Forward Collision Avoidance Related Problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Soul

Table 1 shows two common forward collision avoidance related problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Soul.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Kia Motor Soul

Problem Category Number of Problems
Automatic Emergency Braking problems
1
Adaptive Cruise Control problems
1

Automatic Emergency Braking problem #1

Any time I apply the brakes while simultaneously hitting a bump, speed bump, etc, the brakes seems to loose power and the brakes seem to go to the floor. It's frightening! I have mentioned it to the kia dealer but they've not been able to identify the issue.

Adaptive Cruise Control problem #2

Car started ticking, small repair shop told me it was engine lifters, I paid $2000 to replace them. After replacing the engine lifters the mechanic said it would be quite and stop making the ticking noise on idle and acceleration. However 5 months later it was still ticking, low power, brought it back in and they said I need to replace the engine lock block. This mechanical defect is a recall on my vehicles make model and year however it’s VIN is not under the recall. Car will stall, doesn’t want to accelerate quickly, will shake, and tap, or tick noise from the engine at start, and the entire time car is running, th ticking increases when I accelerate.


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