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Kia Soul

Common Soul problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Kia Soul carries 17 recall campaigns, one of them an urgent do-not-drive or park-outside order. Owners have filed 3,073 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 9 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 11 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

YearRecallsComplaintsRatingFuelReport link
2025011Report
2024028Report
2023448Report
2022188Report
20212222Report
20201363Report
20191133Report
20181211Report
20171269Report
20162802Report
20154898Report