2013 KIA SOUL Complaints

KIA SOUL 2013 RECALL. WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 55MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. WE RUSHED IMMEDIATELY TO THE KIADEALERSHIP AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE KIA ENGINE FIRES. THEY SCANNED OUR VECHIEL AND SAIDONE OF THE ENGINE COILS MAY STOP WORKING. THEY SAID OUR CAR COULD JUST STOP WORKING ON THE ROAD AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO TOW IT IN. THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A CLEAR EXPLAINATION OF THE PROBLEM TO ME. I'M CONCERNED WE'LL KEEP DRIVING THE CAR AND IT WILL CATCH ON FIRE.

WHEN YOU TURN ON THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL HAS THIS CLICK CLICK TO EACH SIDE AND AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL A CLICK SOUND IS HEARD WHEN MOVING STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT. THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES THIS SOUND WHILE YOU'RE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IN THE CARSON PARK WHERE THE YEAR ACTUALLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ANYTIME YOU TURN THE WHEEL JUST A LITTLE RIGHT TO THE LEFT IT SOUNDS LIKE AND FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL CONNECTION IS GOING TO BREAK I'M NOT A CAR PERSON BUT IT'S LIKE WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN GOES DOWN AND IT WILL CONNECT TO SHEA A U JOINT AND YOU TURN THE TURN IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND DO YOU JOIN US NOT CONNECTING PROPERLY THAT'S THE WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT. I HAVE NO DOCUMENTS JUST A SOUND. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT NOT A LOT JUST A LITTLE BIT IT WOULD BE LIKE IN THE PLAY IN A STEERING WHEEL BUT THERE SHOULD BE NO CLICKS

WHEN I TRY TO USE MY CRUISE CONTROL IT DOES NOT WORK AND A SMELL OF WIRES BURNING.......CONCERNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE.....PLEASE ADVISE......THANKS (XXXXX). 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

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.

WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY, I NOTICED A CLICKING SOUND IN MY STEERING WHEEL WHEN MOVING IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I GOOGLED THIS AND SAW MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; HOWEVER THE RECALLS WERE NOT FOR THE 2013 KIA SOUL'S. I CALLED KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE @ 1-800-333-4542 AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER HAVE IT DIAGNOSED @ $143.00 BUT CANNOT GUARANTEE THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I CALLED THE KIA DEALERSHIP IN DELRAY BEACH, FL AND WAS TOLD THAT THE KIA OPTIMA WAS RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE KIA SOULS COMING IN WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE COST FOR REPAIR WOULD BE $400.00 +. I SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SINCE KIA IS AWARE THIS PART IS OF POOR DESIGN AND FAILS PREMATURELY. KIA SHOULD BE RECALLING ALL MODELS SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND ALL MODELS HAVE THE SAME DEFECTIVE MDPS COUPLER IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I FEEL THAT ANYONE DRIVING A KIA IS AT RISK.

ENGINE LOOSES OIL OUT TAIL PIPE. DOESN'T LEAK A DROP OR SMOKE. WARM IT UP IN GARAGE AND THERE IS A SPOT OF OIL WHERE EXHAUST EXITS. AFTER FRESH OIL CHANGE, AROUND 1000 MILES AFTER THERE IS NO OIL ON DIP STICK. STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 80,000 MILES. TOLD KIA DEALER AND THEY SAID WARRENTY IS VOIDED SINCE I CHANGE THE OIL MYSELF AND HAVE NO DOCUMENTS TO PROVE. I CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES .

ENGINE SHUT DOWN LOST ALL OIL. KIA TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAY IT'S BECAUSE I CHANGED MY OWN OIL AND HAD A KINK IN FILTER. I HAVE CHANGED MY OIL FOR YEARS DO MOST OF MY OWN WORK BUILD TRUCKS FOR A LIVING NO WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE I CHANGED THE OIL ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO IT WOULD HAVE LEAKED THE 1ST TIME I DROVE IT. KIA CORPORATE AND DEALER STAND. BE THERE TECH. THERES FIXING TO BE A RECALL THAT DESCRIBES MY ISSUE TO THE DETAIL. THE CORPORATE LADY I SPOKE TO WHEN IT HAPPEND SAID IT SOUNDED JUST LIKE THE RECALL THAT'S FIXING TO COME OUT. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER THEN THEY BACK TRACK. THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE A MECHANIC I KNOW SAID HE HAS HAD 3 OR 4 IN THE LAST 2 YEARS COME IN HIS GARAGE FOR SAME THING. ANYTHING YALL CAN DO TO HELP ME THANKS. WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK LIKE NORMAL ENGINE JUST DIED NO NOISE NO LIGHTS NOTHING

ARRYTHMICAL CLICKING/GRINDING SOUND FROM STEERING COLUMN AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND WHILE STOPPED WHEN STEERING WHEEL TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE KIA SOUL YET ONLY 2014 THROUGH 2015 MODELS WERE AFFECTED BY A RECALL?

FOR CABLE COOLER ( STEERING) BRAKES CAUSING A CLUNKING NOISE AND MAKES STEERING SLOPPY.DANGER RATING 7.6 SHOULD BE RECALLED!

STARTING IN 2018, ON 6 OCCASIONS AND AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN 2019, WHEN I TRY TO BRAKE THE CAR ACTUALLY ACCELERATES. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON STREETS AND IN PARKING LOTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 DEALERS AND BOTH HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ASSIST ME, AS THEY SAY THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT KIAS IN DIFFERENT YEARS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM.