2010 KIA SOUL Power Train Problems

PROBLEM STARTED AFTER HAVING CLUTCH REPLACED IN APRIL 2019. WHEN IN 2ND GEAR, CAR HESITATES AND BEHAVES AS IF IT ISN'T GETTING GAS; IE: DOES NOT ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING GAS. I TAKE FOOT OFF OF GAS AND THEN PUT BACK ON THE PEDAL OR HAVE TO CHANGE GEARS BEFORE CAR ACCELERATES.

CAR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT IS IN PARK, AND CANNOT BE STARTED DUE TO SAFETY FEATURE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO START CAR IN GEAR. TEMPORARY FIX WAS DISCOVERED TO BE SHIFT ALL THE WAY TO 2ND GEAR, THEN BACK TO PARK. TAKING TO KIA DEALER TOMORROW TO HAVE 'SWITCH' CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE SHORT. CAR WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED. PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE. ONCE IN CARPORT THE NEXT MORNING (10/9). THEN IN PARKING LOT AFTER RETURNING FROM SHOPPING IN GROCERY STORE (10/12).

THIS AND OTHER MODELS OF KIA/HYUNDAI HAVE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH AUTO TRANS A4CF1/2 ELECTRICA HARNESS THAT FAILS PREMATURELY AND FREQUENTLY, INCLUDING TEMP SENSOR INTERGRATED INTO IT. CAR NOW HAS 94K AND CODE P0713 FOR THE TEMP SENSOR FAILURE AND RECENTLY P0765 FOR SELONOID D, WHICH IS ALL RELATED TO WIRE HARNESS INSIDE TRANS. TEMP SENSOR FAILS, AND SOLDER CONNECTIONS BECOME LOOSE AND IRRETIC SHIFTING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND ALL SORTS OF TRANS PROBLEMS START. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED UPON OWNERS TAKING CARS TO DEALER OR TRANS SHOP, THEY ARE TOLD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ARE NO GOOD.

I RECENTLY CAME OUT TO GET INTO MY HUSBANDS KIA TO FIND A FLAT TIRE. WHILE THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL EVENT IT WAS EXPENSIVE. I PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES, AND HAD THEM MOUNTED. THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THE UNUSUAL WEAR PATTERN ON THE BACK TIRES WHICH I HAD NOTICED AS WELL. THE TIRES WERE WEARING IN THE CENTER AND TO THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE TIRES. HE SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE THE SOUL TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ALIGN THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS SPECS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP TO DO SO. I HEARD THE MECHANIC SAY TO THE DEPT. MANAGER THAT THE CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN ALIGNED. AFTER A SHORT WAIT PERIOD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD SHIFTED TO THE SIDE BY APPROX. 1/2". I ASKED...

MANUAL CLUTCH DEFECTIVE AT ONLY 13,300 MILES. CHECKED ONLINE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH KIA, MANY WITH EVEN LESS MILES. APPARENTLY KIA KNOWS THE CLUTCH IS DEFECTIVE AS THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL (6) OF THE CLUTCHES PARTS IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S MODEL BUT THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CLUTCH IS A "WEAR AND TEAR ITEM". I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CLUTCH WEARING OUT AT ONLY 13,300 MILES. MY LAST MANUAL VEHICLE (JEEP) HAD 89,000 MILES WHEN TRADED IN AND STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL FACTORY CLUTCH. *TR

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND RELEASING THE CLUTCH OUT TO START MOVING THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD METALLIC MOANING SOUND. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND GETTING READY TO MORE THAN LIKELY BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED EACH TIME AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS HAPPENING. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 19K MILES ON IT NOW, AND KIA NORTH AMERICA HAS BEEN CONTACTED EACH TIME AND THE REGIONAL ADVISOR HAS ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE IS STILL NO MENTION OF WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ARE BULKING AT BUYING THE CAR BACK OR COMPLETELY REPLACING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN HARD TO PUT INTO REVERSE FROM A STAND STILL AT TIMES. *TR

SOLID REAR AXLE FAILURE. *TR

MY WIFE AND I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2010 KIA SOUL ON 01/21/2012. SHE WAS DRIVING IT TO THE CAR WAS AND AS SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE ENTRANCE SHE WAS PULLED UP TOO CLOSELY. SHE BACKED UP THEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND AS SHE BEGAN TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE THOUGHT IT WAS STILL IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO MOVE BACKWARD. SHE THEN PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN SHIFTED INTO FIRST AGAIN AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, THIS TIME CAUSING HER TO HIT THE PAY BOX FOR THE CAR WASH AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER, MIRROR AND DOOR. *TR