2010 Kia Soul Power Train

PROBLEM STARTED AFTER HAVING CLUTCH REPLACED IN APRIL 2019. WHEN IN 2ND GEAR, CAR HESITATES AND BEHAVES AS IF IT ISN'T GETTING GAS; IE: DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING GAS. I TAKE FOOT OFF OF GAS AND THEN PUT BACK ON THE PEDAL OR HAVE TO CHANGE GEARS BEFORE CAR ACCELERATES.

MANUAL CLUTCH DEFECTIVE AT ONLY 13,300 MILES. CHECKED ONLINE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH KIA, MANY WITH EVEN LESS MILES. APPARENTLY KIA KNOWS THE CLUTCH IS DEFECTIVE AS THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL (6) OF THE CLUTCHES PARTS IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S MODEL BUT THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CLUTCH IS A "WEAR AND TEAR ITEM". I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CLUTCH WEARING OUT AT ONLY 13,300 MILES. MY LAST MANUAL VEHICLE (JEEP) HAD 89,000 MILES WHEN TRADED IN AND STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL FACTORY CLUTCH. *TR

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND RELEASING THE CLUTCH OUT TO START MOVING THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD METALLIC MOANING SOUND. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND GETTING READY TO MORE THAN LIKELY BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED EACH TIME AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS HAPPENING. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 19K MILES ON IT NOW, AND KIA NORTH AMERICA HAS BEEN CONTACTED EACH TIME AND THE REGIONAL ADVISOR HAS ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE IS STILL NO MENTION OF WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE BULKING AT BUYING THE CAR BACK OR COMPLETELY REPLACING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN HARD TO PUT INTO REVERSE FROM A STAND STILL AT TIMES. *TR

SOLID REAR AXLE FAILURE. *TR

MY WIFE AND I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2010 KIA SOUL ON 01/21/2012. SHE WAS DRIVING IT TO THE CAR WAS AND AS SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE ENTRANCE SHE WAS PULLED UP TOO CLOSELY. SHE BACKED UP THEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND AS SHE BEGAN TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THOUGHT IT WAS STILL IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO MOVE BACKWARD. SHE THEN PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST AGAIN AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, THIS TIME CAUSING HER TO HIT THE PAY BOX FOR THE CAR WASH AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER, MIRROR AND DOOR. *TR

ON AUGUST 5, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2010 KIA SOUL WHEN IT BROKE DOWN. THE ENGINE GOT STUCK IN SECOND AND IT TOOK FOR EVER TO GET TO THIRD DESPITE PUSHING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. ONCE IT DID IT WOULD JERK HER AROUND. IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 THE SAME ISSUES CAME BACK. ADDITIONALLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT DOWN SHIFT ON ITS OWN WHILE JERKING YOU FORWARD. IT THEN RELEASES LUNGING THE VEHICLE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALER. THEY SAID THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. *TR