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 3,171 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 normalized by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Report link
2025	0	12	Report
2024	0	30	Report
2023	4	54	Report
2022	1	94	Report
2021	2	238	Report
2020	1	386	Report
2019	1	136	Report
2018	1	219	Report
2017	1	272	Report
2016	2	823	Report
2015	4	907	Report

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