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2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Kia is recalling certain 2021-2023 Seltos and Soul vehicles because incorrectly manufactured piston oil rings can result in engine damage, which may cause a stall or a fire.
Kia is recalling 2021 Seltos and 2020-2021 Soul vehicles due to improperly heat-treated piston rings that may cause engine damage, stalling, and crash risk, or oil leaks that may cause fires.
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.