NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2011 Kia Soul has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 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
- 194
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 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 2011 Kia Soul
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V652000
- Reported
- September 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,730,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Soul, 11 other models
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 2010, 2012–2013 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 2010 Soul, 8 other models
2011 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 194 owner complaints about the 2011 Kia Soul, the newest on August 27, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (14%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (16%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the air bags (13%).
1 of the 2011 Kia Soul's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2011 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (132 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic32
- Electrical System30
- Air Bags26
- Engine24
- Unknown Or Other21
- Exterior Lighting13
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 37 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Kia Soul peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 37. 30% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Kia Soul drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 8th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 194 complaints about the 2011 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2011 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted