2017 Kia Soul EV problems

Original factory installed driver's side seat heater shorted out, caused fire and burned a hole in the seat back. This thermal event was reported to Kia Customer Service on March 16, 2023. Kia has not responded back for over 2 months, to address this issue. Kia case no. 15394468. Same problem with Kia Soul in Canada resulted in a recall to address the problem. Afraid to use the passenger side seat heater, as another short and fire can occur.

The locked doors can be opened when driving. This is an all electric vehicle with no key to remove from the ignition and no noise from the engine and virtually no feed back that the car is running except by looking at the instrument cluster. I pulled into a convenience store parking lot and was discussing with my wife who was to go into the store. Her decision was I had to go into the store. With out thinking and without pushing the button to shut off the car.

My all electric has a b mode to shift in. Simply put it engages the generator fully when you let off the gas pedal so you can generate electricity. However, when you do this the car brakes quite quick, so quick in fact they call this type of driving one pedal driving due to the fact you very seldom touch the break except for a full stop. The problem is the break lights don't go on unless you put your foot on the break. My concern is the car behind me.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 kia soul ev. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road and restarted. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred multiple times. Also, the accelerator pedal was depressed to the floorboard; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,606.