2013 KIA SOUL Complaints

THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE STEERING AND PLAY WHEN THE CAR ENGINE IS RUNNING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND MOVING. APPEARS TO BE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR DAMPER THAT HAS AFFECTED MANY HYUNDAI AND KIA MODELS. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 58,000 MILES ON IT.

CAR WONT START, INTERMITTENTLY. GOT A NEW BATTERY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD START. LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH BUT CAR WOULDN'T START, QUICK JUMP AND CAR STARTED RIGHT UP. THIS KEPT HAPPENING SO I THOUGHT I HAD GOTTEN A BAD BATTERY. REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE AND A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING STARTING HAPPENING. THE CAR WOULDN'T START. TOOK IT TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE ALTERNATOR. THEY HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS AND EVERYTHING CHECKED CHECKED OUT FINE, COULD FIND A PROBLEM AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THIS. TOOK CAR HOME AND 3 DAYS LATER THE SAME THING THE CAR WONT START. QUICK JUMP STARTS RIGHT UP AND LASTS FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS AND WONT START AGAIN. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS STARTING ISSUE ON THE KIA SOUL WITH CUSTOMERS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM, THEY ALL SEEM TO BE THE SAME ISSUE AND WHEN WE TAKE IT IN THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. MY MECHANIC SAID WHILE DRIVING THIS PART COULD BREAK OFF CAUSING A SERIOUS SITUATION AND MAY PRECIPITATE AN ACCIDENT. THIS SITUATION IS CURRENT AND HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS

BOTH LOW BEAMS WENT OUT AT SAME TIME. HI BEAMS ARE WORKING. FUSES AND BULBS ARE OK. WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND WHEN STARTED CAR IN EVENING NOTICED DIDN'T HAVE LOW BEAMS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO MY FACTORY RADIO SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. SINCE THEN IT WILL COME ON BY ITSELF AND GO BACK OUT WITHOUT WARNING AND I AM UNABLE TO OPERATE IT IN ANY WAY OR TO CUT POWER ON OR OFF TO IT. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IT SMELLED LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF IT THRU THE DASH BOARD AREA INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE CAR OFF EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. I THEN POPPED THE HOOD TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ON FIRE AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING BUT THE SMOKE WAS STILL COMING THE THE DASHBOARD AREA. THIS WAS THE ONLY INCIDENT SINCE 2 DAYS AGO. I WAS DRIVING WHEN I STARTED SMELLING THE BURNING SMELL AND THEN I PULLED OVER AND PARKED AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE.

I HAVE A KIA SOUL 2013 I NOTICED A CLUCKING NOISE IN THE STEARING COLLUM WHEN IT IS STATIONARY POSTION ALSO THE COLLUM SEEMS TO HAVE ALOT OF PLAY IN IT . I NOTICE IF I HIT A BUMP IN ROAD IT RATALS . I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER NEXT WEEK. I HAVE BEEN READING ALL ABOUT THESE ISSUSE FROM SI MANY PEOPLE . I CANT BELEIVE THAT KIA HAS NOT DONE SOMETHING ABIUT THIS . I DRIVE MY. 94 YEAR OLD MOTHER AROUND IN THIS CAR . I AM GOING TO CONTACT A LAYER OR A NEWS STATION ABOUT THIS . THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED PROPERLY. . I WILL SEE WHAT LOKEY KIA SAIDS ABOUT THIS AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES ME . I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 37000 MILES ON CAR BOUGHT IT IN 2015 DEC. IT HAD 21000 THEN .

WE WERE DRIVING I-15 NB IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CALIFORNIA. WE WERE HEADING UPHILL ON A GRADE AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. WE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND BEFORE WE COULD GET OUT OF THE CAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE WHOLE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN 30 SECONDS. THERE WAS NO COLLISION AND NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY ISSUES. THIS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY OF 2016

THE STEERING WHEEL IS SUPER LOOSE AND THE CAR WILL VEER RIGHT ON ITS OWN. WE TOOK IT IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT ($80) AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE TO GO INTO STEERING COLUMN AND DIAGNOSE AND FIX. THEY SAID MOST THE PARTS WERE CHEAP, HOWEVER THE JOB IS TIMELY AND TEDIOUS, THEREFORE THE ANTICIPATE IT COSTING APPROXIMATELY $500 PLUS THE $80 ALIGNMENT....SO ALMOST $600! ALL OF THIS RIGHT AT CHRISTMAS TIME, AND EVEN WORSE, ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE CHARLIE DEMOLISHED OUR HOME IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE MECHANIC TOLD US WE WERE LUCKY THE STEERING HASN'T STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND WARNED US TO NOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT WOULD STOPPED WORKING AT SOME POINT AND WE COULD BE IN MAJOR ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THICK WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HATFIELD KIA (LOCATED AT 1455 AUTO MALL DR, COLUMBUS, OH 43228, (855) 226-5444) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 12952277. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. *DT*JB

MY CAR HAS 55K MILES ON IT. I PURCHASED IT OCTOBER 2013. THE STEERING COUPLING JUST WENT BAD AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY $500 FOR THE REPAIR. THIS COMPLAINT SEEMS TO BE PREVALENT WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO BACK UP WITH DRIVER'S SIDE CONTROL. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THAT IS ALSO OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT IT WILL $350 FOR THE REPAIR. I'M CONFUSED... HOW CAN NONE OF THIS BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY? PLUS, I'M STILL WAITING FOR KIA MILES PER GALLON SETTLEMENT FROM 4 YEARS AGO. IF THIS IS THEY WAY THEY OPERATE, I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE.