2.8% of complaints about the 2017 KIA Soul came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2017 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 5.6 yr in service. The most-reported system is engine (190 complaints), typically at 5.9 yr or about 82,000 miles.
Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Sedona, Soul, Soul EV, 2017-2018 Forte, and 2017 Forte Koup vehicles. The Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) cover may contact a memory chip on the printed circuit board and damage the electrical circuit. Circuit damage may result in deactivated air bags that will not deploy in a crash.
Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION FAILS TO SEE MOST BUSES, RVS, AND LARGE TRUCKS WITH TRAILERS. IT SEEMS THAT ABOUT 90% OF THESE VEHICLE TYPES IT DOES NOT SEE. CARS ARE NOT A PROBLEM. WE NOTICED THAT HIS WAS THE CASE NEARLY EVERY TIME WE PASSED A SEMI OR BUS. I COULD BE GOING 40 TO 75 MPH. SPEED DID NOT SEEM TO MATER. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID YES IT DOES THIS ON THIS MODEL. WHY PAY FOR BLIND SPOT DETECTION WHEN IT CANNOT SEE A TRUCK?
WHEN I AM DRIVING AND I STOP AT LIGHT AND START TO PULL OUT MY CAR IS LIKE IT HAS KNOW POWER AT ALL THEN IT WILL JUST TAKE OFF ITS DONE THAT WHEN IHAVE PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC JUST COMPLETY STOP THAN TAKE OFF IS THERE ANY RECALLS ON SOMETHING LIKES THIS WORRIED ONE DAY NOT GOING TO TAKE OFF GOING TO GET HIT
OIL LIGHT KEEPS FLICKERING WHEN AT IDLE OR LOW SPEEDS. I HEAR THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS FOR MANY YEARS OF KIA CARS.
REAR CAMERA STAYS ON WHEN DRIVING FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR, WHILE 7000 MILES WERE DRIVEN. I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR, GO IN TO PARK, THEN DRIVE, SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE, FOR THE CAMERA TO SWITCH OFF, REGULAR DISPLAY TO LIGHT UP.