NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Kia Soul Recalls
The 2022 Kia Soul has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 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
- 95
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 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 2022 Kia Soul
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 25V099000
- Reported
- February 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 137,256
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021, 2023 Soul, 1 other model
2022 Kia Soul complaints by year
NHTSA has received 95 owner complaints about the 2022 Kia Soul, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2022 Kia Soul, the component group named most often is the engine (57%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (21%) and the power train (13%).
The 2022 Kia Soul's only recall also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2022 Kia Soul owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine54
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Unknown Or Other15
- Power Train12
- Electrical System10
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 50 | |
| 2026 | 28 |
Complaints about the 2022 Kia Soul peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 50. 71% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Kia Soul drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Soul year in the same window: 12th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2022 one of the three best-measured Kia Soul years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 95 complaints about the 2022 Kia Soul are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Soul by model year
Other 2022 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted