CarComplaints.com Notes: Look past the horrible hamster advertising campaign and you'll find a vehicle that is comfortable to drive, roomy and reliable. Just don't expect to set any MPG records on the highway (a side effect of driving a car shaped like a lunchbox).
5.4
fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
16,930 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My husband went out to our 2011 Kia Soul and opened the driver door and got something out of the car and closed the door normally, no force was involved. When he did the rear hatchback window shattered all the way across crumbling and it blew a hole in the glass. We went to our local Kia dealership that we purchased the car from and it was a Saturday so only the sales staff was there. We were told to come back on Monday which was today and my husband attempted to get them to replace the window as a window shouldn't just shatter when you close one of the doors unless there is some type of defect. The dealership refused to replace the window so he followed up with the Kia customer satisfaction line as he was instructed and they also said it would not be covered we could file it with our insurance company. We have a deductible of $500 so we are out of pocket $320 for something that was clearly a manufacturing defect and they aren't standing behind their product. We did research online and there are similar stories to ours regarding Kia Soul windshields. The gentleman that helped my husband at the dealership said the exact thing happened with another customer's Kia Soul approximately 2 months ago and the same dealership refused to replace that windshield as well. This is not safe and we are nervous having our children in a car that the windows are going to spontaneously shatter in.
Got in car 7:30 am, when I closed driver door, heard glass falling. Rear hatch window was shattered into a million pieces. Car was parked under a carport, no indication found of anything that might have hit the window. Car is parked quite a distance from the street. Rear driver door window was open about 1", so no pressure buildup. No grass cutting in the area, temperature 70's - 80's.
2011 Kia Soul with less than 100 miles had pebble hit driver side door window and chipped it in several spots. At 6,000 miles, pebble hits windsheild that chips and cracks windsheild. Safetylite could not repair and crack is growing. Also, front and sides of car paint is chipping at an alarming rate. Paint chiping is a gross quality issue. However, the substandard glass is a really gross safety issue and can result in injury and or death. There appears to be a pattern of these defects and should be throughly investigated.
Traveling down highway 35 the front driver side window shattered. No apparent foreign object appears to have hit the glass, it just exploded into a thousand pieces.
The first incident occurred while on my way to work last week, rock hit the windshield and broke the windshield. Today while driving to work, same thing. I was not tailgating, I was not following any big trucks...nothing. I have been driving for 13 years and have not had this happen to me before. Coincidence" I think not. I think there is a default with the glass. I was driving the speed limit and driving as I always do, and twice in a week" unacceptable.
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- Victoria, TX, USA