Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2010 Kia Motor Soul. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2010 Kia Motor Soul based on all problems reported for the 2010 Soul.
On two separate occasions, I have experienced unintended acceleration, once when the cruise was on and once when it wasn't. The kia Soul would not respond to braking or slow down to less than 20 mph. Luckily I was on the interstate or four lane both times and had time to get over on the berm and put car in neutral and then park and then turn off immediately. I tried to restart and the engine revved up to 7,000 in park. I let car sit for about 15 minutes. . . First time when I tried to restart it seemed to be okay. I drove it for about a month before second occurrence. This time car would not reset and when trying to restart, engine was revving to 7,000 rpm in park. I told all this to my local dealership. They ran diagnostic but found nothing wrong. . . I am scared to drive it and after some research, looks like there have been numerous people experiencing the same issues.
I own a pre-owned 2010 kia Soul! with approximately 47k miles, clear title and no accidents. On Sunday 12/29/13 my car experienced sua (sudden unintended acceleration). I was driving approximately 35 mph, approaching a rotary, when my car suddenly accelerated on its own. The rpms spiked up to 4000-5000 and my car lunged forward and the engine was racing very loudly. I had to pump the brakes multiple times to decelerate and bring the car to a complete stop. This incident is now the 4-5th time I have experienced sudden acceleration (within 1 year), usually happening between the 35-45mph range. The car will accelerate on its own (even if I've been at a complete stop, it will jump forward with rpms running abnormally high) and I'll have to press on the brakes significantly. I brought the car to lev kia in framingham MA where they ran a diagnostic test (12/30/13) and apparently found no recorded "trouble codes" and said they had never heard of this problem before and there is nothing they can do about it if they cannot recreate the incident. With some minimal research online, I was able to find other kia owners reporting the same issue, including another 2010 kia Soul that resulted in a severe accident due to the speed control. This is obviously not a secluded incident and further research must be done. I feel unsafe driving my kia Soul!.
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