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.
2012 KIA SOUL
3 safety recall campaigns, 5 defect investigations (1 open), 673 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations51 open
Owner complaints673
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire31
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
19V120000
ENGINE
Piston damage may result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash. A broken connecting rod may puncture the engine block allowing engine oil to escape. The leaking oil may contact the exhaust, increasing the risk of a fire.
14V822000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached headliner plate may increase the risk of injury to the occupant during a vehicle crash.
What owners report most
- 209ENGINE
- 163STEERING
- 39UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 37ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 34SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 25ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 21FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 21POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.