There are 5 stored owner reports matching the lighting leading-label group for the 2013 Kia Soul in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)The contact owns a 2013 Kia Soul. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the low beam headlights started to flicker off and on. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 110,000.
THE HEADLIGHT JUST WENT OUT - NO WARNING NO FLICKERING NOTHING. CHANGED THE LIGHT BLUB, CHANGED THE WHOLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY - STILL DOES NOT WORK - ONLY HAPPENED TO ONE SIDE - FUSES, REPLYS, EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS
BOTH LOW BEAMS WENT OUT AT SAME TIME. HI BEAMS ARE WORKING. FUSES AND BULBS ARE OK. WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND WHEN STARTED CAR IN EVENING NOTICED DIDN'T HAVE LOW BEAMS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT MALFUNCTIONED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
2013 KIA SOUL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMS ON THE DASH BOARD INVOLVING THE LIGHT INDICATOR FOR THE HEAD LIGHTS AND PARKING LIGHTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW, HIS HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ON. HE DISCOVERED THE INDICATOR DISPLAYED THE SAME PICTURE FOR THE PARKING LIGHTS AND THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME, AS HE ENTERED HIS PARKING SPOT, IT BECAME OBVIOUS THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ON, YET THE DASH BOARD INDICATED THERE WERE.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.