2011 Kia Soul Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“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. …”

“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.”

“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.”

“I have owned this vehicle for 18 months, and the windshield cracks way too easily. I've owned 23 cars and never had to replace one before. This Kia is getting its 2nd windshield today. I've never seen anything actually hit it, but have heard a 'pop' sound each time, and the windshield splits across. Both times it has originated along the edge of the rh side. There are chips at the beginning of the crack like a rock *may* have impacted there, but it seems to crack way too easily and needs to be thicker or stronger in my opinion.”

“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.”