2010 Kia Soul Interior lighting Problems

“I had my 2010 Kia SOUL parked in my garage after arriving home with it on 9/1/10, at about 715 pm. At 8 pm, my daughter noticed smoke and we found it was the garage was on fire. The fire completely destroyed both of my cars, my garage and my house and everything in it. The investigation found it was the Kia that started on fire. On 9/1/10, Kia came out with a recall on the speaker lights that are prone to start a fire. Kia says my car was not involved in that recall, but it did start on fire.”

“Brand new Kia SOUL 2010 - less than 500 miles. Electrical fire in the door panel while driving. Towed to dealer, who replaced door panel. Led light transmitter in speakers shorted and melted plastic inside door. Response from Kia (advised by dealer) was don't leave the speaker lights in on position. Only use them when you need them. This was the second same incident that the dealer had that week.”

“Within a week of taking delivery on 7/24/09, the interior and most especially the door skins were already acquiring marks and scratches - a slight finger nail scratch required a special product to remove etc. There have been a few intermittent problems. 1. When releasing the clutch pedal there was a noise that sounded like a cable that has since become more consistent. On 8/3/09, I had an appointment with the dealer and was told it was the cable connected to the throw-out bearing which was said to be normal. …”

“The contact owns a 2010 Kia SOUL. While driving 10 MPH, the LED lights inside the vehicle caught on fire. The contact was able to pull over and the fire department was contacted and disconnected the battery . There were damages to the inside door panel and speakers. The vehicle was towed to a Kia dealership where the diagnosis stated that the light harness wires melted. There were repairs to the harness and they replaced the lights under the warranty. The failure and the current mileages were 600. Updated 12/7/10/”