1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2022 Kia Soul. Owners have filed 90 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Kia dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2022 Kia Soul. Check your Soul by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 90 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 Kia Soul, reporting 4 crashes, 1 fires, 8 injuries, 3 deaths. Kia has issued at least 77 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 90 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 Kia Soul. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“My [XXX] daughter was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a crash in which the vehicle struck a tree and a fire was present. She was unable to exit the vehicle and did not receive medical attention in time.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11730024
“The contact owned a 2022 Kia Soul. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, another vehicle attempted to merge in front of the contact, causing the front driver side of the vehicle to collide with the rear passenger end of another vehicle, but the air bag did not deploy.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11667358
“Transmission failed on my 2022 Kia soul in June 2022 when my car only had 4,594 miles. I was stuck in the middle of a busy intersection with my daughter and I in the car unable to accelerate almost being hit by multiple vehicles.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11516974
“Put my car in park in garage and got out of the car to place something on shelf in garage. Car rolled forward right in to some steel shelves.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11462936
“The contact owns a 2022 Kia Soul X-Line. The contact stated while at a stop, the vehicle was rear-ended and the seat belts did not retract nor did none of the airbags deploy. The contact sustained shoulder bruises and a hip bruise.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11445349
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2022 Kia Soul is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Kia dealer.