5/6/2016 traveling on 2nd rd apprx speed 35 MPH, hood flew up hit windshield lack of traffic avoided collision. Almost 1 year to day later on freeway entry ramp I-65 nashville tn, 5pm traffic, apprx 45mph.. 1st episode had left home and only on road for a few mintues so assumed was something we had done to unlatch hood. 2nd episode we had been traveling for 3 hours already so there was nothing we could have done to cause this.. We took to local dealer where purchased car when we returned to jackson tennessee and they examined and show it is a broken latch (obviously) but they did not feel was their concern. As there is already a recall on the same year kia sedona for hood latch defects, it is a major concern to me that this should be looked into to avoid injury or death of another individual
2012 Kia Soul body complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2012 kia soul. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v822000 (structure) and was unable to schedule the recall repair within a reasonable time frame. The manufacturer was unable to supply the contact with a local authorized dealer to perform the repair. The manufacturer expected the contact to ship the vehicle to the state of florida and then ship the vehicle back to the contact's state after the recall repair, which was unreasonable. The contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired and had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Driving down the road and the hood latch broke causing the hood to fly up and wrap around the window shield. I had the presence of mind to move it to the side of the road and call for help. I was traveling app. 55 miles an hour, on a secondary paved road.
My car was going approximately 50mph when it rear ended a stopped vehicle in the middle of a busy highway. Then my car was rear ended seconds afterwards. My car was scrunched (totaled), both front and back, and the airbags never deployed. Had the airbags deployed, the injuries to the driver would've been much less severe. I have huge concerns and doubts about the safety of this model. I don't think the airbags in this model propertly function.
The right windshield side molding flew off twice so far. The second time at about 62000 miles while traveling about 65 MPH. The dealer replaced and installed the first one free, the second one cost me about $105.00 and was also installed by the dealer.
We were traveling down a rural road in kentucky. A deer ran out in front of us. We struck the deer at approximately 57 MPH. There was considerable damage to the front end of the vehicle and it was not drivable. Our airbags did not deploy.
I was slowing approaching parking spot. Vehicle started speeding rapidly, I could not stop vehicle and crashed into a brick building. My son was yelling to stop, I said I am trying and cannot. The air bags came out, car was smoking, badly dented. Windshield broke. We were bruised and scratched. There was over $9500 worth of damage. The vehicle malfunctioned and sped out of control.
The 2012 kia soul does not come with a spare tire, instead it comes with a can of fix- a- flat and a air pump. There is no jack either. The flat may be fixed if the damage is on the tread and the hole is under 1/4 inch in diameter. If the damage is on the sidewall or greater than 1/4 inch, the vehicle has to be towed. For those people that have no cell phone or are in an area that gets no reception they will be stranded until another motorist comes along and these days most motorists don't stop for other drivers. Kia offers road side assistance with the vehicle, but if you are traveling in a remote area, in the southwest (like death valley for example) what do you do without a spare? If your cell phone quits, you're done. Even if you have aaa, their driver will have to tow the vehicle as he won't have a spare either. I purchased a spare,jack, and tools for a 2011 kia soul when I realized I had no spare.kia told me that all the manufactures have gone to the fix- a -flat and pump verses the donut spare and jack. There are going to be a lot of angry people when they start realizing they don't have a spare and they are in the middle of nowhere and can't get a cell signal. My concern is traveling at night in remote areas and becoming pray to other motorist with not so good intentions. I think this is a potential disaster waiting to happen. Most drivers don't check for a spare when they buy a new vehicle, they just assume it has one. This is a very dangerous trend. If nothing else happens at least look into making kia provide a disclaimer before the vehicle is sold. I found out after I purchased the vehicle.
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