NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2019 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 2019 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
- 137
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 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 2017–2018 Soul, 3 other models
2019 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 137 owner complaints about the 2019 Kia Soul, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (8%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (64%), followed by the air bags (11%) and the electrical system (10%).
The 2019 Kia Soul's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2019 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine88
- Unknown Or Other19
- Air Bags15
- Electrical System14
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 46 | |
| 2026 | 19 |
Complaints about the 2019 Kia Soul peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 46. 25% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Kia Soul drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 13th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2019 one of the three best-measured Kia Soul years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 137 complaints about the 2019 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2019 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted