Head-gaskets and/or thermostats failing under normal driving conditions and low miles. i am on 2nd head-gasket and 4th thermostat and only at 109000 mi. twice this has happened while driving on freeway and twice while around town. fluid levels were good and other maintenance done regularly. i have talked with multiple kia dealership service departments and they start by saying that is not normal then after looking over the car saying its a normal thing for souls. these failures have caused the engine to overheat each time once the thermostat sticks closed. no engine warning lights and temp gauge only showed the overheat 2 out of four times. they seem to be failing fairly regularly around 20000 mi.
The clutch has gone out twice . the first time was at 54029 and date of 1/17/17. less than six months later i took it back to the dealership and told them that it was slipping on takeoff. they said that everything was fine. this time it 72735 and date of 12/28/18 . the bill for the first time was 1445.79 . it is rediculous that it goes out so soon. i have read on line that kia uses a valve on the slave cylinder that causes slipping.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia soul. while the contact was exiting the vehicle in the driveway, there was an explosion and the vehicle caught on fire without warning. there were no injuries. the contact used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. the vehicle was not towed. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. the exact origin of the fire was unknown. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 12,000.
When turning car on it the engine makes a knocking sound. car is losing acceleration on roads especially expressway. also, the engine pings or knocks when turning the car off. i have even heard the engine knock while in motion. the front windshield molding garnish lh located on the driver side flew off while driving on the expressway and hit another car! losing this molding garnish causes air to leak into the windshield.
The car won't start after putting gas in several times . after 3 tries and around 10-14 minutes it will start. there are several forums online regarding this haooenedijf to kia souls .
Replaced both ball joints. heat shield is vibrating while accelerating. also have oil pan leak, causing a puddle in the driveway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia soul. while the vehicle was stationary, the rpms increased rapidly without any pressure being applied to the accelerator pedal. also, when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle slowed down. when the vehicle was geared into the park position, the rpms increased to over 2,000 rpms. the contact turned the vehicle off and restarted it to reset the engine. the vehicle was taken to mentor kia in mentor, ohio, but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. the manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to nhtsa. the failure mileage was approximately 2,500.
When driving the vehicle, the engine started making a noise , i put it in neutral as i was pulling off the hiway and the motor quit running. had to have it towed back to my house.i found out the next day that the motor had locked up. the motor had oil in it and the water was not low. the mechanic said the oil pump was probley bad. i called kia and they said they had no recalls on the vehicle.so now the car is sitting in my driveway with a blown motor and i am still making payments on the car for another 18 months.
Traffic came to an abrupt stop and iv rear ended ov1 which pushed ov1 into ov2 which was pushed into ov3. vehicle in question (kia soul) was the iv. the iv suffered extreme front-end damage and was totaled. the air bags did not deploy. the officer at the scene and the towing company driver were adamant that the force exterted by the iv and the damage incurred should have deployed the air bags. driver of the iv suffered injuries from being slammed into the steering wheel (chest) and dash board (knees). *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia soul. the contact stated that the lifter in the engine caused a loud noise while driving 55 mph. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer but the dealer was unable to find a defect within the vehicle. in addition, the contact stated that the vehicle drove poorly. the failure mileage was 8,000.