2012 Kia Soul Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“My car's heater assembly control has failed and in doing so my car's heater defaulted to cold and face making it impossible to defrost the windshield. Kia wants an astronomical fee to diagnose the problem and even more for the part and installation.”

“Sat. 8-24-13, around 3:20 pm, I went out to my 2012 Kia SOUL parked on the street, in part-shade, in a residential area of centerville, oh. The windows were cracked, and the temp outside was in the mid-80's. I opened my front door & put in my beach bag. I then opened the back door, and closed the front door, when I heard a 'boom'. The back glass on the hatch back exploded from the middle & laced everywhere else, leaving a hole in the middle about 2 feet wide. …”

“Driving down local street when a stone hit the windshield cracking it. Kia has a bumper to bumper warranty I called them to fix the windshield and was told that it was not covered. I then took the car and had it repaired by a glass company. The repair cost me only 37.50 but I have never had this happen before in any car or truck I owned. This is also the first new car and foreign car that I bought. I know this happens but! If Kia is offering bumper to bumper warranties the windshield should be covered.”

“Where do I start, my 2012 Kia SOUL has about 86,000 miles and has experience issues over the past few years. It started a few years ago where I changed my left brake light and discovered it was an ongoing issue where bulb is burnt and have to replace about twice yearly. Second, sometimes when I go to crank my car it would start faintly then stall out and I will have to retry again until it cranks correctly. This having also been occurring for a few years. Third, within this past year I've experienced A/C control problems. …”

“The contact owns a 2012 Kia SOUL. The contact stated the blower, which operated the air conditioner and defroster, malfunctioned. The windows did not defrost and impaired the field of vision. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer. The dealer replaced the under wire cable and the blower system, but none of the repairs remeded the failure. The contact also notified the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The failure mileage was 3,000. Updated 05/21/12 the consumer stated the vehicle has been to the dealer seven times for the same problem. Updated 05/23/12”