPS GIVING ME THE SAME RESPONSE. EVEN WHEN I REPLACE THAT PART, THE VEHICLE KEEPS DOING THE ...

Mileage: 90,000

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON MY CAR STARTED TO EXCELERATE AND REV TO HIGH RPM WITHOUT THE ENGINE SHIFTING GEARS.. THEN MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR MAKING THIS HORRIBLE NOISE, I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE WAS BARRELING BLACK SMOKE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH KIA REPORTIN...

Mileage: 134,000

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON MY CAR STARTED TO EXCELERATE AND REV TO HIGH RPM WITHOUT THE ENGINE SHIFTING GEARS.. THEN MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR MAKING THIS HORRIBLE NOISE, I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE WAS BARRELING BLACK SMOKE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH KIA REPORTIN...

Mileage: 134,000

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON MY CAR STARTED TO EXCELERATE AND REV TO HIGH RPM WITHOUT THE ENGINE SHIFTING GEARS.. THEN MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR MAKING THIS HORRIBLE NOISE, I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE WAS BARRELING BLACK SMOKE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH KIA REPORTIN...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE HEAD ON. DUE TO THE IMPACT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN T...

Mileage: 37,965

WHILE DRIVING ON A STATE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL, I WAS COMING UP AN INCLINE WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED TO DECELERATE. I TRIED TO INCREASE MY SPEED BY APPLYING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. THE RPMS INCREASED WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN ACCELERATION. I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARDS ON AS I WAS ON A ...

Mileage: 130,000

ENGINE FAILED DURING REGULAR DAILY DRIVING. SPUN ROD BEARING WAS THE DIAGNOSIS. ENGINE WAS LESS THAN 1 QUART LOW, NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE ENGINE SEIZURE

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 NORTH IN MARIETTA, GA WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER. I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE OFF THE NEXT EXIT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS LIT ON MY DASH AND THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY LIT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. JUNE 2020 MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLAC...

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 NORTH IN MARIETTA, GA WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER. I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE OFF THE NEXT EXIT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS LIT ON MY DASH AND THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY LIT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. JUNE 2020 MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLAC...

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 NORTH IN MARIETTA, GA WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER. I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE OFF THE NEXT EXIT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS LIT ON MY DASH AND THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY LIT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. JUNE 2020 MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLAC...

Mileage: 103,000

NOVEMBER 25TH ON MY WAY TO WORK I STARTED HEARING A RATTLE WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 30. ABOUT A MILE FROM MY HOUSE. THE NOISE DIDN'T SEAM TO BE PRESENT WHILE RPM WAS UNDER 3,000RPM SO I DECIDED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF RPM AND NOT PUSH MY CAR TOO MUCH THAT MORNING. AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 67,500

NOVEMBER 25TH ON MY WAY TO WORK I STARTED HEARING A RATTLE WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 30. ABOUT A MILE FROM MY HOUSE. THE NOISE DIDN'T SEAM TO BE PRESENT WHILE RPM WAS UNDER 3,000RPM SO I DECIDED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF RPM AND NOT PUSH MY CAR TOO MUCH THAT MORNING. AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 67,500

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH,WHITE SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE FROM UNDER CAR AND EXHAUST. ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WE GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART, WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE COVERED UNDER THE R...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH,WHITE SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE FROM UNDER CAR AND EXHAUST. ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WE GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART, WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE COVERED UNDER THE R...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH,WHITE SMOKE BEGAN POURING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE FROM UNDER CAR AND EXHAUST. ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WE GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART, WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE COVERED UNDER THE R...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OFF THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FO...

Mileage: 104,000

IN MAY 2019 I HAD A REPAIR DONE DUE TO A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN OCTOBER 2020 BARELY 1 1/2 YEARS LATER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT AGAIN. AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY 1YR IT WASN'T COVERED. I HAD IT REPLACED AT MY COST A PART THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED 10PLUS YEARS ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR ST...

IN MAY 2019 I HAD A REPAIR DONE DUE TO A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN OCTOBER 2020 BARELY 1 1/2 YEARS LATER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT AGAIN. AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY 1YR IT WASN'T COVERED. I HAD IT REPLACED AT MY COST A PART THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED 10PLUS YEARS ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR ST...

MY CAR HAS BEEN BURNING OIL IN AN ABNORMAL RATE. IT BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020. I ALWAYS TOOK MY CAR FOR RECOMMEND MAINTENANCE TO THE KIA OF CARSON IN CALIFORNIA. NOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH I HAVE TO TOP OFF THE OIL. AN ESTIMATE OF LESS THAN 600 MILES PER MONTH. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM AT A LIGHT THE CAR...

MY CAR HAS BEEN BURNING OIL IN AN ABNORMAL RATE. IT BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020. I ALWAYS TOOK MY CAR FOR RECOMMEND MAINTENANCE TO THE KIA OF CARSON IN CALIFORNIA. NOW ABOUT EVERY MONTH I HAVE TO TOP OFF THE OIL. AN ESTIMATE OF LESS THAN 600 MILES PER MONTH. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM AT A LIGHT THE CAR...

WHEN USING A TURN SIGNAL WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, ONCE THE TURN SIGNAL RELEASES, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND OFTEN GO OUT COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS IN TOWN, AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT IS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT, WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NECESSARY.

Mileage: 35,000

WHEN USING A TURN SIGNAL WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, ONCE THE TURN SIGNAL RELEASES, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND OFTEN GO OUT COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS IN TOWN, AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT IS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT, WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE NECESSARY.

Mileage: 35,000

INTERMITTENT LOSS OF BRAKES (NO PRESSURE, STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, PUMPING DOES NOT HELP), EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE ON COMMAND. AFTER LOSS OF BRAKES IN A PARKING LOT, THEN AT AN INTERSECTION, REPLACED ALL ROTORS/PADS, MASTER CYLINDER AND NO LEAKS OR OTHER WARNING SIGNS. GIVEN ISSUE WITH REPLIC...

Mileage: 89,000

AFTER REACHING THE 80000 MILE MARK I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE CAR THAT VARIED WITH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. I EVENTUALLY HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AND BALANCED BUT THE VIBRATION DIDN'T GO AWAY. AFTER ELEVATING THE CAR ON IT'S JACK STAND I HAND TURNED THE REAR WHEELS AND LOOKED CAREFULLY. I NO...

Mileage: 80,000

THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY 2014 KIA SOUL HAVE BEEN FLICKERING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO A DEALERSHIP BUT AFTER BEING CHARGED THE 80$ DIAGNOSTIC FEE, I WAS TOLD THE ISSUE IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE NEGATIVE BATTERING TERMINAL CONNE...

Mileage: 70,000

I'VE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUPLE TIMES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE CAR CAN BE FIXED BACK TO THE WAY THE CAR ORIGINAL WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION BESIDES NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I AM CAPABLE OF FIXING MY CAR IF IT'S MY FAULT BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND HAND SPECIALIST ASSIST I...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUPLE TIMES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE CAR CAN BE FIXED BACK TO THE WAY THE CAR ORIGINAL WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION BESIDES NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I AM CAPABLE OF FIXING MY CAR IF IT'S MY FAULT BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND HAND SPECIALIST ASSIST I...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUPLE TIMES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE CAR CAN BE FIXED BACK TO THE WAY THE CAR ORIGINAL WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION BESIDES NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I AM CAPABLE OF FIXING MY CAR IF IT'S MY FAULT BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND HAND SPECIALIST ASSIST I...

Mileage: 115,000

LOSES ACCELERATION GOING UPHILL. KNOCKS AND RATTLES WHEN CAR IS TURNED ON. PREVIOUS CAR WAS A SORENTO AND DID THE SAME. SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF IN IT. FELT LIKE THE ENGINE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I SEEING THE BEGINNING PHASES OF THE SAME ...

Mileage: 130,000

LOSES ACCELERATION GOING UPHILL. KNOCKS AND RATTLES WHEN CAR IS TURNED ON. PREVIOUS CAR WAS A SORENTO AND DID THE SAME. SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF IN IT. FELT LIKE THE ENGINE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I SEEING THE BEGINNING PHASES OF THE SAME ...

Mileage: 130,000

ROD BEARING FAILURE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING SIGNS, AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE'S OIL/ENGINE CHANGED OR FILTERED AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF TIMES. SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING BETWEEN 80K-120K MILES ON AVERAGE. WHEN ENGINE SEIZED THE SOUL DROVE AS NORMAL, BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOIS...

Mileage: 126,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND MAKE A LOUD NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE IT STOPPED. HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID ENGINE FAILURE WITH METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL. OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED APPROXIMATELY 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO FAILURE.

Mileage: 134,400

WHILE DRIVING ON HWY ENGINE FAILURE:(BEARING ROD KNOCKING,THROWN ROD,ENGINE SEIZURE) LOUD ENGINE KNOCKING CAUSED BY BEARING ROD KNOCKING THEN A LOUD SOUND (ROD GETTING THROWN) ENGINE FAILURE.THROWN ROD CAME THROUGH ENGINE BLOCK AND HIT STARTER. THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE ON THE HWY.

Mileage: 111,949

MY FIANCE AND I WERE DRIVING WE PULLED ONTO THE BUSY HIGHWAY IN JOPLIN MISSOURI THE CAR JUST STALLED OUT AND DIED OUT OF NOWHERE..NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS NO WARNINGS JUST DIED WOULD NOT START BACK UP MY FIANCE FINALLY GOT IT TO START BACK UP IT MADE IT TWO MILES THEN STALLED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF A ...

Mileage: 113,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ACTIVATED, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT CONTINUOUSLY FLICKERED CAUSING A VISIBILITY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER DENNIS DILLON KIA LO...

Mileage: 80,000

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO WHAT I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. THERE IS CURRENTLY ONLY A RECALL FOR THE BASE MODEL OF THE KIA SOUL BUT THIS IS AFFECTING THE + AND ! MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AND 19V120000 RECALL DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL ENGINES IN ALL MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE, THE 2.0L GDI....

THE ENGINE BLEW, LEAKING OIL. APPARENTLY A LIFTER WAS MAKING A TAPPING NOISE, WE WERE TOLD THE ENGINE WAS UNREPAIRABLE.

Mileage: 104,500

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OR GO OFF WITH NO WARNING. IN ADDITION, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS FLICKER AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND STOPPED. THE RADIO AND COOLING/HEATING SYSTEM DO NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPACTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, AND TONIGHT THEY WENT ...

Mileage: 107,000

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OR GO OFF WITH NO WARNING. IN ADDITION, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS FLICKER AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND STOPPED. THE RADIO AND COOLING/HEATING SYSTEM DO NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPACTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, AND TONIGHT THEY WENT ...

Mileage: 107,000

VEHICLE TURNS OFF WHEN IN MOTION AT SPEED OFF 55 MPH ALL POWER, LIGHTS, AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE STOP WORKING THIS CAN CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPEN 3 TIMES THIS MUST BE ADDED ON A RECALL LIST

I WAS DRIVING. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WENT. I PUSHED ON GAS. THE PERSON N FRONT OF ME HIT BRAKES. I HIT MY BRAKES, FELT A HUGE JOLT. CAR ACCELERATED AND WAS NOT BRAKING. I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF VEHICLE. I WAS WEARING A SELTBELT, BUT MY KNEES SLAMMED ...

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WENT. I PUSHED ON GAS. THE PERSON N FRONT OF ME HIT BRAKES. I HIT MY BRAKES, FELT A HUGE JOLT. CAR ACCELERATED AND WAS NOT BRAKING. I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF VEHICLE. I WAS WEARING A SELTBELT, BUT MY KNEES SLAMMED ...

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WENT. I PUSHED ON GAS. THE PERSON N FRONT OF ME HIT BRAKES. I HIT MY BRAKES, FELT A HUGE JOLT. CAR ACCELERATED AND WAS NOT BRAKING. I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF VEHICLE. I WAS WEARING A SELTBELT, BUT MY KNEES SLAMMED ...

Mileage: 122,000

WHEN I WAS DRIVING TODAY DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK WHILE I PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK CONTINUOUSLY. I GET HOME SAFELY AND THE CAR IS STILL SHAKING. SO I TAKE IT FOR AN ENGINE TESTING AND COME TO FIND OUT CYLINDER 3 IS MISFIRING AND NOW THE CAR WON'T E...

Mileage: 104,000

TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO MY LOCAL KIA DEALER FOR A LETTER TITLED "PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN" SENT FROM "CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS" TO PERFORM A "SOFTWARE UPDATE ON 2014-2016 GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION (GDI) ENGINE TO PROTECT THE ENGINE FROM EXCESSIVE CONNECTING ROD BEARING DAMAGE. UPON PICKING IT UP FROM...

Mileage: 75,486

IN JULY 2020 I WAS HELPING THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND ON MY WAY TO THE UNIT, I DROVE FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN MY CAR STALLED. I WAS GOING 63 MPH AND THEN 40 MPH. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAS A LITTLE STUNNED AS IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DO SO. I EVENTUALLY WAS AB...

Mileage: 125,000

IN JULY 2020 I WAS HELPING THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND ON MY WAY TO THE UNIT, I DROVE FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN MY CAR STALLED. I WAS GOING 63 MPH AND THEN 40 MPH. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAS A LITTLE STUNNED AS IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO DO SO. I EVENTUALLY WAS AB...

Mileage: 125,000

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2020, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING HOME WHEN MY KIA SOUL STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE NO LIGHTS CAME ON AND NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD PULL ON THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY AND HAD TO TOWED IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY, I TOWED IT TO KIA CAR PR...

Mileage: 111,751

WE WERE ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY GOING HOME. WE STARTED UP A HILL AND THE CAR LOST POWER BUT WAS FINE AGAIN AFTER THE HILL, WENT UP ANOTHER HILL AND THE CAR LOST POWER AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT STARTED MAKING A CLANGING NOISE IN THE MOTOR. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. NO WARNING LIGHTS AT ALL. MY HUSBAND WHO...

Mileage: 107,000

LOSING OIL AND HAVING A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. KIA MOTORS HAD US TAKE A VEHICLE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST THAT REVEALED LOSS OF 1/2 QUART EVERY 500 MILES. THEY ALSO HAD US TAKE A COMPRESSION TEST, AND THREE SEPARATE TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR VIDEO ANALYSIS. AFTER SIX WEEKS THEY FINALLY DECLARED...

Mileage: 92,739

LOSING OIL AND HAVING A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. KIA MOTORS HAD US TAKE A VEHICLE OIL CONSUMPTION TEST THAT REVEALED LOSS OF 1/2 QUART EVERY 500 MILES. THEY ALSO HAD US TAKE A COMPRESSION TEST, AND THREE SEPARATE TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR VIDEO ANALYSIS. AFTER SIX WEEKS THEY FINALLY DECLARED...

Mileage: 92,739

VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHEN IN DRIVING MODE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON AND NO OTHER CODES POP ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS SCAN. TWO MISS CALLS ON THE HIGHWAY ALMOST GOT INTO A BAD ACCIDENT

Mileage: 104,123

WHILE WAITING AT A LIGHT ON A HILL MY ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSECTION MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT ACCELERATED REALLY FAST. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT ONLY HAS 52,000.MILES O...

Mileage: 52,000

WHILE WAITING AT A LIGHT ON A HILL MY ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSECTION MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT ACCELERATED REALLY FAST. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT ONLY HAS 52,000.MILES O...

Mileage: 52,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND PAINT WAS BLISTERING ON THE HOOD END ENGINE JUST BURST INTO FLAMES, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE DASH, IN MINUTES ENTIRE CAR WAS BURNED

Mileage: 110,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND PAINT WAS BLISTERING ON THE HOOD END ENGINE JUST BURST INTO FLAMES, FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE DASH, IN MINUTES ENTIRE CAR WAS BURNED

Mileage: 110,000

BOUGHT 2014 KIA SOUL ON 6/16/20 AT 106K MILES FROM HYUNDAI DEALER. DID NOT DRIVE FROM 8/8/20 TO 8/16/20-CAR WAS IN A SECURE LOCATION. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, MADE A TURN, HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND CAR STALLED AND QUIT W/NO RESTART. DID NOT SEE ENGINE LIGHT BEFORE PREVIOUSLY. TOWED HOME, AND THEN TO C...

Mileage: 108,000

CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS REPLACING, CLOGGED AND BROKEN. WENT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID CATALYTIC CONVERTER SHOULD NOT BREAK/CLOG LIKE THIS FOR YEARS. CAR HAS WEAK ACCELERATION, AND MAY EVEN SEIZE AND STOP ACCELERATION WHILE THE GAS IS BEING APPLIED.

Mileage: 85,000

WHENEVER I START UP MY CAR, THE ENGINE SEEMS TO KNOCK. I TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THEY INSISTED I JUST NEEDED AN OIL CHANGE. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO FINALLY TOLD ME THAT I HAVE AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REFUSE T...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS CONSUMING OIL PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT ALSO FOUND THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO THE PREMATURE OIL CONSUM...

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILING TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTE...

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, FADED IN AND OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SOMETIMES ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WAS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE...

Mileage: 36,000

THE ENGINE IN MY 2014 KIA SOUL + BEGAN KNOCKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. WITHIN SECONDS OF HEARING THE KNOCKING, I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR AND THE CAR DANGEROUSLY SLOWED DOOWN ON A HIGHWAY WITH FAST MOVING VEHICLES. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO FIND MY OIL HAD BURNED AND MY ENGINE ...

Mileage: 85,638

IF YOU TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS THEY LIGHTS WILL FLICKER ON AND OFF AND SOMETIMES JUST GO OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHICH AT NIGHT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WHILE DOING THIS AND IT CAN BE ON CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY AND ALSO HAPPENS WHEN TURNING OR JUST GOING STRAIGHT

Mileage: 60,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2014 KIA SOUL FLICKER WHEN TURNED ON. THIS MAINLY HAPPENS WHEN I USE THE TURN SIGNALS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL REMEDIED BY KIA. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE SO FAR ONLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN..

Mileage: 54,000

THE CAR FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AND SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A CATALYST CONVERTER. THE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2020 THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE NOW IT'S BURNING OIL ALREADY AT 2,000 MILES IT NEEDS A OIL CHANGE THE ENGINE LIGHTS ON I'M GOING TO TAKE IT TO FIRESTONE TO SEE WH...

Mileage: 87,000

HEADLIGHTS ON THE LIGHTS START FLICKERING WHEN I BEGIN TO PULLOUT INTO THE MAIN STREET.WENT TO TURN AND HAD THE TURN SIGNAL ON AND HEADLIGHTS STARTS FLICKERING AGAIN. TOLD MY SON HE SAID IT HAPPENED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

Mileage: 112,000

AT 113000 MILES (13000 PAST WARRANTY) THE 2.0 LITER GDI ENGINE THREW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. NO WARNING. VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING FROM ACCESS LANE ONTO FREEWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY AT LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP. HAD REPORTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OF A INFREQUENT HICCUP WHEN ACCE...

Mileage: 113,000

WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER OR GO OFF. IN ADDITION, ALL INTERIOR NIGHT LIGHTS AND DISPLAYS GO BLACK. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE IN MOTION AND WHILE STATIONARY. THE RADIO AND SPEEDOMETER DO NOT GO OFF SO THIS IS ONLY NOTICEABLE AT NIGHT BUT THIS IS WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE RE...

Mileage: 139,000

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE SPEED DECLINED DOWN TO 60MPH, IN AN INSTANT. VERY DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS HAD VEHICLES BEHIND ME AND THEY HAD TO VEER OFF TO THE SIDE IF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING ME. I WAS NOT BREAKING,...

Mileage: 142,000

I FIRST STARTED NOTICING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL FASTER THAN NORMAL IN AUG. 2018. I TOOK IT TO MIDAS TO GET MY OIL CHANGE AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT MY CAR WAS BURNING OR LEAKING OIL BECAUSE I HAD TO PUT MORE OIL IN MY CAR. HOWEVER THERE IS NO LEAKING NO WHERE. MIDAS TOLD ME TO COME IN SOONE...

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER OWNING AND DRIVING CAR FOR 2 YEARS STARTED LOSING POWER AND DEVELOPED A KNOCK TO MOTOR. ALWAYS DID ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND MAINTENANCE AT DEALER WITH DOCUMENTS. WAS TOLD LAST OIL CHANGE IT WAS OVER QRT LOW ON OIL BUT NO OIL LEAK DETECTED. NOW KNOCKING HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND ONLY 60000 MILES ON IT...

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED STALLING CUTTING OUT AND LOSS OF POWER IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE CALLED OUR DEALER THEY SAID TO FAR AWAY TO TOW TAKE IT TO ONE CLOSER SO WE TOOK IT TO PATTERSON KIA AND TOLD US IT WOULD BE 5 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOANE...

Mileage: 117,450

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND STARTED STALLING CUTTING OUT AND LOSS OF POWER IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE CALLED OUR DEALER THEY SAID TO FAR AWAY TO TOW TAKE IT TO ONE CLOSER SO WE TOOK IT TO PATTERSON KIA AND TOLD US IT WOULD BE 5 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOANE...

Mileage: 117,450

MY WIFE AND I ARE THE FORMERLY PROUD OWNERS OF A 2014 KIA SOUL 2.0 OUR FIRST KIA WAS A 1996 SPORTAGE, WE BOUGHT IT NEW AT ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR KIA DEALERS IN THE US, BOB LANPHERE IN BEAVERTON OR. WE HAVE BEEN KIA EVANGELISTS FOR MANY YEARS. HOWEVER, OVER SOME TIME, OUR 2014 SOUL SEEMED TO BE SL...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DELAND KIA (2322 S WOODLAND BLVD, DELAND, FL 32720) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL WAS SEVERELY LOW AND NEEDED TO BE REPLENISHED. THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 100,000

CAR BEGAN LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING (USING CRUISE CONTROL) ON BUSY HIGHWAY (CITY, 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC; 8/23/2020). DRIVER IMMEDIATELY STOPPED DRIVING CAR AND TRIED TO FIND SAFE LOCATION TO STOP. CAR STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES FROM ENGINE. CAR WAS TOWED TO KIA DEALERSHIP (8/24/2020). KIA EMPLOYEE REP...

Mileage: 87,700

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS HAS GONE BAD OVER 350K KIAS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME REASON. MY GROUP OF ENGINES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS NHTSA NOT DOING ANYTHING? I HAVE NO OIL LEAKS, CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PUT OIL INTO THE VEHICLE. I LOST POWER ON ...

Mileage: 140,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND ENGINE DIED.

Mileage: 134,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAYTONA KIA (510 N NOVA RD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32114), AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE...

Mileage: 25,000

PURCHASED VEHICLE AUGUST 5. WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN PASSERBY YELLED VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE LUCKY I GOT OUT SAFELY BEFORE THE WHOLE VEHICLE EXPLODED. AND WHEN UP IN SMOKE TOTAL LOSS

Mileage: 108,600

DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH HEAD LIGHT ON. USED TURN SIGNAL AND WHEN TURNED CORNER, DASH BOARD LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF AND HEAD LIGHTS WENT OFF THEN BACK ON TWO OR THREE TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY THE BLINKERS ARE SIGNALING, THE LIGHTS IN ...

Mileage: 60,100

DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH HEAD LIGHT ON. USED TURN SIGNAL AND WHEN TURNED CORNER, DASH BOARD LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF AND HEAD LIGHTS WENT OFF THEN BACK ON TWO OR THREE TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY THE BLINKERS ARE SIGNALING, THE LIGHTS IN ...

Mileage: 60,100

THE VEHICLE HESITATED, SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN, AND THEN THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. ONCE PULLED OVER THERE WAS OIL LEAKING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 127,000

MOTOR STARTED MAKING A RATTLE NOISE UNDERNEATH CAR, THE THE OIL LIGHT AND BATTERY CAME ON AND THEN I PULLED OVER TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED MADE A KNOCKING NOISE AND VIBRATED AND SO CALLED TOW TRUCK HAD IT TOWED MECHANIC SAID IT THROUGH A ROD

Mileage: 109,216

I WAS COMING BACK FROM A ROAD TRIP 7/26 AND THE CAR STARTING MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE I NEVER HEARD BEFORE THIS CAR WAS VERY NEW TO ME WITH NO ISSUES OR RECALLS PER THE CARFAX REPORT I JUST BOUGHT IT 5/7/2020 AND I PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND THE CAR HAD A SMALL FIRE ALREADY IGNITED , ...

Mileage: 114,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2014 KIA SOUL 2.0 GDI HOME FROM WORK THIS AFTERNOON WHEN SHE SAID WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE HESITATED THEN STARTED KNOCKING, SHE MADE IT HOME BUT AT GREAT RISK TO HER SAFETY. I CHECKED THE OIL AND IT DID NOT SHOW ON THE STICK.I HAD TO ADD 3.5 QTS. ENGINE CONTINUES TO KNO...

Mileage: 130,000

IT DOES THIS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION LIGHTS GO OFF AND SOMETIMES FLICKER WHEN TURNING OF TURNING SIGNALS

Mileage: 69,000

MY CAR BURNS OIL BAD. I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT EVERY 1500. MILES.IT HAS CUT OFF ON MANY OCCASIONS, VERY DANGEROUS.THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON OFTEN WHEN IT GETS LOW ON OIL, NEVER THE OIL LIGHT. THE CAR HAS 124,000. MILES ON IT, IT SCARES ME EVERY DAY. I TRAVEL ALOT ABOUT 225. MILES A WEEK. IS T...

Mileage: 124,000

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE OF MY CAR. AT FIRST IT HAD STALLED OUT A FEW TIMES, THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS MY BATTERY, SO I GOT A NEW BATTERY AND STILL WAS NOT RUNNING RIGHT. IT WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME ACCELERATING AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON, HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT THAT KNOWS CA...

Mileage: 118,000

CAR LOSES POWER WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. ALSO THE VEHICLE IS BURNING OIL AND THE ENGINE MAKES NOISES. I HAVE THE 2.0L ENGINE AND MY VEHICLE IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING THAT THE 1.6L ENGINE IS DOING AND THAT IS BEING RECALLED FOR THESE ISSUES. THIS V...

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING WITH DAUGHTER I USED MY TURN SIGNAL ON A BUSY HWY GOING 70MPH TO CHANGE LANES. THE HEADLIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS, AND RADIO/CLOCK ALL FLICKERED AND CUT COMPLETELY OFF. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON BUT IT OCCURRED AGAIN. A FEW DAYS WENT BY AND W...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE AS THE "PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY' AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND SHU...

Mileage: 91,521

THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL AND THE OIL LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON. THE CAR CAN HAVE NO OIL AND THE LIGHT WILL NOT REGISTER IT AT ALL. ALSO THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM ACCELERATING. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS. THERE ARE RECALLS ON THE EXACT THING ON THE OTHER MODELS OF THIS CAR. THE RECALLS SHOULD EXTEND TO ALL THE 2...

Mileage: 82,420

NOTICED AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER THE CAR WAS LOW ON OIL. COMPLAINED TO KIA DEALERSHIP THAT THEY DIDN'T FILL MY OIL UP WHEN I GOT AN OIL CHANGE. BROUGHT IT BACK IN FOR A TOP OFF AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. MONITORED THE OIL CONSUMPTION FOR 2-3 MONTHS COMING TO THE CONCL...

AS WITH THE 1.6 ON THE 2014 SOUL, A ROD BLEW THROUGH THIS 2.0 ENGINE AND KILLED IT. THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THE 1.6, WHICH WAS RECALLED. JUST DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT STARTED TO SLOW QUICKLY AND VERY ERRATIC, WHILE KNOCKING LOUDLY. DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. LUCKILY IT STOPPED RUNNING WHI...

Mileage: 170,000

I HAD BEEN USING OIL, HAD LOSS OF POWER, MPG TANKED, ENGINE VIBRATION, ENGINE IDLING ROUGH, JUST OVER ALL IT NOT RUNNING RIGHT. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF I WAS IDLING, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS, THE PROBLEMS WHERE THERE. I HAD THE GDI SERVICE DONE, BUT THE PROBLEMS GOT WORSE. I THEN HAD THE P...

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND THE RADIO/DASH LIGHTS GO BRIGHTER (LIKE THEY DO WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE OFF), AND THEN THE LIGHTS FAIL ALTOGETHER. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY AND BECOMING A GREATER SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 60,000

PROBLEM: MULTIFUNCTIONAL SWITCH ISSUE (LIGHTS FLICKER WHILE I'M DRIVING AT NIGHT AND TURN OFF RANDOMLY!) CAR: KIA SOUL 2014 NO APPARENT RECALL. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS SINCE THIS IS A MAJOR CONSUMER SAFETY ISSUE.

MY 2014 KIA SOUL, VIN# [XXX], BROKE DOWN ON 12/26/2019, ONLY HAD 33,766 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE DOWNSTREAM CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS CLOGGED, FOR AN INTERNAL MELT DOWN DUE TO HIGH EXHAUST TEMPERATURE. DEALERSHIP SAID THE DOWNSTREAM CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS V...

MY 2014 KIA SOUL KEPT GETTING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON CODE P050A WHEN COLD OUTSIDE SINCE NOVEMBER 2019. IT STARTED TO DO SO SINCE I GOT THE ECM FLASHED IN MAY 2019 FOR RECALL SC176. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIX THE ISSUE.

ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN .69QTS PER 1K MILES. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW. IN THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WASN`T CHANGING THE OIL. I WENT TO A METALLURGIST I HAD DONE SOME WORK FOR AND ASKED HIM TO OBSERVE MY DRAWING OF AN OIL SAMPLE TO SEND OFF FOR ANALYSIS. THERE WAS NOTHI...

MY STEERING HAS A SIGNIFICANT KLUNK NOISE. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SITUATION I FIND THAT THERE IS A RUBBER DRIVE COUPLING BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SHAFT WHICH TRANSFERS THE ROTARY MOTION OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LINEAR MOTION OF THE STEERING RACK WHI...

DRIVING THE CAR AT 50MPH ON A ROAWDAY ON 5-25-2020 AND THE CAR MADE A HORRIBLE ENGINE NOISE, SLOWED AND WOULD NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO KIA OF STREETSBORO WHO FOUND THE ENGINE FAILED AT 95183 MILES. WE CHANGED OIL CONSTANTLY AT 3-4000 MILES AND ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS. NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IL...

Mileage: 95,186

DRIVING THE CAR AT 50MPH ON A ROAWDAY ON 5-25-2020 AND THE CAR MADE A HORRIBLE ENGINE NOISE, SLOWED AND WOULD NOT START. IT WAS TOWED TO KIA OF STREETSBORO WHO FOUND THE ENGINE FAILED AT 95183 MILES. WE CHANGED OIL CONSTANTLY AT 3-4000 MILES AND ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS. NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IL...

Mileage: 95,186

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, KIA DIAGNOSED IT AS ENGINE FAILURE REQUIRING NEW ENGINE AND WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY PORTION OF THE REPAIR COST AS ITS OBLIGATION EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE WARRANTIED TO A FIRST OWNER WELL BEYOND THE APPROXIMATELY 74,000 MILES IT HAS. ULTIMATELY, GAVE A FEW ...

Mileage: 74,150

CAR HAD A DECREASE IN POWER WHILE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE INTERSTATE. WE RAN A CODE CHECK AND IT CAME BACK AS P1326. DETERMINED WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEMPT A DRIVE HOME AS CODE DESCRIPTION ONLINE INDICATED CAR WAS IN 'LIMP HOME MODE'. COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 60, HAD DIFFICULTIES GOING UP HILL. CH...

Mileage: 144,400

WHILE DRIVING A 2014 KIA SOUL ON THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A SUDDEN AND LOUD POPPING SOUND. WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND STALLED. IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM KIA WITH 27K MILES ON IT. IT ONLY HAS 76K MILES ON IT NOW. I HAD IT TOWED TO...

Mileage: 76,999

WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT NORMAL SPEEDS WITH NO PRIOR ISSUES, ENGINE SEIZED UP. REQUIRED FLOORING TO ACHIEVE 25 MPH. STALLED REPEATEDLY. TOOK TO SHOP AND ENGINE DESTROYED, NO OIL FOUND WITH NO PRIOR LEAKS AND REGULAR CHANGES. NO PRIOR ENGINE TROUBLE/HISTORY. CAR HAS 68,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

WHILE OUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS DRIVING OUR 2014 KIA SOUL ON THE HIGHWAY IT SHUT DOWN SHE COASTED OFF AN EXIT RAMP, CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC CHECKING IT SAID ENGINE IS BAD,OIL WAS CHANGED @ 5 WEEKS AGO AND LEVEL WAS GOOD. NO WARNING SIGNS. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A STREET AT 55 MPH MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED FOR SECOND. LUCKILY IT WAS DRY STRAIGHT PAVEMENT SO I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR BUT IT HAD A VERY LOAD KNOCK SO I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE CAR BACK OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEV...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING SOUND AND THEN SEIZED. TOWED TO THE SHOP. MECHANIC REPORTED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL PLUS WITH THE 2.0L ENGINE WITH APPROX 95,XXX MILES. ONE MORNING THE ENGINE STARTING MAKING A LOUD CLATTER (SOUNDING LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE) AND HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTY ROAD NEAR MY HOME. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO TURN AROUND AN...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A CLICKING NOISE AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO STALL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRI...

Mileage: 130,000

MY CAR JUST DOESNT START OR WILL TURN OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. LEAVING ME STRANDED AWAY FROM HOME OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DO ALL MAINTENANCE ON CAR. I DONT DRIVE MORE THAN 20 MILES FROM MY HOME ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK TO GET SUPPLIES FOR MY HOME. I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND HAVE TO DRIVE INTO TOWN TO...

Mileage: 107,000

MY CAR JUST DOESNT START OR WILL TURN OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. LEAVING ME STRANDED AWAY FROM HOME OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DO ALL MAINTENANCE ON CAR. I DONT DRIVE MORE THAN 20 MILES FROM MY HOME ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK TO GET SUPPLIES FOR MY HOME. I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND HAVE TO DRIVE INTO TOWN TO...

Mileage: 107,000

LOUD CLANGING / KNOCKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. SUBSEQUENTLY THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING- UNABLE TO START. BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF OF FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

CAR WASN'T GETTING POWER TO GO UP HILLS OR ACCELERATE ON HIGHWAY, AND BURNING THROUGH OIL. TOOK IT TO KIA DEALER SHIP AND WAS TOLD CATALYST CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF THE SAME MODEL CARS HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS AS ME. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

MAY 13, 2020 RECURRING ISSUES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. ERROR CODE PO5OA REPROGRAM POWERTRAIN CONTROL. COLD START IDLE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM. OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 67F LIGHT WENT ON WHILE CAR WAS IN FLIGHT ON A HIGHWAY. CAR IDLES ROUGHLY WHEN THE LIGHT GOES ON. *TR

Mileage: 48,010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO UP A HILL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AS NEEDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER CRESTING THE HILL, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMI...

Mileage: 105,511

MY KIA SOUL 2014 SINCE MARCH HAS BEEN CONSUMING ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OIL HAD IT CHECKED NO LEAKS. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED ON FEB 28TH 2020 AND THEN BY THE END OF MARCH NOTHING ON THE DIP STICK HAD TO PUT 3 MORE COURTS IN, NOT EVEN 4000 MILES. TOOK IT IN TO CHANGE THE OIL TWO DAYS LATER, THE NEXT DAY AP...

Mileage: 120,867

I BOUGHT THE CAR MAY 28, 2019. IN AUGUST, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON SO I GOT AN OIL CHANGE; THE FIRST OF MANY. BY JANUARY 2020, I HAD CHANGED THE OIL 5 TIMES, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN TO DRASTICALLY SLOW ACCELERATION. IT WOULD REV UP WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND WAS SLOW TO SHIFT GEARS. IT TOOK A...

Mileage: 115,450

AS WE EXCITED THE FREEWAY, THE CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AT THE STOP LIGHT. AS I PULLED INTO THE GAS STATION THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING ON ITS OWN AND I HEARD A LOUD "PING". AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RE-START THE CAR, WE HAD TO LEAVE IT AT THE GAS STATION OVER NIGHT. WHEN I WAS TRYING TO RE-START T...

Mileage: 109,776

I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CUT OFF AND MY CAR TURNED OFF A WEEK LATER AT STOP LIGHT. ALSO, A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TRY TO TURN.

I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CUT OFF AND MY CAR TURNED OFF A WEEK LATER AT STOP LIGHT. ALSO, A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TRY TO TURN.

I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CUT OFF AND MY CAR TURNED OFF A WEEK LATER AT STOP LIGHT. ALSO, A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TRY TO TURN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE AND DARK GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE HOOD WAS OPEN THE SMOKE EXTINGUISHED INDEPENDE...

Mileage: 103,052

THE ENGINE IN THE CAR WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGHLY. IT KEPT GETTING WORSE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THE ROD BEARINGS WENT BAD AT 98K MILES WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND NORMAL DRIVING. WE WERE QUOTED $5084 FOR A NEW LONG BLOCK ASSEMBLY OR $5500 FOR A NEW SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY FROM THE DEALER...

Mileage: 98,000

CHECK INLINE LIGHT IS ON AND IT KEEPS READING CATHOLIC CONVERTER AND IT WON'T GO OFF I SWITCHED MY GAS FROM 87 TO 93 AND DID A FUEL TREATMENT AND AT TIMES IT WON'T GO OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND MY GAS RUNS OUT FAST I'VE GOTTEN A TUNE UP DONE AND A OIL CHANGE

Mileage: 113,000

CHECK INLINE LIGHT IS ON AND IT KEEPS READING CATHOLIC CONVERTER AND IT WON'T GO OFF I SWITCHED MY GAS FROM 87 TO 93 AND DID A FUEL TREATMENT AND AT TIMES IT WON'T GO OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND MY GAS RUNS OUT FAST I'VE GOTTEN A TUNE UP DONE AND A OIL CHANGE

Mileage: 113,000

CHECK INLINE LIGHT IS ON AND IT KEEPS READING CATHOLIC CONVERTER AND IT WON'T GO OFF I SWITCHED MY GAS FROM 87 TO 93 AND DID A FUEL TREATMENT AND AT TIMES IT WON'T GO OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING AND MY GAS RUNS OUT FAST I'VE GOTTEN A TUNE UP DONE AND A OIL CHANGE

Mileage: 113,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. I TURNED DOWN THE RADIO DUE TO HEARING A SHAKING NOISE. THE SHAKING NOISE BEGAN TO GET LOUDER AND SHOOK MY WHOLE CAR. I QUICKLY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND TURNED MY CAR OFF RESULTING IN SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE CA...

Mileage: 120,000

I GOT IN MY CAR AND LEFT WORK. AS SOON AS I STARTED TO DRIVE IT WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MY WORK. IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY BOTH THAT SHOP, AND A KIA DEALERSHIP SHOP AS HAVING "CONNECTING ROD KNOCK." I WAS ADVISED NOT TO DR...

Mileage: 64,347

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2014 KIA SOUL BASE 2.0L ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED MAKING A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF AT THE NEXT RAMP TO CHECK THE OIL. THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE STICK AND IT HAD A BURNT SMELL. THERE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED BY THE...

Mileage: 109,000

EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK MY FUEL METER WILL GO BELOW EMPTY AND WILL BLINK THAT I AM OUT OF GAS. AFTER ABOUT A DAY OR SO IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OTHER KIA SOUL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS GETTING LOOKED INTO AND INVESTIGATE...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THERE WAS A KNOCK SOUND UNDER MY HOOD. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTED TO SMOKE. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND CUT THE ENGINE. I THEN TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT RESPOND. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY TOLD M...

Mileage: 111,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THERE WAS A KNOCK SOUND UNDER MY HOOD. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTED TO SMOKE. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND CUT THE ENGINE. I THEN TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT DID NOT RESPOND. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY TOLD M...

Mileage: 111,000

WAS DRIVING AROUND 75MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SMOKING. ENGINE LOCKED UP BUT WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF INTERSTATE. UPON FURTHER REVIEW BY MY SELF AND A MECHANIC. WE NOTICED NO OIL IN CAR IT WAS ONLY 75MILES OVER FOR A CHANGE. WORST PART IS THAT CAR WAS JUST ABOUT PAID OFF.

Mileage: 103,558

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE ENGI...

Mileage: 103,100

MY KIA SOUL IS BURNING OIL EVERY 1,000 EXCESSIVELY. KIA SAYS IT ISN'T BURNING THAT MUCH. MY DEALER THINKS IT IS. MY CAR HAD THE OIL LIGHT COME ON IN DECEMBER. RECEIVED AN OIL CHANGE. FEBRUARY COMES TO START MY CONSUMPTION TESTS. MY DIPSTICK READS LOW LEVEL. I STARTED 3 TESTS AND THEY ALL 3 CAME UP W...

Mileage: 89,000

MY KIA SOUL IS BURNING OIL EVERY 1,000 EXCESSIVELY. KIA SAYS IT ISN'T BURNING THAT MUCH. MY DEALER THINKS IT IS. MY CAR HAD THE OIL LIGHT COME ON IN DECEMBER. RECEIVED AN OIL CHANGE. FEBRUARY COMES TO START MY CONSUMPTION TESTS. MY DIPSTICK READS LOW LEVEL. I STARTED 3 TESTS AND THEY ALL 3 CAME UP W...

Mileage: 89,000

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, "55 MPH" SPEED LIMIT WAS 60 MPH MY ACCELERATION WENT OUT ON MY CAR AND I COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THEN 20/25MPH. MY CAR STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A WEED EATER AND I NEVER GOT A SINGLE LIGHT FOR SOMETHING BEING WRONG. AS I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CARS ENG...

Mileage: 76,000

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, "55 MPH" SPEED LIMIT WAS 60 MPH MY ACCELERATION WENT OUT ON MY CAR AND I COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THEN 20/25MPH. MY CAR STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A WEED EATER AND I NEVER GOT A SINGLE LIGHT FOR SOMETHING BEING WRONG. AS I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CARS ENG...

Mileage: 76,000

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, "55 MPH" SPEED LIMIT WAS 60 MPH MY ACCELERATION WENT OUT ON MY CAR AND I COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THEN 20/25MPH. MY CAR STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A WEED EATER AND I NEVER GOT A SINGLE LIGHT FOR SOMETHING BEING WRONG. AS I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CARS ENG...

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL WHILE DRIVING A LOUD NOISE HAD OCCURRED SMOKE AND EXHAUST FUMES WERE PRESENT THE OWNER WAS CONCERN THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE BEFORE SMOKE A...

Mileage: 83,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A MONTH AFTER THE INITIAL FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED T...

Mileage: 110,534

THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING EVER SINCE THE CAR GOT OVER 100K MILES. IT IS CURRENTLY AT 116K AND HAS ZERO OIL BUT THERE IS NO LEAK AND IT DOESN'T SMELL LIKE IT IS BURNING. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND IT WILL COST THOUSANDS TO REPAIR. THIS IS EXACTLY WH...

Mileage: 116,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SLOWED AND STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED OFF AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT TH...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS WITH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A NOISE THAT I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE. I WAS ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME SO I HEADED TOWARDS HOME AND AS 8 WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE NOISE WAS GRADUALLY GETTING LOUDER, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS, NOT ONE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. SUDDENLY WHILE GOING JUST OVER 60...

Mileage: 106,033

I PURCHASED A 2014 KIA SOUL FROM DOUG SMITH AUTOPLEX ON 11-19-2019. THE CAR PURCHASE INCLUDED A 3 MONTH/3,000 MILE WARRANTY I CALLED IN ON 12-12-2019 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SERVICE TO INSPECT A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 12-20-2019, I ADDED A QUART OF OIL T...

Mileage: 100,309

2014 KIA SOUL WITH 2.0 ENGINE (84,000 MILES) SUDDENLY STARTED KNOCKING THEN LOCKED UP GOING AROUND 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS WAS SO SUDDEN THAT IT CAUSED THE TIRES TO SQUEAL. IF ANYONE HAD BEEN BEHIND ME THERE IS A GREAT CHANCE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THEN IT UNLOCKED AND CONTINUED KNOCK...

Mileage: 84,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL CONSUMPTION WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RUSS DARROW KIA OF MADISON LOCATED AT (6525 ODANA RD, MADISON, WI 53719, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIG...

Mileage: 70,000

I WENT TO ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP AND THE CAR STARTED TO GO WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND THE ENTIRE CAR SHUT DOWN. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG.THERE WERE NO INDICATION WARNING LIGHTS TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. ONLY WHEN THE CAR STALLED DID THEY ALL FLASH...

Mileage: 107,000

THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD, THE PROBLEM IS A FUEL LEAK, OTHER KIA SOULS ARE CURRENTLY ON RECALL FOR THE SAME REASON BUT THIS PLUS MODEL ISN'T SO IT'S SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY WHILE I PAY OVER $400 A MONTH FOR THE VEHICLE ! RECALL THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE ! T...

Mileage: 114,141

THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD, THE PROBLEM IS A FUEL LEAK, OTHER KIA SOULS ARE CURRENTLY ON RECALL FOR THE SAME REASON BUT THIS PLUS MODEL ISN'T SO IT'S SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY WHILE I PAY OVER $400 A MONTH FOR THE VEHICLE ! RECALL THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE ! T...

Mileage: 114,141

AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT THE SHOP, THE KIA HAS BEEN BURNING OIL. THERE IS NO SMOKE OR LEAKS. A COMPRESSION TEST WAS NOT DONE AT THE ORIGINAL INSPECTION OF THE CAR, AND THERE IS NO OIL IN THE CAR AFTER ABOUT 500 MILES. THIS ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL SINCE 85000 MILES AND THERE IS "NOTHING" TH...

Mileage: 85,000

AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT THE SHOP, THE KIA HAS BEEN BURNING OIL. THERE IS NO SMOKE OR LEAKS. A COMPRESSION TEST WAS NOT DONE AT THE ORIGINAL INSPECTION OF THE CAR, AND THERE IS NO OIL IN THE CAR AFTER ABOUT 500 MILES. THIS ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL SINCE 85000 MILES AND THERE IS "NOTHING" TH...

Mileage: 85,000

ERROR CODE PO5OA CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR 3RD TIME AND THIS WAS THE ACTUAL RESPONSE FROM KIA ENGINEERS BOTTOM LINE THEY SOLD ME AN UNFIXABLE CAR ADVICE 1: IT IS RECOMMENDED TO CLEAN THROTTLE BODY, UPGRADE PCM GROUNDS, AND PREFORM CAP DISCHARGE, HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY DTC PO5OA IS BEING RESEARCHED AN...

Mileage: 47,401

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2014 KIA SOUL AND SUDDENLY IT DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. IT ALSO STARTED MAKING A CLANKING NOISE SO SHE PARKED IT IMMEDIATELY. NO ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHTS, JUST RUNNING BADLY. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE NOISE WAS PISTON RATTLING AROUND...

Mileage: 87,000

3RD TIME CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON IN LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. ERROR CODE PO5OA CAR TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR LAST 2 TIMES MOST LIKELY REPAIR IS REPROGRAM PCM LAST TIME AT DEALER I WAS TOLD THE CODE WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY KIA AND HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME REPLY WITH OTHERS ONLINE. S...

Mileage: 47,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE BEFORE STALLING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED A FAULTY ENGINE NEEDING REPLACEMENT. THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHILE DRIVIN...

Mileage: 91,000

MY CAR WHILE DRIVING ON 65 HOSPITAL CURVE - LOUISVILLE KY- DANGEROUS SPOT- THE CAR SLOWED RIGHT DOWN AND A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD - ENGINE - I WAS FORCED TO PULL OFF NEXT EXIT AND PARK. I HAD CHANGED MY OIL 5-6 WEEKS PRIOR. I CONTACTED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY SAID THERE WAS N...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT, 75MPH, THE CAR STARTING LOSING POWER AND STARTED TO SHAKE, THEN IT SPED UP AGAIN AND LEVELED OUT. ONCE I REACHED THE NEAREST GAS STATION, IN PARK, IT WAS SHAKING AND RATTLING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND UPON HIS INSPECTION, FOUND A HOLE IN THE PISTON...

Mileage: 126,587

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT, 75MPH, THE CAR STARTING LOSING POWER AND STARTED TO SHAKE, THEN IT SPED UP AGAIN AND LEVELED OUT. ONCE I REACHED THE NEAREST GAS STATION, IN PARK, IT WAS SHAKING AND RATTLING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND UPON HIS INSPECTION, FOUND A HOLE IN THE PISTON...

