2010 KIA SOUL Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT TEMPORARILY RENTED A 2010 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ABNORMALLY SMALL AND HIGH, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DESIGN OF THE PEAL CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY AND LOCATE THE PEDAL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH DURING RAINY WEATHER. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY VEER OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH OFF FROM A SIDE STREET, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM HIM. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO HOLD ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL EXTREMELY HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER OR LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,500.

THE INSIDE DOOR PANELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR ARE FULL OF SCRATCHES. THE PLASTIC PANELS SCRATCH TOO EASILY EVEN WITH EXTRA CAREFUL USE, THE PANELS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE 10 YEARS OLD. *TR

BRAND NEW KIA SOUL 2010 - LESS THAN 500 MILES. ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE DOOR PANEL WHILE DRIVING. TOWED TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED DOOR PANEL. LED LIGHT TRANSMITTER IN SPEAKERS SHORTED AND MELTED PLASTIC INSIDE DOOR. RESPONSE FROM KIA (ADVISED BY DEALER) WAS "DON'T LEAVE THE SPEAKER LIGHTS IN ON POSITION. ONLY USE THEM WHEN YOU NEED THEM." THIS WAS THE SECOND SAME INCIDENT THAT THE DEALER HAD THAT WEEK. *TR

2010 KIA SOUL TRAVELING SOUTH ON SC HIGHWAY 905 AT 9:45PM., RURAL HIGHWAY WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT FROM A RIGHT SIDE DIRT ACCESS ROAD. THERE WAS A FRONT END CRASH TO THE KIA SOUL RESULTING IN TOTAL DAMAGE FRONT THE FRONT BUMPER TO THE FRONT DASH BOARD AREA. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND WAS TOWED. THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. UPDATED IVOQ PICTURES RECEIVED. 08/2/710 *TR

2010 KIA SOUL SPECIAL EDITION NUMBER ONE: ALL 4 PASSENGER DOORS HAVE MULTIPLE NICKS AND SCRATCHES ON THEIR INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY THE FRONT DOORS. THE SEATBELTS SCRATCH THE DOORS. THE PLASTIC INNER DOORS ARE TOO SOFT AND MAR TOO EASILY. *TR

DEEP SCRATCHES TO PILLARS, DOORS, GLOVE BOX, DASH BOARD AND CENTER CONSOLE DUE TO THE MATERIAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE VEHICLES INTERIOR. AT 3000 I BEGAN LETTING MY DEALERSHIP KNOW, THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA, KIA AMERICA INSISTS THEY LET ALL THE DEALERSHIPS KNOW OF THE DEFECT. KIA AMERICA WILL NOT SUBMIT ANYTHING IN WRITING, THEY ONLY GIVE A REFERENCE NUMBER AND SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I CAN'T SELL OR TRADE MY CAR IN BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED SUCH A LOSS DUE TO THE DEPRECIATION OF MARKET VALUE. MY INTERIOR LOOKS LIKE IT IS 10 YEARS OLD, I NOTICED THE ISSUE AT 1000MILES AND NOW HAVE 9000MILES AND STILL NO WORD FROM KIA. *TR

THE INTERIOR PANELS ARE EASILY SCRATCHED AND THE CAR LOOK LIKE IT IS TEN YEARS OLD AND IT IS BARELY A YEAR OLD. IT HAS AFFECTED THE VALUE AS I WAS TOLD BY A SEPARATE DEALER THAT THE INTERIOR LOOKS "HORRIBLE" I NOTIFIED KIA AND THEY SAID A "FIX" WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN TWO MONTHS AND ALMOST A YEAR LATER KIA HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

PURCHASED A 2010 KIA SOUL + EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO, USED WITH 10,000 MILES. THE INTERIOR OF THIS VEHICLE IS OF SUCH LOW QUALITY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT INSTEAD. NOT ONLY IS THE INTERIOR A POOR EXCUSE FOR THE CAR, SO IS THE EXTERIOR PAINT. CHIPS AND PEELING ARE NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THE KIA SOUL. IN FACT, ALL OF THE SOULS I HAVE SEEN, HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF PAINT DAMAGE, NOT DUE TO DRIVING OR ABUSE, BUT TO THE NEGLECT OF NOT USING HIGH QUALITY PAINTS AND FINISHES TO THE SOUL. ALL IN ALL, THE KIA SOUL IS A FUN CAR, BUT I AM VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THE WORKMANSHIP AND QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE. *TR