2014 Kia Soul complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AS IF PRESSURE WERE BEING RELEASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE, BUT SHORTLY AFTER, BEGAN SHAKING, SMOKING, AND MAKING CLUNKING NOISES. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO OAKES KIA (2900 BURLINGTON ST, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO 64116). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V120000 (ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,350.

ON 02/15/2019 I WAS DRIVING ON COUNTY HWY H IN DELTA TOWNSHIP, WI AT 45 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND MY 2014 KIA SOUL LOST POWER. AS IT LOST POWER, FIRST MY OIL LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING ALSO. I WAS ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND AND DRIVE APPROX. 100 FT INTO THE DELTA TOWN HALL PARKING LOT WHERE I DISCOVERED MY ENGINE WAS SMOKING AND I HAD LOST NUMEROUS FLUIDS OUT OF THE ENGINE. I THEN CALLED A LOCAL WRECKER AND THEY TOWED IT TO THEIR SHOP. A&L AUTO IN IRON RIVER, WI. THEY STATED AFTER LOOKING AT IT THAT SOMETHING MADE A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE AND MOST LIKELY THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I THEN REQUESTED THEY TOW IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP IN DULUTH, MN WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LATER TOWED TO CROWN KIA (903-581-7688, LOCATED AT 4818 TROUP HWY, TYLER, TX 75703) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000.

ENGINE RUNS DRY OF OIL WHILE STATIONARY, HEADLIGHT WIRES MELT WHILE STATIONARY.

THE STEERING WHEEL WILL EXHIBIT A STICKY OR NOTCHY FEELING WHEN MAKING SMALL ADJUSTMENTS. IT CAUSES FATIGUE WHILE DRIVING AND MOST DANGEROUSLY ON SWEEPING TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL TAKE EXTRA EFFORT TO ADJUST.

I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALLS ESPECIALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL I FOUND IT VERY ODD THAT I HAE AN ISSUE WITH IT ONLY HAVING THE CAR FOR A FEW YEARS.MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER

ON MAY 15TH 2018 I CALLED DOWN TO FELTON HOLLY KIA AND ASKED TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD TELL ME WHETHER I STILL HAD A WARRANTY ON MY CAR. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND I SPOKE WITH A YOUNG LADY WHO INFORMED ME THAT I HAD THE KIA BASIC WARRANTY AS WELL AS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I EXPLAINED TO THE YOUNG LADY I WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND SHE STATED "OH YOU SHOULD BE FINE WITH NO CHARGES BEING YOU HAVE BOTH WARRANTIES, LET ME TRANSFER YOU TO THE SUPERVISOR IN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT". I SPOKE WITH THE SUPERVISOR IN THE PARTS TO DEPARTMENT AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MY CAR WAS STALLING OUT EVERT TIME I SLOWED DOWN OR WAS AT A STOP. HE STATED HE HAD TO LOOK UP TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF WARRANTY I HAD AND THEN HE RETURNED TO THE PHONE AND STATED YOU SHOULD BE FINE AND HE ASK IF I COULD BRING THE CAR IN RIGHT NOW. I INFORMED HIM THAT I WAS IN TOWNSEND WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTE TO AN HOUR AWAY, HE STATED THAT HIS MAN GOT OFF AT 4:30 PM AND ASKED IF I COULD BRING THE CAR IN ON SATURDAY MORNING MAY 19TH AT 10:00AM. I STATED THAT WOULD BE FINE. I TOOK THE CAR IN ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THE CAR WAS PUT ON A MACHINE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE CRANK SENSOR AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE BAD. THE PARTS SUPERVISOR INFORMED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY THAT HE SEEM ON RECORD BUT I PROCEED TO INFORM HIM THAT I ALSO HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AS WELL AND I WAS INFORMED THAT EVERYTHING SHOU