Mileage: 126,587

VEHICLE STALL ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A PISTON . THIS ALL HAPPENED ON THIS VEHICLE AT 21,000 MILES. LEAVING MY YOUNG DAUGHTER STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY ALONE AT NIGHT . AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL FOR CATALYTI...

Mileage: 21,000

ENGINE BURNING OIL. NO SIGNS OF LEAKAGE OR "BLUE SMOKE". USUALLY HAVE TO PUT IN BETWEEN 3 AND 5 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. KIA WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, DIDN'T KNOW IT HAD AN ISSUE. OIL GOT DANGEROUSLY LO...

Mileage: 100,000

THURSDAY I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND CALLED KIA SERVICE AND THEY SAID AS LONG AS ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT FLASHING I WILL BE OK TO DRIVE IT SO THEY SCHEDULED MY APPT. FOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. SATURDAY I WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON A BUSY ROAD AND MY CAR STARTING MAKING TICKING NOISE & LOST POWER AND...

Mileage: 111,000

THURSDAY I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND CALLED KIA SERVICE AND THEY SAID AS LONG AS ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT FLASHING I WILL BE OK TO DRIVE IT SO THEY SCHEDULED MY APPT. FOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. SATURDAY I WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON A BUSY ROAD AND MY CAR STARTING MAKING TICKING NOISE & LOST POWER AND...

Mileage: 111,000

THURSDAY I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND CALLED KIA SERVICE AND THEY SAID AS LONG AS ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT FLASHING I WILL BE OK TO DRIVE IT SO THEY SCHEDULED MY APPT. FOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. SATURDAY I WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON A BUSY ROAD AND MY CAR STARTING MAKING TICKING NOISE & LOST POWER AND...

Mileage: 111,000

REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN #19V120000, I REPORTED TO KIA THAT MY VEHICLE IS EXCESSIVELY BURNING OIL, THEY'VE ADVISED ME MY VIN DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR RECALL. IN BETWEEN OIL CHANGES I'M ADDING 5QTS OF OIL BECAUSE THE OIL IS JUST MIA. THERE'S NO LEAKAGE AND NO SMOKE FROM THE VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH ...

TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE OIL CHANGED BEFORE IT WAS EVEN DUE AND IT DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER IN THE OIL DIPSTICK. THEY CHANGED OIL I CHECKED IT ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER AND IT WAS HALF FULL, LATER THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED IT AND SAID IT WAS LOW. I HAVE NO OIL LEAKS, SO ITNIS BRINING OIL FOR NO REASON. TAKING TO...

Mileage: 103,000

KIA SOUL 2014 VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS FLICK AND BURN OUT CONTINUOUSLY AND BEAM LIGHTS BURN OUT, EVEN AFTER REPLACING BULBS.

Mileage: 65,000

KIA SOUL 2014 VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS FLICK AND BURN OUT CONTINUOUSLY AND BEAM LIGHTS BURN OUT, EVEN AFTER REPLACING BULBS.

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. APPROX 70-75 MPH. THE ENGINE MADE A RATTLING NOISE AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND GET OFF THE ROAD. CAR WAS TOWED AND CHECKED BY MECHANIC. COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AND ROD THROWN THROUGH BOTTOM OF ENGINE. CAR...

Mileage: 113,000

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER. AS THE VEHICLE SLOWED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATING. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER AND SMOKE FILLED THE VEHICLE. F...

Mileage: 69,079

I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE IN MY ENGINE (66K). I HAD JUST CHANGED THE OIL 4 MONTHS AGO AND WAS DUE FOR AN 'OIL CHANGE 'SO CALMLY I WENT TO CHECK MY ENGINE AND I WAS MET WITH AN UNWELCOME SURPRISE, MY ENGINE WAS ABNORMALLY LOW ON OIL. I NEVER HAD ANY INCLINATION OIL WAS LEAVING AS I HAD NO TRACE OF LEA...

Mileage: 66,000

CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SC176 (RECALL TO FIX ISSUES WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRES). CAR WAS FINE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN. NO ERRORS, ETC. ONE DAY AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORMED, MIL LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO SAME DEALER. DEALER SAID THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHI...

Mileage: 94,000

HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENT THEN GO OUT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE TECHNICAL BULLETINS ON HEADLIGHTS. LOST LEFT HEADLIGHT BECAUSE CONNECTORS WERE MADE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL. THE SOCKED MELTED. DEALER WANTED $800.00 TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT. PARTS AND TIME TO DO IT MYSELF WAS ABOUT $100.00. I DO NOT UNDERSTA...

Mileage: 110,000

IN MAY OF 2019, MY CAR EXPERIENCED ENGINE KNOCKING. WE BROUGHT IT IN TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, THE KNOCKING STOPPED AND ONE DAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH, THE ENGINE THREW A ROD. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED BACK TO OUR HOUSE, THE TOW GUY TOLD US THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY...

Mileage: 104,000

MY CAR STARTED BURNING OIL SO FAST I HAD TO GET A OIL CHANGE IN JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER GETTING ONE. THERE WAS NO OIL LEAK, AND THE CAR DID NOT OVERHEAT. THERE WAS NO EXHAUST SMOKE. IF THERE WAS IT WAS BARELY NOTICEABLE. A MECHANIC DETERMINED ONE OF THE PISTONS WAS DAMAGED AND COULD LEAD TO DAMAGE TO MY ...

Mileage: 145,000

MY CAR STARTED BURNING OIL SO FAST I HAD TO GET A OIL CHANGE IN JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER GETTING ONE. THERE WAS NO OIL LEAK, AND THE CAR DID NOT OVERHEAT. THERE WAS NO EXHAUST SMOKE. IF THERE WAS IT WAS BARELY NOTICEABLE. A MECHANIC DETERMINED ONE OF THE PISTONS WAS DAMAGED AND COULD LEAD TO DAMAGE TO MY ...

Mileage: 145,000

RECALL CAMPAIGN 19V120000 FOR OVERHEATING CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WAS PERFORMED BY CHANTILLY OURISMAN KIA IN MARCH OF 2019. I BELIEVE THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS NOT PROPERLY INSPECTED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED DURING RECALL REPAIRS. MY VEHICLE IS NOW DISABLED WITH A BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER AS...

Mileage: 92,679

ON JANUARY 20, 2020 I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH ON EL MIRAGE RD WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER. I NOTICED THE SPEED DROP AND TRIED PRESSING THE GAS TO GAIN POWER AND SPEED AGAIN THEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND THERE WERE HUGE FLAMES AND OIL SPLATTERED ON THE BACK WIND...

Mileage: 154,242

ON JANUARY 20, 2020 I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH ON EL MIRAGE RD WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER. I NOTICED THE SPEED DROP AND TRIED PRESSING THE GAS TO GAIN POWER AND SPEED AGAIN THEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND THERE WERE HUGE FLAMES AND OIL SPLATTERED ON THE BACK WIND...

Mileage: 154,242

CAR IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF ITS OIL. GOES THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 1QT EVERY 1,500 MILES. WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS THIS PROBLEM THE CAR WAS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THERE WAS APPROX 1 QUART OF OIL IN THE CAR. I ONLY DROVE ABOUT 3,000 MILES SINCE THE LAST FULL SYNTHETIC O...

Mileage: 78,000

CAR IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF ITS OIL. GOES THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 1QT EVERY 1,500 MILES. WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS THIS PROBLEM THE CAR WAS MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THERE WAS APPROX 1 QUART OF OIL IN THE CAR. I ONLY DROVE ABOUT 3,000 MILES SINCE THE LAST FULL SYNTHETIC O...

Mileage: 78,000

AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTIFICATION, I TOOK MY 2014 KIA SOUL INTO THE KIA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS COMPLETED ON 07/29/2019. THE CATALYTIC OVERHEATING PROTECTION ENGINE CONTROL UNIT LOGIC WAS UPGRADED; HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW DAYS LATER INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE...

Mileage: 95,000

I STARTED HEARING A RATTLING NOISE IN MY ENGINE, I STOPPED TO CHECK MY OIL AND IT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. I CHANGED MY OIL AND OIL FILTER THEN 2 DAYS LATER I STARTED HEARING A METAL ON METAL NOISE ONLY WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. I CHECKED THE OIL AGAIN AND IT WAS LOW. MY KIA SOUL IS A 2.0L ENGINE, BUT THE 1...

Mileage: 61,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CODE IS PO50A COLD START IDLE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON SENSE OCT

Mileage: 74,800

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CODE IS PO50A COLD START IDLE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON SENSE OCT

Mileage: 74,800

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CODE IS PO50A COLD START IDLE AIR CONTROL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON SENSE OCT

Mileage: 74,800

CAR IS LOSING OIL. RIGHT AT ABOUT THE 3 MONTH MARK FOR IT'S NEXT SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THIS HAPPENED 3 MONTHS AGO (OCTOBER 2019) AND I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED OIL. JUST HAPPENED AGAIN A COUPLE DAYS AGO RIGHT BEFORE IT SHOULD BE CHANGED AGAIN. WHEN CHECKING THE DIPSTI...

Mileage: 79,250

MY PARTICULAR MODEL OF KIA SOUL IS NOT RECALLED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 19V120000, HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED TWO TIMES ALREADY AND WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO HAVE IT REPLACED A THIRD TIME DUE THE CONVERTER "INTERNALLY MELTING." IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MODEL WITH THE 1...

Mileage: 133,000

EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK MY FUEL METER WILL GO BELOW EMPTY AND WILL BLINK THAT I AM OUT OF GAS. AFTER ABOUT A DAY OR SO IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT HE CAR. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OTHER KIA SOUL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I AM WONDERING IF TH...

EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK MY FUEL METER WILL GO BELOW EMPTY AND WILL BLINK THAT I AM OUT OF GAS. AFTER ABOUT A DAY OR SO IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT HE CAR. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OTHER KIA SOUL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I AM WONDERING IF TH...

EVERYTIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK MY FUEL METER WILL GO BELOW EMPTY AND WILL BLINK THAT I AM OUT OF GAS. AFTER ABOUT A DAY OR SO IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT HE CAR. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OTHER KIA SOUL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I AM WONDERING IF TH...

LOSING OIL . NO SIGNS OF LEAKS OR CRACKS. ROUTINE OIL CHANGES ARE DONE ON IT SINCE IVE OWNED IT... IT HAS BUCKED A CPL TIMES FOR ME WHEN COMING UP TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THEY CANT DO ANYTHING UNTIL I GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT

Mileage: 72,000

JANUARY 10TH, 2020 MY 2014 KIA SOUL + LOST POWER IN ACCELERATION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLES DASH LIGHTS ONLY HAD THE CHECK ENGINE, BATTERY AND OIL LIGHT ON. THE VEHICLES TEMPERATURE GUAGE STAYED CONSISTENTLY IN THE MIDDLE POSITION AT 50%. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY LOCAL MEC...

Mileage: 117,171

IN MARCH OF 2017, ENGINE FAILED AND LOST POWER WHILE DOING 50MPH AT 78K MILES ON THE CAR. WAS TOLD BY DEAN MCCRARY KIA OF MOBILE, AL THAT A ROD BEARING WAS KNOCKING AND ENGINE LOCKING UP. I WAS CURRENT ON ALL OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE, UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT FALL UNDER THE 100K MILE WARRANTY BECA...

Mileage: 78,301

HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR HAS SLIGHTLY OVERHEATED AND MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF SLIGHT DEFORMITY. HEADLIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. KIA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGING A FEE FOR VEHICLES OUT OF WARRANTY. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE R...

Mileage: 80,000

IN OCTOBER 2019, MY CAR LOST POWER AND AFTER GETTING IT TO KARP KIA IM ROCKVILLE CENTRE NY AFTER MUCH HASSLE KARP KIA REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. TWO DAYS AFTER I PICKED UP MY CAR I HAD MY OIL CHANGED AT JIFFY LUBE. 3 DAYS AFTER THE OIL CHANGE, THERE WAS NO OIL IN MY CAR AND THE BATTERY WAS DE...

Mileage: 59,000

I HAD THE ORIGINAL 2.0L ENGINE THROW A ROD EVEN THOUGH I STAYED UP WITH ITS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. SO I REPLACED IT WITH A USED MOTOR THAT HAD 30000 LESS MI ON IT THAN THE 65000 THE ORIGINAL MOTOR HAD ON IT. ON THE SECOND MOTOR THE 1ST PISTON DISINTIGRATED AND FELL INTO THE OIL PAN. THIS WAS ...

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. THE ENGINE MADE A WEIRD KNOCKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR, PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO SUNSET KIA (3401 AUBURN WAY N, AUBURN, WA 98002, (855) 474-9626). TH...

Mileage: 87,500

THE HEADLIGHT BULB CONNECTOR HAS MELTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND HEADLIGHT NO LONGER TURNS ON. PASSENGER SIDE STILL WORKS BUT WILL NEED TO GET REPLACES ASAP.

MY CAR IS LOSING OIL SOMEWHERE. CHECKED NO LEAKS. OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND ON TIME. OIL DIP STICK SHOWS ONE QUART LOW REFILLED. DROVE CAR APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES AND LIGHT STARTED FLASHING QUICKLY. PARKED CHECKED OIL AND IS ONCE AGAIN LOW. NO BURNT OIL SMELL BUT IT HAS TO BE GOING SOMEWHERE.

LOUD CLACKING NOISE AND LOST OF POWER ## VIN PASSED ## KIA SOUL 2014 ##

Mileage: 57,000

ON 05/07/2019, I TOOK MY CAR TO JOE MYERS KIA FOR A REPAIR IN REGARDS TO SAFETY RECALL SC176. MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AND MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME ON 05/13/2019. ACCORDING TO SAFETY RECALL SC176 BULLET 4, THIS RECALL WAS TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE EXHAUST TEMPERATURES, WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAG...

Mileage: 109,775

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY I FIRST WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SUGGESTED THAT I CLEAN IT IT WAS DONE TWICE AS OF TODAY THE LIGHT STILL COMES ON. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IN MY YEARS OF OWNING A VEHICLE I HAVE N...

Mileage: 120,000

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN FEB 2019. IN NOV/DEC IT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL SHOPS AND IT WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED AS A CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE ENGINE IS THE 2.0 GDI. IT SEEMS THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I WOULD LIKE A...

Mileage: 144,000

MY CAR HAS STARTED TO FAIL ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH I NEED TO DRIVE ON DAILY. THE ENGINE IS SLUGGISH AND GETS NO POWER PAST 3000 RPMS. I HAVE GOTTEN REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THIS CAR AND FEEL THAT A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS NOT SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE TO BUY WHEN I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 90990 MILES...

Mileage: 120,000

KIA SOUL ALL OF SUDDEN HAD ENGINE LIGHT ON AND ACCELERATION STARTED TO DECREASE FOR 5 MINUTES. CAR THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL BUT ENGINE HAD KLANKING SOUND. AFTER SLOWING DOWN OFF HIGHWAY, CLACKING SOUND WAS LOUDER AND ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND STALL OUT. WHEN CAR TURNED ON IT ENGINE HAD LOUD CLAN...

Mileage: 115,000

BEEN GETTING REGULAR OIL CHANGES ON TRACK. AND ON TIME. LAST 2 OIL CHANGES I BEEN NOTICING OIL LEVELS DROPPING LOW AFTER 1000 TO 1500 MILES DRIVEN. NO LEAKS NO BURNING SMELL. ENGINE WOULD BE BURNING THE OIL. TWICE KIA NEVER NOTICED ANYTHING WRONG. NOW DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HEARD...

Mileage: 115,000

BEEN GETTING REGULAR OIL CHANGES ON TRACK. AND ON TIME. LAST 2 OIL CHANGES I BEEN NOTICING OIL LEVELS DROPPING LOW AFTER 1000 TO 1500 MILES DRIVEN. NO LEAKS NO BURNING SMELL. ENGINE WOULD BE BURNING THE OIL. TWICE KIA NEVER NOTICED ANYTHING WRONG. NOW DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HEARD...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN USE, THE RPMS ACCELERATED TO 4 WITHOUT WARNING UP 48.897 MILES. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTILATION INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL DORATY KIA (2925 MEDINA RD, MEDINA, OH 44256, (88...

Mileage: 48,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE RECALL WAS REMEDIED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OIL AND CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED....

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2014 KIA SOUL PLUS AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED AND HAS BEGAN TO CAUSE ENGINE DAMAGE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT POINT TO THE CONVERTER BUT ONLY SAID THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED. ON SECOND AND THIRD OPINIONS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN FACT MY CATALYTIC CONVER...

Mileage: 110,000

MY KIA SOUL HAS THE 2.0 L ENGINE WHICH HAS RAN GREAT UNTIL 4 MONTHS AGO. I STARTING HEARING LIFTER NOISES LIKE WHEN YOU GET BAD GASOLINE. THEN ON THE HIGHWAY, IT STARTING LOSING POWER AND FINALLY, THE ENGINE QUIT. NOW MECHANIC SAYS REPAIRS WILL BE $2100 OR MORE IF ENTIRE ENGINE IS NEEDED. I DO HAVE ...

Mileage: 188,000

MY 2014 KIA SOUL EXCLAIM WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS CAUSING DECELERATION. I TOOK MY CAR TO KARP KIA WHERE I PURCHASED IT. IT TOOK KARP KIA 1 WEEK TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. 3 WEEKS LATER I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OIL WAS NOT STAYING IN THE CAR BUT LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. KARP ...

Mileage: 59,000

MY 2014 KIA SOUL EXCLAIM WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS CAUSING DECELERATION. I TOOK MY CAR TO KARP KIA WHERE I PURCHASED IT. IT TOOK KARP KIA 1 WEEK TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. 3 WEEKS LATER I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OIL WAS NOT STAYING IN THE CAR BUT LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. KARP ...

Mileage: 59,000

MY 2014 KIA SOUL EXCLAIM WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS CAUSING DECELERATION. I TOOK MY CAR TO KARP KIA WHERE I PURCHASED IT. IT TOOK KARP KIA 1 WEEK TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. 3 WEEKS LATER I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OIL WAS NOT STAYING IN THE CAR BUT LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. KARP ...

Mileage: 59,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER, WAITED A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE ENGINE COOLED OFF, AND DROVE TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN T...

Mileage: 132,000

I WAS DRINK TO WORK GOING 30 MPH WHEN THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND I CHECKED IT OUT AND THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT. DEALER WAS NOT CALLED, BUT I GET OIL CHANGES REGULARLY AND I'M SCHOOLED THERE'S NO OIL IN MY CAR.

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 KIA SOUL ON A COUNTRY ROAD, WITHOUT WARNING, A KNOCKING SOUND BEGAN. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED MY HUSBAND, WHO PROMPTED ME TO CHECK THE OIL. I HAD NEVER MISSED AN OIL CHANGE, THERE WERE NO LEAKS, NO SMOKING AND EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT AND CLEAN. I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THERE WAS NO O...

Mileage: 115,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN OIL LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING OUT OF NOWHERE. I EXITED THE NEXT EXIT ABOUT A 1/4 MILE.TURNED DOWN A STREET AND WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AND CAR DIED. SO TRIED TO START UP NOTHING HAPPENS. . NEXT DAY TOWED IT TO DEALER THEY SAID THEY RESET BATTERY AND STARTED UP THE ENGIN...

Mileage: 5

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, FLAMES WERE PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A FIRE REPORT AND A POLICE RE...

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE RENDERED INOPERABLE DUE TO A THROWN ROD. ENGINE CONNECTING ROD FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING POPPED AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T RUN CORRECTLY AFTERWARD AND REQUIRED A TOW.

Mileage: 150,000

VEHICLE RENDERED INOPERABLE DUE TO A THROWN ROD. ENGINE CONNECTING ROD FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING POPPED AND FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T RUN CORRECTLY AFTERWARD AND REQUIRED A TOW.

Mileage: 150,000

NO INCIDENT YET, BUT VEHICLE BURNS AT LEAST A QUART OF OIL PER WEEK. THE CAR HAS JUST OVER 80,000 MILES.

WE CHANGE OUR OIL REGULARLY WITH THE SAME SHOP FOR YEARS. WE NOTICED THE OIL LIGHT STARTED APPEARING FASTER THAN USUAL AND WELL UNDER THE 3000 MILE STICKER. WE HAD TO CHANGE THE OIL 3 TIMES IN ONE MONTH. THE SECOND TIME WE ASKED THEM TO CHECK FOR LEAKS OR FILTER. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO LEAK AND FILT...

Mileage: 92,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MULTIPLE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPEND...

Mileage: 65,000

I GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES ON MY CAR. HAD ONE DONE 30 DAYS AGO. FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THE CAR WAS WITHOUT OIL BUT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF A LEAK, FUMES, BURNING OF OIL. NOTHING!!! WAS DOING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT SIMPLY DIED. THE GAS PEDDLE TIGHTENED UP AND THE CAR TURNED OFF. NO WARNING LIGHTS. U...

Mileage: 4

I HAVE A 2014 KIA SOUL. I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS. WHILE DRIVING, WHETHER ON HIGHWAY DOING 70 MPH OR IN THE CITY DOING 10 TO 45 MPH. THE LIGHTS GO OUT FOR 30 SECONDS WILL FLICK BACK ON AND DO THIS REPEATEDLY SEVERAL TIMES. NO CHECK ENGINE OR OTHER LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED. IT HAPPE...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAVE A 2014 KIA SOUL. I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS. WHILE DRIVING, WHETHER ON HIGHWAY DOING 70 MPH OR IN THE CITY DOING 10 TO 45 MPH. THE LIGHTS GO OUT FOR 30 SECONDS WILL FLICK BACK ON AND DO THIS REPEATEDLY SEVERAL TIMES. NO CHECK ENGINE OR OTHER LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED. IT HAPPE...

Mileage: 110,000

I JUST PURCHASED A 2014 KIA SOUL EXCLAIM AND IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION UNTIL I STARTED HEARING KNOCKING NOISE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. I PULLED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED TOWING COMPANY TO GET IT TOWED TO CLOSET KIA DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T UNDER A RECALL AND THAT THE OTHER KIA SO...

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BLACK SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE IF POLICE AND/OR FIRE REPORTS WE...

Mileage: 95,000

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WILL SOMETIMES TURN OFF FOR A SECOND OR 2, AND ALSO GO OFF MAJORITY OF TIMES WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR NOW.THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES FOR THIS BUT NO CORRECTION EVEN ATTEMPTED. PROBLEM OCCURRED ON CITY STREET WHI...

Mileage: 95,000

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL + MODEL. TODAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH DOWN A LOCAL CITY STREET, I STARTED TO LOSE POWER IN TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT I HAD SOME BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO LATER, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHILE DRIVING, SO I THREW ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS...

Mileage: 75,553

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL + MODEL. TODAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH DOWN A LOCAL CITY STREET, I STARTED TO LOSE POWER IN TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT I HAD SOME BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO LATER, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHILE DRIVING, SO I THREW ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS...

Mileage: 75,553

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL + MODEL. TODAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH DOWN A LOCAL CITY STREET, I STARTED TO LOSE POWER IN TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT I HAD SOME BAD GAS OR SOMETHING. ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO LATER, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHILE DRIVING, SO I THREW ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS...

Mileage: 75,553

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. ROYAL KIA OF TUCSON (4333 E SPEEDWAY BLVD, TUCSON, AZ 85712, (...

Mileage: 117,000

THE ENGINE DIED WITH NO WARNING ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC, WHERE THEY FOUND THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE, BUT NO OIL LEAK. MUST NOW REPLACE ENTIRE ENGINE OR BUY A NEW CAR. CAR HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES (DIED ON A THURSDAY, NEXT OIL CHANGE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY) AND AN...

Mileage: 106,000

EVERY TIME I START MY CAR, THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE IS ALSO AN OIL LEAK, AND MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON 3,000 MILES BEFORE I WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE KNOCKING WILL SUBSIDE, BUT COME BACK IN SPURTS AS I AM DRIVING.

Mileage: 130,000

MY KIA SOUL IS HAVING IDENTICAL ISSUES TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 19V120000WHICH LED TO RECALL SC176 BY KIA WHICH ONLY COVERED THE 1.6L MODELS, NOT THE 2.0L WHICH IS THE VEHICLE I DRIVE. I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND LOUD KNOCKING TYPE SOUND WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 M...

