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2014 Kia Soul steering problems

55 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2014 Kia Soul, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
55 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
36,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2014 Kia Soul Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 36,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 13 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 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: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 36,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 72% 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 miles11
20k to 40k miles13
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 43 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles, and 72% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

On 6-29-2014, I was on my way to church. The weather was good. Im driving and all of a sudden my car hits a guardrail and spun across the street and hit a utility pole. Now I've been driving for at least 30 years and I have never had a accident anything. I was taken to the hospital by rescue squad, where I sustain some serious injuries, head injury, right eye was cut badly, and I was in a coma for a week. During this incident I have a police report stating there was zero drugs or alcohol in my system.

Reported at 5,274 miles, June 2014 CrashInjury

Hi I was looking at recalls for the soul after I saw a possible fire hazard and actually typed my VIN in and saw my car was recalled for a steering issue that could've lead to accidents and I was actually in an accident in 2017 in my 2014 kia soul because of something that happened with my steering that caused me to hit someone? A woman in front of me slammed on her brakes and when I tried to get over it's almost like the wheel had completely locked but up but I could still turn it, if that makes sense.

Reported at 50,000 miles, November 2017 Crash

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