ON MAY 29TH 2018 I WENT BACK TO HOLLY KIA WITH A PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES . I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR AGAIN ABOUT THE CATALY CONVERTER. HE STATED TO REPAIR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD COST ME ABOUT $1100. I WAS TRULY UPSET BECAUSE MY CAR IS ONLY 4YEARS OLD. ONCE I PICKED UP MY CAR I CONTACTED THE KIA CORPORATE OFFICE AND SPOKE TO ANOTHER YOUNG LADY EXPLAINING TO HER THE SITUATION AND SHE WAS VERY RUDE UNPROFESSIONAL BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME THAT IT KIA ONLY MANUFACTURES THE CAR BUT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN A PART SUCH AS A CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY GO BAD IN A CAR AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. SHE THEN STATED THAT THE NEXT TIME I PURCHASE A CAR I SHOULD MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE WARRANTY COVERAGE BEFORE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS REPAIRING. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TIRES AND I EXPLAINED TO THE YOUNG LADY THIS AS WELL. I TOLD HER I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID NOT WANT TO HELP ME GET THESE SITUATIONS FIX BECAUSE MY CAR WAS FAIRLY NEW. WELL I DIDN'T GET HELP FROM HER. FAR AS MY TIRES AFTER GETTING THE CRANK SENSOR FIX I FOUND MYSELF BACK AT HOLLY KIA GETTING MY TIRES LOOKED AT BECAUSE THE AIR KEPT GOING OUT. ONE MORNING GOING TO WORK A YOUNG MAN STOPPED ME ON THE HIGHWAY TO TELL ME MY TIRE WAS FLAT I IMMEDIATELY BUT AIR IN THE TIRE AND WENT TO HOLLY KIA AND TOLD THE SAME PARTS SERVICE SUPERVISOR WHAT THE PROBLEM HE TOOK MY CAR IN AND HAD THE TECHNICIAN LOOK AT MY TIRES I ASKED HIM COULD HE HA

CURRENTLY MY GAS MILAGE HAS DECREASED BY APPROX 4 MILES PER GALLON. IN THE WINTER I GET 30 MPG AND USED TO GET 34; IN SUMMER I GET 32.5 MPG AND USED TO GET 37. THINGS CHECKED: BRAKES TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AIR FILTER ENGINE CODES GAS QUALITY ( USED MOBIL PREMIUM GAS) PERFORMED A CARBON CLEANING FOR GDI ENG FUEL SYSTEM CLEANING ENGINE CLEANING WITH OIL CLEANING (FLUSH) ADDITIVE. AFTER ALL CLEANINGS ONLY SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT (APPROX 0.5 MPG). I SUSPECT A FAULTY CAT CONVERTER BUT HAVE NO WAY TO CHECK IT.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON 02/22/2019, AND IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER ON 02/23/2019. THE VEHICLE DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE ROD BEARING DAMAGE. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 77526 MILES ON IT.

ON 09/23/2018, WHILE DRIVING 70 ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER MY TUNE UP, MY CAR STARTED MAKING THIS HORRIBLE NOISE AND THE ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND RATTLING REALLY HARD. I PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A SPARK WIRE (I HAVE A VIDEO). I DROVE TO THE NEAREST ADVANCE AUTO PARTS AND A MECHANIC OF 30 YEARS SAID HE NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE IT. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT BACK TO CASTROL (WHO COMPLETED MY TUNE UP) AND THEY CHANGED ALL SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES STATING THAT THEY NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS AND NO INDICATION AS TO WHY THAT HAPPENED. ON 12/172018, THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND RATTLING AGAIN WHILE GOING ABOUT 45-50 ON A MAIN ROAD AND ONCE I PARKED, IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO ED VOYLE KIA AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY ENGINE SO IT WILL BE REPLACED. THEY PUT ME IN A RENTAL AND TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT YES, THERE IS A RECALL, HOWEVER, MY VIN # HASN'T COME UP YET SO I CAN PAY OUT OF POCKET AND BE REIMBURSED ONCE MY VIN# COME UP. THEY TOOK THE RENTAL BACK AND I'M NOW WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. I CAN'T GET TO WORK AND I STILL OWE ABOUT 10K ON MY CAR. NO ONE IS HELPING ME AT KIA AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. I LITERALLY WAS PROVIDED A PO BOX TO SEND MY COMPLAINT TO. I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE YET NO ONE SEEM TO CARE

THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTORS MELT OR BURN OUT CAUSING ONE OR MORE HEADLIGHTS TO STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY OR COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY.

