{"id":"2017_kia_soul","make":"Kia","make_slug":"kia","model":"Soul","model_slug":"soul","year":2017,"url":"/kia/soul/2017/","pts":["bev","gas"],"configs":[{"id":38168,"model":"Soul Electric","pt":"bev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":120,"hwy":92,"comb":105,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":31.9856,"range":93,"range_city":104,"range_hwy":80,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":4.0,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"81 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":0,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":700,"save_spend":7750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"KMX","modified":"Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017"},{"id":38379,"model":"Soul","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AM7)","cyl":4,"displ":1.6,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":26,"hwy":31,"comb":28,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":320,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2250,"save_spend":0,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"KMX","modified":"Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017"},{"id":38066,"model":"Soul","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":4,"displ":1.6,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":25,"hwy":30,"comb":27,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":330,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"KMX","modified":"Wed Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2017"},{"id":38067,"model":"Soul","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":25,"hwy":30,"comb":27,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":334,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"KMX","modified":"Wed Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2017"},{"id":38068,"model":"Soul","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Manual 6-spd","cyl":4,"displ":1.6,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":24,"hwy":30,"comb":27,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Station Wagons","co2":335,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"KMX","modified":"Wed Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2017"}],"vclass":"Small Station Wagons","segment":"Wagon","recalls":[{"campaign":"23V724000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr":"Kia America, Inc.","reported":"2023-10-26","owner_notified":"2023-12-21","units":6262,"summary":"Kia America, Inc. (KIA) is recalling certain 2015-2019 Soul EV vehicles.  The parking mechanism may be damaged, which can result in unintended vehicle movement when the gear shift lever is in the Park 'P' position and the parking brake is not applied while the vehicle is powered on.","consequence":"Unintended vehicle movement can increase the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will update the electronic control unit software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 21, 2023.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC287.  This recall expands and replaces recall number 20V-389.  Vehicles previously repaired under 20V-389 will need to have the new remedy completed.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SC287","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":["bev"],"severity":"minor"},{"campaign":"23V218000","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY","mfr":"Kia America, Inc.","reported":"2023-03-29","owner_notified":"2023-08-18","units":2689,"summary":"Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2015-2019 Soul EV vehicles equipped with an E400 battery.  The high-voltage battery pack may experience an electrical short-circuit while driving.","consequence":"A battery electrical short-circuit increases the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Dealers will update and/or replace the battery management system and software, as necessary, free of charge.  The new software will illuminate the EV warning light, limit charging capacity, and reduce vehicle power if abnormal voltage is detected.  If this occurs, the battery will be replaced, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed August 18, 2023.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC267.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SC267","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["bev"],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"22V031000","component":"AIR BAGS","mfr":"Kia Motors America","reported":"2022-01-25","owner_notified":"2022-03-21","units":410619,"summary":"Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Sedona, Soul, Soul EV, 2017-2018 Forte, and 2017 Forte Koup vehicles.  The Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) cover may contact a memory chip on the printed circuit board and damage the electrical circuit.  Circuit damage may result in deactivated air bags that will not deploy in a crash.","consequence":"Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will inspect the ACU, and either update the software or replace the unit, as necessary.  Repairs will be performed free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed March 21, 2022.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC226.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SC226","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":3,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":74,"grade":"C","complaints":{"count":288,"crash":17,"fire":15,"injured":19,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Engine",192],["Unspecified",34],["Electrical System",31],["Power Train",21],["Fuel/Propulsion System",18],["Air Bags",16]],"by_year":{"2017":9,"2018":12,"2019":16,"2020":29,"2021":43,"2022":48,"2023":48,"2024":36,"2025":28,"2026":19},"excerpts":[["2026-07-25","Electrical System","My car has had intermittent faults of codes P1B25 and P1CF2 and are showing check EV system on the dash. This happens after about 30-45 minutes of driving and then restarting the car. It has been identified that the power relay assembly needs to be replaced on the vehicle, which lives in the high voltage battery pack. \u2026"],["2024-08-02","Electrical System","When I apply brake the vehicle doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop it jumps out (as if someone has crashed hitting the rear of the vehicle) and the vehicle shuts down. Then I have to park the vehicle in the middle of the road and restart the vehicle. Luckily I avoided many accidents by defensively driving. Talked with Kia customer care and\u2026"],["2024-05-15","Engine","The contact owns a 2017 Kia Soul EV. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal battery voltage warning displayed. The vehicle went into LIMP Mode. The contact stated that the battery failed to charge. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The message to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pull Over\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"RQ23005","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL","opened":"2023-09-10","closed":"2024-01-16","campaign":"23V724","subject":"Vehicle Rollaway","summary":"On July 2, 2020, Kia America Inc. (Kia) filed safety recall 20V-389 for model year (MY) 2015-2016 Kia Soul EV vehicles. This recall was in response to allegations of unintended vehicle movement while in Park and provided updated electronic control unit software for the electronic parking brake logic as the remedy. The updated logic, which was included during production for MY 2017-2019 Kia Soul EV vehicles, automatically activates the electronic parking brake when the vehicle is powered off while the gear shift lever is in the Park position. On September 10, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Recall Query (RQ23-005) to investigate allegations of unintended vehicle movem"},{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.147,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":66,"headline":{"range":93,"mpg":28,"ncap":5,"complaints":288},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}