Major Problems with 2016 Kia Soul Derived from Complaints & Recalls

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Worst 3 complaints of 2016 Kia Soul

2016 Kia Soul ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Victims: 3 Mileage: 10000 miles

2016 Kia Soul STEERING Victims: 2 Mileage: 15000 miles

2016 Kia Soul AIR BAGS Victims: 1 Mileage: 2200 miles

Browse 2016 Kia Soul complaints by category

Problems with ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM and AIR BAGS are the most frequent issues recorded by the NHTSA from Kia Soul owners.

Problem Category	Number of Problems
ENGINE my car is 2016 its 18 months old has 19k miles and the only thing done to the car was...	62 ~ 63909 miles
UNKNOWN OR OTHER the panic button on the key fob is not recessed so it activates when you don't want it to. i...	21 ~ 50443 miles
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM i experience intermittent hesitation when pressing on the accelerator. it feels like the car isn't downshifting correctly or isn't getting...	12 ~ 42295 miles
STEERING on a residential street doing about 15 mph. without any warning veered to the right hitting a parked car and...	10 ~ 33958 miles
POWER TRAIN since day one my kia loose communication with gas pedal to transmission or computer.from stop i accelerate and if for...	10 ~ 40220 miles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM driving this car high speeds (freeway) for longer periods of time (30 minutes or more per day) for more than...	9 ~ 33989 miles
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL the accelerator pedal broke in half and somehow stuck on. [xxx] was unable to stop the vehicle and it jumped...	7 ~ 29790 miles
AIR BAGS on 2/18/17 my daughter was involved in a front end collision in our 2016 kia soul. she struck a stopped...	6 ~ 24867 miles
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL i was in a car accident a few months ago that involved me leaving the road and that i was...	4 ~ 43000 miles
SERVICE BRAKES while driving in regenerative brake mode and coming up to a stop light i let the regenerative brake to slow...	4 ~ 13703 miles
EXTERIOR LIGHTING my headlights flicker when i'm driving. sometimes they shut completely off and don't come back on for several seconds. i...	3 ~ 42250 miles
SUSPENSION last year i found out that when i engaged reverse right or left a grinding noise was coming from the...	3 ~ 29433 miles
SEAT BELTS i have had several instances where i have had the seat belt fasten light come on when traveling down the...	3 ~ 9533 miles
SEATS the main part of my complaint is that the head rests lean forward so much that my head is bent...	3 ~ 3333 miles
BODY > STRUCTURE on 2/18/17 my daughter was involved in a front end collision in our 2016 kia soul. she struck a stopped...	2 ~ 34161 miles
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM tl* the contact owns a 2016 kia soul. while driving approximately 30 mph and attempting to slow down by depressing...	1 ~ 25000 miles
CATALYTIC CONVERTOR > EMISSION CONTROL > EXHAUST SYSTEM tl* the contact owns a 2016 kia soul. while driving approximately 25 mph a knocking sound was heard from the...	1 ~ 95000 miles
VISIBILITY/WIPER on a trip i was driving on a cold rainy night and the windows began to fog up so i...	1 ~ 55300 miles

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