Mileage: 1

MY KIA SOUL IS HAVING IDENTICAL ISSUES TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 19V120000WHICH LED TO RECALL SC176 BY KIA WHICH ONLY COVERED THE 1.6L MODELS, NOT THE 2.0L WHICH IS THE VEHICLE I DRIVE. I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND LOUD KNOCKING TYPE SOUND WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 M...

Mileage: 1

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2014 KIA SOUL PLUS ON A HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD TAPPING/KNOCKING SOUND. WITHIN A HALF MILE THE SOUND BECAME MUCH LOUDER AND WORSE. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. WE PULLED OFF AN EXIT. WE CHECKED THE OIL. NOTHING REGISTERED ON DIPSTICK. WE PUT 2 QUARTS IN AND IT REGISTER...

Mileage: 68,288

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, STALLED, AND A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, STALLED, AND A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE, STALLED, AND A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTICED FROM THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE...

Mileage: 20,000

2014 KIA SOUL REDZONE EDITION, THE HEADLIGHT WILL TURN COMPLETELY OFF FOR AROUND 15 SECONDS AND COME BACK ON. THEY WILL ALSO FLICKER WHEN TRYING TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND CAN'T STOP. KIA SAYS THEY WILL NOT PROCESS UNDER WARRAN...

Mileage: 68,500

2014 KIA SOUL REDZONE EDITION, THE HEADLIGHT WILL TURN COMPLETELY OFF FOR AROUND 15 SECONDS AND COME BACK ON. THEY WILL ALSO FLICKER WHEN TRYING TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND CAN'T STOP. KIA SAYS THEY WILL NOT PROCESS UNDER WARRAN...

Mileage: 68,500

WHEN HAVING MY HEADLIGHTS ON AND USING MY TURN SIGNAL EITHER WAY , MY LIGHTS WILL ALL FLICKER INSIDE AND OUT AND ALSO TIMES WHERE IT WILL GO COMPLETELY BLACK IN MY CAR. THIS IS AN EXTREME DANGER TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TO THE POINT IF THIS CAR IS EVEN DRIVABLE AT NIGHT . A RECALL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHILE ON A TRIP TO WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO YOUNGBLOOD KIA (3525 S C...

Mileage: 108,037

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH KIA STORE CLARKSVILLE (826 E LEWIS AND CLARK PKWY, CLARKSVILLE, IN 47129, 866-545-2429), BUT THEY DID NOT ASSIST SINCE THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT PUR...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BEV SMITH KIA (5655 US-1, FORT PIERCE, F...

Mileage: 116,488

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AREA OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE WIRES, WHICH CAUSED THE WIRES TO FLICKER. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS AREA OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE WIRES, WHICH CAUSED THE WIRES TO FLICKER. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 80,000

I TOOK THE CAR INTO KIA DEALERSHIP IN CAPE CORAL, FL. ENGINE LIGHT ON. THE CAR KEPT STALLING AND WOULD LOSE ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. I WANTED SERVICE DONE ON IT AND ALL RECALLS FIXED. THEY FIXED RECALLS AND PUT A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN IT TO SOLVE THE ENGINE FROM STALLING AND LOSE POWER. THEY TO...

Mileage: 104,656

I TOOK THE CAR INTO KIA DEALERSHIP IN CAPE CORAL, FL. ENGINE LIGHT ON. THE CAR KEPT STALLING AND WOULD LOSE ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. I WANTED SERVICE DONE ON IT AND ALL RECALLS FIXED. THEY FIXED RECALLS AND PUT A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN IT TO SOLVE THE ENGINE FROM STALLING AND LOSE POWER. THEY TO...

Mileage: 104,656

I TOOK THE CAR INTO KIA DEALERSHIP IN CAPE CORAL, FL. ENGINE LIGHT ON. THE CAR KEPT STALLING AND WOULD LOSE ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING. I WANTED SERVICE DONE ON IT AND ALL RECALLS FIXED. THEY FIXED RECALLS AND PUT A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN IT TO SOLVE THE ENGINE FROM STALLING AND LOSE POWER. THEY TO...

Mileage: 104,656

HEADLIGHT CAN FLICKER OR GO OUT COMPLETELY WHEN SWITCHING HI/LOW BEAM OR USING TURN SIGNALS. SOMETIMES THEY BLINK BRIEFLY, OTHER TIMES THEY GO OUT COMPLETELY UNTIL YOU PLAY WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MORE. SEARCHING ONLINE, IT'S A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE KIA SOUL (HTTPS://WWW.WCPO.COM/MONEY/CONSUME...

Mileage: 140,000

HEADLIGHT CAN FLICKER OR GO OUT COMPLETELY WHEN SWITCHING HI/LOW BEAM OR USING TURN SIGNALS. SOMETIMES THEY BLINK BRIEFLY, OTHER TIMES THEY GO OUT COMPLETELY UNTIL YOU PLAY WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MORE. SEARCHING ONLINE, IT'S A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE KIA SOUL (HTTPS://WWW.WCPO.COM/MONEY/CONSUME...

Mileage: 140,000

PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE HAD VEHICLE CAR JERKS AT TIME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT TIMES,THE FUEL NEEDLE DROPS UP AND DOWN TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN I JUST FILLED IT UP. AND RANG NUMBER TURNS TO LINES AND FLASHES LIKE CAR FUEL IS EMPTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS FULL. ALSO LEFT HEAD LIGHT IS BURNT I REPLACED T...

Mileage: 5

PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE HAD VEHICLE CAR JERKS AT TIME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT TIMES,THE FUEL NEEDLE DROPS UP AND DOWN TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN I JUST FILLED IT UP. AND RANG NUMBER TURNS TO LINES AND FLASHES LIKE CAR FUEL IS EMPTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS FULL. ALSO LEFT HEAD LIGHT IS BURNT I REPLACED T...

Mileage: 5

PRETTY MUCH SINCE I HAVE HAD VEHICLE CAR JERKS AT TIME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT TIMES,THE FUEL NEEDLE DROPS UP AND DOWN TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN I JUST FILLED IT UP. AND RANG NUMBER TURNS TO LINES AND FLASHES LIKE CAR FUEL IS EMPTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS FULL. ALSO LEFT HEAD LIGHT IS BURNT I REPLACED T...

Mileage: 5

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE EXHAUST SOUND SUDDENLY BECAME EXTREMELY LOUD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO ORANGE PARK KIA (6373 BLANDING BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HA...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING ONTO INTERSTATE SOUL DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE, ENGINE REVVED BUT WAS NOT INCREASING SPEED, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. LOUD KNOCKING BEGAN, BUT WARNING NO LIGHTS WERE ON. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED ENGINE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO ENGINE REPAIR S...

Mileage: 94,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THEN SHUT OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA OF CHATTANOOGA (2136 CHAPMAN RD, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421, (423) 855-1022) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE ...

Mileage: 29,898

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THEN SHUT OFF INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA OF CHATTANOOGA (2136 CHAPMAN RD, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421, (423) 855-1022) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE ...

Mileage: 29,898

ENGINE TICKING LOUDLY AFTER 109,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT, HOWEVER, CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. DEALERSHIP QUOTED $6,000 TO REBUILD ENGINE WHICH AS THE CARS VALUE. THE TICKING BEGAN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING AND OIL CHANGES WERE PERFORMED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL, ROUGH NOISE AND STALLED. THE NOISE WAS A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MOTION KIA (379 US-46, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ 07840, (855) 845-1002) WHERE IT W...

Mileage: 102,000

OUR KIA SOUL HAS 65000 MILES ON IT AND THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY, DID AN OIL CHANGE LAST WEEK AND WAS MISSING 3 QUARTS OF OIL AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND ENGINE KNOCKING. TOOK TO KIA AND SAID THERE IS A GDI FAILURE AND NEEDS A MOTOR AND THEY WILL NOT ...

Mileage: 65,000

OUR KIA SOUL HAS 65000 MILES ON IT AND THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY, DID AN OIL CHANGE LAST WEEK AND WAS MISSING 3 QUARTS OF OIL AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL PAN. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND ENGINE KNOCKING. TOOK TO KIA AND SAID THERE IS A GDI FAILURE AND NEEDS A MOTOR AND THEY WILL NOT ...

Mileage: 65,000

I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT I FILED EARLIER. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE KIA COMPANY ABOUT A RECENT RECALL ON 2014 KIA SOUL HATCHBACKS. THE RECALL FOR FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WHICH CAN LEAD TO ENGINE DAMAGE IS WHAT IS STATED UNDER THE ADVISORY. WHEN MY KIA SOUL WAS LOOKED A...

Mileage: 92,000

I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT I FILED EARLIER. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE KIA COMPANY ABOUT A RECENT RECALL ON 2014 KIA SOUL HATCHBACKS. THE RECALL FOR FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WHICH CAN LEAD TO ENGINE DAMAGE IS WHAT IS STATED UNDER THE ADVISORY. WHEN MY KIA SOUL WAS LOOKED A...

Mileage: 92,000

I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT I FILED EARLIER. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE KIA COMPANY ABOUT A RECENT RECALL ON 2014 KIA SOUL HATCHBACKS. THE RECALL FOR FAULTY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WHICH CAN LEAD TO ENGINE DAMAGE IS WHAT IS STATED UNDER THE ADVISORY. WHEN MY KIA SOUL WAS LOOKED A...

Mileage: 92,000

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. FIRST NOTICED AROUND AUGUST 22, 2019, BUT WE RARELY DRIVE AT NIGHT. BLINK OFF AND THEN BACK ON. NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS LIKE BUMPS OR TURNS. HAPPENS ON INTERSTATE AT INTERSTATE SPEED AND TWO LANE BACK ROADS AT LOW SPEEDS. HAPPENS IN STOP...

Mileage: 97,000

INTERMITTENT NON STARTING. MY KIA RUNS GREAT WHEN IT IS DRIVING ETC, ITS THE ONCE IN AWHILE THAT IT WON'T START THAT IS THE ISSUE. MY MECHANIC CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE AND NATURALLY IT DOESN'T OCCUR WHEN ANYONE NEEDS TO SEE IT. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED ONLY FOR IT TO START RIGHT UP FOR THE MECHANIC. ...

Mileage: 90,000

I PURCHASED MY 2014 KIA SOUL IN 2015 AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY HAD ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FLICKERING AND MY HEADLIGHTS TURNING ON AT NIGHT. WE TOOK IT UNDER WARRANTY TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I HAVE PERIODICALLY HAD THE SAME ISSUE BUT IT'S MOSTLY THE HEAD...

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A LOAD KNOCKING SOUND OCCURRED. I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHIN 1 MILE TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE THAT WOULD HAVE EITHER CAUSED A CRASH OR FIRE AS MANY KIA SOUL ENGINES HAVE CAUSED. EVEN THOUGH KIA IS RECALLING 2012 TO 2016 SOULS THEY TOLD ME MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED ...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. -HEAD LAMP (LOW BEAM ) WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. -THE SWITCH HAD TO BE TURNED OFF/ON TO RESET -ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING TL-THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT, AFTER TURNING THE...

Mileage: 62,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. -HEAD LAMP (LOW BEAM ) WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. -THE SWITCH HAD TO BE TURNED OFF/ON TO RESET -ELECTRICAL, LIGHTING TL-THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT, AFTER TURNING THE...

Mileage: 62,500

AS I DROVE HOME I HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM MY ENGINE. THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. ONCE HOME I CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL AND I HAD NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIP STICK. I FILLED THE OIL RESERVOIR WITH THE CORRECT OIL TYPE BUT NOW THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS SOLID AND NO LONGER FLA...

Mileage: 5

AS I DROVE HOME I HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM MY ENGINE. THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. ONCE HOME I CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL AND I HAD NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIP STICK. I FILLED THE OIL RESERVOIR WITH THE CORRECT OIL TYPE BUT NOW THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS SOLID AND NO LONGER FLA...

Mileage: 5

AS I DROVE HOME I HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM MY ENGINE. THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. ONCE HOME I CHECKED MY OIL LEVEL AND I HAD NO OIL SHOWING ON THE DIP STICK. I FILLED THE OIL RESERVOIR WITH THE CORRECT OIL TYPE BUT NOW THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS SOLID AND NO LONGER FLA...

Mileage: 5

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL, SOMETIMES WHILE JUST DRIVING. SOMETIMES THEY TURN COMPLETELY OFF AND DON'T TURN BACK ON UNLESS I FLIP BETWEEN AUTO/MANUAL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND IS GETTING WORSE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAF...

Mileage: 45,000

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL, SOMETIMES WHILE JUST DRIVING. SOMETIMES THEY TURN COMPLETELY OFF AND DON'T TURN BACK ON UNLESS I FLIP BETWEEN AUTO/MANUAL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND IS GETTING WORSE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND I AM WORRIED FOR MY SAF...

Mileage: 45,000

MY VEHICLE IS HAVING IDENTICAL ISSUES TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 WHICH LED TO RECALL SC176 BY KIA WHICH ONLY COVERS THE 1.6L MODELS, NOT THE 2.0L WHICH IS THE VEHICLE I DRIVE. WE ARE EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING IN ALL CONDITIONS (HIGHWAY, CITY STREETS, ETC.) AND GEARS NO...

Mileage: 88,000

JULY 212019 WHILE DRIVING...HEARD A TICKING/,PINGING SOUND PULLED OVER. OIL DRY IN ENGINE. OIL CHANGE EVERY 3.000 MILES...RECORDS TO PROVE...FILLED OIL THEN ENGINE FAILED ON HIGHWAY. CONTACTED KIA CASE #13292943 . IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED CASE MANAGER CHARLES. UPON RETURNING MY CALLS TOLD NOT COVERED AS...

Mileage: 145,000

NO DESPEGA MAS DE 50 MILLAS POR HORA Y NO REBULUCIONA MUY VIEN SE SIENTE MUY FORSADO. TENGO 3 DIAS QUE NO LO MUEBO YA ME AL DILER Y ELLOS DICE QUE LA GARANTIA YA SE ACABO CON ELLOS. QUE TAMARA ALA COMPANIA QUE LOS ASE POR QUE ES DEFECTOR DE FABRICA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS USING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING AND TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LOST A QUART OF OIL AND ADDITIONAL OIL WAS ADDED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND LOW OIL WARNING...

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED BEANS KIA OF LANGHORNE (1801 LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047, (855) 998-2259) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT AND THE FUSE NEEDED TO B...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FRED BEANS KIA OF LANGHORNE (1801 LINCOLN HWY, LANGHORNE, PA 19047, (855) 998-2259) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT AND THE FUSE NEEDED TO B...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS OFF. THE CONTACT'S FRIEND CHANGED THE LIGHT BULB AND NOTICED MELTING IN THE AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JONES JUNCTION (LOCATED AT 1508 BELAIR RD #2000, BEL AIR, MD 21014...

Mileage: 64,282

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSIDE PANEL LIGHTS FLICKERED OFF AND ON. AT ONE POINT ON A RURAL ROAD THE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!

Mileage: 100,000

2014 KIA SOUL 2.0L GDI NU. 34,000 MILES. DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND NOTICED A SLIGHT TICKING SOUND FROM ENGINE. SOUND WAS GETTING LOUDER AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND OIL LIGHT WAS FLASHING. STOPPED CAR CHECKED OIL - WAS VERY LOW. CAR TOWED TO KIA. DIAGNOSIS - METAL IN OIL. ENGINE CONDEMNED. BROUGH C...

Mileage: 34,000

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL, PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE DEALER WITH 12 MILES ON IT. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 89,000 MILES AND I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER THAT THE CONVERTER HAS A BUILD UP FROM EVERYDAY USE AND MUST BE REPLACED FOR 2100.00. PREVIOUS KIA SOULS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM PRIOR TO 2014. B...

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL, PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE DEALER WITH 12 MILES ON IT. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 89,000 MILES AND I WAS INFORMED BY MY DEALER THAT THE CONVERTER HAS A BUILD UP FROM EVERYDAY USE AND MUST BE REPLACED FOR 2100.00. PREVIOUS KIA SOULS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM PRIOR TO 2014. B...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP SIGN, IT STALLED AND THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLAC...

Mileage: 113,143

HEADLIGHT G OOFF WITHOUT OUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS!! THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. LIGHTS FLICK BACK ON AFTER .A FEW SECONDS, OR UP TO A MINUTE.

Mileage: 44,900

I GOT A 2014 KIA SOUL IN JUNE OF 2018 . THE VEHICLE WAS OK UNTIL JULY 2019. I NOTICED THAT I WAS ALWAYS VERY LOW ON OIL AND I WAS VERY MUCH ON TOP OF MY OIL CHANGES. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT AT LEAST 3 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE CAR EVERY 3 WEEKS. THE DAY BEFORE I BROKE DOWN MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON SO I PUT A QUA...

Mileage: 103,080

FLICKERING HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS. VERY DANGEROUS AS IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. FOR SAFETY REASONS, I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT. MY LOCAL DEALER WILL NOT FIX FREE OF CHARGE SINCE THIS PROBLEM, WHILE WIDELY KNOWN AND DANGEROUS, HAS NOT BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A 'RECALL.'

Mileage: 62,000

MY SON WAS COMING TO A STOP DUE TO A CAR IN FRONT OF HIM MAKING A LEFT TURN AND WAS AT ABOUT 5 MPH ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE DASH LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE CAR STARTED CLICKING AND KNOCKING AND SHUT OFF. THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL EVERY WARNING LIG...

Mileage: 111,170

HEADLIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY BEGIN FLICKERING AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL OR FLICKER WITHOUT USING TURN SIGNAL. LIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT NIGHT CREATING AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. HEADLIGHTS HAVE ALSO FLICKERED HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD AGAIN CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDIT...

Mileage: 3

HEADLIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY BEGIN FLICKERING AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL OR FLICKER WITHOUT USING TURN SIGNAL. LIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT NIGHT CREATING AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION. HEADLIGHTS HAVE ALSO FLICKERED HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD AGAIN CAUSING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDIT...

Mileage: 3

I WAS DRIVING, SLOWING DOWN BEFORE A TURN, WHEN THERE WAS A SCREECHING NOISE AND THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE CAR HAS NOT CRANKED SINCE. I HAVE TRIED TO JUMP START IT BUT THE BATTERY IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 130,000

THIS IS INVOLVING RECALL SC176 AND OTHER CONCERNS. CAR LOSES FORCE WHILE ACCELERATING THAT HAS HAPPEN 2-3 TIMES. AS WELL AS RATTLING NOISE UNDER CAR. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND TURN OFF COMPLETELY. CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ONCE THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, I BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND STILL IT...

Mileage: 72,713

THIS IS INVOLVING RECALL SC176 AND OTHER CONCERNS. CAR LOSES FORCE WHILE ACCELERATING THAT HAS HAPPEN 2-3 TIMES. AS WELL AS RATTLING NOISE UNDER CAR. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS ARE FLICKERING AND TURN OFF COMPLETELY. CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ONCE THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, I BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND STILL IT...

Mileage: 72,713

ON 10/22/2018, WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 KIA 2.0L GID SOUL, AT OR UNDER 60 MPH ON A PAVED HIGHWAY, MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, I HEARD A CLUNK AND THE ENGINE DIED AT 128,048 MILES. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. ALL MAINTENANCE WAS CONDUCTED AT ONLY 2 KIA DEALERSHIPS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 128,048

REPLACED A HEADLIGHT AND WITHIN 15 MIN. THE BULB BLEW OUT. WHEN I CHECKED THE BULB THE CONNECTOR PART WAS HOT AND A LITTLE MELTED.

Mileage: 75,000

I WENT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID THE RECALL ON MY ENGINE. THE CUYLER DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE COP ECU LOGIC AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. I GOT THE RECALL DONE ON A FRIDAY., AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENG...

Mileage: 98,000

I WENT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID THE RECALL ON MY ENGINE. THE CUYLER DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE COP ECU LOGIC AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. I GOT THE RECALL DONE ON A FRIDAY., AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENG...

Mileage: 98,000

I WENT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID THE RECALL ON MY ENGINE. THE CUYLER DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE COP ECU LOGIC AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. I GOT THE RECALL DONE ON A FRIDAY., AND THE NEXT DAY MY CHECK ENG...

Mileage: 98,000

TAKATA RECALL MY 2014 KIA SOUL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF WHILE IN MOTION AT NIGHT! THEY BOTH BEGIN TO FLICKER AND THEY TURN OFF AND JUST LEAVE ME WITH MY LOW RUNNING LIGHTS ON. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME KIA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS AND ...

Mileage: 83,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. ERROR CODE READ P0420 CATALYST SYSTEM EFFICIENCY BELOW THRESHOLD (BANK1) THEN THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON ANYMORE.

Mileage: 83,400

VEHICLE HAS HAD A LACK OF POWER WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO A CLOGGED CONVERTER.... PERFORMED RECALL KIA SC176. THEY REPLACED THE CONVERTER AND DID AN ECU UPGRADE. CAR HAS SERIOUS LACK OF POWER NOW AND WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE DONT KNOW WHICH GEAR TO BE IN SO IT CONSTANTLY HUNT...

Mileage: 80,900

VEHICLE HAS HAD A LACK OF POWER WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO A CLOGGED CONVERTER.... PERFORMED RECALL KIA SC176. THEY REPLACED THE CONVERTER AND DID AN ECU UPGRADE. CAR HAS SERIOUS LACK OF POWER NOW AND WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE DONT KNOW WHICH GEAR TO BE IN SO IT CONSTANTLY HUNT...

Mileage: 80,900

TL* THE CONTACTS SIGNIFICANT OTHER OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED SO THEY PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE TO CHECK THE ENGINE. UPON OPENING THE HOOD, I...

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVING MY 2014 KIA SOUL ON JULY 4TH ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MILES PER HOUR, ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5 RPM'S FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT BACK DOWN TO PROPER RPM'S AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THEN ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER REVVED UP TO 7 RPM'S, BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR STALLED IN T...

Mileage: 89,000

DRIVING MY 2014 KIA SOUL ON JULY 4TH ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MILES PER HOUR, ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5 RPM'S FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT BACK DOWN TO PROPER RPM'S AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THEN ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER REVVED UP TO 7 RPM'S, BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR STALLED IN T...

Mileage: 89,000

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY CAR FIX SINCE FEBRUARY. IT KEEP STALLING WITHOUT WARNING NO LIGHTS WILL COME ON. I NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THIS SITUATION I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY CAR FIX. I AM PAYING MY CAR NOTE ON TIME EVERY MONTH. PLEASE HELP ME. *JS

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE MADE AN INSANELY LOUD SCREECHING, METAL ON METAL NOISE FOLLOWED BY VIOLENT SHAKING. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING, AS WELL AS THE OIL LIGHT, THEN STARTED TO STALL OUT. WHILE PULLING OVER, CAR CONTINUED TO MAKE GRINDING AND CLUNKING NOISE COMI...

Mileage: 122,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS IT HAD A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER DUE TO OVERHEATING, RESULTING IN ABNORMAL ENGINE CONBUSION AND DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE PISTONS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE KIA SHOP FOR AN UPGRADE AND THAT DID NOT WORK.

Mileage: 84,675

MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS IT HAD A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER DUE TO OVERHEATING, RESULTING IN ABNORMAL ENGINE CONBUSION AND DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE PISTONS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE KIA SHOP FOR AN UPGRADE AND THAT DID NOT WORK.

Mileage: 84,675

ENGINE BLEW WE TOOK IT TO AVON, IN KIA DEALER. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND SAID IT WAS A BLOWN ENGINE. THE SHOP MANAGER ALSO INFORMED US THAT THIS YEAR HAD INFERIOR PARTS PUT IN IT. THAN THEY TOLD US IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALL AND THAT OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. WE HAD CALL KIA CORP AND THEY HA...

Mileage: 91,000

ONE OR BOTH OF THE HEAD LIGHTS WILL ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WORK, WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. WHILE DRIVING HEAD LIGHTS CAN FLICKER. MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH WAS CHANGED, THIS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD LAMP WIRING HARNESS, WHICH MELTS THE CONNECTOR. OTHERS ALSO HAVE ...

Mileage: 118,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REBUILT AT HER EXPENSE AFTER SHUTTING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO COWB...

