2019 KIA SOUL EV

3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints6
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire0

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 3 of 3

23V7240002023-10-26

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Unintended vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash.

23V2180002023-03-29

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery electrical short-circuit increases the risk of a fire.

22V0310002022-01-25

AIR BAGS

Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

What owners report most

  • 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 1PARKING BRAKE
  • 1POWER TRAIN
  • 1POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
  • 1SERVICE BRAKES
  • 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2019 KIA SOUL EVs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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