2011 Kia Soul visibility problems

Filed Dec 2, 2023 · Brakes, Fuel system · MO

When you press the break the car stalls, when you fuel up the car it will not start. Autos unlimited in Rolla, Mo sold it as inspected with "" nothing "" on the inspection sheet. This dealer is claiming they will "fix: this issue. It cost me 480.00 to fix it. --- evap canister purge vent- evap leak- fuel malfunction- canister solenoid.

Filed Nov 24, 2019 · Visibility · 96,000 miles · ME

Had just started driving straight on a neighborhood street, hadn't even shifted into 4 th gear, and the rear window spontaneously shattered. No intense heat or cold, no flying debris.

Filed Dec 15, 2015 · Visibility · 40,000 miles · MN

Vehicle had been parked in driveway overnight. Temperature had been at or slightly above freezing overnight. When driver entered vehicle and shut driver's side door the rear window exploded outward from the center of the window down to the point of the rear wiper. Outside edges of window also shattered/disintegrated along the outside edge of the seal.

Filed Oct 16, 2015 · Body, Visibility · OR

3 problems :#1 the wheel pressure light stays on when idle and when I'm driving it but, my tires are at the same psi. Makes me keep thinking something is wrong. #2 in the winter time the rubber molding around doors sticks bad and starts to pull itself away from the glue keeping it on. #3 during the winter my windshield keeps icing up really bad (on the inside !). I can actually use my ice scraper on it. I expect this on the outside of a car but, I have never had a car do this on the inside, did they forget to seal it correctly?

Filed Feb 2, 2015 · Visibility · 67,000 miles · MO

The rear window on my 2011 kia soul shattered after closing the front passenger door. The door was not slammed or closed with any force and the car was parked and turned off at the time. It was lightly snowing and around 20 degrees f when the incident occurred. The window was broken from the center, but the glass bowed outward and the edges of the window had crumbled and fallen out as well. The glass is very thin and looks to be of poor quality and I should not have to worry about my car windows breaking every time I exit the vehicle.

Filed Mar 30, 2014 · Body, Visibility · 3,000 miles · OH

I was driving and a pebble hit my windshield causing a chip which turned into a crack. I got it filled at safe lite. 3 days later another pebble hit my windshield causing a crack. In the past 3 years my windshield has been hit & cracked at least 10 times. I have been driving 18 years and have never had a chip or crack in my windshield.obviously kia soul windshields are defective and should be recalled. I should not have to pay out of my pocket the cost of a new windshield.

Filed Nov 29, 2013 · Visibility · 34,000 miles · NY

The inside of my front windshield was full of water. I only had the car since august of this year.

Filed Apr 15, 2013 · Body, Visibility · 47,000 miles · TX

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.

Filed Mar 1, 2013 · Visibility · 34,300 miles · NC

1. My kia soul windshield was hit by a rock while driving home from work. My windshield now needs to be replaced which will cost me $250.00 insurance deductible .could this have been due to cheap kia glass or poor boxy design as I read from other kia soul owners on the kia forum? If so, please consider this my official complaint. 2. I would also like to state my complaint that this vehicle is extremely unsafe as it has the absolute worst blind spots of any vehicle I have ever driven and I am always afraid that I will have an accident because it is very difficult to see when changing lanes.

Filed Sep 4, 2012 · Visibility · 26,450 miles · GA

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.