Kia Soul Ev. Published by Transport Canada as 2020310 on 7 July 2020. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the transmission could be damaged if the driver shifts to the "P" (Park) position before the vehicle has stopped moving. As a result, the vehicle could move when the shift lever is in the Park position and the parking brake is not used.
Safety Risk:
Sudden and unexpected vehicle …
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Kia SOUL EV in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia SOUL EV is named on 4 American notices, 2 British and 5 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020310
- Recall date
- 7 July 2020
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Soul Ev
- Model years
- 2015 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,179
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the transmission could be damaged if the driver shifts to the "P" (Park) position before the vehicle has stopped moving. As a result, the vehicle could move when the shift lever is in the Park position and the parking brake is not used.Safety Risk:
Sudden and unexpected vehicle movement could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Kia will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the Electronic Parking Brake. After the update, the parking brake will activate when the POWER button is turned OFF and the gear shift lever is in the Park position.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2020310.
Kia elsewhere in this register
Kia is named on 197 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020318 · 14 July 2020 · Sedona · Electrical
- 2020351 · 30 July 2020 · Telluride · Lights And Instruments
- 2020369 · 12 August 2020 · Forte · Powertrain
- 2020404 · 31 August 2020 · Stinger · Brakes
- 2020405 · 31 August 2020 · Sorento · Brakes
- 2020535 · 11 November 2020 · Soul · Engine
- 2020582 · 30 November 2020 · Stinger · Label
- 2020075 · 26 February 2020 · Sedona · Fuel System
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020261 · 12 June 2020 · Cherokee · Powertrain
- 2020356 · 4 August 2020 · Xde60 · Powertrain
- 2020256 · 10 June 2020 · Metris · Powertrain
- 2020369 · 12 August 2020 · Forte · Powertrain
- 2020401 · 28 August 2020 · 1500 · Powertrain
- 2020224 · 25 May 2020 · Acx Xpeditor · Powertrain
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Kia: 197 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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