We have classified the 5 complaints from 2011 Kia Soul about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL into the following categories.
Gas pedal sticks. when i go to accelerate it doesn't go i have to press down harder on the pedal but pulls off faster then it's suppose to .
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia soul. while driving 3 mph, the accelerator pedal fractured. the police was contacted and stated that the vehicle was potentially included in nhtsa campaign number: 15v123000 (vehicle speed control). a dealer was not made aware of the failure. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided the contact with case number: 12862172. the contact was referred to the dealer and the manufacturer stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
Brake lights quits working , cruse doesn't work , radio is affected
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia soul. the contact stated that after starting the vehicle and shifting into reverse, the engine rpm's increased to 6000 and the vehicle suddenly accelerated in reverse. after shifting to neutral, the engine rpm's continued to increase before suddenly decreasing to normal. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 79,000.
Speed control - the speed control did not disengage on numerous occaisions, when the brake was gently applied or tapped, speed control did not disengage and the speed actually increased. the vehicle is currently with the dealer. we were able to demonstrate replicate the problem with the service technician driving the vehicle. horn - does not activate seems to occur when vehicle warmed up. was able to demonstrate to dealer stability control light activates and does not turn off intermittently
Driving the vehicle down the road in good weather conditions when the brakes initiated for no reason and no gas seemed to be going to the throttle. the esc light came on. i attempted to turn the traction control light off but there was still no change. the vehicle slowed down to about 5 miles an hour and stalled out a couple of times because lack of gas going to the vehicle. fortunately i was in a congested area and was only traveling about 20 mph when this happened. could have been extremely dangerous had i been on a highway. *tr