2014 Kia Soul Electrical System

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon start of the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken an independent mechanic where the mechanic discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a purchased from a Toyota dealer. An email was sent to the car salesman who sold the contact the vehicle. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 112,485, it was later discovered that the mileage was approximately 138,000.

Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 92,000. It was later discovered that the mileage on the Title was 200,000.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle intermittently stalled. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 89,000.

The contact owns a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the contact smelled an abnormal electrical burning odor inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to dealer however, no cause for the failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 60,000.

My car was stolen by a minor who had a USB cable and internet instructions. My car was lacking proper if any anti theft technology by Kia. Because Kia is aware of this issue and did nothing not only myself but anyone who drives a Kia is at risk for a theft or car jacking. The car was recovered and inspected by local police. No car should be made available for purchase without security features that keep you and your property safe. Who knows how things could have ended if there was a direct confrontation. If one is crazy enough to steal a car, one may be nuts enough to have a gun.

P050A ENGINE CODE KEEPS REOCCURRING WITH NO FIX FROM KIA. THEY KEEP SUGGESTING "FIXES" LIKE REPLACING THE COLD AIR INTAKE VALVE. CAI MECHANICAL BOARD. CLEANING THE CARBON IS REALLY PRICEY, BUT THE ERROR CODE JUST KEEPS COMING BACK. SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON. CHECK ENGINE CODE KEEPS POPPING UP DESPITE EVERYTHING RUNNING FINE AND BEING CLEAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, FADED IN AND OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SOMETIMES ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WAS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SECOND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CHECKED OUT THE ELECTRICAL SOCKETS AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE RIGHT SOCKET MELTED WHILE THE LEFT SOCKET HAD BURNED OUT 50 PER CENT. THE TECHNICIAN DOCUMENTED HIS FINDINGS AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A THIRD INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO VISUALLY NOTED 'AN ELECTRICAL SHORT', AND ALSO STATED THAT THE RIGHT SOCKET BURNED 100 PERCENT AND THAT THE LEFT ONE WAS ALMOST BURNED OUT. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE WINN KIA OF FREMONT, DEALER, LOCATED AT: 5633 JOHN MUIR DR, NEWARK, CA 94560, WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD THE CONTACT THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL BACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO ONE CALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

I WAS COMING BACK FROM A ROAD TRIP 7/26 AND THE CAR STARTING MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE I NEVER HEARD BEFORE THIS CAR WAS VERY NEW TO ME WITH NO ISSUES OR RECALLS PER THE CARFAX REPORT I JUST BOUGHT IT 5/7/2020 AND I PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND THE CAR HAD A SMALL FIRE ALREADY IGNITED , I RAN BACK INTO THE CAR TO GET MY CELL PHONE AND THE CAR WAS ALREADY ENGULFED IN A FLAME SECONDS LATER IT WAS A FULL FIRE

HEADLIGHT CONNECTOR HAS SLIGHTLY OVERHEATED AND MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF SLIGHT DEFORMITY. HEADLIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. KIA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT WILL NOT REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGING A FEE FOR VEHICLES OUT OF WARRANTY. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED WITH NO COST TO CONSUMER, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME ARE FAILING WITHIN THE SPECIFIED WARRANTY.

2014 KIA SOUL + (JUST GOT - ONE MONTH - 1ST TIME HAPPENING) : IN MY DRIVEWAY: NOT STARTING: I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT - THE LIGHTS/ DASHBOARD LIT/ AND RADIO PLAYED, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START - I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND TURNED OFF THE CAR: I TRIED X3 TIMES (RADIO OFF) - SAME RESULTS: THEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION / PUT FOOT ON BRAKE / PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND TURNED - DASHBOARD LIT UP / HEARD THE CLICK / ENGINE DID NOT START / PUT CAR IN DRIVE - TURNED AGAIN / STILL NOTHING: PUT CAR IN PARK / TOOK KEY OUT IGNITION - TOOK KEY OUT - PUT KEY BACK IN IGNITION AND TURNED / DASHBOARD LIT / HEARD CLICK / NO ENGINE START: SAW ON YOUTUBE SEVERAL VIDEOS WITH SAME ISSUE.

