2014 Kia Soul Service and Repair Manual

THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED. THE SEAT BELTS FUNCTIONED, AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IMMEDIATELY OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TWO BYSTANDERS COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS BECAUSE THE DOOR LOCKS WERE STILL ENGAGED. THEY HAD TO BREAK THE GLASS, MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOORS, THEN OPEN THEM - THE DOORS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AFTER UNLOCKED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DOOR LOCKS WERE SUPPOSED TO DISENGAGE WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED - THEY DID NOT.

CAR WAS TURNING AND STRUCK IN THE FRONT END AT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH. IT WAS SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED,. WHEN I CALLED KIA THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND AFTER I SENT THEM PICS. PICS ARE ATTACHED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY GEICO. PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE FRONT END IS GONE. YOU CAN REACH ME AT [XXX] IF NEEDED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

"TAKATA RECALL " I HAD A REAR END ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE REAR END ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY AT 45 MI PER HOUR I BELIEVE THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED THE POLICE HAVE PHOTOS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH, BRUISING AND BACK INJURIES. A SECOND PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING AND A SPRAINED ARM. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING FROM DRIVER ERROR IN A DARK RURAL AREA, SHARP S CURVE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A GUARDRAIL AND OVER A SLIGHT DITCH, THEN INTO A FENCE. DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, CRACKED WINDSHIELD, AND NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FOR EITHER OF THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS. AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AS NOTED IN POLICE REPORT. CHECKED FOR ANY OPEN RECALLS FOR THIS VIN, HOWEVER, 2012 KIA SOUL HAD RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO HER VEHICLE HEAD ON. DUE TO THE IMPACT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS INITIALLY TREATED FOR A HEAD INJURY. DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHE CONTINUED TO SUFFER PAIN AND HAD MADE TWO ADDITIONAL VISITS TO THE SAME HOSPITAL FOR PAIN TO HER HEAD, NECK, B

DRIVING SOUL DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER CAR CAME ACROSS THE HIGHWAY- THREE LANES, FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE IN FRONT OF ME TO ACCESS TURNING LANE. I HIT HIS REAR DRIVER SIDE WITH MY FRONT LEFT DRIVERS SIDE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING. I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WENT. I PUSHED ON GAS. THE PERSON N FRONT OF ME HIT BRAKES. I HIT MY BRAKES, FELT A HUGE JOLT. CAR ACCELERATED AND WAS NOT BRAKING. I SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF VEHICLE. I WAS WEARING A SELTBELT, BUT MY KNEES SLAMMED INTO DASHBOARD. AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF WHICH EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED BY THIS. I ENDED AT HOSPITAL WITH A CONCUSSION, INJURIES TO MY KNEES, RIGHT ANKLE..ETC MY 2014 KIA SOUL HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE T

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURELY RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND MUSCLE STRAINS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS BENT AND THE CHASSIS WAS FRACTURED DUE TO THE CRAS

On or about 10/11/22 while driving I completely lost control of the vehicle suddenly. I was unable to break or use my steering wheel. The vehicle rolled over twice and the front airbags failed to deploy.

Jeffrey Kia charged and claimed fix the engine recall and told me me that the engine was seizing but failed to let me know the dangers of an engine seizing which caused my accident after blinking engine wouldn’t allow me to go above 5mph.

RECALL 17V608 DID NOT FIX PRIOR RECALL 14V332 AND 15V736 PROBLEMS, CAUSED FAILURE OF STEERING, AIRBAGS, AND ENGINE. ACCIDENT ENSUED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON CITY STREET AT SPEED UNDER 40 MPH. DRIVER WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND STEERING WOULD NOT WORK. REAR-ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF, CHANGE LANE INDICATOR WAS NOTED ON AT SCENE. DRIVER STATES VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE INTO LANE TO THE RIGHT AND, THEREFORE, REAR-ENDED VEHICLE. SEVERE DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF KIA SOUL NOTED. KIA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND RESULTED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V332000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,874. MAILED OUT 11/12/14 CONSUMER REQUEST*LJ UPDATED 12/2/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS DRIVING ON A SNOW CO

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 S

The contact owned a 2014 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while the daughter was driving approximately 40 mph the vehicle crashed into the rear end of another vehicle. During the crash, the front end sustained severe damage and the vehicle was destroyed but the driver-side air bag did not deploy and the front driver-side seat belt malfunctioned and did not secure the occupant causing the driver's head to make contact with the steering wheel. The driver sustained a head injury that required medi