NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2017 Kia Soul has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on January 25, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Kia Soul. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 272
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Kia Soul, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2017 Kia Soul
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, 3 other models
2017 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 272 owner complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul, the newest on September 22, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (70%), followed by the electrical system (7%) and the power train (7%).
The 2017 Kia Soul's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2017 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine191
- Unknown Or Other32
- Electrical System19
- Power Train19
- Fuel/Propulsion System18
- Air Bags16
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 46 | |
| 2023 | 41 | |
| 2024 | 31 | |
| 2025 | 28 | |
| 2026 | 20 |
Complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 46. 23% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Kia Soul drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 11th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Kia Soul years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 272 complaints about the 2017 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2017 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted