Problems with 2013 Kia Soul STRUCTURE

As my wife was entering eastbound us expressway 83 (interstate 2) just west of minnesota road (approximate time 5:15 pm) the hood flew open and damaged the windshield and hood. the car was safely pulled over but the hood was so damaged that it had to be removed in order to drive the car home. the car had only been driven approximately 1.5 miles from the house on the frontage road before getting onto the expressway when the incident occurred. speed was accelerating to highway speeds of 60 mph but not yet at 60 mph. the vehicle was just getting on the overpass after entering the expressway and was traveling in a straight path on the entry lane barely merging into traffic before needing to pull over on the bentsen palm road overpass.. the hood had not been opened for at least 2 weeks when i last filled the windshield washer reservoir. it has been driven on the expressway at highway speeds during the last two weeks on a daily basis. it appears that the hood latch is broken. the latch is too far to the right and doesn't move back into a position to allow the hood to close.

Vehicle was traveling north at approximately 50 mph. driver veered right accidently and went off asphalt surface into ditch. vehicle rolled end over end twice and landed upright facing south on third rollover. driver was wearing seat belts. vehicle was damaged on both sides of front, top was crushed in, right front wheel bent into wheel well, windshield was shattered and caved in. there was damage to both sides of the vehicle and the hood. driver was injured and transported by ambulance to hospital. the major complaint was that the air bags did not deploy to protect driver. vehicle engineers from kia motors national consumer affairs inspected the vehicle and stated that air bags were not deployed in a rollover because car was not equipped that way. he reported that the air bags in front would have deployed in a front impact, the side curtain air bags would have deployed in a side impact. the car was considered a total loss and not repairable.

In april of 2015 i drove a half hour of highway driving to an appointment. i parked my car (with the ignition off). walked into the building and within 1 or 2 minutes my car was engulfed in flames. 911 was called. the fire department came and put out the fire but car was totaled. my insurance co. hired a forensic specialist to determine the cause of fire for insurance purposes. the specialist was unable to determine the cause of this freak incident. i have pictures but don't know how to include them.

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia soul. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v822000 (structure) however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the contact had not experienced a failure.

2013 kia soul. consumer writes in regards to problems on the dash board involving the light indicator for the head lights and parking lights. *smd the consumer did not know, his headlights were not on. he discovered the indicator displayed the same picture for the parking lights and the headlights. the consumer stated the second time, as he entered his parking spot, it became obvious the headlights were not on, yet the dash board indicated there were.

Was making a left hand turn into a parking spot next to car that was already parked, was barely moving when all of a sudden the car takes off hits the curb and hits the wall of a building, air bags deployed. we had been driving that morning with no problem until that time. front end was totaled with possible damage to the wheels/axles due to the impact with the curb. couple of days later neck pain probably due to whiplash, glasses were knocked into the back seat - wife just jammed her pinky. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia soul. the contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the driver's side a-pillar trim cover detached unexpectedly. the failure was contributed to the force of the wind. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for the new replacement part. the technician informed the contact that the defect was a common issue. the manufacturer was notified of the problem. the approximate failure mileage was 780. updated 09/05/13*lj

In the front range of colorado we frequently get several inches of wet, heavy snow in the fall, winter and spring. we have to park the car outside a garage at home and at work. we always completely clear snow from all glass surfaces and check the operation of the wipers before driving the car. we bought an expensive telescoping combination scraper, brush and squeegee designed for cmvs to clear as much snow as we can reach and see from the white painted roof of the car before driving it. after the interior of the car warms up it appears to loosen the bond between the roof of the car and any residual or newly accumulated snow. numerous times when under normal braking snow has slid forward off the roof on to the windshield obscuring all forward visibility and instantly creating a severe collision safety hazard. furthermore, when the windshield wipers are activated to clear the snow the wiper motors are too weak to move the snow requiring the driver to blindly brake to a stop unable to see well enough even to steer the car out of the lane of traffic to a safe place to stop. this happened a few days ago at a traffic light at a busy intersection in slick snowy road conditions during evening rush hour. after coming to a stop without hitting the car in front of her my five foot, two inch tall 68 year old wife had to get out of the car in dangerous conditions and manually remove(for the second time) snow from the windshield while being subjected to honking horns and one-fingered salutes from ill-mannered motorists. until kia chooses or is required to correct this serious safety issue an otherwise great little car is unsafe to drive in snowy conditions. *tr

Airbag exploded on impact with gaping holes with heavy smoke coming out with hot heat causing redness to my chest and redness to my hands and a blow to my wrist that caused fracture to my left wrist. *tr