Mileage: 70,000

THE FLOOR BOARD IS ALWAYS WARM. THE CAR SEEMS TO DRIVE FINE FOR ABOUT 20 -30 MINS AND THEN THE CAR SEEMS TO LOSE POWER AND WILL BARELY GO UPHILL...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR A CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN THE PAST BUT WENT BACK OUT. CAR HAS BEEN AT KIA NOW SINCE JUNE 18TH... HAVE A CASE WITH KIA A...

Mileage: 80,000

THE FLOOR BOARD IS ALWAYS WARM. THE CAR SEEMS TO DRIVE FINE FOR ABOUT 20 -30 MINS AND THEN THE CAR SEEMS TO LOSE POWER AND WILL BARELY GO UPHILL...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR A CATALYTIC CONVERTER IN THE PAST BUT WENT BACK OUT. CAR HAS BEEN AT KIA NOW SINCE JUNE 18TH... HAVE A CASE WITH KIA A...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES LOST POWER. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO STEVENSON KIA OF JACKSONVILLE (LOCATED AT 500 W FAIRWAY RD, JACKSONVI...

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR STREET, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING TO HEADLAMPS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS. THEY WILL STAY OFF SOMETIMES THIS IS DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 70,000

DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR STREET, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING TO HEADLAMPS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS. THEY WILL STAY OFF SOMETIMES THIS IS DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 70,000

WHEN THE 2014 KIA SOUL LIGHT SETTINGS ARE SET ON THE AUTO SETTING, AT NIGHT, THE LIGHTS SOMETIMES COMPLETELY TURN OFF, SOMETIMES LINKED TO USING A TURN SIGNAL, NOT ALWAYS. THEY DO NOT COME ON AGAIN UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED, OR YOU SWITCH THE LIGHTS FROM AUTO TO MANUAL ON. THIS HAPPENS IN MOTIO...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING A HIGHWAY RATE OF SPEED FROM ANOTHER STATE, THERE HAD BEEN OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROADWAY HONKING HORNS TO ALERT THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE PROGRESSING FROM THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. UPON...

THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE! WHILE I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT A NORMAL 55 MILES PER HOUR. I HEAR A POOF AND THE NEXT THING SAW SMOKE AND PULLED RIGHT TO SIDE OF ROAD, LIFTED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS IN FLAMES. I GRABBED A SHEET FROM INSIDE THE CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO BEAT THE FLAMES...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT STOPPED AT A PARKING LOT, ENGAGED IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, WALKED AWAY FROM IT . TH...

Mileage: 65,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DARCARS KIA OF FREDERICK (5826 URBANA PIKE, FREDERICK, MD 21704, (301) 696-1200) TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER RE-FLASH...

Mileage: 155,760

HEADLIGHTS: INTERMITTENT HEAD LIGHTS ON KIA SOUL. HAD A HEADLIGHT OUT SO PUT IN NEW BULB. WORKED AND ON MY WAY. NEXT MORNING LIGHT WORKED OKAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND WENT OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH LEFTHAND & RIGHTHAND HEAD LIGHTS. AFTER REPLACING BULBS A COUPLE TIME I PUT OLD ONES BACK IN WI...

Mileage: 100,000

I RECIEVED A RECALL LETTER THE RECALL NUMBER IS 19V120 I WENT OVER TOO THE KIA DEALER, VAN DEVERE KIA, AKRON OHIO WEST MARKET ST, PRIOR TO GOING FOR RECALL NOTHING WAS GOING ON WITH MY CAR NO LIGHTS COMING ON OR ANYTHING IT HAVE VERY LOW MILES AND EVERY TIME I GO THERE THEY TRY TOO SELL ME A NEW CA...

ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE THEN ENGINE ROD WENT THROUGH ENGINE BLOCK WHILE ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING APPROX 60MPH. CAR STOPPED AND COASTED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE SMOKE POURED FROM ENGINE. OIL ALL OVER ROAD AND ENGINE. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S NOT RELATED TO RECALL #19V120. CONTACTED ...

Mileage: 121,000

WE LITERALLY BOUGHT OUR 17 YR OLD DAUGHTER A 2014 KIA SOUL 2.0 A MONTH AGO! IN LESS THEN A MONTH FROM PURCHASING SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN OUR MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD TICKING NOISE AND STARTED TO SHAKE SHE SAID THE CAR STALLED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO PULL OVER THE CHECK ENG...

Mileage: 121,000

COMING UP TO A STOPLIGHT THE MOTOR DIED AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT THE STARTER WOULD ONLY CLICK. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY HOME AND CALLED MY MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME TO CHECK IF TO SEE IF I COULD TURN THE MOTOR OVER BY HAND AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. REMOVED THE OIL PAN AND FOUND A SPUN BEARING ON THE #3 C...

Mileage: 81,000

CAR CAUGHT FIRE ON MAY 24TH 2019. MY SON HEARD/FELT A POP AND GOT OUT AND CHECKED HIS TIRES AND THEY WERE FINE, THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM ENGINE AND CAR WENT UP INTO FLAMES.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY, MADE AN ABNORMAL BUBBLING SOUND, AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OVER TO THE ROAD SHOULDER AND TOWED TO CLASSIC KIA CARROLTON (2920 N INTERSTATE 35E, CARROLLTON, TX 75007, (866) 559-8140). THE DEALE...

Mileage: 87,000

WE HAD THE CAR ENGINE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN AUG 2018. ON MAY 27, 2019 AS WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR ON VACATION, WE SMELT SOME GASOLINE. LATER AFTER WE FILLED 5 GALLONS OF GAS AND DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MILES, SUDDENLY THE CAR STALLED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE FUEL INDICATOR SAID THERE WAS GAS LEF...

Mileage: 72,800

MY 2014 KIA SOUL (86,000 MILES) IS CONSUMING OIL EXTREMELY FAST. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED 5/2/19 AND AS OF YESTERDAY 5/26/2019 MY LOW OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE.THERE IS ALMOST NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 6+ MONTHS. IT IS GETTING...

Mileage: 86,000

MY MOTOR HAS 103,000 MILES ON IT. IT STARTED MAKING A SLIGHT TICKING SOUND. THE OIL IS CHANGED REGULARLY AND IT WAS NEARLY TIME TO HAVE IT CHANGED. I TOOK MY LITTLE BOY TO SCHOOL AND THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE NOISE GOT A LOT WORSE. I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK IT TO CASTROL TO HAVE THEM CHECK THE OIL. THE...

Mileage: 103,000

THE MOTOR BLEW AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT ANY WARNING ! IN MOTION ON. HIGHWAY . THE OIL HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED LESS THEN A MONTH PRIOR TO THAT . DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED OIL HAD BEEN BURNT UP CAUSING ROD FAILURE AND MOTOR !

Mileage: 122,000

I OWN A 2014 KIA SOUL PLUS WITH 104,000 MILES. THIS CAR HAS HAD DOCUMENTED SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES ON A REGULAR BASIS. OUT OF NOWHERE THE ENGINE ROD HAS BLOWN. I HAVE CALLED FIVE DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND ALL STATE THE KIA IS KNOWN FOR BAD ENGINES. CALLED JASPER WHO IS WELL KNOWN FOR REBUILT ENGINES ...

WE PURCHASED A CAR FROM A SMALL LOT SELLING USED CARS IN TEMPE, ARIZONA. AT 20 DAYS AND ABOUT 800 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AS MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GOING ABOUT 5-10 MILES PER HOUR. HE SHUT OFF THE CAR. I CHECKED THE OIL DIPSTICK AND THERE WAS ZERO...

Mileage: 110,000

I HAD MY OIL CHANGED LAST MONTH AND NOTICED AN ODD SMELL AROUND THAT TIME I DIDNT THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO NOISE OR OBVIOUS LEAKS TO WEEKS LATER MY OIL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING SOMETIMES AND I CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL... IT WAS A QUART LOW SO I TOPPED IT OFF AND WENT BACK TO NORM...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). KEARNY MESA CHRYSLER DOD...

Mileage: 104,000

SO THE SAME THING THAT THE OTHER KIA ENGINE RECALL IS FOR HAPPENED TO MY KIA WITH A 2.0 L ENGINE I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS SAYING THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THEIR 2 LITER ENGINE AS WELL BUT THE RECALL DOESNT COVER US SO WE ARE HERE WITH BLOWN ENGINES AND NO REMEDY OTHER THAN TO PAY FOR THE ...

Mileage: 95,000

HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRIECO KIA OF DELRAY BEACH (LOCATED AT 2255 FEDERAL HWY, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33483) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE C...

Mileage: 104,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRIECO KIA OF DELRAY BEACH (LOCATED AT 2255 FEDERAL HWY, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33483) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE C...

Mileage: 104,000

DEFECT IN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER

I WAS ON BUSINESS 85 MY STEERING WHEEL WENT OUT I COULDN'T TURN MY WHEEL LEFT. I ENDED UP HAVING TO JERK MY STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TURNING IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND GET OFF THE ROAD. AFTER COMPLETELY STOPPING I ENDED UP NEAR A DITCH AND GRAVE YARD. AT THIS POINT I TURN MY CAR OF...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, THE OIL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE EMERGED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDE...

Mileage: 102,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE - 11-5-18 - ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. ALL OIL WAS GONE FROM ENGINE. CAR CANNOT EVEN BE MANUALLY CRANKED. SEEMS TO BE EXACT SAME ISSUE DISCOVERED WITH SAME YEAR 1.6L ENGINES, BUT WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL AS A 2.0L ENGINE FOR WHATEVER REASON. 3 ...

Mileage: 144,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE - 11-5-18 - ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. ALL OIL WAS GONE FROM ENGINE. CAR CANNOT EVEN BE MANUALLY CRANKED. SEEMS TO BE EXACT SAME ISSUE DISCOVERED WITH SAME YEAR 1.6L ENGINES, BUT WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL AS A 2.0L ENGINE FOR WHATEVER REASON. 3 ...

Mileage: 144,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE - 11-5-18 - ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. ALL OIL WAS GONE FROM ENGINE. CAR CANNOT EVEN BE MANUALLY CRANKED. SEEMS TO BE EXACT SAME ISSUE DISCOVERED WITH SAME YEAR 1.6L ENGINES, BUT WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL AS A 2.0L ENGINE FOR WHATEVER REASON. 3 ...

Mileage: 144,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY DOWNSHIFTED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND...

Mileage: 9,541

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MOTOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. THE GAS FLOAT SENSOR AND FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS DIRECTED TO WAIT FOR MAIL NOTIFICATION TO HAVE ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A...

Mileage: 114,000

THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS START TO FLICKER ON/OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING WHICH NOT ONLY PRESENTS A DANGER FOR THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE BUT APPROACHING VEHICLES AS WELL AS THIS CAN BE A DISTRACTION WHEN ONCOMING DRIVERS SEE FLASHING HEADLIGHTS AND IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, IT RANDOMLY STALLED. THE ENGINE WAS HESITANT AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. RIVERCHASE KIA (2200 US-31, PELHAM, AL 35124, (205) 987-6518) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION O...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, IT RANDOMLY STALLED. THE ENGINE WAS HESITANT AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. RIVERCHASE KIA (2200 US-31, PELHAM, AL 35124, (205) 987-6518) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION O...

LATE ONE NIGHT, I TRY TO TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS ON. THE LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON AND STARTED TO FLICKER I HAD TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THEM ON. THEM A FEW MONTHS LATER MY DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP DID NOT WORK. I REPLACE THE BULB. THEN I RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM KIA THERE MY BE A PROB...

LATE ONE NIGHT, I TRY TO TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS ON. THE LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON AND STARTED TO FLICKER I HAD TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THEM ON. THEM A FEW MONTHS LATER MY DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP DID NOT WORK. I REPLACE THE BULB. THEN I RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM KIA THERE MY BE A PROB...

MY ENGINE BLEW A PISTON AND MY MOTOR EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP, MY ENGINE WAS SMOKING. I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK SEAT.

Mileage: 100,114

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, LIFTED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED FLAMES. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND TOWED TO...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT KIA NEW BRAUNFELS (3363 INTERSTATE 35 FRONTAGE RD, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78132, (830) 214-7280) FAILED TO PROVIDE THE REMEDY FOR THE RECALL CAM...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND REMAINED IN SECOND GEAR. ALSO, THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BENSON KIA OF SPARTANBURG (LOCATED AT 1100 N PINE ST, SPARTANBURG, NC 29303, (...

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND REMAINED IN SECOND GEAR. ALSO, THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BENSON KIA OF SPARTANBURG (LOCATED AT 1100 N PINE ST, SPARTANBURG, NC 29303, (...

Mileage: 20,000

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. ALL LIGHTS WENT ON AND THE CAR STALLED. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND ITS 6000 TO FIX!!! I COULDVE DIED!!!

Mileage: 67,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO ACT FAST AND GET OFF THE ROAD SO I WOULDN'T GET HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND COME TO FIND OUT MY 2.0 ENGINE HAD SEIZED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER...

Mileage: 65,586

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO ACT FAST AND GET OFF THE ROAD SO I WOULDN'T GET HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND COME TO FIND OUT MY 2.0 ENGINE HAD SEIZED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER...

Mileage: 65,586

ONLY HAS 104000 MILES WITH REGULAR DOCUMENTED OIL CHANGE. BLOWN ENGINE ROD. AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN I ACCELERATED LARGE KNOCKING WAS HEARD

WHEN DRIVING WITH HEAD LIGHTS ON FOR A WHILE LIGHTS WILL GO OFF AND ON THEN OFF FOR A WHILE UNTIL LIGHT COOL DOWN

Mileage: 73,434

WAS DRIVING DOWN CITY STREET WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AND MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. PULLED OVER CHECKED AND ADDED A LITTLE OIL, AND WHEN WENT TO START THE CAR IT WAS SLOW TO START AND ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND REMAINED ON. OIL IS FINE.

Mileage: 60,000

THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND AT 69441 MILES ON THE 2.0 LITER ENGINE, THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GET OUT AND PUSH IT TO A SAFE AREA OFF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A SEIZED ENGINE. I CONTACTED...

Mileage: 69,441

WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR A HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER AND THEN GO OUT. NO MATTER WHAT I'VE DONE ON MY END, NOTHING HAS SOLVED THE ISSUE, RACKING UP UNNECESSARY COSTS. ONCE IN A WHILE THE HEADLIGHT WILL STAY ON LONGER THAN EXPECTED BUT SUDDENLY ...

Mileage: 70,000

WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR A HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER AND THEN GO OUT. NO MATTER WHAT I'VE DONE ON MY END, NOTHING HAS SOLVED THE ISSUE, RACKING UP UNNECESSARY COSTS. ONCE IN A WHILE THE HEADLIGHT WILL STAY ON LONGER THAN EXPECTED BUT SUDDENLY ...

Mileage: 70,000

LOUD POP IN THE ENGINE WHILE TRAVELING ~70 MPH. CAR BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED UP, THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PULLED OVER TO MIDDLE MEDIAN ON I-75 N AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT STARTED ON FIRE WITH 20-FT HIGH FLAMES. THE CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED. USAA HAS...

Mileage: 65,000

WHEN DRIVING, IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE OUT OF NO WHERE HAD 2 SHOPS CONFIRM THEY HAVE TO GET INTO THE ENGINE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS INSIDE. THIS CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED. NO REASON THE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT. CAR WAS 4 FEET DOWN MY STREET WHEN IT STARTED KNOCKING REALLY LOUDLY. W...

Mileage: 46,000

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF OR TURN OFF COMPLETELY AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL. LIGHTS ALWAYS FLICKER OR TURN OFF AFTER TURN IS COMPLETED AND THE TURN SIGNAL GOES BACK TO NORMAL. HAPPENS AT EVERY SPEED WHETHER THERE IS A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR NOT.

ENGINE LOSES POWER AT TIMES FOR A SPLIT SECOND. ACCELERATION SOMETIMES CAUSES A LUNGING MOTION. ALSO HAS DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING SPEED WHILE CLIMBING SMALL HILLS. OIL RUNS DRY WITHIN A WEEK OF REFILL.

Mileage: 141,000

ENGINE LOSES POWER AT TIMES FOR A SPLIT SECOND. ACCELERATION SOMETIMES CAUSES A LUNGING MOTION. ALSO HAS DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING SPEED WHILE CLIMBING SMALL HILLS. OIL RUNS DRY WITHIN A WEEK OF REFILL.

Mileage: 141,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER THE NOISE, MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE PEDAL, IT JUST WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 5MPH AND BEGAN MAKING A LOUD NOISE. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER THE NOISE, MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE PEDAL, IT JUST WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 5MPH AND BEGAN MAKING A LOUD NOISE. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. AFTER THE NOISE, MY CAR STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE PEDAL, IT JUST WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 5MPH AND BEGAN MAKING A LOUD NOISE. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE IN MOTION,DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 12MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED. ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR FROM KIA DEALERSHIP SAID INTERNAL DAMAGE TO FUEL PUMP. LESS THAN ONE HOUR AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP NOTED NOISE FROM ENGINE DURING A...

Mileage: 57,000

VEHICLE IN MOTION,DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 12MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED. ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR FROM KIA DEALERSHIP SAID INTERNAL DAMAGE TO FUEL PUMP. LESS THAN ONE HOUR AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP NOTED NOISE FROM ENGINE DURING A...

Mileage: 57,000

VEHICLE IN MOTION,DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 12MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED. ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR FROM KIA DEALERSHIP SAID INTERNAL DAMAGE TO FUEL PUMP. LESS THAN ONE HOUR AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP NOTED NOISE FROM ENGINE DURING A...

Mileage: 57,000

I NOTICED A STRANGE CLICKING OR SPUTTERING OF MY MOTOR AND THEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ON A STREET, TURNING RIGHT AT A STOP LIGHT...AND NOT THE FREEWAY! FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE BLEW AND THAT ALL THE OIL WAS SUCKED UP OUT OF MY CAR. MY NEX...

Mileage: 800,000

MY MOTOR EXPLODED JUST LIKE THE 1.6 MOTORS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED BUT MINE IS A 2.0 MOTOR.

Mileage: 114,000

FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS ON MY 2014 KIA SOUL. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE LIGHTS FLICKERING AND SPORADICALLY TURNING ON AND OFF UNTIL RECENTLY WHERE THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING HOW I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE BY GOING...

FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS ON MY 2014 KIA SOUL. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE LIGHTS FLICKERING AND SPORADICALLY TURNING ON AND OFF UNTIL RECENTLY WHERE THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING HOW I CAN FIX THIS ISSUE BY GOING...

3/10/19 VEHICLE SHOWED FLUTTERING ENGINE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET (35 MPH). CHECKED, FOUND WAS 3 QTS LOW ON OIL AT 1 WEEK AFTER OIL CHANGE WHEN VEHICLE HAS SHOWN NO NOTICEABLE OIL CONSUMPTION PREVIOUSLY. MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOW ON SCHEDULE OR BETTER SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER STATE...

Mileage: 84,526

RECENTLY FILED A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY 2014 KIA SOUL ENGINE FAILURE, MY ENGINE IS A 2.0 IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT A 1.6 LITER ENGINE IS BEING RECALLED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AS IF PRESSURE WERE BEING RELEASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE, BUT SHORTLY AFTER, BEGAN SHAKING, SMOKING, AND MAKING CLUNKING NOISES. THE CONTACT SH...

Mileage: 73,350

ON 02/15/2019 I WAS DRIVING ON COUNTY HWY H IN DELTA TOWNSHIP, WI AT 45 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY 2014 KIA SOUL LOST POWER. AS IT LOST POWER, FIRST MY OIL LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING ALSO. I WAS ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND AND ...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LATER TOWED TO CROWN KIA (903-581-7688, LOCATED...

Mileage: 124,000

ENGINE RUNS DRY OF OIL WHILE STATIONARY, HEADLIGHT WIRES MELT WHILE STATIONARY.

Mileage: 99,998

ENGINE RUNS DRY OF OIL WHILE STATIONARY, HEADLIGHT WIRES MELT WHILE STATIONARY.

Mileage: 99,998

THE STEERING WHEEL WILL EXHIBIT A STICKY OR NOTCHY FEELING WHEN MAKING SMALL ADJUSTMENTS. IT CAUSES FATIGUE WHILE DRIVING AND MOST DANGEROUSLY ON SWEEPING TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TAKE EXTRA EFFORT TO ADJUST.

Mileage: 8,372

I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALLS ESPECIALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL I FOUND IT VERY ODD THAT I HAE AN ISSUE WITH IT ONLY HAVING THE CAR FOR A FEW YEARS.MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER

I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALLS ESPECIALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL I FOUND IT VERY ODD THAT I HAE AN ISSUE WITH IT ONLY HAVING THE CAR FOR A FEW YEARS.MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER

ON MAY 15TH 2018 I CALLED DOWN TO FELTON HOLLY KIA AND ASKED TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD TELL ME WHETHER I STILL HAD A WARRANTY ON MY CAR. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND I SPOKE WITH A YOUNG LADY WHO INFORMED ME THAT I HAD THE KIA BASIC WARRANTY AS WELL AS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. ...

Mileage: 87,000

ON MAY 29TH 2018 I WENT BACK TO HOLLY KIA WITH A PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES . I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR AGAIN ABOUT THE CATALY CONVERTER. HE STATED TO REPAIR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD COST ME ABOUT $1100. I WAS TRULY UPSET BECAUSE MY CAR IS ONLY 4YEARS OLD. ONCE I PICKED UP MY CAR ...

Mileage: 87,000

ON MAY 29TH 2018 I WENT BACK TO HOLLY KIA WITH A PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES . I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR AGAIN ABOUT THE CATALY CONVERTER. HE STATED TO REPAIR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD COST ME ABOUT $1100. I WAS TRULY UPSET BECAUSE MY CAR IS ONLY 4YEARS OLD. ONCE I PICKED UP MY CAR ...

Mileage: 87,000

CURRENTLY MY GAS MILAGE HAS DECREASED BY APPROX 4 MILES PER GALLON. IN THE WINTER I GET 30 MPG AND USED TO GET 34; IN SUMMER I GET 32.5 MPG AND USED TO GET 37. THINGS CHECKED: BRAKES TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AIR FILTER ENGINE CODES GAS QUALITY ( USED MOBIL PREMIUM GAS) PERFORMED A CARBON CLEANI...

Mileage: 46,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON 02/22/2019, AND IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER ON 02/23/2019. THE VEHICLE DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIV...

Mileage: 77,526

ON 09/23/2018, WHILE DRIVING 70 ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER MY TUNE UP, MY CAR STARTED MAKING THIS HORRIBLE NOISE AND THE ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND RATTLING REALLY HARD. I PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A SPARK WIRE (I HAVE A VIDEO...

Mileage: 150,000

THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTORS MELT OR BURN OUT CAUSING ONE OR MORE HEADLIGHTS TO STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY OR COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY.

Mileage: 70,000

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEAREST DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE.

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEAREST DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE.

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEAREST DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE.

JUST FINISHED GASSING UP AFTER WORK FROM HIGHWAY DRIVING AND OIL LIGHT STARTS FLICKING ON AND OFF REALLY FAST FOR A MIN THEN GOES AWAY . AFTER I PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO A NEIGHBORHOOD I'M ABOUT TO PULL OVER TO CHECK CAR AND GO OVER A SPEED BUMP CAR DIES. SO I GET OUT POP HOOD OPEN OIL CAP THERE N...

Mileage: 6

JUST FINISHED GASSING UP AFTER WORK FROM HIGHWAY DRIVING AND OIL LIGHT STARTS FLICKING ON AND OFF REALLY FAST FOR A MIN THEN GOES AWAY . AFTER I PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO A NEIGHBORHOOD I'M ABOUT TO PULL OVER TO CHECK CAR AND GO OVER A SPEED BUMP CAR DIES. SO I GET OUT POP HOOD OPEN OIL CAP THERE N...

Mileage: 6

BOUGHT A USED 2014 KIA SOUL IN 12/2015 WITH 34,000 AND PUT ON 17,400 MILES TO DATE.APPROX. 12/27/18 HEARD A VERY SLIGHT KNOCKING, TAPPING NOISE (HAD TO TURN THE ACCESSORIES OFF TO HEAR IT) AND CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL (WHICH WAS FINE-JUST HAD IT CHANGED). NO LOSS OF POWER, NO SMOKING, AND NO WARNING LI...

Mileage: 51,500

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN ON AUTO-HEADLIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT FLICKER WHEN MANUALLY MOVED TO ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAYS.

Mileage: 70,000

HI I WAS LOOKING AT RECALLS FOR THE SOUL AFTER I SAW A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AND ACTUALLY TYPED MY VIN IN AND SAW MY CAR WAS RECALLED FOR A STEERING ISSUE THAT COULD'VE LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2017 IN MY 2014 KIA SOUL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH MY STEERING ...

Mileage: 50,000

HI I WAS LOOKING AT RECALLS FOR THE SOUL AFTER I SAW A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AND ACTUALLY TYPED MY VIN IN AND SAW MY CAR WAS RECALLED FOR A STEERING ISSUE THAT COULD'VE LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2017 IN MY 2014 KIA SOUL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH MY STEERING ...

Mileage: 50,000

DRIVING 65 (THE SPEED LIMIT) USING CRUISE CONTROL ON HWY 78. CAR SOUNDED LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS BOGGING DOWN HEARD A POP AND SAW SMOKE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE LIFTED THE HOOD AND SAW FLAMES. CALLED 911 AND WATCHED THE CAR BURN UP. NO TIME TO GRAB ANYTHING BUT A POSTAL KEY.

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH NORTH ON HARBOR BLVD AND FIRST ST IN CALIFORNIA SUDENDLY I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING/CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE & NO ERROR CODES CAME ON PRIOR TO THE NOISE SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC. UNT...

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH NORTH ON HARBOR BLVD AND FIRST ST IN CALIFORNIA SUDENDLY I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING/CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE & NO ERROR CODES CAME ON PRIOR TO THE NOISE SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC. UNT...

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH NORTH ON HARBOR BLVD AND FIRST ST IN CALIFORNIA SUDENDLY I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING/CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE & NO ERROR CODES CAME ON PRIOR TO THE NOISE SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC. UNT...

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT ONLY WORKS AT RANDOM TIMES, IT WILL COME ON AND A FEW SECONDS LATER IT GOES OUT. MOST TIMES IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. LAST WEEK I HAD A NEW SWITCH INSTALLED THAT WAS ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE LIGHT WORKED FOR ONE (1) DAY AND WAS OUT AGAIN YET I WAS TOLD THE SWITCH WAS BAD TH...

Mileage: 26,754

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL CAP DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR RE...

Mileage: 66,000

AT 10000MI, THIS CAR LOST PICK- UP, THEN CHARGING OUTLETS FAILED. BY 30000MI, THE BRAKES WERE MUSHY AND WEAK, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE, STEERING ISSUES AND WEIRD SMELLS STARTED TO OCCUR. BY 45000MI, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED, VIBRATION/SHAKING, HESITATION AND LURCHING (ON ITS OWN), GAS MILLAGE WAS CUT IN...

Mileage: 45,000

AT 10000MI, THIS CAR LOST PICK- UP, THEN CHARGING OUTLETS FAILED. BY 30000MI, THE BRAKES WERE MUSHY AND WEAK, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE, STEERING ISSUES AND WEIRD SMELLS STARTED TO OCCUR. BY 45000MI, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED, VIBRATION/SHAKING, HESITATION AND LURCHING (ON ITS OWN), GAS MILLAGE WAS CUT IN...

Mileage: 45,000

AT 10000MI, THIS CAR LOST PICK- UP, THEN CHARGING OUTLETS FAILED. BY 30000MI, THE BRAKES WERE MUSHY AND WEAK, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE, STEERING ISSUES AND WEIRD SMELLS STARTED TO OCCUR. BY 45000MI, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED, VIBRATION/SHAKING, HESITATION AND LURCHING (ON ITS OWN), GAS MILLAGE WAS CUT IN...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DASH BOARD STARTED TURN OFF AND ON THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY.WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE. I GOT OUT OF THE...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DASH BOARD STARTED TURN OFF AND ON THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY.WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE. I GOT OUT OF THE...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DASH BOARD STARTED TURN OFF AND ON THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY.WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE. I GOT OUT OF THE...

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. TH...

Mileage: 46,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. TH...

Mileage: 46,900

I WAS MID TURN GOING HOME WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR REFUSED TO SPEED UP AND BECAME TO RUMBLE. I SUCCESSFULLY MADE IT HOME RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. WHEN WHILE APPROACHING MY HOME MY VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME ON. OIL, ENGINE, BATTERY. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH MY CAR AND I GET MY OIL ...

Mileage: 83,000

ON OCTOBER 27, 2018 WHILE DRIVING ON I-10 WEST TOWARDS DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE, MY 2014 KIA SOULS' ENGINE 'POPPED' AND LOST ACCELERATION VERY SUDDENLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT WAS TOWED IMMEDIATELY TO ALL STAR KIA OF BATON ROUGE ON SIEGEN LANE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FOUR MONTHS PRIOR. IT WAS DETERMINED BY...

Mileage: 77,628

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY HEARD A CLICKING SOUND IN THE FRONT. MY CAR SEEMED TO BE PUT OF GEAR AND WAS REVVING UP. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE AND IT DIED RIGHT THERE. I HAVE 102K ON THIS CAR AND IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD. I WAS TOLD ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED

Mileage: 102,000

2014 KIA SOUL + (JUST GOT - ONE MONTH - 1ST TIME HAPPENING) : IN MY DRIVEWAY: NOT STARTING: I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT - THE LIGHTS/ DASHBOARD LIT/ AND RADIO PLAYED, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START - I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND TURNED OFF THE CAR: I TRIED X3 TIMES (RADIO OFF) - SAME RE...

Mileage: 86,000

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN REVERSE AFTER LETTING OFF (REMOVING FOOT FROM) THE ACCELERATOR AND MOVING TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY SPED UP AS IF THE ACCELERATOR IS STILL BEING DEPRESSED. THE FIRST OCCASION WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON ON AN UNEVENTFUL FAIR WEATHER D...

Mileage: 36,600

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER OR ENTIRELY TURN OFF. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BULB MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS AND DISCOVERED THE ELECTRIC PLUG TO THE HEADLIGHT IS MELTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WE CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT SAFELY. EACH TIME WE REPLACE THE BULB IT STOPS FUNCTIONING I...

Mileage: 76,000

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB BACK ON AND THEN RIGHT BACK OFF. FURTHER LOOKING AND THE ADAPTER PLUG THAT SNAPS INTO THE BACK OF THE LIGHT IS BURNT!

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB BACK ON AND THEN RIGHT BACK OFF. FURTHER LOOKING AND THE ADAPTER PLUG THAT SNAPS INTO THE BACK OF THE LIGHT IS BURNT!

TAKATA RECALL.. DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM KEEPS GOING OUT. PREVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE OUT ONE DAY THEN WHEN I WOULD START MY CAR IT WOULD COME BACK ON. IN THE PICTURE BOTH LIGHTS ARE WORKING BUT 5 MINS BEFORE ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN AN GOING ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. SOMETIMES ...

Mileage: 50,000

ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10AM, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REMOVED MY IMPORTANT BELONGINGS. WITHIN MINUTES MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I NOTIFIED CITY POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND INSURANCE COM...

Mileage: 104,000

ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10AM, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REMOVED MY IMPORTANT BELONGINGS. WITHIN MINUTES MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I NOTIFIED CITY POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND INSURANCE COM...

Mileage: 104,000

ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10AM, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REMOVED MY IMPORTANT BELONGINGS. WITHIN MINUTES MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I NOTIFIED CITY POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND INSURANCE COM...

Mileage: 104,000

11-6-18 - WHILE IN MOTION, MID TURN, MY CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH, AND THEN WHEN CAR SHUT DOWN, BATTERY DIED AS WELL AND WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. I AM SO THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. DEALERSHIP HAS SAID MO...

Mileage: 144,000

11-6-18 - WHILE IN MOTION, MID TURN, MY CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH, AND THEN WHEN CAR SHUT DOWN, BATTERY DIED AS WELL AND WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. I AM SO THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. DEALERSHIP HAS SAID MO...

Mileage: 144,000

CONNECTOR ON HEADLIGHT WIRES ARE BURNING WHILE OPERATING HEADLIGHTS AND CAUSEING BOTH HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. BULBS ARE BURNT OUT BUT HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL CAR SITS FOR A WHILE.

Mileage: 105,120

SAFETY CONCERN: ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE IS A 2014 KIA SOUL WITH 104,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT <20 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE MADE A SINGLE "POP" SOUND AND THE VEHICLE EXPELLED A LARGE BLACK CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE DRIVER PU...

Mileage: 104,000

I HAD TO GET NEW HEADLIGHTS AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOW GETTING RIDICULOUS. ONE HEAD LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. IT WILL COME ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE COMING ON. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON.SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON RIGHT AWAY OTHERS TIMES IT WILL FLICKER ON OFF AND NOT WORK AT ALL. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DRIV...

Mileage: 55,000

I HAD TO GET NEW HEADLIGHTS AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOW GETTING RIDICULOUS. ONE HEAD LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. IT WILL COME ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE COMING ON. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON.SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON RIGHT AWAY OTHERS TIMES IT WILL FLICKER ON OFF AND NOT WORK AT ALL. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DRIV...

Mileage: 55,000

11/23/2018 1445 TRAVELING FROM WILSONVILLE OR TO NETARTS BAY, OR ON HWY 6 WESTBOUND CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE/ KIA ENGINE OIL DEFECT - ENGINE SEIZED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SAFELY GOT INTO TILLAMOOK TO CALL AAA FOR AN 85 MILE TOW BACK HOME TO WILSONVILLE. HAD A VERY LONG WAIT IN THE RAIN FOR TOW T...

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH LOUD SOUND FROM ENGINE AND ALL POWER LOST. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND DIP STICK SHOWED NO OIL IN ENGINE. OIL JUST CHANGE BY TWO MONTHS PRIOR BY KIA DEALERSHIP. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND POOL OF OIL. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED ...

Mileage: 70,000

ENGINE WAS BURNING IN THE INSIDE HAD TO RETURN TO JIFFY LUBE EVERY 3TO4 DAYS TO CAP OFF OIL DIP STICK WAS BURNT AND ENGINE CAP HAD BURNED UP. KIA OF ELMHURST SOLD ME A CAR WITH BAD ROTARY FRONT AND REAR THE BRAKE PEDAL RUBBER FELL OFF WAS DRIVING ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT FOOT SLIDE OFF THE BRAKE LOOK ...

Mileage: 70,000

ENGINE WAS BURNING IN THE INSIDE HAD TO RETURN TO JIFFY LUBE EVERY 3TO4 DAYS TO CAP OFF OIL DIP STICK WAS BURNT AND ENGINE CAP HAD BURNED UP. KIA OF ELMHURST SOLD ME A CAR WITH BAD ROTARY FRONT AND REAR THE BRAKE PEDAL RUBBER FELL OFF WAS DRIVING ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT FOOT SLIDE OFF THE BRAKE LOOK ...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURELY RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND MUSCLE STRAINS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ...

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP18003 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TA...

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP18003 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TA...

Mileage: 64,000

AFTER RUNNING VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR RUNNING LIGHT GOES OUT. THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS CHECKED AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL, TURN INDICATOR WORKS, BRAKE LIGHT WORKS, HAZARD LIGHT FLASHES. THIS IS THE FACTORY LED VERSION OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO. THEN I FLIPPED THE FUS...

Mileage: 67,005

DAUGHTER DRIVING IN LOCAL TRAFFIC 30 MPH. BLUE SMOKE AND ENGINE NOISE THEN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. TOWED TO MECHANIC AND SAID THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE AND METAL SHARDS THAT CAME OUT THE HOLE. ALL OIL SPILLED OUT. TAKING TO KIA DEALER FOR REVIEW. ENGINE IS LOST. 67,000 MILES.

Mileage: 67,200

WHEN HEADLAMPS ARE IN AUTOMATIC MODE, THEY WILL SOMETIMES FLICKER ON/OFF, OR TURN OFF COMPLETELY UNTIL HEADLAMP CONTROLS ARE MANIPULATED (BY TURNING HEADLAMP POWER SWITCH DIAL BACK AND FORTH OR BY PULLING/PUSHING LOW/HIGH BEAM CONTROL). THIS IS EXACERBATED BY DRIVING ON AN UNSTABLE ROAD (I.E. A ROAD...

Mileage: 51,000

WHEN HEADLAMPS ARE IN AUTOMATIC MODE, THEY WILL SOMETIMES FLICKER ON/OFF, OR TURN OFF COMPLETELY UNTIL HEADLAMP CONTROLS ARE MANIPULATED (BY TURNING HEADLAMP POWER SWITCH DIAL BACK AND FORTH OR BY PULLING/PUSHING LOW/HIGH BEAM CONTROL). THIS IS EXACERBATED BY DRIVING ON AN UNSTABLE ROAD (I.E. A ROAD...

Mileage: 51,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES AND BURNING WIRES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING WAS ALSO FLICKERING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

Mileage: 69,000

ON 4 OCTOBER 2018 ABOUT 1/4 MILE (ON FREESTONE COUNTY ROAD) FROM OUR HOME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THE VEHICLE LOST FORWARD MOTION AND DIED. IMMEDIATELY THICK BLACK VOLUMINOUS SMOKE EMITTED FROM PASSENGER SIDE UNDER HOOD AND WITHIN SECONDS FLAMES DISCHARGED. MY WIFE, MYSELF AND OUR DOG EXTRI...

Mileage: 119,000

4 TIMES WILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE SO BAD THE CARS BEHIND HAD TO STOP. THE VERY FIRST TIME WAS 6 WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALER THEY RECREATED THE ISSUE AND SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FLAW IN THE ENGINE HEAD. KIA SAID I HAD TO WAIT TILL THEY MAKE A RECALL. 3 ...

Mileage: 1,000

4 TIMES WILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE SO BAD THE CARS BEHIND HAD TO STOP. THE VERY FIRST TIME WAS 6 WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALER THEY RECREATED THE ISSUE AND SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FLAW IN THE ENGINE HEAD. KIA SAID I HAD TO WAIT TILL THEY MAKE A RECALL. 3 ...

Mileage: 1,000

SO AT 106000 MILES ENGINE BLOW UP. COME TO FIND OUT THIS ENGINE IS THE SAME ENGINE BEING RECALLED ON OTHER KIA MODELS FOR SAME THING. KIA WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR. THIS ENGINE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ALSO. IT BLOWS BECAUSE THE HOLD FOR THE PISTONS WHERE CUT WRONG. I WAS TOLD THIS BY THE KIA DE...

Mileage: 106,000

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OR FLICKER WHENEVER I USE TURN SIGNAL WHEN I'M STOPPED AND PUT TURN SIGNAL ON OR WHEN I'M DRIVING AND PUT THE TURN SIGNAL ON. I'VE ONLY NOTICED THIS WHEN DRIVING ON LOCAL ROADS, FREEWAYS IN MY AREA ARE WELL LIT SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN CHANGING LANES

Mileage: 77,600

WHEN THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH CONTROLLING THE HEADLAMPS IS IN AUTOMATIC MODE, THE HEADLAMPS WILL SWITCH OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS SOMETIMES HAPPEN WHEN TURNING ON A BLINKER WHILE TURNING, BUT SOMETIMES JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT NIGHT OR IN THE EA...

Mileage: 105,000

HEADLIGHTS KEEP RANDOMLY FLICKERING OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING. STARTED OUT JUST WHEN I HAD MY LIGHTS ON AUTO AND HAD THE TURN SIGNALS ON. LAST NIGHT THEY WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

Mileage: 71,214

HEADLIGHTS KEEP RANDOMLY FLICKERING OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING. STARTED OUT JUST WHEN I HAD MY LIGHTS ON AUTO AND HAD THE TURN SIGNALS ON. LAST NIGHT THEY WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

Mileage: 71,214

DASH LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SHUT OFF. HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH KIDS HAD TO STOP MIDDLE OF ROAD. WEIRD NOISE (ELECTRIC BUZZ) SOUNDS LIKE IN SPEAKERS. WHILE DRIVING BACKROADS. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.

Mileage: 57,000

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN I FIRST TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT IS USUALLY FAST ON/OFF FLICKERING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. MOST TIMES THE CAR IS IN PARK BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL BECOME WORSE.

Mileage: 64,000

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN I FIRST TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS. THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT IS USUALLY FAST ON/OFF FLICKERING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. MOST TIMES THE CAR IS IN PARK BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL BECOME WORSE.

Mileage: 64,000

HEAD LIGHT BULBS ON BOTH SIDE KEEP BURNING OUT OR WILL GO OUT WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT. PIG TAIL TO THE LIGHTS HAD TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO FIX THE ISSUE. WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND COST ME TO HAVE IT FIXED WHEN IT IS APPARENTLY A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM. THIS OCCURS DURING STAT...

Mileage: 29,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIA...

Mileage: 98,000

MY 2014 KIA SOUL COULD HAVE KILLED MY KIDS WHEN IT BLEW A ROD AT 120,000 MILES. MY 18 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING (MY 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER) MY CAR IN A BUSY 4 LANE TRAFFIC IN UTAH WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER! I AM JUST GRATEFUL THAT MY CHILDREN DID NOT DIE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND GO OFF DOME TIMES THEY COME BACK ON AND SOME TIMES THEY STAY OFF ALSO HAVE HAD THE DASH LIGHTS GO OFF WITH IT IT HAS HAPPENED ON SIDE STREETS AND ON THE HIGHWAY IT HAS HAPPEN STOPED AT A STOP SIGN I HAVE HAD IT TO THE KIA DEALER BUT THEY CAN'T FIND A THIN...

Mileage: 61,000

RECALL 17V608 DID NOT FIX PRIOR RECALL 14V332 AND 15V736 PROBLEMS, CAUSED FAILURE OF STEERING, AIRBAGS, AND ENGINE. ACCIDENT ENSUED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON CITY STREET AT SPEED UNDER 40 MPH. DRIVER WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK. REAR-ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DID NOT G...

Mileage: 22,000

RECALL 17V608 DID NOT FIX PRIOR RECALL 14V332 AND 15V736 PROBLEMS, CAUSED FAILURE OF STEERING, AIRBAGS, AND ENGINE. ACCIDENT ENSUED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON CITY STREET AT SPEED UNDER 40 MPH. DRIVER WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK. REAR-ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DID NOT G...

Mileage: 22,000

RECALL 17V608 DID NOT FIX PRIOR RECALL 14V332 AND 15V736 PROBLEMS, CAUSED FAILURE OF STEERING, AIRBAGS, AND ENGINE. ACCIDENT ENSUED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON CITY STREET AT SPEED UNDER 40 MPH. DRIVER WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK. REAR-ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DID NOT G...

Mileage: 22,000

HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY FLASH OFF AND BACK ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED BUT ALSO HAPPENS WITHOUT. THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF THEN BACK ON MANUALLY. ALL OF THIS IS QUITE DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING NEEDLESS TO SAY AND SHOULD CERTAINLY BE...

Mileage: 135,000

RARELY DRIVE AT NIGHT BUT HAD TO. THE EXTERIOR FRONT LIGHTS FLICKERED AND MOMENTARILY WENT OFF TWICE. THERE WAS A DEEP DITCH EXTENDED TO ABOUT 1/2 A LANE WITH THE OTHER LANE CLOSED. IF THE LIGHTS REMAINED OFF, WOULDN'T HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR. SAME NIGHT - THE USB PORT STOPPED WORKING BUT CAME ON AG...

Mileage: 31,000

ON AUGUST 16, 2018 AT APPROX 1030 PM MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 5 IN HOLLIS CETNER MAINE AT APPROX 50 MPH AND CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDERNEATH ENGINE, MELTING THE ENGINE. FOUND MELTED ENGINE PARTS (P...

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST A LARGE AMOUNT OF POWER AND MADE CLANKING AND KNOCKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME AT 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CAR PROS KIA HUNTINGTON BEACH (18835 BEACH BLVD, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648, (714) 27...

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SOMETIMES GO OFF RANDOMLY. THIS HAS NOW BEGUN TO OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS ALSO PARKED. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING AT NIGHT AND A HUGE SAFETY RISK.

Mileage: 73,120

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SOMETIMES GO OFF RANDOMLY. THIS HAS NOW BEGUN TO OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS ALSO PARKED. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING AT NIGHT AND A HUGE SAFETY RISK.

Mileage: 73,120

HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL GO OUT SUDDENLY. THIS HAPPENS BOTH IN MOTION AND STATIONARY. ALSO UPON STARTING THE CAR OR AFTER DRIVING EVEN A SHORT DISTANCE. RANDOM ACTUALLY. VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT.

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OUT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. THEY ALSO GO OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE MOST RECENT BEING ON 08/05/2018

Mileage: 90,000

MY ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING IN 2016 IT WAS REPLACED AS IT WAS DEFECTIVE AT 45,000 MILES NOW 2018 THE ENGINE HAS BASICALLY DONE THE SAME THING WITH 54,000 MILES UNABLE TO DRIVE HAD TO WAIT 2 DAYS FOR TKIA TO DETERMINE IF I WAS AT FUALT OR THE ENGINE ITSELF FINALLY DETERMINED IT WAS KIA FAULT TO ...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER AND THEN COMPLETELY TURN OFF. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD INADVERTENTLY ILLUMINATE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTI...

Mileage: 130,000

DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS AND WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY, AND DOES NOT DEPEND ON SPEED. I HAVE REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT TWICE. THE SECOND TIME I NOTICED THAT THE CONNECTOR THAT ATTACHES TO THE BULB ITSELF IS STARTING TO MELT.

Mileage: 42,000

WHEN I DRIVE MY SOUL IN THE DARK WITH MY HEADLIGHTS ON THEY START FLICKERING AND THEN THEY JUST GO COMPLETELY OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S SMALL FLICKERING AND SOMETIMES IT IS COMPLETELY OUT AND DONT COME BACK ON FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. TODAY I HAD TO TURN THEM OFF AND BACK ON TWICE BEFORE THEY WOULD COME BACK ...

Mileage: 120,000

WHEN I DRIVE MY SOUL IN THE DARK WITH MY HEADLIGHTS ON THEY START FLICKERING AND THEN THEY JUST GO COMPLETELY OUT. SOMETIMES IT'S SMALL FLICKERING AND SOMETIMES IT IS COMPLETELY OUT AND DONT COME BACK ON FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. TODAY I HAD TO TURN THEM OFF AND BACK ON TWICE BEFORE THEY WOULD COME BACK ...

Mileage: 120,000

TESTED DEFICIENCY ON MULTIPLE CONDITIONS (CAR MOVING, STATIONARY, ENGINE RUNNING AND ENGINE OFF, HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADS) AND NOTHING CHANGED THE LIGHT BEHAVIOR. DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT ONLY. INITIALLY FLICKERED ON AND OFF. SOMETIMES TOGGLING BRIGHTS ON AND OFF WOULD HELP AT FIRST. THIS WENT ON FOR A...

Mileage: 65,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2014 KIA SOUL STARTED TO FLICKER AS WELL AS THE INTERNAL LIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME ON THE DASHBOARD (SPEED, ETC.). I NORMALLY KEEP THE HEADLIGHT SETTING ON AUTO AND I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR A LITTLE OVER 4 YEARS NEVER HAD AN ISSUE UNTIL NOW. I AM PAYING TO GET THE SWITCH REPLAC...

Mileage: 56,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY WILL DIM AND BRIGHTEN ON THEIR OWN. SOMETIMES TURNING OFF COMPLETELY. TWICE THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT COMPLETELY AS WELL.

Mileage: 54,500

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHEN THE BLINKER IS USED, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND GO OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS. ONCE YOU USE THE BLINKER ONCE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR MANY MINUTES. THIS IS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. UPON RESEARCH, IT IS A FAULTY WIRE THAT OVERHEATS THE CONNECTOR CAUSING IT BECOME DEFORMED. T...

Mileage: 73,000

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, WHEN THE BLINKER IS USED, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND GO OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS. ONCE YOU USE THE BLINKER ONCE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR MANY MINUTES. THIS IS INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. UPON RESEARCH, IT IS A FAULTY WIRE THAT OVERHEATS THE CONNECTOR CAUSING IT BECOME DEFORMED. T...

