2012 Kia Soul drivetrain & axles problems
21 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2012 Kia Soul, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 21 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When drivetrain & axles problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
The contact owned a 2012 Kia Soul. The contact stated while stopped at an intersection, the vehicle independently accelerated while depressing the brake pedal. The contact steered the vehicle to the left in an attempt to stop the acceleration and repeatedly depressed the brake pedal. Due to the failure, the contact hit a curb, a sidewalk post, and finally, a retaining wall which stopped the vehicle. The sidewalk post was damaged due to the crash.
Vehicle with an automatic transmission is experiencing a violent shift from first gear to second gear under gentle acceleration and a lag in the shift where the engine races from 2nd to 3rd as if it was caught between gears. This is an intermittent problem that mainly seems to occur under gentle acceleration in traffic.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Kia Soul
- Engine 241 complaints
- Steering 166 complaints
- Brakes 46 complaints
- Electrical system 38 complaints
- Fuel system 23 complaints
- Body & structure 18 complaints
- Air bags 17 complaints