WHEN HAVING MY HEADLIGHTS ON AND USING MY TURN SIGNAL EITHER WAY , MY LIGHTS WILL ALL FLICKER INSIDE AND OUT AND ALSO TIMES WHERE IT WILL GO COMPLETELY BLACK IN MY CAR. THIS IS AN EXTREME DANGER TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TO THE POINT IF THIS CAR IS EVEN DRIVABLE AT NIGHT . A RECALL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO - THERE ARE 12 PAGES OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS , THAT MEANS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES DRIVING IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE . ALSO ILLEGAL NOT TO USE TURN SIGNALS , WHICH SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED OVER .

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSIDE PANEL LIGHTS FLICKERED OFF AND ON. AT ONE POINT ON A RURAL ROAD THE HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!

ONE OR BOTH OF THE HEAD LIGHTS WILL ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WORK, WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. WHILE DRIVING HEAD LIGHTS CAN FLICKER. MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH WAS CHANGED, THIS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD LAMP WIRING HARNESS, WHICH MELTS THE CONNECTOR. OTHERS ALSO HAVE THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES AND BURNING WIRES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING WAS ALSO FLICKERING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

DASH LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SHUT OFF. HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH KIDS HAD TO STOP MIDDLE OF ROAD. WEIRD NOISE (ELECTRIC BUZZ) SOUNDS LIKE IN SPEAKERS. WHILE DRIVING BACKROADS. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OUT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. THEY ALSO GO OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE MOST RECENT BEING ON 08/05/2018

THE HEADLAMPS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR AND ALL LIGHTS ON THE CAR, THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLICKER OCCASSIONAL AND FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO DRAIN THE BATTERY. NOTHING I DID WOULD MAKE THE DASH LIGHTS AND FLICKERING LIGHTS GO OUT.

WITH HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON. HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES WILL NOT COME ON. CAN HAPPEN TO EACH HEADLIGHT INDEPENDENTLY. SOMETIME GOING TO HIGH BEAM WILL MAKE LOW BEAM COME ON WHEN SWITCHED BACK TO LOW BEAM. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN COLD. THIS HAPPENS WHILE SITTING STILL OR WHILE MOVING. VIBRATION DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LIGHTS DO NOT FLICKER. THE JUST WON'T COME ON. LIGHTS HAVE JUST GONE OFF AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. LET SIT THEY WILL COME BACK ON AFTER TURNING LIGHT SWITCH OFF FOR PERIOD OF TIME.

WHILE DRIVING HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN MY 7 MONTH OLD KIA SOUL, I STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. ALL OF SUDDEN BLACK SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF MY AIR VENTS. I WENT TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND THE IT COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I THEN WENT TO OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND FLAMES WERE SHOOTING INTO THE CAR. I HAD TO JUMP OVER THE CONSOLE TO GET OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. MY DISABLED DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AND I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING HER OUT BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS KEPT ENGAGING. I DID GET HER OUT AND BY THEN THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. A PASSERBY STOPPED TO HELP US AND WE DROVE A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLE. AS I CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT, I COULD HEAR MY WINDOWS BLOWING OUT. IT TOOK THE FIRE DEPT. 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE AND BY THEN THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ON FIRE. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF IT BUT THE FRAME. I HAVE WRITTEN AND CALLED KIA TO LET THEM KNOW OF THIS INCIDENT. I ALSO SENT PICTURES OF THE CAR AND A VIDEO OF IT BURNING. THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY CHECKING INTO IT, BUT THIS HAPPENED ON FEB. 6, 2015 AND I HAVE STILL NOT HEARD FROM THEM. *TR

BATTERY DIED, DEFECTIVE, REPLACED WITH A NEW AFTERMARKET BATTERY. *TR

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW 2014 KIA SOUL. I NOTICED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER IN THE STEERING COLUMN SEEMS VERY LOOSE. WITH THE KEY IN THE CYLINDER IT HAS TOO MUCH PLAY. THE KEY WIGGLES AROUND VERY LOOSELY. BEING CONCERNED THAT IT MAY CAUSE THE IGNITION SWITCH TO TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING, I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT KIA DEALERS' SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. BOTH TOLD ME IT'S NORMAL;. I'VE BEEN DRIVING SINCE 1969 AND HAVE NEVER SEEN AN IGNITION SWITCH HAVE THAT MUCH PLAY IN IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE CAR TO TURN ITSELF OFF WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. THANK YOU. *TR