Mileage: 73,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN BACK COUNTRY HIGHWAY WHERE THERE ARE NO HIGHWAY LIGHTS WHEN MY HEAD LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN BACK ON A COUPLE OF TIMES. THEN WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO DRIVE, ANYTIME I WOULD USE MY BLINKER, ALL OF MY INTERIOR WOULD TURN OFF AND ON. THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO ...

Mileage: 74,300

WAS DRIVING DOWN BACK COUNTRY HIGHWAY WHERE THERE ARE NO HIGHWAY LIGHTS WHEN MY HEAD LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN BACK ON A COUPLE OF TIMES. THEN WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO DRIVE, ANYTIME I WOULD USE MY BLINKER, ALL OF MY INTERIOR WOULD TURN OFF AND ON. THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO ...

Mileage: 74,300

I EXPERIENCED HEADLIGHT FLICKERING AND GOING OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1, 2018. THIS ALARMING PROBLEM STARTED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 4, 2018, I STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND FOU...

Mileage: 74,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FEW MONTHS AGO AND SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST STALLED I WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CAR JUST STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND IT JUST DID IT AGAIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD TO START THE CAR BOTH TIMES AS IT WAS ROLLING TO KEEP FROM LOSING CONTRO...

Mileage: 340,000

DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE HEAD LIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN OFF AND BACK ON, SOMETIMES JUDT FOR A SECOND AND SOMETIMES LONGER.

Mileage: 80,000

DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE HEAD LIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN OFF AND BACK ON, SOMETIMES JUDT FOR A SECOND AND SOMETIMES LONGER.

Mileage: 80,000

THE LIGHTS IN MY KIA SOULS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARE FLICKERING AND GOING OUT COMPLETELY SOMETIMES. VERY UNSAFE WHEN I AM ALREADY DRIVING. HAPPENS TO MY HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR ROOF LIGHTING. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED MY LIGHTS TO STAY ON SOMETIMES AND CAUSES MY BATTERY TO DIE. THIS HAS HAP...

Mileage: 62,000

THE LIGHTS IN MY KIA SOULS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARE FLICKERING AND GOING OUT COMPLETELY SOMETIMES. VERY UNSAFE WHEN I AM ALREADY DRIVING. HAPPENS TO MY HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR ROOF LIGHTING. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED MY LIGHTS TO STAY ON SOMETIMES AND CAUSES MY BATTERY TO DIE. THIS HAS HAP...

Mileage: 62,000

THE LIGHTS IN MY KIA SOULS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ARE FLICKERING AND GOING OUT COMPLETELY SOMETIMES. VERY UNSAFE WHEN I AM ALREADY DRIVING. HAPPENS TO MY HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS AND INTERIOR ROOF LIGHTING. IT HAS ALSO CAUSED MY LIGHTS TO STAY ON SOMETIMES AND CAUSES MY BATTERY TO DIE. THIS HAS HAP...

Mileage: 62,000

AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD GOES OR FLICKERS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER PEOPLE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM OF IT HAPPENING. WE ALL GET TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE THE PROBLEM HAPPEN SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT.

AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD GOES OR FLICKERS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER PEOPLE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM OF IT HAPPENING. WE ALL GET TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE THE PROBLEM HAPPEN SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT.

MY CAR ENGINE EXPLODED AND CAR CAUGHT FIRE. KIA SAID THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LAWN MOWER NOISE PRIOR WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN A FEW DAYS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. I WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED. BY THE TIME I MADE MY WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD ...

Mileage: 78,500

2014 KIA SOUL HEADLAMPS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING ON COUNTRY ROADS WITH NO STREET LIGHTING AT NIGHT WE MUST STOP AND PLAY WITH THE LIGHTS TO GET THEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE SAFELY AT NIGHT TO AVOID ACCIDENTS. ...

Mileage: 74,000

I LENT MY CAR TO A FRIEND WHOM WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, HE PULLED QUICKLY INTO A GAS STATION AND PARKED. HE CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL AND THERE WAS NONE. HE ADDED 1 QUART OF OIL AND STARTED THE ENGINE HOWEVER IT RAN HORRIBLELY SO HE QUICKLY TURNED IT OFF. HE NOTIFIED ME. I HAD IT ...

Mileage: 105,000

MY HEADLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. THEY WILL GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY FLICKER AND THEN GO OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS.

THE HEADLIGHT SOCKET HAS MELTED AND THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE TO GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEN HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY ON 6/8/2018. WE HAD TO THEN DRIVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO GET A BULB WHICH DID GIVE US A HEADLIGHT FOR NOW....

Mileage: 57,590

VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING, COULD NOT GET IT TO START. HAD IT TOWED TO LOCAL FIRESTONE SHOP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD NO OIL AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ITS NOT FAIR AS A VEHICLE OWNER THAT MAINTANS THEIR VEHICLE REGULARLY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. I DIDN'T GET AN...

Mileage: 107,000

WHILE DRIVING ( IN MOTION) AT NIGHT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, USING MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND WHEN USING MY LEFT AND RIGHT BLINKER, THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE NOW AND TO MY SON SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL HOPEFULLY BE CORRECTED BY KIA.

Mileage: 35,000

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER A FEW TIMES THEN COMPLETELY GO OUT. IT'S SCARY! THEY GO BACK ON SHORTLY AFTER BUT I'M AFRAID OF THEM GOING OUT COMPLETELY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS ONLINE.

Mileage: 141,000

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY DASHBOARD LIGHT WARNING THERE WAS A POOF OF SMOKE, SMELL OF OIL AND MY VEHICLE LURCHED. I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF OIL WHERE MY VEHICLE STOPPED.

Mileage: 52,667

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT RANDOMLY GOES OFF FOR DAYS AT A TIME THEN COMES BACK ON FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEN OFF AGAIN.

Mileage: 84,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2015 KIA SOUL HOME AT NIGHT ON BACK COUNTRY ROADS, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. THEN THEY COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS THE WHOLE DRIVE HOME. THIS MADE A VERY UNSAFE DRIVE HOME FOR OUR DAUGHTER. SHE HAD TO PULL OVER AND CALL FOR US TO COME GET HER.

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY KIA (921 S MILWAUKEE AVE, LIBERTYVILLE, IL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 53,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY KIA (921 S MILWAUKEE AVE, LIBERTYVILLE, IL) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 53,000

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. WHEN REPLACING HEADLIGHT I USE GLOVES SO AS NOT TO TOUCH THE GLASS. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICE THAT MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THIS IS A DEFIN...

Mileage: 56,700

HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED/ WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON INTERSTATE. HAD TO BREAK SUDDENLY, RAINY ,HAD THE WIPERS GOING, RADIO ON, GPS PLUGGED IN TO AUXILIARY PLUG. 7PTURNED THE NOB ON THE STEERING COLUMN ON /OFF, HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. WENT TO THE NEXT EXIT. STOPPED AT TRAFFIC STOPLIGHT, RIGHT ...

Mileage: 70,600

HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED/ WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON INTERSTATE. HAD TO BREAK SUDDENLY, RAINY ,HAD THE WIPERS GOING, RADIO ON, GPS PLUGGED IN TO AUXILIARY PLUG. 7PTURNED THE NOB ON THE STEERING COLUMN ON /OFF, HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. WENT TO THE NEXT EXIT. STOPPED AT TRAFFIC STOPLIGHT, RIGHT ...

Mileage: 70,600

WHILE DRIVING MY KIA SOUL MY HEADLIGHTS WILL SWITCH COMPLETELY OFF AND IT HAS BECAME VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM DRIVING ON DARK BACK ROADS. I NOTICE IT HAPPENS WHEN I PUT MY SIGNAL LIGHT ON AND TURN IT SEEMS THAT THIS MAY BE A TRIGGER TO THE MALFUNCTION. I HAVE SEEN THAT OTHER KIA SOUL OWN...

Mileage: 41,000

MY KIA SOUL 2014 JUST BLEW UP AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS A 4 CYLINDER GDI. THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. THE ENGINE BLEW LOUD AND AS I CAME TO A HALT THE ENTIRE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THEN THE GAS TANK EXPLODED. I WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL GOING UP A HIP NOTICED THE ENGINE RIVETING HARD AND THEN THE CAR ENG...

Mileage: 78,500

MY KIA SOUL 2014 JUST BLEW UP AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS A 4 CYLINDER GDI. THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. THE ENGINE BLEW LOUD AND AS I CAME TO A HALT THE ENTIRE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THEN THE GAS TANK EXPLODED. I WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL GOING UP A HIP NOTICED THE ENGINE RIVETING HARD AND THEN THE CAR ENG...

Mileage: 78,500

MY KIA SOUL 2014 JUST BLEW UP AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS A 4 CYLINDER GDI. THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. THE ENGINE BLEW LOUD AND AS I CAME TO A HALT THE ENTIRE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THEN THE GAS TANK EXPLODED. I WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL GOING UP A HIP NOTICED THE ENGINE RIVETING HARD AND THEN THE CAR ENG...

Mileage: 78,500

I BOUGHT MY 2014 KIA SOUL USED WITH ONE PREVIOUS OWNER. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY AFTER PURCHASING IT MY LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER. AT TIMES THEY WOULD GO OUT FOR A FEW MOMENTS. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE MY HUSBAND DRIVE IN FRONT OF ME WITH OUR OTHER VEHICLE IN FEAR THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OU...

Mileage: 40,000

I BOUGHT MY 2014 KIA SOUL USED WITH ONE PREVIOUS OWNER. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY AFTER PURCHASING IT MY LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER. AT TIMES THEY WOULD GO OUT FOR A FEW MOMENTS. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE MY HUSBAND DRIVE IN FRONT OF ME WITH OUR OTHER VEHICLE IN FEAR THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OU...

Mileage: 40,000

RIGHT HEADLAMP BEGAN FLICKERING WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS SINCE FAILED COMPLETELY. BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THE ISSUE PERSISTS. DOES NOT MATTER IF VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR DRIVING. APPROXIMATELY 65000 MILES.

RIGHT HEADLAMP BEGAN FLICKERING WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS SINCE FAILED COMPLETELY. BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THE ISSUE PERSISTS. DOES NOT MATTER IF VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR DRIVING. APPROXIMATELY 65000 MILES.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS EITHER STATIONARY OR MOVING, ON THE STREET OR HIGHWAY. ROAD CONDITIONS DO NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR.I USUALLY DRIVE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON DURING THE DAY. VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE AUTO-HEADLIGHTS. HAVE BEEN...

Mileage: 72,000

RECEIVED AN IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL ON 12/01/2017 REGARDING THE PINION GEAR THAT MAY SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING & RESULT IN A CRASH. I CALLED IMMEDIATELY TO SET AN APPOINTMENT ON 12/12/2017. I WAS CALLED JUST 1/2 PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT TO BE TOLD THEY DO NOT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND THEN INADVERTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAWRENCE KIA (1225 E 23RD ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66046, (785) 856-8700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING OVERHEATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WA...

Mileage: 68,000

WE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. THE PINION IN THE STEERING IS FAULTY AND COULD COME LOOSE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHICH MAY RESULT IS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. I BROUGHT IT IN IMMEDIATELY. THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. I ASKED THEM TO KEEP IT AS WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. WE ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT CAR WHILE ...

11/10/17: DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY MY VECHICLE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND STALLED DURING DRIVING. LUCKILY I WAS ON THE RT HAND SIDE AND MADE IT TO PULL OVER. GOT MY CAR TOLD AND MECHANIC TOLD ME MY ENGINE SEIZED. HE ALSO TOLD ME THIS WASN'T THE FIRST 2014 KIA SOUL ...

Mileage: 105,000

2014 KIA SOUL BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. HAVE TO REFILL OIL ONE A WEEK. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER MISSED AN OIL CHANGE. 100,XXX MILES. STARTED AT 80,XXX MILES.

Mileage: 80,000

2014 KIA SOUL BURNING OIL EXCESSIVELY. HAVE TO REFILL OIL ONE A WEEK. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER MISSED AN OIL CHANGE. 100,XXX MILES. STARTED AT 80,XXX MILES.

Mileage: 80,000

ON 10/25/2017 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY 2014 KIA SOUL CAUGHT ON FIRE - SPONTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING (NO APPARENT ISSUES IN OPERATING THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, ETC.). TWO FELLOW MOTORISTS HONKED THEIR HORNS AND FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS IN AN EFFORT TO SIGNAL ME. THE BACK WIND...

Mileage: 67,000

ON 10/25/2017 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY 2014 KIA SOUL CAUGHT ON FIRE - SPONTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING (NO APPARENT ISSUES IN OPERATING THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, ETC.). TWO FELLOW MOTORISTS HONKED THEIR HORNS AND FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS IN AN EFFORT TO SIGNAL ME. THE BACK WIND...

Mileage: 67,000

ON 10/25/2017 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY 2014 KIA SOUL CAUGHT ON FIRE - SPONTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING (NO APPARENT ISSUES IN OPERATING THE CAR, WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, ETC.). TWO FELLOW MOTORISTS HONKED THEIR HORNS AND FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS IN AN EFFORT TO SIGNAL ME. THE BACK WIND...

Mileage: 67,000

ONE THE HEADLIGHTS STARTED OUT AS JUST FLICKERING, IT WOULD TURN OFF FOR 2 SECONDS BUT WILL COME BACK ON AS I'M DRIVING. THEN AFTER ABOUT A WEEK, IT WOULD BE A WHILE AND I HAVE TO TURN MY LIGHTS OFF THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN. BUT THESE PAST FEW DAYS, IT WOULD NOT TURN ON AT ALL EV...

Mileage: 68,000

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT TURNS OFF ON IT'S OWN AFTER BEING ON FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE LIGHT TO COME BACK ON IT TO TURN THE HEADLIGHT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 68,600

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENT WHEN USING R TURN SIGNAL, NOT WORKING 90% OF TIME. PROBLEM STARTED @ 45,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, COULDN'T REPAIR DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEM. NOW AT 73,000 MILES, WITH NO OPERABLE DRIVER HEADLIGHT.

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT HAD THE VALVE COVER GASKET AND SEAT BELT RETRACTOR REPLACED AT FOLSOM LAKE KIA (12751 FOLSOM BLVD, FOLSOM, CA 95630). AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT ...

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN OMAN HERE AND NOW DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE, I WOULD LIKE UNDERSAND WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH CAR AND WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW

THE HEADLAMPS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE CAR, THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLICKER OCCASSIONAL AND FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO DRAIN THE BATTERY. NOTHING I DID WOULD MAKE THE DASH LIGHTS AND FLICKERING ...

Mileage: 56,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 KIA SOUL ON HIGH WAY 45 SOUTH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING STARTED FAILING , AND SO I PULLED OVER AND THEN I SAW THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND WHEN TRIED STEERING THE WHEEL MADE NOICES

Mileage: 41,947

I KEEP HAVING ALOT OF ISSUES WITH THE CENTER REAR SEATBELT. IT'S BEEN FIXED BEFORE AND STILL LOCKS UP SO IT WON'T PULL OUT OR GO IN. VERY IRRITATING TO KEEP HAVING THIS ISSUE. WHICH NOW , ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 75,000

ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE CAR WAS MOVING IN BOULEVARD TRAFFIC, DECELERATING AS I APPROACHED A TURN INTO A SHOPPING PLAZA. OIL LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC SAYS THERE ARE LOOSE LITTLE PIECES OF METAL INSIDE ENGINE AND THAT ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. I HAVE FOLLOWED A...

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMPS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER A TURN SIGNAL WAS IN USE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SWITCH THE HEADLAMP SWITCH ON AND OFF IN ORDER FOR THE HEADLAMPS TO ILLUMINATE. THE ROCK RIVER FORD DEALER...

Mileage: 60,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMPS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER A TURN SIGNAL WAS IN USE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SWITCH THE HEADLAMP SWITCH ON AND OFF IN ORDER FOR THE HEADLAMPS TO ILLUMINATE. THE ROCK RIVER FORD DEALER...

Mileage: 60,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF, SWITCHING FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE HAZARD LIGHTS IN ORDER TO GAIN A SOURCE OF LIGHTING ON THE DARK ROAD. IN ADDITION, ...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE VEHICLE'S HEADLAMPS FLICKERED AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTIVE RECALL CAMPAIGN REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE...

Mileage: 43,000

AT 37,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION BROKE. THIS DISABLED THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH DISABLED THE AIR BAGS. WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND STEERING FAILED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON EXPRESSWAY GOING 55MPH OR WHEN THE RACK AND PINION BROKE MY STEERING ABILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ...

Mileage: 37,000

AT 37,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION BROKE. THIS DISABLED THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH DISABLED THE AIR BAGS. WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND STEERING FAILED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON EXPRESSWAY GOING 55MPH OR WHEN THE RACK AND PINION BROKE MY STEERING ABILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ...

Mileage: 37,000

AT 37,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION BROKE. THIS DISABLED THE CLOCK SPRING WHICH DISABLED THE AIR BAGS. WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND STEERING FAILED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON EXPRESSWAY GOING 55MPH OR WHEN THE RACK AND PINION BROKE MY STEERING ABILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ...

Mileage: 37,000

CAR RANDOMLY START VIBRATING, MISFIRING, AND IT WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TURN ON FROM A COLD START. THE THE ENGINE FAILED, SENT IT OUT TO THE DEALER TO WORK ON IT UNDER WARRANTY, AND WE'VE HAD AN OPEN CASE SINCE. THEN RECENTLY MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHILE IN MOTIO...

Mileage: 64,000

CAR RANDOMLY START VIBRATING, MISFIRING, AND IT WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TURN ON FROM A COLD START. THE THE ENGINE FAILED, SENT IT OUT TO THE DEALER TO WORK ON IT UNDER WARRANTY, AND WE'VE HAD AN OPEN CASE SINCE. THEN RECENTLY MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHILE IN MOTIO...

Mileage: 64,000

CAR RANDOMLY START VIBRATING, MISFIRING, AND IT WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TURN ON FROM A COLD START. THE THE ENGINE FAILED, SENT IT OUT TO THE DEALER TO WORK ON IT UNDER WARRANTY, AND WE'VE HAD AN OPEN CASE SINCE. THEN RECENTLY MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHILE IN MOTIO...

Mileage: 64,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE CURB AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE...

Mileage: 26,000

SINCE I'VE OWNED MY 2014 KIA SOUL, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH A RECALL FOR THE A PIN (SO MY STEERING WHEEL WON'T STOP WORKING) AND MY A PROBLEM WITH MY AXEL NUT 2/01/2017, WHICH BEGAN SHAKING MY VEHICLE ON HWY 16, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAD THAT FIXED AND JUST HAD A RECALL SERVICE AND REALIZED THI...

Mileage: 70,000

SINCE I'VE OWNED MY 2014 KIA SOUL, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH A RECALL FOR THE A PIN (SO MY STEERING WHEEL WON'T STOP WORKING) AND MY A PROBLEM WITH MY AXEL NUT 2/01/2017, WHICH BEGAN SHAKING MY VEHICLE ON HWY 16, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAD THAT FIXED AND JUST HAD A RECALL SERVICE AND REALIZED THI...

Mileage: 70,000

SINCE I'VE OWNED MY 2014 KIA SOUL, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH A RECALL FOR THE A PIN (SO MY STEERING WHEEL WON'T STOP WORKING) AND MY A PROBLEM WITH MY AXEL NUT 2/01/2017, WHICH BEGAN SHAKING MY VEHICLE ON HWY 16, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAD THAT FIXED AND JUST HAD A RECALL SERVICE AND REALIZED THI...

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DIM AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WH...

Mileage: 53,592

I HAVE RIGHT AT 60,000 MILES ON MY KIA SOUL. WAS DRIVING AND PINION BROKE WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF RECALL UNTIL I TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC HE ADVISED ME TO GET WITH KIA BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY RECALLED ISSUE. FIRST DEALER I CALLED TOLD ME IT WAS RECALLED BUT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE PIN NOT THE DAMAGE THA...

Mileage: 60,000

WHEN MAKING A TURN OF CHANGING LANES WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS SET ONCE IT RESETS ALL LIGHTS TURN OFF OR HIGH BEAMS FLASH TURN ON/OFF AND HAVE TO MOVE OR PLAY WITH TURN SIGNAL HANDLE FOR THE LIGHTS TO TURN ONE AGAIN. NOTE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND CHANGING LANES AT NIGHT I SET THE TURN SIGNAL TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 41,000

WHEN MAKING A TURN OF CHANGING LANES WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS SET ONCE IT RESETS ALL LIGHTS TURN OFF OR HIGH BEAMS FLASH TURN ON/OFF AND HAVE TO MOVE OR PLAY WITH TURN SIGNAL HANDLE FOR THE LIGHTS TO TURN ONE AGAIN. NOTE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND CHANGING LANES AT NIGHT I SET THE TURN SIGNAL TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 41,000

WHEN MAKING A TURN OF CHANGING LANES WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS SET ONCE IT RESETS ALL LIGHTS TURN OFF OR HIGH BEAMS FLASH TURN ON/OFF AND HAVE TO MOVE OR PLAY WITH TURN SIGNAL HANDLE FOR THE LIGHTS TO TURN ONE AGAIN. NOTE WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND CHANGING LANES AT NIGHT I SET THE TURN SIGNAL TO CHANGE...

Mileage: 41,000

VARIOUS SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, STEERING, AND WHEEL AREAS EMIT CLUNKING METAL NOISES WHEN TURNING AND GOING OVER EVEN SMALL ROAD IMPERFECTIONS. DEALER HAS "RETORQUED" SOME COMPONENTS, BUT NOISES WORSENING. SOMETHING(S) IS (ARE) LOOSE (LOOSENING).

Mileage: 30,000

VARIOUS SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, STEERING, AND WHEEL AREAS EMIT CLUNKING METAL NOISES WHEN TURNING AND GOING OVER EVEN SMALL ROAD IMPERFECTIONS. DEALER HAS "RETORQUED" SOME COMPONENTS, BUT NOISES WORSENING. SOMETHING(S) IS (ARE) LOOSE (LOOSENING).

Mileage: 30,000

WITH HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON. HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES WILL NOT COME ON. CAN HAPPEN TO EACH HEADLIGHT INDEPENDENTLY. SOMETIME GOING TO HIGH BEAM WILL MAKE LOW BEAM COME ON WHEN SWITCHED BACK TO LOW BEAM. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN COLD. THIS HAPPENS WHILE SITTING STILL OR WHILE MOVING. VIBRATION DOESN'T S...

Mileage: 58,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN AND CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN A HILL. THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD AND FINALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THERE WERE NO INJ...

Mileage: 41,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN AND CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN A HILL. THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD AND FINALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THERE WERE NO INJ...

Mileage: 41,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN AND CONTINUED TO GO STRAIGHT DOWN A HILL. THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF ROAD AND FINALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THERE WERE NO INJ...

Mileage: 41,000

HEADLIGHTS GO ON AN OFF

Mileage: 25,000

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WOULD WORK ON AND OFF. I HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT AND THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ON 12 DEC WITH A SYLVANIA HEADLIGHT BULB I PROVIDED. AFTER A WHILE THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN. ON 13 JAN 17 THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT AGAIN. THIS TIME WITH A KIA BULB.. SAME ISSUE. I HAD MORE IS...

Mileage: 48,961

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WOULD WORK ON AND OFF. I HAD THE DEALER CHECK IT AND THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ON 12 DEC WITH A SYLVANIA HEADLIGHT BULB I PROVIDED. AFTER A WHILE THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN. ON 13 JAN 17 THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT AGAIN. THIS TIME WITH A KIA BULB.. SAME ISSUE. I HAD MORE IS...

Mileage: 48,961

CAR WAS TURNING AND STRUCK IN THE FRONT END AT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH. IT WAS SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED,. WHEN I CALLED KIA THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND AFTER I SENT THEM PICS. PICS ARE ATTACHED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY GEICO. PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE FRONT END IS GONE. YOU CAN ...

Mileage: 36,000

2014 KIA SOUL STEERING FAILURE 16 MONTHS AFTER RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE TO PREVENT IT (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 15V736000). THE STEERING MADE A CLUNKING SOUND WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A STOP SIGN ON A CITY STREET AND THE CAR CONTINUED STRAIGHT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. STEERING ABILITY WAS COMPLETEL...