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEAREST DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE.

JUST FINISHED GASSING UP AFTER WORK FROM HIGHWAY DRIVING AND OIL LIGHT STARTS FLICKING ON AND OFF REALLY FAST FOR A MIN THEN GOES AWAY . AFTER I PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD TO A NEIGHBORHOOD I'M ABOUT TO PULL OVER TO CHECK CAR AND GO OVER A SPEED BUMP CAR DIES. SO I GET OUT POP HOOD OPEN OIL CAP THERE NO OIL AND FUMES COMING OUT AND I REALLY DIDNT GET A WARNING LIGHT OR ANYTHING TO WARN ME THERE WASNT ANY OIL OTHER THEN THE FLICKERING LIGHT THAT JUST WENT OFF. IT HAS 100000 MILES GOT OIL CHANGED EVERY 4000 TO 5000 IT LAST HAD ONE AT 96000. SO I HAVE SOMEONE PICK ME UP I GET OIL PUT I. IT DOESNT START I LEAVE OVER NIGHT FIND OUT CPU HAS A SENSOR TO PROTECT ENGINE FROM FURTHER DAMAGE IF IT GETS HOT SO I DISCONNECT BATTERY AND RECONNECT IT STARTS BUT NOW THERES A KNOCKING SOUND I TAKE IT 2 MIN AWAY TO FIRESTONE THEY LISTEN TO IT AND SAY THE PROBLEM IS A INTERNAL MOTOR PROBLEM THEY CANT FIX SOUNDS LIKE A ROD BROKE.OR LOOSE. SO I HAVE TOWED TO DEALER FOR NOW. I JUST SAW THE NEWS ABOUT THEM CATCHING FIRE AND BASICALLY PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER. THE CARS ARE EATING TOO MUCH OIL DUE TO A REGULATOR SENSOR AND THE OIL SENSOR IS NOT LETTING PEOPLE NOW THERE ISN'T ANY OR THAT ITS LOW TIL IT'S TOO LATE SO THE RODS BREAK AND PUNCTURE THE MOTOR CAUSING OIL TO LEAK AND CATCH FIRE DUE TO HEAT. SO NOW I HAVE A CAR THAT'S UNDRIVABLE THAT I HAVE TO PAY POSSIBLY FOR A NEW ENGINE DUE TO A FAULTY DISTRIBUTION SENSOR AND OIL LIGHT WARNING SYSTEM THAT CAUSES OVERHEATING OF THE MOTOR. I HOPE MY RECALL NOTICE CO

BOUGHT A USED 2014 KIA SOUL IN 12/2015 WITH 34,000 AND PUT ON 17,400 MILES TO DATE.APPROX. 12/27/18 HEARD A VERY SLIGHT KNOCKING, TAPPING NOISE (HAD TO TURN THE ACCESSORIES OFF TO HEAR IT) AND CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL (WHICH WAS FINE-JUST HAD IT CHANGED). NO LOSS OF POWER, NO SMOKING, AND NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE WEATHER WAS COLD (WINTER IN THE NORTHEAST) SO I ASSUMED THE NOISE WAS A COLD ENGINE AND THE NOISE WAS HARDLY AUDIBLE AS THE CAR WARMED UP. IT EVENTUALLY GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER AND GOT FASTER AS I ACCELERATED (STILL NO LOSS OF POWER, ETC. I STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR MIDDLE OF JANUARY 2019 AND PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY.(I WAS AFRAID I WOULD DO MORE DAMAGE) AND HAD IT TOWED TO A KIA DEALER TO HAVE THEM ASSESS THE NOISE. ON 1/29/19 THE DEALER CALLED ME AT WORK AND TOLD ME "YOU NEED A NEW ENGINE"....AND ALSO TOLD ME SHE SPOKE TO SERVICE DEPT. AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 5 WEEKS (APPROX.).I'VE SUBMITTED ALL OF MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS TO DATE (DONE BY MANUFACTURER'S DATES/ONLY OIL CHANGES/ DID NOT NEED ANY MECHANICAL REPAIRS). I'VE CONTACTED KIA HEADQUARTERS APPROX. 16 TIMES AND NO ONE HAS RETURNED ANY CALLS. LAST TIME I SPOKE TO THEM THEY ARE IN THE 'WAITING STAGE' TO SEE WHAT DECISION CAN BE MADE AS FAR AS ?? REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO PAY FOR IT. (THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SOMETHING I DID TO THE CAR). MEANWHILE MY VEHICLE IS SITTING ON THE BACK LOT OF THE DEALER. KEEP IN MIND I'VE ONLY PUT

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN ON AUTO-HEADLIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS DO NOT FLICKER WHEN MANUALLY MOVED TO ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAYS.

