One problem related to transmission gear slipping has been reported for the 2020 Kia Motor Soul. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2020 Kia Motor Soul based on all problems reported for the 2020 Soul.
Rpms kept increasing to the red line for no apparent reason while driving on the highway. The vehicle would jerk and not have acceleration at higher speeds, the transmission would slip. The transmission would not always engage when accelerating from a stopped position, or when it did it would feel like the vehicle would drag as if something very heavy was tethered to it. At the same time the rpms would increase and decrease wildly without touching the accelerator. The vehicle was returned to the dealer who diagnosed "transmission slipping at higher rpms. Internal issue in the transmission. Per tech case #. . . � was authorized to replace the transmission assembly".