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2020 Kia SOUL Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1727089
Internal NHTSA #	11397879
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SOUL
Model Year	2020
File date	15/01/21
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	After having my car for 9 months and putting 17,000 miles on it my transmission started to fail. I was on the interstate going 70mph and the car began jerking like it couldn't switch gears. It then began to rev high but wouldn't accelerate. It eventually got so slow i had to pull off the side of the interstate and sit on the shoulder for a few minutes with the car off and then tried to recrank my car in which it started but continued to jerk/rock when driving. I got closer to home and when i stopped at a stop sign the car was still on but when i pressed on the gas it refused to go my car wouldn't move. I turned it off then turned it back on and it drove. The next morning i tried to drive my car to work and the car then began to jerk again and eventually the highest speed it would go to was 50 it continued to decline in speed until it eventually just stalled and wouldn't move. I tried to take it to the dealership and on my way there it broke down i then had to get a tow truck on the side of the interstate and tow it to the kia dealership where they said that i had in fact received a defective transmission. This occurred on january 15th, 2021 it is now february 25, 2021 and i don't have my car and they have no eta as to when my transmission will be here and i can have my car back. I asked if the new transmission would work properly and was told "even some of the new transmissions will be defective so we really don't know". I just want my car i bought a car brand new because i thought it was reliable it was not and there's no recall notice and a transmission stalling on the interstate is a very dangerous thing. This is unacceptable.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	17848
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SPRING LAKE, NC
VIN pattern	KNDJ23AU7L7XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	01/07/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2020 Kia SOUL Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2020 Kia SOUL Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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