25V099000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL
Engine damage can cause a vehicle stall or fire, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
2021 KIA SOUL
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 302 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints302
Complaints citing a crash24
Complaints citing a fire4
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 2 of 2
21V259000
ENGINE
A damaged engine may stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, oil may leak onto hot exhaust components, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 127ENGINE
- 41ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 26POWER TRAIN
- 25UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 10SERVICE BRAKES
- 10FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 9STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 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.