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Kia Soul

For the Kia Soul, model years 2010–2025 on this site have 34 matched recalls and 5,573 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 12 in 2025 to 902 in 2015. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 25–31 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Kia Soul by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2010	3	135	23	15	3	Pre-2011	26–28
2011	3	194	27	5	3	4	26–28
2012	3	514	25	23	5	4	25–28
2013	3	667	22	46	4	4	25–28
2014	5	902	33	69	3	5	26
2015	4	902	34	84	3	5	26
2016	2	816	28	35	1	5	26–27
2017	1	272	17	14	0	5	27–28
2018	1	219	14	14	0	5	27–28
2019	1	137	11	8	1	5	27–28
2020	1	387	9	6	1	4	27–31
2021	2	238	12	3	1	4	27–31
2022	1	94	4	1	1	4	29–31
2023	4	54	6	1	1	4	30–31
2024	0	30	0	1	0	4	30–31
2025	0	12	2	0	0	4	30–31

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2010	26–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$2,600
2011	26–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$2,600
2012	25–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$2,700
2013	25–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$2,700
2014	26	—	—	—	$2,600
2015	26	105	31.986	93	$700–$2,600
2016	26–27	105	31.986	93	$700–$2,600
2017	27–28	105	31.986	93	$700–$2,500
2018	27–28	108	31.226	111	$700–$2,500
2019	27–28	108	31.226	111	$700–$2,500
2020	27–31	114	29.173	243	$650–$2,500
2021	27–31	—	—	—	$2,150–$2,500
2022	29–31	—	—	—	$2,150–$2,300
2023	30–31	—	—	—	$2,150–$2,250
2024	30–31	—	—	—	$2,150–$2,250
2025	30–31	—	—	—	$2,150–$2,250

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