2017 Kia Soul Vehicle speed control Problems

“So even since I have had the car it sometimes would hesitate when I would accelerate and I would sometimes feel like I was pressing the gas and getting little to no actual response from the vehicle. Then a few days ago my engine blew with no warning sign, my oil and coolant were empty even though I know all my fluids were fine. I do commute to work and I know that's harder on a vehicle but none of my other cars which have all been older models have ever given me an issue like what happened to me with this one. Seems odd if anything. …”

“The front door on the drivers side doesn't latch or lock completely when the door is closed/shut from inside. Many times when exiting the vehicle from the drivers seat I discover the door hadn't been latched at all because I can open the door without using the door handle, it will open with a slight push from my arm. I worry the door will open when it's moving causing an accident and injuries from falling out of the vehicle. A second safety issue with my Kia SOUL is the hesitation and slowness of acceleration when entering the freeway and merging into traffic. …”

“I purchased my 2017 Kia souls base model on jun 28 this year from quirk Kia in braintree, ma. After just 2 weeks this issue happened for the first time. I was at a gas station gassing up the car, once I was done, I turned the car on, put it in drive and the car would not move ' I was pressing the gas pedal and nothing was happening. I immediately put the shifter in park, turned the engine off and on again and the car started to move again. On july 26 same issue happened again and it also happened right after I gassed up the car. …”

“While sitting in line with brake applied the idle speed suddenly jumped up and car accelerated forward despite application of brakes. Without any change from me the RPMs suddenly dropped and car stopped again. The car moved a total of a quarter car length, which had I not been angled away from car in front of me would have caused a collision, and had I been at an intersection could have caused an accident or struck a pedestrian.”

“My air bag, ABS and Brake Lights all gave warnings at about the same time, as well as my speedometer going haywire on a cold start. I got a recall notice about my airbag (electrical problems) and took it in to Parkway Kia, and was told that the airbag was not part of the recall, and that it would cost $1000 to repair the lights, as several different sensors had gone out at the same time. Included was 5 or 6 repairs that had already been verified that I didn't need. …”