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3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling 980,377 vehicles from 2007-2011 because a stop lamp switch malfunction may prevent brake lights from illuminating or disengaging cruise control, increasing crash risk.
Kia is recalling 35,185 vehicles due to improperly soldered wiring harnesses that may cause an electrical short and fire when lights are illuminated.
Kia is recalling 2010-2013 Soul vehicles with sunroofs because a headliner plate may detach during airbag deployment, increasing injury risk.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
628 manufacturer service bulletins across 16 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.