NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2016 Kia Soul has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 22, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Kia Soul. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 816
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
35 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Kia Soul, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Kia Soul
2016 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 816 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Soul, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (3%) and 35 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (69%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the fuel/propulsion system (10%).
1 of the 2016 Kia Soul's 2 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (363 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine561
- Unknown Or Other123
- Engine And Engine Cooling106
- Fuel/Propulsion System84
- Power Train62
- Electrical System56
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 79 | |
| 2021 | 105 | |
| 2022 | 134 | |
| 2023 | 132 | |
| 2024 | 102 | |
| 2025 | 86 | |
| 2026 | 60 |
Complaints about the 2016 Kia Soul peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 134. 14% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Kia Soul drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 816 complaints about the 2016 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2016 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted