My car hesitates when i round a corner or turn on to a highway one day a truck was behind a 18 wheeler scared me and my passenger. now for the last few months this car is shaking all the time not only when i stop but even when i am drive kia in athens ga say they can not do anything about it. they say this is natural to happen . no this is not natural it is embarrassing and scary. i do not want this car anymore and i really do not like putting other people lives in danger in a 3 year old car. i have tried talking to them -they are not listening they keep saying it up to the company in atlanta. if anything happen to me in this car i told my family to suite the socks off of kia.
Brake switch failed. my brake lights no longer worked and power steering was disabled, making the car impossible to drive. could not get car out of "park" without using override button. car needed to be towed to kia dealer. this switch has been recalled on 1.6 million kia's but my car was not included but should be added. not sure how long i was driving without brake lights working. i'm glad i never use my cruise control as pressing the brake peddle would not disengage the cruise control function. *tr
Bought the kia soul new in august 2012. since november 2014 at approximately 30k miles the car has developed a sudden pronounced hard downshift in the transmission when slowing down to a stop. it's as though the brake were abruptly applied. this has been a constant problem since then being worse in cold weather and made driving the car a safety concern. the car has been to the kia westside dealer in katy texas three times thus far. first time they dealership checked brakes only despite being told it was the transmission that was sudden hard downshifting; they did not test drive the car. we were told only the brakes were checked and are good. second time the same service department test drove the car early in morning and experienced the sudden hard downshift and agreed there was a problem. the dealer stated the transmission was replaced; cannot confirm, will assume they did. the problem still remained absolutely no change. the car went back to the dealer for a third try a month later. the local dealership service department then contacted the kia technical support department; the dealership was told there is no problem with the car as it is designed and manufactured. the dealership at the time had another 2023 kia soul in with same problem and checking internet found other owners of kia's with same complaint. the safety in driving the car is a concern now with a mind that it will get worse and perhaps later cause an accident.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia soul. the contact stated that the instrument panel failed to illuminate when the vehicle was powered on. additionally, the contact mentioned that the gear shifter would not move out of park without the contact pushing the gear release button. the vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure was unable to be diagnosed. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 25,000. the vin was not available.