2015 Kia Soul Fuel System Problems

Vehicle recalled by Kia for potential for short and resultant fire from battery pack. Recall performed, traction battery found to be defective. Vehicle taken and held by Kia for six months while awaiting back-ordered replacement traction pack. Advised by Kia staff no timeline for pack due to shortage of parts. After 6 months vehicle returned with 'software update' because battery is unavailable and remains backordered.

got an engine catalytic converter check engine light

My wife has a 2015 Kia Soul that developed a gasoline leak in the engine compartment. The Kia dealer said some of their other models have been recalled due to gas leaks and fires but this model has not. This model has the same engine and obviously has the same issue as the Kia model that was recalled. We were very lucky that her car did not catch fire or explode and that I was able to see the problem after she drove the car a short way. The fuel line was leaking gas where it connects to the high pressure pump on top of the engine and from the hose just behind the engine.

The subject vehicle was take to dealer to address recall SC176. In this recall there is a flow chart instructing the dealer on how to repair the subject vehicle. This flow chart was clearly not followed. The dealer only performed the ECU Logic improvement and did not replace the catalytic converter. The subject vehicle had trouble code P0420 before it arrived. The code was cleared while in the dealers care but returned 6 miles after the vehicle was picked up. Service manager Nick was contacted, He said there were no stored codes however I provided documentation show the code was there and the check engine light was on when dropped off at the dealership. I believe this is a violation of NHTSA. Because the subject vehicle still has a defective Catalytic converter that is manufacture defect.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELT SMOKE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED UPON TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN DEPRESSED AND THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. THE CONTACT THEN STATED THAT FLAMES AROSE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE HEADREST AND UP TO THE DASHBOARD AND WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT WAS THEN ABLE TO UNBUCKLE HER SEATBELT AND JUMP OUT THE VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING. THERE WERE NO CRASH OR INJURIES DUE TO THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE CONTACT HAS NOT NOTIFIED LOCAL DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SAME PROBLEM SINCE 2020 TOOK IT IN ROUGHLY 5 TIMES FOR SAME THING SAID WAS CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEY PUT NEW ONE IN NOT FIXED WHEN I PUSH DOWN ON GAS PEDAL IT HESITATES FOR 3-4 SECONDS THEN KICKS IN DRIVES FOR A WHILE THEN IT SHUTS IT DOWN WHEN YOU PUSH ON GAS PEDAL WHEN AT A STOP SIGN IT HESITATES AGAIN HAPPENS A LOT MORE NOW IN TRAFFIC IT HESITATES THEN KICKS IN SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH CAR HAS 55329 MILES I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS UNDER WARRANTY IF ELECTRICAL OR TRANSMISSION WE ARE UNSAFE DRIVING YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HESITATE

ENGINE ERROR CODE P050A, NO PERFORMANCE ISSUES EXCEPT REVVING TO 2500 RPM'S WHEN COLD CRANK START IN TEMPERATURES BELOW 50F. COLD AIR IDLE CONTROL SYSTEM. ERROR OCCURED ON THIRD MORNING OF HIGH REVVING. ALSO HAD BOTH OUTSTANDING RECALLS SERVICED INCLUDING HAVING A NEW CAT. CONVERTER INSTALLED 4 DAYS AGO (NO PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE RESOLVED RECALL PROBLEMS OR THE CURRENT ERROR CODE) DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY SOLUTION BUT IS AWARE OF NUMEROUS SOUL OWNERS 2014-2017 WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON CAUSED BY ENGINE CODE P050A TOLD BY AUTO SHOP WHERE PURCHASED AND KIA MOTORS THAT THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE PROBLEM STARTED AT APPROX. 32000 MILES CURRENT MILES 33067 DEALER SAID OK TO DRIVE BUT WONT PUT IN WRITING BESIDES ALLINFO I COULD OBTAIN SAID THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE TREATED AS SERIOUS.ONGOING PROBLEM FOR 6 MOS NOW .KIA REP INFORMED ME KIA HAS BEEN AWARE OF PROBLEM SINCE APRIL 2019 AS OF YET NOFIX WHICH LEAVES ME WITH AN UNFIXABLE AND UNDRIVABLE VEHICLE.NOT A HAPPY CAMPER OLDER VEHICLES APPEAR TO HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM

COLD IDLE SENSOR WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO REC AT A HIGH RPM. KIA HAS STATED THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAVE NO KNOW FIX.

65K MILES, 4 YEAR OLD CAR AND ONE DAY IT JUST QUIT WORKING AND HAD NO OIL AND THE ENGINE WENT BAD

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE (PLASTIC) RUPTURED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. LUCKILY PULLED OVER AND PASSER-BY STOPPED WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. COST OF REPAIR IN EXCESS OF $5000, KIA CORPORATE REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER.

CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING AT AN INTERSECTION LEAVING YOU TEMPORARILY WITHOUT POWER. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROBLEM, BUT SAYS IT IS WITHIN SPECS AND THERE IS NO FACTORY FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA SOUL. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,600. UPDATED 03/16/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TWO WEEKS LATER. UPDATED 03/30/16.*JB

I PURCHASED A 2015 KIA SOUL ON APRIL 11, 2015 FROM PARAMOUNT KIA OF ASHEVILLE NC AND ONLY RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD AN OUTSTANDING SAFETY RECALL(#NHTCA-15V123 OR SC116) PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. KIA MOTORS HAD NOTIFIED ITS DEALERS ON MARCH 19, 2015 THAT THEY HAD BEEN ISSUED A REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR THIS RECALL WHICH WAS TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO SALE OF SAID VEHICLES. THE LETTER STATES "IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL A VEHICLE WITH AN OUTSTANDING SAFETY RECALL" BUT THIS DEALER SOLD THIS TO ME ANYWAY WITH REGARD FOR MY SAFETY. I BELIEVE THAT FROM THE LACK OF CONCERN I RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER WHEN I CONTACTED THEM ABOUT IT THAT THIS MUST BE A COMMON PRACTICE ON THEIR PART.

FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE UNTIL PRESENT THE VEHICLE HAS A LAG IN ACCELERATION WHEN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE LAG CAUSES A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHEN PULLING OUT. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER 2 TIMES, AND EACH TIME WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNTIL A ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.