| Issue ID | 1181805 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10715228 |
| Manufacurer | Kia Motors America |
| Brand | KIA |
| Model | SOUL |
| Model Year | 2015 |
| File date | 02/04/15 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Kia country of charleston, south carolina sold me a new 2015 kia soul while under an active recall, prior to the recall work being completed, in apparent violation of 49 u. S. C., section 30112(a)(3). Kia service campaign 116, a safety recall to correct a potential unsafe condition resulting from the fracturing of the accelerator pedal, appears to have been in effect well in advance of my purchase date of 02 april 2015. It seems that in the rush to sell me the vehicle, the recall work was not completed, and i was not notified that a recall was in effect. I only found out about the recall after registering on a kia website as a kia owner, when an automated system matched my new vehicle's vin number to the recall, and indicating it as incomplete. The soul was taken in for service and the recall was completed on 24 april 2015, after the vehicle had been driven 1208 miles with the potential unsafe defect, with no other notification from the dealership or the manufacturer. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 11 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | NORTH CHARLESTON, SC |
| VIN pattern | KNDJX3A55F7XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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