2012 Kia Soul Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I stopped my car at top of my steep driveway,pulled up emergency brake,put car in park but left car running to listen to song on radio. I saw a problem in my yard,opene the door, took care of problem then got partiallu back in the car to cut off engine. As soon as I switched off the engine the car started rolling backwards, still in park with the emergncy brake up and my left leg dragging the ground as it rolled across the street and into my neighbors bedroom. It is a very costly accident. …”

“The gear shift selector (manual transmission) wouldn't find any gear. The traffic signal turned green, I placed the gear in 1st. It drove about 200 feet and I heard a faint pop . The transmission gear selector did not have any feeling in it, and I couldn't go into any gear. The engine remained running, I still had a clutch peddle, just no gears. I had it towed to a Kia dealer where they informed me that the transmission cable linkage had failed and it was going to be difficult to find a new one. Apparently the 2012 SOUL 6 speed transmission is a one year only? …”

“The first time that this happened I was driving and was attempting to change lanes and I stepped on the gas pedal to speed up and the car hesitated after a few seconds I had power again. When the car did engage a big thick cloud of white smoke came out of the tailpipe.the second time this happen was on 5/25/2014 my wife was on a ramp trying to get on the interstate going about 30-40mph, there was a vehicle coming so she let off the gas pedal than when there was an opening she stepped on the gas pedal again and there was no power. …”

“Bought wife brand new 2012 Kia SOUL in 2012. Got standard transmission. At around 20k I noticed a squeal coming from the vehicle when the clutch was completely disengaged, by that I mean vehicle running foot completely off clutch. I presumed it was a throw out bearing. Took it to local mechanic and he agreed. So I took it to local Kia dealer. Bought vehicle in denton texas, but had moved 7 hours south to corpus christi area. When I took it to Kia in corpus I got the run around. Yes of course they could hear it but everything was working mechanically. So I was basically told too bad. …”

“8-31-13 is the first time I went into the dealership to complain about the car accelerating when I would first start the car up in the garage and then when I was driving it would jerk into another gear. They reset the adaptive learning system. 10-9-13, is the 2nd time I went to dealership with the similar situation, but the car would seem like it was shifting from 1st to 2nd while I was actually driving. They checked transmission fluid levels and they thought it was low (they told me this is nonserviceable area and they had to access the cover which is bolted). …”