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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
KNDJN2A27J7••••••2018 Kia SOUL
That is about average for the 2018 Kia SOUL — 6 complaints per build across 33 builds.
5on this build
211on the model
33builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedEngine 4Air Bags 1Service Brakes 1Fuel/propulsion System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJul 2018
Brakes failed. Was pumping pedle, no brakes whatsoever and rearended driver infront of me airbags did not deploy
EngineOct 2025
Engine is loosing oil into the #2 cylinder, causing an damage to the downstream exhaust. Once the cylinder fills with oil, the care immediately drops in operation speed causing significant driver response and immediately surrounding vehicles
EngineSep 2023
2018 Kia Soul with excessive oil consumption. 1.6 Liter GDI engine. Base model. Oil is being overly consumed in between oil changes, needing double the quarts in between Kia's manufacturing guidelines
EngineNov 2021
I have my oil changed regularly. At about 49,000 miles, upon braking, the oil light came on. When accelerating the oil light would go off. I checked the oil and it didn't even register. I added 2 quarts of oil to bring it to the mid line of dipstick. Took the car in, and had oil…
EngineJun 2020
On 7/8/20, my car made a very loud noise and shut off on me. No sensors, no lights came on. I had it towed to the kia in which I purchased it from, and they told me my engine blew. My warranty was suppose to cover the repairs but they are refusing to cover the repair
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN KNDJN2A27J7592328 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.