Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 2015 Kia Motor Soul

Catalytic converter overheat it causing muffler to melt the bumper. Car also overheated due to the issue.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 kia Soul. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v750000 (engine). The contact stated that while driving and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond as designed. Additional, there was an abnormal sound coming from underneath the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure occurred prior to receiving the recall notification. The contact took the vehicle to gettel kia of bradenton (6423 14th st w, bradenton, FL 34207) to be diagnosed. The dealer informed the contact that the failure on the vehicle was not related to the recall. The contact was informed that the failure was caused by the muffler. The contact disagreed and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000.

Loss of power, needs oil every 1k miles. Catalytic through the muffler clogged and had to be replaced. Everything stated in the sc176 recall for the 1. 7l engine is exactly the same on the 2. 0 been getting worse and worse wont last another year.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 kia Soul. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle started to vibrate abnormally, smoke billowed from the tail pipe, and the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to rally kia (located at 438 auto vista dr, palmdale, CA 93551, (661) 349-4639) where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. A secondary diagnostic found a hole in the engine block. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.