2013 KIA Soul problems
Owners have filed 866 complaints about the 2013 KIA Soul with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 32.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of steering at 17.3%.
Complaints866
Crashes32
Fires64
Injuries38
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 32.6% · 282
Steering 17.3% · 150
Electrical system 8.2% · 71
Service brakes, hydraulic 7.7% · 67
Unknown or other 7.0% · 61
Engine and engine cooling 5.1% · 44
Service brakes 3.5% · 30
Fuel/propulsion system 3.1% · 27
Severity
Of those complaints, 32 describe a crash, 64 describe a fire and 38 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 13 model years of the KIA Soul in this data, 2013 sits 4th by complaint volume. 2014 draws the most.
Filing volume has held steady, 227 in the last three years against 261 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 98,000 miles.
In owners' own words
I was driving south on I 5 in everett wa, like I do every morning, when my engine started making rattling and clanking noises and started to lose power to the point I was nearly in multiple accidents. I was luckily able to make it off the freeway safely. As soon as I brought the vehicle to a stop, it died and has since lost all ability to function. This car received regular oil changes and maintenance. Engine · reported at 185,000 miles
The contact owns a 2013 KIA Soul. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle started to stall and made an abnormal noise. The contact parked the vehicle on the side of the road and had it towed to car pros KIA tacoma (located at 7230 s tacoma way, tacoma, wa 98409, (253) 671-2400) where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 100,400. Engine · reported at 100,400 miles
the catalytic converter is damaged, soon the engin could fail, and there is a recall on the catalytic converter for this car type and model and year. it has all the symptoms that the converter is damaged, tried to liquid to fix it it did not work It is available for inspection no risk yet, inspected and problem was confirmed engine light is on Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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