2010 KIA Soul problems
Owners have filed 193 complaints about the 2010 KIA Soul with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 13% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of structure at 11.4%.
Complaints193
Crashes31
Fires24
Injuries27
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 13.0% · 25
Structure 11.4% · 22
Air bags 10.4% · 20
Steering 6.2% · 12
Power train 5.7% · 11
Service brakes 5.7% · 11
Unknown or other 5.7% · 11
Visibility 5.2% · 10
Severity
Of those complaints, 31 describe a crash, 24 describe a fire and 27 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 13 model years of the KIA Soul in this data, 2010 draws comparatively few complaints; 2014 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 6 in the last three years against 19 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 20,500 miles.
In owners' own words
The vehicle's turn signals have stopped working for over 6 months now. It has been to the dealer numerous times and even after the repairs were completed, the signals continue to not work. They cannot seem to fix it. It is a safety issue while driving and I am concerned my daughter may get a ticket or have an accident because of it. The right taillight has also began to work intermittently over the last few weeks. Electrical system
A loud popping sound goes off and the radio system and speakers all go out when I hit a bump in the road. It is also causing random lights to illuminate on the instrument panel. I have to turn off the car to turn off the panel ones. I called KIA and they said there is no recall for this problem. However, it was noted on cars.Com that this is a problem. My fear is that a fire may happen due to this issue. Electrical system · reported at 180,000 miles
My horn does not work all the time. I almost was in a bad accident trying to prevent a car sideswiping me to cross lanes - I kept trying to honk the horn. It would not work so I had to jam on my brakes and almost got rear ended too. I wrote to KIA and got no response. I was driving in the middle lane - a driver to the right of me cut me off to get into the turn lane to the left of me. Electrical system · reported at 29,904 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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