10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
8,000 miles

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problem #3

Jul 022013

Soul 4-cyl

  • miles
I bought my car from Mazda in hilo, Hawaii. After three months the A/C when it is turned on, would work for 5 minutes or so, then it will blow warm air. The Mazda dealership in hilo, Hawaii tried to repair the A/C problem once, the problem persisted, then Mazda sent me to the Kia dealership which tried to fix the A/C problem twice, with no success. I since moved to oahu in April 9th, 2014. The A/C problem is still on going. My niece bought Kia Soul 2011 here on oahu and her car has the same A/C problem, I have. Is there other Kia Soul 2011 owners with the same A/C problem?

- Kaneohe, HI, USA

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problem #2

Jul 302012

Soul 4-cyl

  • 24,000 miles
Air conditioner I actually found this out by accident. I bought a portable explosive gas detector from menards (model number: 240pgd) mainly for my sister who lives in a trailer park and has become severely ill from a sewer gas smell in the court. Just before I left for my sister's place, I thought I would try out this gas detector in the cabin of my car near the A/C vent. I looked at the specs for this explosive gas detector and the temperatures were within testing range. The explosive gas detector showed high concentrations of explosive gas by beeping and showing a red led. I tested several times at different temps with the A/C on and received red led lights and warning beeps. While it did not specify which explosive gas, this detector detects acetylene, butane, methane (natural gas) and propane. I did look up air conditioner refrigerant and found that cars in the us may use a butane/propane mixture. My wife and I have been getting headaches with increasing intensity and wonder if this is why. I'm glad that we are not smokers or we would have blown up or been blow torched by the A/C. the detector did not detect explosive gas when I took it back into my house as a reference.

- Bloomington, IL, USA

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problem #1

Jan 092012

Soul

  • miles
The whole front of the car was on fire and the wind shield exploded. Everything melted down and car is totaled. This incident was caused by an interior malfunction with the car. Would like Kia to replace this car with a new car because this was a new car that I purchased through Kia.

- Willowgrove, PA, USA

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