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2013 Kia Soul wipers, windshield & visibility problems

15 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2013 Kia Soul, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
23,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2013 Kia Soul Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 23,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 23,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 82% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 11 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 23,000 miles, and 82% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

As I was driving across, with a green light, a six lane (plus additional turn lanes) city street at perhaps 25 MPH, a driver running her red light struck my vehicle broad side on the passenger side. I do not know her speed but can say that the passenger side airbag and both front airbags deployed, the speed limit on the road she was traveling is 40 MPH. The reason for this report is that the impact caused the rear view mirror to snap off and become an airborne menace.

Reported at 40,000 miles, March 2018 CrashInjury

The passenger inside door handle is pealing and sharp the coating that's on the handle is coming off. The windshield wipers always making a horrible sound even when they are replaced

Reported at 99,000 miles, April 2020

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