HI I WAS LOOKING AT RECALLS FOR THE SOUL AFTER I SAW A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AND ACTUALLY TYPED MY VIN IN AND SAW MY CAR WAS RECALLED FOR A STEERING ISSUE THAT COULD'VE LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2017 IN MY 2014 KIA SOUL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH MY STEERING THAT CAUSED ME TO HIT SOMEONE? A WOMAN IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES AND WHEN I TRIED TO GET OVER IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED BUT UP BUT I COULD STILL TURN IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THERE WAS A WEIRD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND SOMETIMES I STILL HESRIT OCCASIONALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DRIVING 65 (THE SPEED LIMIT) USING CRUISE CONTROL ON HWY 78. CAR SOUNDED LIKE TRANSMISSION WAS BOGGING DOWN HEARD A POP AND SAW SMOKE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE LIFTED THE HOOD AND SAW FLAMES. CALLED 911 AND WATCHED THE CAR BURN UP. NO TIME TO GRAB ANYTHING BUT A POSTAL KEY.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH NORTH ON HARBOR BLVD AND FIRST ST IN CALIFORNIA SUDENDLY I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING/CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE & NO ERROR CODES CAME ON PRIOR TO THE NOISE SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC. UNTIL TODAY MECHANIC HAS UNKNOWN ORIGIN OF PROBLEM

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT ONLY WORKS AT RANDOM TIMES, IT WILL COME ON AND A FEW SECONDS LATER IT GOES OUT. MOST TIMES IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. LAST WEEK I HAD A NEW SWITCH INSTALLED THAT WAS ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE LIGHT WORKED FOR ONE (1) DAY AND WAS OUT AGAIN YET I WAS TOLD THE SWITCH WAS BAD THAT THEY REMOVED. HAPPENS WHEN MOVING OR STATIONARY, LEAVING DRIVEWAY. IF THE VEHICLE SETS A WHILE SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON MOST TIMES IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE OTHER HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AUG. 2018. I REPLACE THE BULB AND IT WORKS FOR 3 MONTHS THEN STARTS OVER AGAIN WORKING RANDOMLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL CAP DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

AT 10000MI, THIS CAR LOST PICK- UP, THEN CHARGING OUTLETS FAILED. BY 30000MI, THE BRAKES WERE MUSHY AND WEAK, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE, STEERING ISSUES AND WEIRD SMELLS STARTED TO OCCUR. BY 45000MI, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED, VIBRATION/SHAKING, HESITATION AND LURCHING (ON ITS OWN), GAS MILLAGE WAS CUT IN HALF, RMPS/IDLE UNUSUALLY HIGH, FAULTY/ FAILED SENSORS, FUEL GAUGE FAILURE, HEATING/BLOWER FAILURE. DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT LOOK INTO ANYTHING WITHOUT A "CODE" TRIPPING, AND I WAS TOLD BY THEIR MECHANIC THAT KIA CORPORATE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY INVESTIGATION OF ISSUES WITHOUT A DIAGNOSTIC CODE, SO MY WARRANTY WOUN'T COVER THE HIGH PRICE OF FINDING THE ISSUES. I GET IN THE CAR, START IT UP AND THE NOISE AND REV IS NOT NORMAL. I DRIVE 10 FEET AND THE CAR STARTS SHAKING AND MAKING NOISE. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN ON THE HEAT, LOUD NOISES STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, WHEN THE CAR REVVED, THE HEAT WOULD KICK ON FOR 2 SEC THEN FALL OUT AGAIN. IT NOW DOESN'T PERFORM AT ALL. WHEN I ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP LIGHT, IT WON'T MOVE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THEN PUTTERS AND GOES. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO MANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DASH BOARD STARTED TURN OFF AND ON THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY.WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND THE FIRE GREW AND COMPLETLY BURNED THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA OF DAYTON (8560 TROY PIKE, HUBER HEIGHTS, OH 45424, (937) 500-5461) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BOLT WAS MISSING, THERE WAS FRONT END DAMAGE, AND THE ROCKER ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,900...*BF 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

I WAS MID TURN GOING HOME WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR REFUSED TO SPEED UP AND BECAME TO RUMBLE. I SUCCESSFULLY MADE IT HOME RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. WHEN WHILE APPROACHING MY HOME MY VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME ON. OIL, ENGINE, BATTERY. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH MY CAR AND I GET MY OIL CHANGES REGULARLY ( WARNING LIGHT HAS NEVER CAME ON). I HAD TRIPLE A TOW MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AS I AM STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE MY 145 TO JUST LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID THE WARRANTY COMPANY MIGHT NOT COVER THE ENGINE BEING SHOT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED MY MILES STICKER TO TELL ME WHEN I NEED AN OIL CHANGE THE LAST THREE TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE. THEY NEVER INFORMED ME HOW LONG THEIR OIL CHANGES ARE GOOD FOR. I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS ON THIS CAR AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME AND MIGHT NOT EVEN FIX IT. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT MY CAR SO I AM LOW ON FUNDS. IF A ENGINE ISSUES ARE VERY COMMON WITH THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPLACE NO QUESTIONS ASKED. I PAY FOR MY WARRANTIES BUT THEY CANT HELP ME?

ON OCTOBER 27, 2018 WHILE DRIVING ON I-10 WEST TOWARDS DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE, MY 2014 KIA SOULS' ENGINE 'POPPED' AND LOST ACCELERATION VERY SUDDENLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT WAS TOWED IMMEDIATELY TO ALL STAR KIA OF BATON ROUGE ON SIEGEN LANE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FOUR MONTHS PRIOR. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE SOUL HAD A 'MASSIVE ENGINE FAILURE' WHICH CAUSE IT TO THROW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. IT WAS ALSO AT THIS TIME THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED ME THAT THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO ME SINCE I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND KIA HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR OR REPLACE OF THE ENGINE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE FAILURE ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2014 AND 2015 KIA SOULS. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE NHTSA CONCERNING BOTH ENGINE FAILURES AND ENGINE FIRES, BUT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECENT RECALLS. I IMPLORE THE NHTSA TO INCLUDE THE 2014 KIA SOUL IN THE RECENT RECALLS FOR HYUNDAI AND KIA DUE TO ENGINE FIRE PROBLEMS.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY HEARD A CLICKING SOUND IN THE FRONT. MY CAR SEEMED TO BE PUT OF GEAR AND WAS REVVING UP. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE AND IT DIED RIGHT THERE. I HAVE 102K ON THIS CAR AND IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD. I WAS TOLD ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED

2014 KIA SOUL + (JUST GOT - ONE MONTH - 1ST TIME HAPPENING) : IN MY DRIVEWAY: NOT STARTING: I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT - THE LIGHTS/ DASHBOARD LIT/ AND RADIO PLAYED, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START - I TURNED OFF THE RADIO AND TURNED OFF THE CAR: I TRIED X3 TIMES (RADIO OFF) - SAME RESULTS: THEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT THE IGNITION / PUT FOOT ON BRAKE / PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND TURNED - DASHBOARD LIT UP / HEARD THE CLICK / ENGINE DID NOT START / PUT CAR IN DRIVE - TURNED AGAIN / STILL NOTHING: PUT CAR IN PARK / TOOK KEY OUT IGNITION - TOOK KEY OUT - PUT KEY BACK IN IGNITION AND TURNED / DASHBOARD LIT / HEARD CLICK / NO ENGINE START: SAW ON YOUTUBE SEVERAL VIDEOS WITH SAME ISSUE.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE IN REVERSE AFTER LETTING OFF (REMOVING FOOT FROM) THE ACCELERATOR AND MOVING TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY SPED UP AS IF THE ACCELERATOR IS STILL BEING DEPRESSED. THE FIRST OCCASION WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON ON AN UNEVENTFUL FAIR WEATHER DAY WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE SECOND TIME WAS IN A COSTCO PARKING LOT, AGAIN ON A CLEAR AND UNEVENTFUL WEATHER DAY. NO RAIN OR ICE ON EITHER DAY HERE IN SACRAMENTO CA. THIS SECOND TIME, THE CAR ACCELERATED WITH SUCH SPEED THAT I WAS UNABLE TO STOP MY VEHICLE FROM CONTINUING TO REVERSE AND THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED MY VEHICLE WAS RUNNING INTO A PARKED TRUCK.

THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER OR ENTIRELY TURN OFF. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BULB MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS AND DISCOVERED THE ELECTRIC PLUG TO THE HEADLIGHT IS MELTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WE CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT SAFELY. EACH TIME WE REPLACE THE BULB IT STOPS FUNCTIONING IN A FEW DAYS TO WEEKS.

DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. REPLACED BULB BACK ON AND THEN RIGHT BACK OFF. FURTHER LOOKING AND THE ADAPTER PLUG THAT SNAPS INTO THE BACK OF THE LIGHT IS BURNT!

TAKATA RECALL.. DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM KEEPS GOING OUT. PREVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE OUT ONE DAY THEN WHEN I WOULD START MY CAR IT WOULD COME BACK ON. IN THE PICTURE BOTH LIGHTS ARE WORKING BUT 5 MINS BEFORE ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS WORKING. THIS HAS BEEN AN GOING ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. SOMETIMES I HAD TO REPLACE THE BULB AFTER IT BEING OUT FOR OVER A WEEK BUT THE BULB WAS NOT BLOWN.

ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10AM, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REMOVED MY IMPORTANT BELONGINGS. WITHIN MINUTES MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I NOTIFIED CITY POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND INSURANCE COMPANY. MY CAR WAS ULTIMATELY DESTROYED AND TAKEN TO A JUNK YARD.

11-6-18 - WHILE IN MOTION, MID TURN, MY CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH, AND THEN WHEN CAR SHUT DOWN, BATTERY DIED AS WELL AND WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. I AM SO THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. DEALERSHIP HAS SAID MOTOR IS LOCKED UP AND CANNOT EVEN BE MANUALLY STARTED & THAT I NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE.

CONNECTOR ON HEADLIGHT WIRES ARE BURNING WHILE OPERATING HEADLIGHTS AND CAUSEING BOTH HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. BULBS ARE BURNT OUT BUT HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL CAR SITS FOR A WHILE.

SAFETY CONCERN: ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE IS A 2014 KIA SOUL WITH 104,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT <20 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE MADE A SINGLE "POP" SOUND AND THE VEHICLE EXPELLED A LARGE BLACK CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER, INTO A GAS STATION. SHORTLY BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE DRIVER HEARD ANOTHER LOUD "POP" SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AREA OF THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE ESCAPING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A COMPLETE STOP, THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE HOOD OF THE CAR, TO DISCOVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS ON-FIRE. THE FIRE WAS AS TALL AS THE ENGINE HOOD AND WIDE AS THE MOTOR. IT APPEARS ALL COMPONENTS IN THE ENGINE AREA WERE BURNED/MELTED, INCLUDING THE MOTOR COVER, HOSES, AND ELECTRICAL WIRES. THE DRIVER NOTIFIED THE GAS STATION ATTENDANT OF THE FIRE, AND USED THE GAS STATION'S FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE ENGINE FIRE. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS NOTIFIED THIS REPAIR WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR WARRANTIED REPAIR, WHICH EXPIRED AT 100,000 MILES, ACCORDING TO THE KIA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY KIA TO A KIA DEALERSHIP, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER, WHERE IT REMAINED DORMANT FOR 5 DAYS, DUE TO A HOLIDAY BREAK.