Mileage: 29,000

I BOUGHT MY 2014 KIA SOUL WITH 6 MILES ON IT NOV 2013. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM WITH MY HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF WHEN I USE MY TURN SIGNAL OR AFTER USING MY TURN SIGNAL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM FIXED. FINALLY BIG RED SPORTS & IMPORTS TOOK A KIA SO...

I BOUGHT MY 2014 KIA SOUL WITH 6 MILES ON IT NOV 2013. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM WITH MY HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF WHEN I USE MY TURN SIGNAL OR AFTER USING MY TURN SIGNAL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM FIXED. FINALLY BIG RED SPORTS & IMPORTS TOOK A KIA SO...

I BOUGHT MY 2014 KIA SOUL WITH 6 MILES ON IT NOV 2013. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM WITH MY HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF WHEN I USE MY TURN SIGNAL OR AFTER USING MY TURN SIGNAL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM FIXED. FINALLY BIG RED SPORTS & IMPORTS TOOK A KIA SO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VE...

Mileage: 51,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

Mileage: 10,000

HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT AT NIGHT AND DAYTIME WHEN IN MOTION AT LEAST 5 TIMES AND HAVE STAYED OUT FOR AS LONG AS 20 SECONDS. SWITCH IS IN THE ON POSITION. HAS HAPPENED WHEN IN MOTION, TURNING WITH SIGNAL ON, WHEN SETTING STILL IN TRAFFIC, IN MOTION WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, SITTING STILL IN DEALER SERVIC...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED, THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED, BUT THE WHEELS REMAINED STRAIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTIN...

Mileage: 60,000

AS I WAS PARKING IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT, I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE WHILE THE WHEELS WERE TURNING TO THE LEFT TO PARK. WHEN LEAVING THE PARKING LOT, MY WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL 360 DEGREES, AND I WOULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE, BUT THE WH...

Mileage: 32,000

STEERING STARTED MAKING A CLUNKING NOISEWHEN TURNED SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE STEERING RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE PART NEEDED TO ORDERED. THE DEALER WOULD NOT RELEASE THE CAR TO ME BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAVE TO DRIVE. THIS IS A 2014 KIA SOUL+ THAT HAS 36000 MILES. I SEE THAT O...

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,587.

Mileage: 8,587

THERE ARE 6 RECALLS ON THIS GEM OF A CAR, NEVER RECEIVED ANY FROM KIA, PINION STEERING IS 1 OF THEM, DRIVING ON A SATURDAY MORNING VEERING RIGHT AND CAR JUMPED ON IT'S OWN LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING CAR IT CURB AND TIRE AND RIM I AM GUESSING OTHER DAMAGE, HAD CAR TOWED TO KIA DEALER ON8-8-16 STILL THE...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE REAR LICENSE TAG LIGHT BULBS WERE PROTRUDING OUT OF ITS CASING. THE CONTACT PUT THE LIGHT BULBS BACK IN PLACE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THE LIGHT BULB HOLDER HA...

Mileage: 36,000

FRONT DRIVE AXLE NUT WAS LOOSE AND CAUSING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. NO WORK WAS EVER DONE ON THE VEHICLE IN THAT AREA SO THE NUT LOOSENED ON ITS OWN, NEARLY CAUSING THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO COME OFF THE VEHICLE. TORQUE WAS CHECKED ON THE NUT AFTER DISCOVERY AND WAS FOUND TO BE WA...

Mileage: 12,000

FRONT DRIVE AXLE NUT WAS LOOSE AND CAUSING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. NO WORK WAS EVER DONE ON THE VEHICLE IN THAT AREA SO THE NUT LOOSENED ON ITS OWN, NEARLY CAUSING THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO COME OFF THE VEHICLE. TORQUE WAS CHECKED ON THE NUT AFTER DISCOVERY AND WAS FOUND TO BE WA...

Mileage: 12,000

STEERING WHEEL BEGAN DOING CLUNKY NOISES, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY FIXED IT, 4 DAYS LATER STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED OFF LEAVING ME WITHOUT CONTROL DURING A TURN, NO ACCIDENT THANKFULLY FOR GOING LESS THAN 20 MI AT THE TIME, TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO BE FIXED. NOT SURE I TRUST IT ANYMORE.

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY VEERED OUT OF THE LANE. THE STEERING WHEEL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PE...

Mileage: 38,000

WHEN DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON THEY WILL RANDOMLY TURN OFF FOR A BIT THEN TURN ON AGAIN, BUT SOMETIMES THIS REQUIRES TRYING TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE A CHECK WAS RUN ON IT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND...

Mileage: 38,850

WIFE WAS DRIVING HIT ROAD DEBRIS AND THE WHEEL SPLIT INTO TO PIECES. THE INNER RIM SEPARATED FROM THE OUTER RIM. WHEEL IMMEDIATELY WENT FLAT, WIFE PULLED OVER THINKING THAT THE TIRE HAD GONE FLAT, BUT UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL HAS SPLIT IN TWO.

Mileage: 31,544

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. AFTER PARKING ON AN INCLINE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR, UNLESS THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 10,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND REQUIRED EXTREME PRESSURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY...

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND REQUIRED EXTREME PRESSURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY...

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY, VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CRASHED INTO A WALL, AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VE...

Mileage: 40,000

DRIVING ON HWY 10- APRIL 14 AND 17, 2016, POWER STEERING WENT OFF. JERKING THE WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT BROUGHT POWER STEERING BACK. TOOK TO DEALER ON APRIL 26, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT DUPLICATED.

Mileage: 6,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V736000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NO...

THE STEERING WAS MAKING A POPPING AND GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING. WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE STEERING RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ( JANUARY). THE STEERING WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. THE VEHICLE HIT THE CURB. WE GOT THE VEHICLE HOME AND CALLED FOR TOWING TODAY TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEA...

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V736000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT CALLED TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALERS DID NOT INDICATE WHEN THE REPAIR WOULD BE SCHEDULED AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT...

Mileage: 6,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SKID LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE....

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLO...

Mileage: 35,000

HEADLIGHT WAS INTERMITTENTLY GOING ON AND OFF. WOULD WORK FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER TURNING IT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DAY, BUT SEEMED TO GO OUT AFTER IT WAS WARMED UP. WENT TO CHANGE THE BULB AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PLUG THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULB PLUGGED IN TO WAS PARTIALLY MELTED AND BR...

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS...

Mileage: 31,000

ENTER INTO A RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACT ON DECEMBER 2ND 2015.ON DECEMBER 18 TH MY WIFE RECEIVED A CALL FROM CARSON TOYOTA WHO STATED MERRY CHRISTMAS,I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU,CAN YOU COME IN WE CAN LOWER YOUR PAYMENTS, I TOLD HIM WE ARE OKAY WITH OUR PAYMENTS,ALSO I ADVISE HIM THAT MY HUSBAND I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT FAILED TO TIGHTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AS THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ...

Mileage: 27,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AS THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ...

Mileage: 27,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AS THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ...

Mileage: 27,000

SOUL+ HAS ROTTEN EGG/EXHAUST SMELL COMING INTO THE CABIN AS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. CANNOT BE DRIVEN WITH WINDOWS ALL THE WAY UP. DOESN'T MATTER IF AC/HEAT IS ON OR OFF. PERIODICALLY, SMELL COMES AND GOES AS IT IS DRIVEN. DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS SURFACE STREETS OR HIGHWAY DRIVING...ALTHOUGH IT IS MORE P...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SUNROOF EXPLODED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GLASS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXI...

Mileage: 20,000

THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED. THE SEAT BELTS FUNCTIONED, AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TWO BYSTANDERS COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS WERE STILL ENGAGED. THEY HAD TO BREAK THE GLASS, MANUALLY UNLOCK...

Mileage: 5,000

THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED. THE SEAT BELTS FUNCTIONED, AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TWO BYSTANDERS COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS WERE STILL ENGAGED. THEY HAD TO BREAK THE GLASS, MANUALLY UNLOCK...

Mileage: 5,000

THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED. THE SEAT BELTS FUNCTIONED, AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TWO BYSTANDERS COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS WERE STILL ENGAGED. THEY HAD TO BREAK THE GLASS, MANUALLY UNLOCK...

Mileage: 5,000

TAKING A DAY TRIP TO THE CRAYOLA FACTORY, WE WERE 10 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WHEN WE FIRST SMELLED SMOKE THEN SAW IT COMING IN THROUGH THE VENTS AND FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. I FIRST CHECKED THE GAUGES TO SEE IF IT WAS OVER HEATED, NOTHING. POPPED THE HOOD AND THAT'S WHEN WE...

Mileage: 14,000

TAKING A DAY TRIP TO THE CRAYOLA FACTORY, WE WERE 10 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WHEN WE FIRST SMELLED SMOKE THEN SAW IT COMING IN THROUGH THE VENTS AND FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. I FIRST CHECKED THE GAUGES TO SEE IF IT WAS OVER HEATED, NOTHING. POPPED THE HOOD AND THAT'S WHEN WE...

Mileage: 14,000

TAKING A DAY TRIP TO THE CRAYOLA FACTORY, WE WERE 10 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WHEN WE FIRST SMELLED SMOKE THEN SAW IT COMING IN THROUGH THE VENTS AND FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. I FIRST CHECKED THE GAUGES TO SEE IF IT WAS OVER HEATED, NOTHING. POPPED THE HOOD AND THAT'S WHEN WE...

Mileage: 14,000

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS THE VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE AND ROCK. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE LIFT, SHE NOTICED A RUSTED AREA WITH A RUSTED BOLT HOLDING TWO PIECES COMPONENTS TOGET...

2014 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS THE VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE AND ROCK. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE LIFT, SHE NOTICED A RUSTED AREA WITH A RUSTED BOLT HOLDING TWO PIECES COMPONENTS TOGET...

HIT A STOPPED UPS DELIVERY VAN ON A MAJOR ROAD AS HE WAS MAKING A DELIVERY. I SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND HIT THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF HIS VEHICLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY KIA SOUL. THE VEHICLE BECAME SLIGHTLY AIRBORNE AND TURNED MORE THAN 90 DEGREES, ALMOST FACING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY HEAD WENT TH...

Mileage: 14,000

MY 2014 KIA SOUL WHICH I LEASED FOR 39 MONTHS IN JULY 2014, JUST HAD A RECALL FOR A FAULTY GAS PEDAL THAT MAY FRACTURE UNDER EXCESSIVE PRESSURE. ITS GREAT THAT I AM GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED FOR FREE BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN KIA AND THE MAIN REASON I CHOSE KIA WAS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE S...

MY 2014 KIA SOUL WHICH I LEASED FOR 39 MONTHS IN JULY 2014, JUST HAD A RECALL FOR A FAULTY GAS PEDAL THAT MAY FRACTURE UNDER EXCESSIVE PRESSURE. ITS GREAT THAT I AM GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED FOR FREE BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN KIA AND THE MAIN REASON I CHOSE KIA WAS BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE S...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE STEERING WHEEL FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFI...

Mileage: 11,808

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER CLOSING THE DRIVER DOOR, THE REAR HATCHBACK WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER CLOSING THE DRIVER DOOR, THE REAR HATCHBACK WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN MY 7 MONTH OLD KIA SOUL, I STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. ALL OF SUDDEN BLACK SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF MY AIR VENTS. I WENT TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND THE IT COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I THEN WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING INTO T...

Mileage: 12,000

BATTERY DIED, DEFECTIVE, REPLACED WITH A NEW AFTERMARKET BATTERY. *TR

Mileage: 3,602

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING FROM DRIVER ERROR IN A DARK RURAL AREA, SHARP S CURVE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GUARDRAIL AND OVER A SLIGHT DITCH, THEN INTO A FENCE. DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, CRACKED WIND...

Mileage: 44,825

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING FROM DRIVER ERROR IN A DARK RURAL AREA, SHARP S CURVE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GUARDRAIL AND OVER A SLIGHT DITCH, THEN INTO A FENCE. DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, CRACKED WIND...

Mileage: 44,825

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED....

Mileage: 2,200

AT ZERO OR NEAR ZERO MPH SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AS IT NORMALLY DOES. THIS CAUSES ME CONCERN THAT I WILL MISJUDGE HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE WHEN PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING SOON AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR IN FEB. 2014. IT HAS CONTINUED THRU TODAY, JAN 26TH,...

Mileage: 1,000

I PARKED MY CAR AT THE TOP OF MY FRIEND'S VERY STEEP DRIVEWAY. I NEVER PARK DOWN IT BECAUSE WITH THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR, I ALMOST GOT STUCK ONCE NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THE VEHICLE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF GAS TO ACCELERATE UP THE STEEP GRADE. I NORMALLY PARK OFF THE ROAD AT THE TOP, BUT DECIDED TO...

Mileage: 15,737

DRIVER'S SIDE AXLE NUT LOOSE ON 2014 KIA SOUL. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

DRIVER'S SIDE AXLE NUT LOOSE ON 2014 KIA SOUL. *TR

Mileage: 23,000

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE RACK N PINION PLUG ON MY 2014 KIA SOUL. TOOK IT TO THE NEARIEST DEALER AS REQUESTED. WEEKS LATER I WAS DRIVING GETTING READY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WENT OUT LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND CRASHED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEARLER WHERE I...

Mileage: 10,192

I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE LIGHT WAS GREEN AND TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS MOVING. I MUST HAVE TAKE MY EYES OFF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE GREEN LIGHT FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS AND WHEN I LOOKED AHEAD THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD STOPPED AT THE TURNING LIGHT AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF I...

Mileage: 23,000

I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE LIGHT WAS GREEN AND TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS MOVING. I MUST HAVE TAKE MY EYES OFF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE GREEN LIGHT FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS AND WHEN I LOOKED AHEAD THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD STOPPED AT THE TURNING LIGHT AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF I...

Mileage: 23,000

I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE LIGHT WAS GREEN AND TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS MOVING. I MUST HAVE TAKE MY EYES OFF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE GREEN LIGHT FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS AND WHEN I LOOKED AHEAD THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD STOPPED AT THE TURNING LIGHT AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF I...

Mileage: 23,000

DRIVING SOUL DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER CAR CAME ACROSS THE HIGHWAY- THREE LANES, FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE IN FRONT OF ME TO ACCESS TURNING LANE. I HIT HIS REAR DRIVER SIDE WITH MY FRONT LEFT DRIVERS SIDE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

Mileage: 4,870

DRIVING SOUL DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER CAR CAME ACROSS THE HIGHWAY- THREE LANES, FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE IN FRONT OF ME TO ACCESS TURNING LANE. I HIT HIS REAR DRIVER SIDE WITH MY FRONT LEFT DRIVERS SIDE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

Mileage: 4,870

I HAVE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE ON MY KIA ON JULY 25, 2014. I HAVE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. NEITHER KIA AND THE DEALERSHIP HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AND I KEEP GETTING EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING MY NEW 2014 KIA SOUL IN MARCH 2014, I NOTICED THAT ACCELERATION DELAYED USUALLY FROM A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR STOP/GO TRAFFIC AND WOULD NEED TO PUMP GAS FOR CAR TO MOVE THEN IT WILL TAKE OFF QUICK AND ALMOST BECOME OUT OF CONTROL, ALSO FEELS AS THOUGH LOSE POWER STEERING AND P...

Mileage: 3,850

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING MY NEW 2014 KIA SOUL IN MARCH 2014, I NOTICED THAT ACCELERATION DELAYED USUALLY FROM A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR STOP/GO TRAFFIC AND WOULD NEED TO PUMP GAS FOR CAR TO MOVE THEN IT WILL TAKE OFF QUICK AND ALMOST BECOME OUT OF CONTROL, ALSO FEELS AS THOUGH LOSE POWER STEERING AND P...

Mileage: 3,850

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING MY NEW 2014 KIA SOUL IN MARCH 2014, I NOTICED THAT ACCELERATION DELAYED USUALLY FROM A STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR STOP/GO TRAFFIC AND WOULD NEED TO PUMP GAS FOR CAR TO MOVE THEN IT WILL TAKE OFF QUICK AND ALMOST BECOME OUT OF CONTROL, ALSO FEELS AS THOUGH LOSE POWER STEERING AND P...

Mileage: 3,850

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED CONSTANTLY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WAS SLOW TO PICK UP SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIMING BELT BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT N...

Mileage: 100

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED CONSTANTLY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND WAS SLOW TO PICK UP SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIMING BELT BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT N...

Mileage: 100

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FULL STOP OR ROLLING STOP, VEHICLE HESITATES AND LOSES POWER WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

THE REAR WINDSHIELD DID NOT SEEM PROPERLY SECURED OR GLUED. THERE IS NO SECURED CORNERS. OCTOBER 5, 2014 I UNLOADED MY GROCERIES WHEN I SHUT THE HATCH BACK THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME CAR AND A FEW HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER STATES THAT THEY D...

Mileage: 20,000

THE REAR WINDSHIELD DID NOT SEEM PROPERLY SECURED OR GLUED. THERE IS NO SECURED CORNERS. OCTOBER 5, 2014 I UNLOADED MY GROCERIES WHEN I SHUT THE HATCH BACK THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME CAR AND A FEW HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THE DEALER STATES THAT THEY D...

Mileage: 20,000

WE WERE DRIVING 75 MPH. ON I-75 OUTSIDE DALTON GEORGIA IN LOTS OF TRAFFIC (THE OUTER LANE) AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT DOWN. WE GRADUALLY COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AVOIDING NEAR CRASHES AND STOPPED COMPLETELY. WE TRIED RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. AFT...

Mileage: 3,451

WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WE PULLED OFF HIGHWAY TO LOOK AT A TOURIST ATTRACTION. NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. PARKED, TURNED CAR OFF. GOT OUT. GLANCED BACK AT THE CAR AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SOON THERE WERE FLAMES DRIPPIN...

Mileage: 1,000

WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WE PULLED OFF HIGHWAY TO LOOK AT A TOURIST ATTRACTION. NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. PARKED, TURNED CAR OFF. GOT OUT. GLANCED BACK AT THE CAR AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SOON THERE WERE FLAMES DRIPPIN...

Mileage: 1,000

WE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WE PULLED OFF HIGHWAY TO LOOK AT A TOURIST ATTRACTION. NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. PARKED, TURNED CAR OFF. GOT OUT. GLANCED BACK AT THE CAR AND SMOKE WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SOON THERE WERE FLAMES DRIPPIN...

Mileage: 1,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND RESULTED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V33...

Mileage: 3,874

ON 6-29-2014, I WAS ON MY WAY TO CHURCH. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD. IM DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR HITS A GUARDRAIL AND SPUN ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. NOW I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A ACCIDENT ANYTHING. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY RESCUE SQUAD, ...

Mileage: 5,274

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V332000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THREE WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT ...

UNDER NORMAL AND MILD ACCELERATION, THERE IS NOTICEABLE HESITATION AND POWER LOSS WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP; MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN SHIFTING OCCURS FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND 3RD TO 4TH GEARS. *JS

Mileage: 5,000

I NOTICED A POP AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME REALLY LOOSE. I BEGAN TO MAKE A U TURN A FEW MINUTES LATER AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 360 DEGREES, BUT THE ACTUAL WHEELS DID NOT TURN WITH IT. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BECAUSE I COULD NOT TURN LEFT AND H...

Mileage: 11,339

CRUISE CONTROL RANDOMLY CUT OFF. THEN ESC AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON AND DISABLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM AND STABILITY CONTROL. BEST GUESS FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH. *TR

Mileage: 4,388

CRUISE CONTROL RANDOMLY CUT OFF. THEN ESC AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON AND DISABLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM AND STABILITY CONTROL. BEST GUESS FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH. *TR

Mileage: 4,388

CRUISE CONTROL RANDOMLY CUT OFF. THEN ESC AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON AND DISABLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM AND STABILITY CONTROL. BEST GUESS FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH. *TR

Mileage: 4,388

ANIMAL RAN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, WE WERE FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, CAR DID NOT STOP. HEAD ON COLLISION INTO THE TREE(S). THE CAR STOPPED DEAD CENTER IN THE LARGE TREE I HIT, CAUSING MY BODY (PASSENGER) TO GO BETWEEN THE LAP BELT AND SHOULDER BELT. MY BODY SMACKED THE DASH AND HEAD SLAMMED INTO T...

Mileage: 4,000

ANIMAL RAN IN FRONT OF VEHICLE, WE WERE FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, CAR DID NOT STOP. HEAD ON COLLISION INTO THE TREE(S). THE CAR STOPPED DEAD CENTER IN THE LARGE TREE I HIT, CAUSING MY BODY (PASSENGER) TO GO BETWEEN THE LAP BELT AND SHOULDER BELT. MY BODY SMACKED THE DASH AND HEAD SLAMMED INTO T...

Mileage: 4,000

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW 2014 KIA SOUL. I NOTICED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER IN THE STEERING COLUMN SEEMS VERY LOOSE. WITH THE KEY IN THE CYLINDER IT HAS TOO MUCH PLAY. THE KEY WIGGLES AROUND VERY LOOSELY. BEING CONCERNED THAT IT MAY CAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVIN...

THE FIRST PANEL OF THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF SHATTERED. *JS

Mileage: 8,100

WHEN BRAKING, THERE IS FADING PEDAL FEEL WHEREBY BRAKING GRIP IS NOT LINEAR WITH PEDAL PRESSURE. *TR

Mileage: 1,500

I HAD AN EMERGENCY AND TRIED AT NIGHT TO UNLOCK ELECTRIC DOORS FOR MY PASSENGERS AND I. UPON ATTEMPTING TO MANAGE THE EMERGENCY AND UNLOCK THE DOOR FOR MY PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, I WAS GREATLY DELAYED BECAUSE THE "UNLOCK LIGHT IS NON FUNCTIONING" AND CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE DARK. THIS IS A SAF...

Mileage: 6

I HAD AN EMERGENCY AND TRIED AT NIGHT TO UNLOCK ELECTRIC DOORS FOR MY PASSENGERS AND I. UPON ATTEMPTING TO MANAGE THE EMERGENCY AND UNLOCK THE DOOR FOR MY PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, I WAS GREATLY DELAYED BECAUSE THE "UNLOCK LIGHT IS NON FUNCTIONING" AND CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE DARK. THIS IS A SAF...

Mileage: 6

STEERING STARTED MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNED SLIGHTLY LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER SAYS THE STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACING. PART WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL APRIL 30TH (1 MONTH). DEALER WILL NOT RELEASE THE CAR TO ME BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. KIA WILL NO LONGER TALK TO ME AT ALL ABOUT TH...

Mileage: 1,800

I HAVE HAD MY CAR TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE WHICH STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT WANTS TOO AND THEN THERE IS VERY LITTLE POWER IN 1, 2,AND 3RD GEARS THIS IS A MANUAL TRANS. I ALMOST GOT HIT IN THE SIDE BECAUSE OF PULLING FROM A STOP SIGH AND WENT TO GO A...

Mileage: 2,702

I HAVE HAD MY CAR TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR THIS SAME ISSUE WHICH STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT WANTS TOO AND THEN THERE IS VERY LITTLE POWER IN 1, 2,AND 3RD GEARS THIS IS A MANUAL TRANS. I ALMOST GOT HIT IN THE SIDE BECAUSE OF PULLING FROM A STOP SIGH AND WENT TO GO A...

Mileage: 2,702

AS I WAS DRIVING I HAD A SUDDEN STOP AND MY CHILD WAS THROWN FROM HER SEAT AS FAR AS TO THE MIDDLE CONSOLE FROM THE BACK MIDDLE SEATBELT. UPON INVESTIGATING WHY THIS HAPPENED I NOTICED THAT THE SEATBELT RETENTION WAS IMPROPERLY WORKING. AS YOU PULL IT OUT IT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE SEAT AS DE...

Mileage: 3,980

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, BRUISING AND BACK INJURIES. A SECOND PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING AND A SPRAINED ARM. A POLICE REPORT WAS FI...

Mileage: 6,000

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEATED SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TWO HOLES THROUGH THE SEAT. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE RENTAL AGENCY OF THE FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FLEET. THE FA...

Mileage: 18

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEATED SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TWO HOLES THROUGH THE SEAT. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE RENTAL AGENCY OF THE FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FLEET. THE FA...

Mileage: 18