Kia Soul. Published by Transport Canada as 2020535 on 11 November 2020. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
Kia Canada is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure may cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart.
Note: This campaign affects vehicles with a 2.0 L GDI engine. …
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Kia SOUL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kia SOUL is named on 14 American notices, 11 British, 15 European and 3 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020535
- Recall date
- 11 November 2020
- Make
- Kia
- Models
- Soul
- Model years
- 2014 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 27,879
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
Kia Canada is conducting a Product Improvement Campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure may cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart.
Note: This campaign affects vehicles with a 2.0 L GDI engine.Safety Risk:
A sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Kia will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module.
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 2020535.
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.
- 2020582 · 30 November 2020 · Stinger · Label
- 2020595 · 3 December 2020 · Soul Ev · Brakes
- 2020597 · 4 December 2020 · Optima, Forte, Sportage · Engine
- 2020404 · 31 August 2020 · Stinger · Brakes
- 2020405 · 31 August 2020 · Sorento · Brakes
- 2020369 · 12 August 2020 · Forte · Powertrain
- 2020351 · 30 July 2020 · Telluride · Lights And Instruments
- 2020318 · 14 July 2020 · Sedona · Electrical
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020501 · 21 October 2020 · J4500 · Engine
- 2020633 · 21 December 2020 · E350, E450 · Engine
- 2020408 · 1 September 2020 · Business Class M2, 114sd, 108sd · Engine
- 2020237 · 29 May 2020 · Ninja Zx-10r · Engine
- 2020121 · 22 March 2020 · S Class, S Class Coupe · Engine
- 2021202 · 5 April 2021 · Q60, Q50 · Engine
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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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