general problems of the 2011 Kia Motor Soul

Engine is going excessive through oil .

Failure to fix the engine repair causing fires.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. The contact stated while driving 30 mph and making a right turn, the contact veered to the side of the road, and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that there was smoke coming from the hood. The contact opened the hood and noticed coolant in the engine compartment and smoke. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact that the failure was due to the engine. The contact called the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 23v652000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 157,000.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v652000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the residence and parked. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,169.

Recalled number 23v652 manufacturer recall sc284am hecu car can set on fire while driving its been months that a recall was said and we consumers where told to park our cars, yet we need them to utilize daily our families are at risk because kia wont release the remedy. Last year I received the recall.

I have had this recall(sc284) since September 25, 2023 of this year. Also I have called multiple places to have it repaired and I’ve gotten the run around. They have been so rude! also now the check engine light has come on the dash so now I’m getting even more worried about the recall situation.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer however, the vehicle had not been repaired. Shortly after the electronic stability control, abs, and tpms warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle began to emit an abnormal smoke odor from inside near the engine compartment. The contact called the dealer who confirmed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 21v137000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and that the hecu had failed and needed to be repaired. The contact was advised by the dealer to turn off and not drive the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Solo. No quiso correr.

The engine can’t be fixed.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed the vehicle but could not determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v652000 (service brakes, hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while reversing and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle temporarily jerked. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times while driving and depressing the brake pedal. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who test-drove the vehicle and informed the contact that no failure was found. The independent mechanic reset the check engine warning light. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

My engine light has been going off and one no problem driving the problem is when I put gas in car the car want start until I give it gas a little. I don't have problem to crank car. And after I crank my car after I pump the gas to start it. There is no problem only when I get gas. It goes off maybe after a long while but then come back on when gas get to low and then problem starts all over again. I have ask kia dealer about recalls all the time they say all recalls on vehicle are done. I have read several times about fuel problem or pipe that cause fires on vechicle. I read as recent as Jan 18 there was recall in another country on this . The light went off Jan 15 but came back on jan18.

On Friday, September 27, 2019, I was driving from katy, TX to new orleans, la traveling with my 2-year-old son on I-10. Approximately 51 miles outside of lafayette, 2011 kia Soul loses engine power while driving highway speed in the passing lane. Rpm and mph goes to 0 and all lights appear on dashboard. Unable to accelerate in car. Thankfully no accident. Coasts onto should and turns car off. Restarts car and it starts fine. Car continues with this issue progressively getting worse and happening more often with at one point state troopers were called out. After seeing a total of 3 dealerships, one of which I went to for a second time, and one firestone (mike at firestone actually saw smoke coming from under the hood) it's determined to be both catalytic converters on Friday, October 5, 2019. . . No word on what else is at issue as it's a lets see if the problem is fixed game with kia. . . It's now Wednesday, October 9 and after replacing one catalytic converter on Monday, October 7. . . I am told that the second is bad two days later. Please help!.

The clutch has gone out twice . The first time was at 54029 and date of 1/17/17. Less than six months later I took it back to the dealership and told them that it was slipping on takeoff. They said that everything was fine. This time it 72735 and date of 12/28/18 . The bill for the first time was 1445. 79 . It is rediculous that it goes out so soon. I have read on line that kia uses a valve on the slave cylinder that causes slipping.

The car won't start after putting gas in several times . After 3 tries and around 10-14 minutes it will start. There are several forums online regarding this haooenedijf to kia Souls .

Theres something really wrong with my engine and other mechanical issue. I've been to kia dealership and they wont fix it because theres no recalls that have been announced. The sensor lights keep turning on and once I check it it says nothing is wrong, but the light is still on and it will turn off whenever it feels like it, also the smell of the engine smells like its burning and the car get really hot as if the heater was on.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. While the vehicle was stationary, the rpms increased rapidly without any pressure being applied to the accelerator pedal. Also, when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle slowed down. When the vehicle was geared into the park position, the rpms increased to over 2,000 rpms. The contact turned the vehicle off and restarted it to reset the engine. The vehicle was taken to mentor kia in mentor, ohio, but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 2,500.

Traffic came to an abrupt stop and iv rear ended ov1 which pushed ov1 into ov2 which was pushed into ov3. Vehicle in question (kia Soul) was the iv. The iv suffered extreme front-end damage and was totalled. The air bags did not deploy. The officer at the scene and the towing company driver were adament that the force exterted by the iv and the damage incurred should have deployed the air bags. Driver of the iv suffered injuries from being slammed into the steering wheel (chest) and dash board (knees).

Air conditioner I actually found this out by accident. I bought a portable explosive gas detector from menards (model number: 240pgd) mainly for my sister who lives in a trailer park and has become severely ill from a sewer gas smell in the court. Just before I left for my sister's place, I thought I would try out this gas detector in the cabin of my car near the a/c vent. I looked at the specs for this explosive gas detector and the temperatures were within testing range. The explosive gas detector showed high concentrations of explosive gas by beeping and showing a red led. I tested several times at different temps with the a/c on and received red led lights and warning beeps. While it did not specify which explosive gas,this detector detects acetylene, butane, methane (natural gas) and propane. I did look up air conditioner refrigerant and found that cars in the us may use a butane/propane mixture. My wife and I have been getting headaches with increasing intensity and wonder if this is why. I'm glad that we are not smokers or we would have blown up or been blow torched by the a/c. The detector did not detect explosive gas when I took it back into my house as a reference.

The whole front of the car was on fire and the wind shield exploded. Everything melted down and car is totaled. This incident was caused by an interior malfunction with the car. Would like kia to replace this car with a new car because this was a new car that I purchased through kia.