Kia Soul Complaints (2014)

905 consumer complaints on file.

#11111115July 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110876July 11, 2018
ENGINE
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 MY CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109493July 4, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW EVEN THOUGH I REPORTED IT AS OF 07/02/2018
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109489July 3, 2018
ENGINE
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 TOWED TO A KIA DEALERSHIP WHO CONFIRMED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE VEHICLE CAME WITH A LIFETIME ENGINE WARRANTY PLUS I KEPT THE CAR MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO DEALER REQUIREMENTS THEY FORWARDED MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS TO A THIRD COMPANY WHICH IS RESEARCHING THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AND WILL THEN DECIDE IF THEY WILL REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE CAR HAD 105,000 MILES ON IT WITH NO PROBLEMS UP UNTIL THAT TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102262June 18, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY HEADLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. THEY WILL GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. THEY FLICKER AND THEN GO OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101271June 11, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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...BUT IT WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING AGAIN AS IT HAS DONE MANY TIMES. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND IS NOT ONLY UNSAFE BUT COULD CAUSE ME TO GET A TICKET SINCE IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITHOUT NON-FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHTS. ONLINE RESEARCH HAS INDICATED THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11100492June 8, 2018
ENGINE
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 ANY KIND OF WARNING TO INDICATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM. VEHICLE JUST LOST OIL WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF LEAKS AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR OIL LIGHT TO GIVE ANY KIND OF WARNING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11100167June 6, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11097099May 21, 2018
ENGINE
MY FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND I WHERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT STARTS SHAKING, SMOKING, AND OIL STARTS SPEWING. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. WAS TOLD MY ENGINE EXPLODED. CALLED KIA AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING. I AM 1800 MILES OVER MY 100,000 MILE WARRANTY AND HAVE DONE EVERY MAINTENANCE REQUIRED. I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR AND EVEN THOUGH KIA HAS RECALLS ON SORENTOS AND OPTIMAS FOR THIS, THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11096909May 20, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11092166May 7, 2018
ENGINE
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11090391April 27, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT RANDOMLY GOES OFF FOR DAYS AT A TIME THEN COMES BACK ON FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEN OFF AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084878April 13, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084260April 10, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
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 WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083889April 8, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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 DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING WHEN ISSUE OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082288March 31, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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 BLINKER, FOOT ON BRAKE, TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE TO MAKE RIGHT TURN, MADE STEERING WHEEL TURNED TO RIGHT, LIGHTS FLICKERED AGAIN. HAPPENED ON 3-23-18 9:30PM . TOOK TO MY MECHANIC TODAY 4-1-18 - TCB AUTO IN DALLAS GA, BATTERY FINE,BULBS FINE, FUSES FINE, 3 WEEKS AGO HAD OIL CHANGE, NEW TIRES. COULD NOT DIAGNOSE IT..ADVISED ME ONLINE MANY REPORTS ,EVEN KIA DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, IFAFTER BULLETIN,NO RECALLS YET...PUT IN THIS REPORT..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11081493March 27, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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 OWNERS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS SAME MALFUNCTION AND I WONDER WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE LIGHTS WILL SOMETIMES POP RIGHT BACK ON BUT LAST NIGHT IT BLINKED OUT FOR A MINUTE AND I HAD TO PUT THE HIGH BEAM ON. BUT ALL LAST NIGHT THE HIGH BEEN SEEMED TO NOT WANT TO WORK SO NOW IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080315March 19, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 ENGINE MADE THAT LOUD BANG AND THEN IN 12 MINUTES CAR WAS ENGULFED AND GAS TANK BLEW AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11078835March 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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 OUT AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE ROAD AHEAD. I COULD OF BEEN IN A SERIOUS CRASH. ALSO CAME HOME TO A DEAD BATTERY ONE DAY BECAUSE MY LIGHTS WHICH WERE OFF WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE RANDOMLY WERE ON WHEN I GOT HOME THAT NIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11064533January 24, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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