Vehicle report
2017 KIA SOUL
This model year
What the record shows
The 2017 Kia Soul is a small station wagon, and the 8th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2010 to 2025.
The EPA rated four configurations: engines from 1.6-litre four-cylinder to 2-litre four-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 27 to 28 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 271 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 102 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.