Transmission Gear Slipping Problems of Kia Motor Soul

Kia Motor Soul owners have reported 4 problems related to transmission gear slipping (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Kia Motor Soul based on all problems reported for the Soul.

1 Transmission Gear Slipping problem of the 2015 Kia Motor Soul

Failure Date: 12/20/2020

My transmission is slipping and will not shift.

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2 Transmission Gear Slipping problem of the 2020 Kia Motor Soul

Failure Date: 02/12/2020

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".

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3 Transmission Gear Slipping problem of the 2016 Kia Motor Soul

Failure Date: 04/19/2018

Transmission started slipping while driving. Then transmission slipped while going 45 and engine red lined then died. Would not restart.

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4 Transmission Gear Slipping problem of the 2010 Kia Motor Soul

Failure Date: 11/01/2009

The contact owns a 2010 kia Soul. The contact was driving approximately 25 mph. The transmission began to slip without prior warning. The failure continued during the travel for approximately 800 miles. In addition, whenever dispensing fuel into the fuel tank; the fuel continuously sprays out. Also, there was failure with the brake system. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to locate the failures. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 800. The current mileage was approximately 7,000.

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