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5 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling 2014 Soul vehicles because the front air bags may not deploy in a crash if the control unit loses communication with sensors.
Kia is recalling 294,756 vehicles from 2011-2015 due to a risk of engine compartment fire while driving. Dealers will inspect for leaks and update software.
Kia is recalling 2012-2016 Soul vehicles with 1.6L GDI engines because high exhaust temperatures may damage the catalytic converter, potentially causing engine failure or fire.
Kia is recalling 2014-2016 Soul and Soul EV vehicles because a pinion plug defect may allow the pinion gear to separate, potentially causing loss of steering and increasing crash risk.
Kia is recalling 2014-2015 Soul and Soul electric vehicles because a section of the accelerator pedal may bend and fracture, potentially causing difficulty accelerating and increasing crash 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.