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Kia Soul

Every Kia Soul model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years3,136307 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,018Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 898, 29% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02505007501,00020158982016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Kia Soul complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
2,314
Powertrain
312
Electrical system
259
Fuel system
243
Steering
130
Brakes
116
Speed control
105
Airbags
95
Lighting
87
Structure
61
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia Soul model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Kia Soul by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025SUV1216.7920013
2024SUV303.31500029
2023SUV5213.52604151
2022SUV885.73831177
2021SUV2346.078021117
2020SUV3813.91,36111139
2019SUV13614.03241199
2018SUV21812.85251095
2017SUV27212.153310102
2016SUV8158.01,98821132
2015SUV89813.11,97443164
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia Soul

  • 25V-099 Feb 17, 2025
    Piston oil rings may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can result in engine damage
    Engine and cooling · 137k vehicles
  • 23V-830 Dec 22, 2023
    Due to a manufacturing error, the side curtain air bags may deploy unexpectedly
    Airbags · 2,967 vehicles
  • 23V-531 Jul 31, 2023
    Electronic controller for the Idle Stop & Go oil pump assembly may contain damaged electrical components that can cause the pump to overheat
    Powertrain · 40k vehicles
  • 23V-298 Apr 26, 2023
    Instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started
    Electrical system · 109k vehicles
  • 22V-031 Jan 25, 2022
    Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) cover may contact a memory chip on the printed circuit board and damage the electrical circuit
    Airbags · 411k vehicles
  • 21V-259 Apr 13, 2021
    Piston oil rings may not have been properly heat-treated, which may result in engine damage
    Engine and cooling · 147k vehicles
  • 20V-750 Dec 2, 2020
    Engine compartment fire can occur while driving
    Engine and cooling · 295k vehicles
  • 19V-120 Feb 22, 2019
    High exhaust gas temperatures may damage the catalytic converter, possibly resulting in abnormal engine combustion and damage to one or more of…
    Engine and cooling · 379k vehicles
  • 17V-608 Sep 29, 2017
    Pinion plug may allow the pinion gear to separate from the steering gear assembly
    Steering · 342k vehicles
  • 15V-123 Mar 2, 2015
    Section of the accelerator pedal may bend and fracture
    Speed control · 209k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.