2022 Kia Soul Customer Reviews

Pros

• Interior Space

  romany, great gas mileage, futures, luv it,

• Fuel Economy

  economy!

Cons

Pros

• Interior Space

  it is so roomy!!!!

• Cost to Maintain

  Great Gas mileage!!

• Seat Comfort

  I fit comfortably!!

Cons

Pros

• Power

• Dashboard

  Everything is visible

• Reliability

  It is always ready

Cons

• Seat Comfort

• Technology and Entertainment

  I haven't figured out how to have apple car all the time

• Cost to Maintain

  I don't know yet.

Pros

• Ride and Handling

  I LOVE its turning radius, much smaller than my Honda Fit's was, and the suspension handles Santa Fe potholes much better.

• Visibility

  The visibility is way better than a standard sedan or hatchback because it's higher off the ground, closer to an SUV's height. I've driven ordinary hatchbacks and an SUV and I really love the higher driver's seat viewpoint.

• Power

  Definitely much more power than my Honda Fit, which was underpowered at sea level and did not love being transported to 7000+ feet of altitude, to the point where I did not feel safe driving it on some New Mexico roads because I couldn't achieve and maintain a safe and consistent speed because the car simply didn't have the power.

Cons

• Technology and Entertainment

  Too much interactive distracting stuff on the main console screen (you can turn the display off but you have to deliberately choose to).

• Dashboard

  I don't need the big multifunction touch-screen (would prefer an old-fashioned console with buttons to control the sound system, etc).

• Power

  I really am not a fan of the feature where the engine shuts itself off while the car is stopped and starts again the second you take your foot off the brake. I am not at all confident that if I needed to have the car jumpstarted that it wouldn't do this, as if I were driving a manual transmission and stalled it, and immediately need another jumpstart because I hadn't driven it far enough to build up a battery charge. (I previously owned a manual 2020 Soul which needed a new battery after I'd owned it for 3 months, so am not super sanguine about its battery life). I would much rather the engine just stay on when I switch it on and cut off when I tell it to, but I don't know if there's a way to set it to not do this.

Pros

• Ride and Handling

Cons

• Cost to Maintain

  The oil in the engine magically disappeared and the engine seized. No warning lights and no sign of any leaks!

• Reliability

  This car was horrible and NOW I have NO car!!