NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2015 Kia Soul has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Kia Soul. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 902
- Crashes reported
- 34
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
84 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Kia Soul, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2015 Kia Soul
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Soul, 5 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 19V120000
- Reported
- February 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 378,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014, 2016 Soul
Steering
- Campaign
- 17V608000
- Reported
- September 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 342,381
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014, 2016 Soul, 1 other model
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 15V123000
- Reported
- March 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 208,858
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014 Soul
2015 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 902 owner complaints about the 2015 Kia Soul, the newest on October 18, 2026. Of these, 34 describe a crash (4%) and 84 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2015 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (70%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (9%) and the electrical system (8%).
2 of the 2015 Kia Soul's 4 recalls also concern the engine.
Where 2015 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (540 complaints), the median was 87,648 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine631
- Unknown Or Other108
- Fuel/Propulsion System77
- Electrical System75
- Power Train61
- Engine And Engine Cooling58
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 135 | |
| 2020 | 161 | |
| 2021 | 143 | |
| 2022 | 102 | |
| 2023 | 112 | |
| 2024 | 64 | |
| 2025 | 54 | |
| 2026 | 36 |
Complaints about the 2015 Kia Soul peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 161. 11% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Kia Soul drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 4th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 902 complaints about the 2015 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2015 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted