NHTSA Complaint #11389830 — 2020 KIA SOUL

MY 2020 SOUL WAS NOT EVEN 1 YEAR OLD WITH APPROX. 12,000 MILES WHEN I WAS TAKING A TRIP FROM STL MY HOME TO COLORADO. 5 HOURS OUT IN LAWRENCE KANSAS AT 12:15 AM MY SOUL BEGAN SHAKING, WITH RPM'S ACTING WEIRD WHEN I WOULD PRESS GAS PEDDLES RPM'S WOULD REV UP TO THE VERY TOP AND CAR WOULD NOT GO. I WAS APPROACHING A TOLL BOOTH AND WHEN I GOT MY TICKET AND TRIED TO MOVE THE CAR WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I PULLED ONTO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS ON HOLD FOR ABOUT 1 HOURS WHEN I NOTICED VIA THE KIA APP THAT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE COULD BE REACHED BY THE NAVIGATION UNIT. I HIT ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND A WOMEN ANSWERED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. SHE SEEMED EXTREMELY CONFUSED HOW TO DO HER JOB. SHE ASKED ME LOCATION, MY NAME, AND OTHER INFO SEVERAL TIMES. THE CALL WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES WHEN SHE FINALLY SAID ASSISTANCE WOULD BE ON THE WAY. I RECEIVED 3 TEXT MESSAGES OVER THE NEXT 1 STATING SORRY FOR INCONVENIENCE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET A SERVICE PROVIDER. WHILE WAITING I OBVIOUSLY GOOGLED AND SAW MAY STORIES ABOUT 2020 KIA SOUL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WAS NOW ABOUT 6:00AM AND A STATE TROOPER CAME AND SAID I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS COMING AND I WAS EXHAUSTED, STARVING, AND NEEDED TO DESPERATELY USE THE RESTROOM. HE CALLED AND GOT ME A TOW TRUCK. I PAID $179.00 AND TOWED MY CAR TO DEALERSHIP IN LAWRENCE KANSAS. I THEN CHECKED INTO HOTEL WHICH WAS $125.00 AND RESTED WHILE I WAITED FOR THEM TO CALL. THAT AFTERNOON AROUND NOON THEY CALLED AND SAID MY BASICALLY NEW CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.