r/KiaSoulClub

My partner and I cosighned on a 25. It's a great car, lots of beeps and chimes. It's sense of speed is very strange to me. It *feels* like it's driving so slow. So many times im like "why is he only going 40 on the highway" and look over and he's going 75. I drove to work and I'm like oh lord I better speed up I'm only going 30, no, I'm going 55, it just, seems slow. Maybe because it's so smooth and quiet? Idk

I have a 2023 Soul. Here’s my issue: When I come to a stop sign and the auto-engine-stop kicks in, the motor won’t restart when I hit the gas. It simply stalls. I took it to KIA dealer NUMEROUS times. They replaced alternator, starter, oil pump. I’ve spent thousands. Problem persists. If I hit button that disables auto-stop, all is fine. But if I forget, I stall out again. It’s maddening. Any thoughts?

Is it possible to change the instrumentation light color? Line from RED to a BLUE or GREEN even?

My wife bought a 2017 Kia Soul Plus 2.0L in 2021 with about 49K miles and since owning it, it has really high oil consumption, loud valve rattle, erratic MPG and just general poor consistent performance.

I'm mechanically inclined and did all the maintenance and tune ups to try to get it to run better or improve fuel economy.

We took the vehicle back to the dealer two times, the first time they replaced the crankshaft cam gear - it has a known design defect where the guide pin shears off causing the timing to be off. It took over a month for them to get approval. They had to replace the timing chain, guides, as well as the whole camshaft. My wife was pushing for engine replacement because her vehicle VIN was included in the settlement, the dealership would only do the repair. Because it was over the threshold they had to send an inspector out to make sure the work billed to them was actually being done.

Shortly after getting the car back we got a P420 code for the catalytic converter because the car had been running so rich it burned it out. Luckily they were able to attach it to the original repair and cover the replacement of the catalytic converter, that was another week in the shop.

Lastly the car continued to burn excessive oil between oil changes -- never a "low oil" warning light or any indication of a problem. Up until a few days ago when the car just died in the middle lane of a freeway on-ramp, during rush hour -- probably the scariest vehicle break down I've ever had. Tried to restart the vehicle -- the starter self-destructed, white smoke and the strong smell of burning electrical.

Had it towed back in to the dealer -- luckily this time they fast-tracked engine replacement! The dealership verified the crankshaft failed causing complete engine seizure at 109K miles and also got approval for warranty replacement.

The engine is on order due in 3-5 days. Cautiously optimistic that this will fix things for the near future.

Hi all,

7 months ago I got an used 2016 EV with a 137km range (sometimes 142) on a full charge. Back then it's only got about 49000 km on the mileage. I have driven it quite extensively since, added almost 20000km to the mileage since. While I tried to careful I've also gotten into some minor accidents.

But the current issue is that on a full charge, the range meter shows only 112/113km, and this happened about a month or two month and it's almost an over night dropp, and it hasn't really recovered since. I have tried to maintain a good charging habit (only charging up to 80%, using level 1/2 whenever possible).

Does anyone know why this is happening, would it have something to do with the heat? Will it go back to how it was once the weather cools down? I have recently moved to a new address where it required a lot more highway driving and driving up hill, would that be a contributing factor? Do I need to consider getting a new (pricy) battery?

2015 1.6l base model. I’ve owned it since April, 115k km on the car.

Did an oil change recently, lost the gasket on the drain plug so had to drain the oil after 3 weeks to put a new one on. Happened to be at my mechanic friend’s house as he did some work on my husband’s car, so he drained the oil to replace the plug.

The oil was surprisingly dirty considering I’ve only driven about 300km since the oil change, and when he drained the pan back into the car there were little sparkly bits that my husband referred to as “engine glitter”.

I know I need new brakes fairly soon. And possibly a new cat, because my car keeps giving me the P0420 code. We haven’t done a piston soak yet, but we did use the valvoline restore and protect oil when we did the change. I don’t seem to have noticeable oil consumption, I check the oil every time I get gas and it seems to be consistently the same level (I take pictures).

Am I cooked? We’re going back to him to drain the oil and look inside the engine with a bore scope to see where it might be coming from, but he is recommending not spending any money on the car, and trading it in for something else. He is the mechanic who checked out the car when I brought it, and he feels really bad but he didn’t know. In fact, if we had taken it to a commercial oil change place we would never know there’s metal in my oil.

The Kia Connect app, as I'm sure y'all know, works with Amazon's Alexa.

So one day I'm getting ready to leave, and I open Alexa on my phone and say "Alexa, ask Kia to start the car."

Apparently you need to be more specific.

Alexa responds, "I'm not sure which car you're talking about. Would you like me to start your soul?"

(Yeah, Alexa, I'm dead; start my soul.)

Trying to diagnose a weird power lock issue on my 2013 Kia Soul.

I just got a properly programmed key/fob, so I’ve ruled out the old key being the problem.

Here’s whats happening:
- Pressing lock works and locks the doors.
- Pressing unlock once unlocks the driver door normally.
- Pressing unlock a second time does NOT unlock the passenger or rear doors.
- Using both interior unlock switches has basically the same issue. The driver door responds, but the other three won’t unlock.
- I can hear clicking when trying to unlock them.
- Very occasionally, all of the doors WILL unlock normally. I’ve noticed this tends to happen shortly after parking/shutting off the car, but it’s rare and I haven’t figured out a consistent way to reproduce it.

Since all three other doors are affected together and they can still electrically lock, it seems weird that all three actuators would have failed in the same way.

Has anyone run into this on a 2012–2013 Soul? And if so, what did you do to fix it?

I bought my 2015 Soul new in 2015. Now real previous major expenses and it’s a great car. I live in a dry climate so there is no rust and even with kids the interior is in pretty good condition . Considering the expense of even a used car we came up with an update plan. First, the radio. Replaced the stock radio with an Alpine with a rear view camera and apple car play. Second, new engine. We choose one from Fraser Engine and Transmission with a 3 year 100K warranty. Great people do deal with and very easy process. We did have to have it professionally installed for the warranty, but that’s beyond my ambition anyway. Last, new paint and remove some small cosmetic dings. which is planed sometime for the few months. The total cost is going to be around 10k but it’s essentially new and a known car.

2015 kia soul, haven’t driven it in 4 days and it won’t turn over. I’ve replaced the battery twice. Manufacturer said the battery is fine. Road side assistance says it isn’t holding a charge well. Mechanics can’t find a drain. I have to get rid of this car in 2 weeks as I’m moving and I’m about to have a panic attack. 😅😅😅