NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Kia Soul Ev Recalls
The 2017 Kia Soul Ev has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Kia Soul Ev. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 18
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2017 Kia Soul Ev, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 Kia Soul Ev
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 23V724000
- Reported
- October 26, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,262
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016, 2018–2019 Soul Ev
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 23V218000
- Reported
- March 29, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,689
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016, 2018–2019 Soul Ev
Air bags
- Campaign
- 22V031000
- Reported
- January 25, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 410,619
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Soul Ev, 3 other models
2017 Kia Soul Ev complaints by year
NHTSA has received 18 owner complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul Ev, the newest on July 25, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul Ev, the component group named most often is the electrical system (67%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2017 Kia Soul Ev's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System12
- Service Brakes3
- Engine2
- Power Train2
- Unknown Or Other2
- Fuel/Propulsion System1
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul Ev peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 7. 17% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
The 18 complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul Ev are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul Ev by model year
Other 2017 Kia models
Newest record on this page: July 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted