NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2018 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 2018 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
- 219
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 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 2017, 2019 Soul, 3 other models
2018 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 219 owner complaints about the 2018 Kia Soul, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (64%), followed by the power train (14%) and the electrical system (9%).
The 2018 Kia Soul's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2018 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (79 complaints), the median was 54,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine141
- Power Train31
- Unknown Or Other30
- Electrical System19
- Air Bags11
- Fuel/Propulsion System11
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 26 | |
| 2024 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 32 | |
| 2026 | 26 |
Complaints about the 2018 Kia Soul peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 32. 35% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Kia Soul drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 6th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 219 complaints about the 2018 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2018 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted