NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2010 Kia Soul has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 29, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Kia Soul. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Kia Soul, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 Kia Soul
Structure: body: roof and pillars
- Campaign
- 14V822000
- Reported
- December 29, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 95,314
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Soul
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Soul, 8 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 10V388000
- Reported
- August 31, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,185
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2010 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2010 Kia Soul, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (17%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the electrical system (18%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the structure (16%).
1 of the 2010 Kia Soul's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (105 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System24
- Air Bags21
- Structure21
- Steering12
- Power Train11
- Service Brakes11
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Kia Soul peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 35. 57% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Kia Soul drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 5th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 135 complaints about the 2010 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2010 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted