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KIA SOUL

2014 KIA SOUL

5 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 1,221 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints1,221
Complaints citing a crash52
Complaints citing a fire110

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 5 of 5

22V0960002022-02-18

AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE

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

20V7500002020-12-02

ENGINE

An engine compartment fire increases the risk of injury.

19V1200002019-02-22

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.

17V6080002017-09-29

STEERING

If the pinion gear separates, steering will be lost, increasing the risk of a crash.

15V1230002015-03-02

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

If the vehicle has a bent or broken accelerator pedal, the driver may have difficulty accelerating the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 547ENGINE
  • 124EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 94ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 81UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 56POWER TRAIN
  • 55STEERING
  • 52FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 41ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2014 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.

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