Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Kia Motor Soul

When my wife was stopped in a school parking lot with my foot on the brake preparing to back into a parking space the car suddenly accelerated. I ran into a parked car and the only way I could get it to stop was to turn the car off. Me, our daughter and son all have had a surging issue but was always a minor issue. This is a very dangerous issue and kia needs to address the issue.

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Tl the contact owns a 2018 kia Soul. While driving approximately 25 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact stopped the vehicle to make sure that it was in gear. While the contact attempted to park in front of her house, with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated and crashed into the front of the house. The front driver's air bag deployed. The driver sustained a broken nose that required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company to a lot. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.

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.

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The contact owns a 2011 kia Soul. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle and shifting into reverse, the engine rpm's increased to 6000 and the vehicle suddenly accelerated in reverse. After shifting to neutral, the engine rpm's continued to increase before suddenly decreasing to normal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 79,000.

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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!.