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Best and worst years for the Kia Soul

Of the 15 model years of the Kia Soul with enough data to compare, the 2014 has the most complaints filed within five years of the model year (565), and the 2024 has the fewest (44).

Complaints in the first five years, by model year

Complaints within five years of the model year, Kia Soul 0 300 600 2010: 123 '10 2011: 132 '11 2012: 151 '12 2013: 187 '13 2014: 565 565 '14 2015: 563 563 '15 2016: 490 '16 2017: 218 '17 2018: 192 '18 2019: 129 '19 2020: 454 '20 2021: 320 '21 2022: 140 '22 2023: 95 95 '23 2024: 44 44 '24 2025: 21 '25
  • Most complaints
  • Fewest complaints
  • In between
Every bar counts only complaints about failures within five years of the model year, so older and newer years are measured on the same footing.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints (first five years; total for recent years)
2010123
2011132
2012151
2013187
2014565
2015563
2016490
2017218
2018192
2019129
2020454
2021320
2022140
202395
202444
202521

What stands out

The 2014 stands out, with about 3.0 times the typical number of complaints. Other years well above the median: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021.

Look closer at the years with the most complaints: 2014 and 2015. Or the years with the fewest: 2024 and 2023.

All model years

Model yearFirst five yearsAll complaints
20252121
20244444
20239595
2022140140
2021320320
2020454522
2019129201
2018192298
2017218357
20164901,169
20155631,231
20145651,237
2013187878
2012151674
2011132271
2010123195