I HAD TO GET NEW HEADLIGHTS AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOW GETTING RIDICULOUS. ONE HEAD LIGHT WILL NOT WORK. IT WILL COME ON WHEN IT FEELS LIKE COMING ON. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON.SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON RIGHT AWAY OTHERS TIMES IT WILL FLICKER ON OFF AND NOT WORK AT ALL. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I DRIVE HOME IN THE DARK AND I DNT WANT TO GET FILLED OVER. I ALSO DRIVE IN DARK ROADS AND IT MAKES IT HARD TO SEE WHEN ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT WORKS. I AM NOW NOTICING THAT IS THE WORKING IN THE CAR NOT MY HEADLIGHTS.

11/23/2018 1445 TRAVELING FROM WILSONVILLE OR TO NETARTS BAY, OR ON HWY 6 WESTBOUND CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE/ KIA ENGINE OIL DEFECT - ENGINE SEIZED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SAFELY GOT INTO TILLAMOOK TO CALL AAA FOR AN 85 MILE TOW BACK HOME TO WILSONVILLE. HAD A VERY LONG WAIT IN THE RAIN FOR TOW TRUCK. WE REGULARLY CHANGED OIL AND PERFORMED ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE OF WHICH WE HAVE COMPLETE RECORDS, VERY CLEAN AND NO ACCIDENTS. NO WARNING TO ANY PROBLEM BEFORE INCIDENT. AFTER THE INCIDENT WE HAD THE OIL CHECKED AND CHANGED AGAIN AT VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE IN TILLAMOOK JUST TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP. NEW OIL DID NOT IMPROVE THE CONDITION.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH LOUD SOUND FROM ENGINE AND ALL POWER LOST. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND DIP STICK SHOWED NO OIL IN ENGINE. OIL JUST CHANGE BY TWO MONTHS PRIOR BY KIA DEALERSHIP. LOOKED UNDER CAR AND POOL OF OIL. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE BLEW AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY AS WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND THE WARRANTY IS NOT TRANSFERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD 70,000 MILES AND THE ENGINE BLEW. SO MUCH FOR A 10 YEAR 100,000 MILE WARRANTY WHEN KIA DOES NOT TRANSFER THE WARRANTY TO A VEHICLE THEY SELL AT THE DEALERSHIP. ITS CALLED A MANUFACTURER WARRANTY NOT A OWNER WARRANTY. KIA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY ENGINES THEY HAVE USED. THE DEALERSHIP EVEN ADMITTED THIS WAS A ENGINE FAILURE AND NOT OWNER FAILURE. I HAVE OWNED 4 KIA'S AND WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER ONE.

ENGINE WAS BURNING IN THE INSIDE HAD TO RETURN TO JIFFY LUBE EVERY 3TO4 DAYS TO CAP OFF OIL DIP STICK WAS BURNT AND ENGINE CAP HAD BURNED UP. KIA OF ELMHURST SOLD ME A CAR WITH BAD ROTARY FRONT AND REAR THE BRAKE PEDAL RUBBER FELL OFF WAS DRIVING ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT FOOT SLIDE OFF THE BRAKE LOOK DOWN AND THE RUBBER PROTECTOR WAS OFF TOOK IT BACK TO SERVICE AND BUT IT BACK ON AND A WEEK LATER IT FELL OFF AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURELY RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH AND MUSCLE STRAINS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS BENT AND THE CHASSIS WAS FRACTURED DUE TO THE CRASH. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP18003 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NEMET KIA (153-03 HILLSIDE AVE, JAMAICA, NY 11432, 718-523-1145) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL THE CONTACT BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000. *DT*JB *JS

AFTER RUNNING VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR RUNNING LIGHT GOES OUT. THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS CHECKED AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL, TURN INDICATOR WORKS, BRAKE LIGHT WORKS, HAZARD LIGHT FLASHES. THIS IS THE FACTORY LED VERSION OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO. THEN I FLIPPED THE FUSE AND IT CAME BACK ON. NOW IT HAS GONE OFF AGAIN AND THE FUSE FLIP IS NOT REMEDYING THE PROBLEM.

DAUGHTER DRIVING IN LOCAL TRAFFIC 30 MPH. BLUE SMOKE AND ENGINE NOISE THEN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. TOWED TO MECHANIC AND SAID THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE AND METAL SHARDS THAT CAME OUT THE HOLE. ALL OIL SPILLED OUT. TAKING TO KIA DEALER FOR REVIEW. ENGINE IS LOST. 67,000 MILES.

