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2015 Kia Soul cruise control problems

30 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2015 Kia Soul, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
30 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
93,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 2
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2015 Kia Soul Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 93,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 93,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 33% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 92,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

On the evening of july 22,2019 I was leaving targets parking lot put my vehicle in reverse and when I put in drive my 2015 kia soul took off. The rpms were the highest it could go going 40 miles p hour in a busy lot all I could was honk my horn. I tried the breaks putting in park and turning the key off. My wife and I were in shock. We hit the curb fly across 3 lanes of traffic the median and hit two cars. My wife was pinned there was white smoke in the cabin. People got her out fire dept came.

Reported at 40,000 miles, July 2019 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 kia soul. While driving various speeds, the transmission lunged without warning. In addition, the contact observed that the vehicle shook vigorously while idling or while driving. Also, the vehicle would sometimes fail to switch gears. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine mount needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred.

Reported at 14,000 miles, August 2016

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