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2020 Kia SOUL Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1727932
Internal NHTSA #	11398515
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SOUL
Model Year	2020
File date	16/02/21
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Transmission failed while driving on highway creating a potentially very dangerous situation. As i was driving on the highway, i noticed the engine revving up for no apparent reason. At first i thought that perhaps the tires were spinning on black ice or a frozen frost on the pavement. Nope, it continued to happen on very dry sections of the highway. Maybe it was the cruise control causing the engine to surge. Nope, it continued to happen after turning it off. The car began slowing on a long uphill grade even though the engine was still running. An error message stating "a problem has been detected with the transmission control unit" was displayed. I pulled into the emergency lane and discovered that the transmission would no longer engage into any gear - reverse, drive, or manual shift mode gears 1, 2, 3, and 4 - nothing. I turned the car off and restarted it. Same results. After 30 minutes of doing this, the transmission engaged into an under-powered gear and i was able to slowly drive in the emergency lane a mile to the next exit. It had a lighted intersection at the end of it and i had to come to a stop. When it turned green, the transmission failed to engage again. I ended up blocking the ramp as i sat there for an hour trying to get the car mobile again. I was afraid that i was going to get rear-ended. Eventually it re-engaged and i was able to drive the car to a safe parking area out of traffic and wait for a tow truck. Kia is going to replace the transmission but i will not trust the reliability of it once i have the vehicle back. I'm very worried that it will happen again and feel that this vehicle is now very unsafe. What would happen if it failed again late at night in an unpopulated area with no cell service during a blizzard and my wife was driving? This is creating a potentially extremely dangerous situation and a recall should be mandated.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	34760
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FRANCONIA, NH
VIN pattern	KNDJ33AU2L7XXXXXX
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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