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.
2023 KIA SOUL
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints86
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire3
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 4 of 4
23V830000
AIR BAGS
An air bag that deploys unexpectedly can increase the risk of injury or crash.
23V531000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:PUMP
An electric oil pump assembly that overheats increases the risk of a vehicle fire.
23V298000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
A blank instrument cluster display will not show critical information, such as tire pressure, warning messages, and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12ENGINE
- 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8STEERING
- 7SERVICE BRAKES
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 3EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2023 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.