23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2011 KIA SOUL
3 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 270 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints270
Complaints citing a crash43
Complaints citing a fire7
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
14V822000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached headliner plate may increase the risk of injury to the occupant during a vehicle crash.
13V114000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 32SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 28ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 25AIR BAGS
- 24ENGINE
- 21UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 13SERVICE BRAKES
- 12POWER TRAIN
- 11EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 KIA SOULs 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.