WHEN HEADLAMPS ARE IN AUTOMATIC MODE, THEY WILL SOMETIMES FLICKER ON/OFF, OR TURN OFF COMPLETELY UNTIL HEADLAMP CONTROLS ARE MANIPULATED (BY TURNING HEADLAMP POWER SWITCH DIAL BACK AND FORTH OR BY PULLING/PUSHING LOW/HIGH BEAM CONTROL). THIS IS EXACERBATED BY DRIVING ON AN UNSTABLE ROAD (I.E. A ROAD WITH POTHOLES OR BUMPS), WHEN ACTUATING SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROLS, AND WHEN STOPPING. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH, BUT HAS HAPPENED IN CITY STREETS AT VELOCITIES AS LOW AS 5 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTHS, BEGINNING AROUND AUGUST 2018.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES AND BURNING WIRES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING WAS ALSO FLICKERING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

ON 4 OCTOBER 2018 ABOUT 1/4 MILE (ON FREESTONE COUNTY ROAD) FROM OUR HOME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THE VEHICLE LOST FORWARD MOTION AND DIED. IMMEDIATELY THICK BLACK VOLUMINOUS SMOKE EMITTED FROM PASSENGER SIDE UNDER HOOD AND WITHIN SECONDS FLAMES DISCHARGED. MY WIFE, MYSELF AND OUR DOG EXTRICATED OURSELVES IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED WALKING TO NEIGHBORS HOUSE FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO MITIGATE DAMAGE. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS BEGAN AND ERUPTION OF ENGULFING FIRE BEGAN TO CONSUME THE VEHICLE. WE HAD STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE GRASS CAUGHT FIRE. 911 WAS CALLED AND WHEN THE MEMBERS OF TWO LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED THE CAR WAS TOTALLY EVOLVED IN FLAMES. A LIQUID (PROBABLY WATER) WAS USED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. CONTACTED FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY. NO POLICE REPORT REQUIRED RE: NO COLLISION. WE WERE DILIGENT IN HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE AND ATTENTION TO VEHICLE RECALLS. TIRES WERE REPLACED WHEN WORN AND RXP GAS ADDITIVE USED. INSURANCE ADJUSTOR STATED VEHICLE WAS SO BADLY BURNED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE.

4 TIMES WILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE SO BAD THE CARS BEHIND HAD TO STOP. THE VERY FIRST TIME WAS 6 WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALER THEY RECREATED THE ISSUE AND SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FLAW IN THE ENGINE HEAD. KIA SAID I HAD TO WAIT TILL THEY MAKE A RECALL. 3 MONTHS AFTER THAT ISSUE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, WE WERE SITTING IN AN INTERSECTION WHEN A TRUCK WAS GOING TO HIT US. I FLORED THE GAS AND A BUNCH A SMOKE CAME OUT IT BOGED BUT WE GOT OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME. KIA TOOK THE VAULVE COVER OFF AND IT LOOKED LIKE TAR. HOW CAN THAT BE POSIBLE WHEN IT WAS NOT EVEN DRIVEN THE FIRST 3,000 MILES FOR THE OIL CHANGE??? WE ARE PAYING FOR A CAR THAT HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVE WAY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. TO SCARED TO DRIVE IT.

SO AT 106000 MILES ENGINE BLOW UP. COME TO FIND OUT THIS ENGINE IS THE SAME ENGINE BEING RECALLED ON OTHER KIA MODELS FOR SAME THING. KIA WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR. THIS ENGINE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ALSO. IT BLOWS BECAUSE THE HOLD FOR THE PISTONS WHERE CUT WRONG. I WAS TOLD THIS BY THE KIA DEALER THAT FIXED MY CAR

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OR FLICKER WHENEVER I USE TURN SIGNAL WHEN I'M STOPPED AND PUT TURN SIGNAL ON OR WHEN I'M DRIVING AND PUT THE TURN SIGNAL ON. I'VE ONLY NOTICED THIS WHEN DRIVING ON LOCAL ROADS, FREEWAYS IN MY AREA ARE WELL LIT SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN CHANGING LANES