Kia Soul

The 2025 Soul in brief

The 2025 Kia Soul is a small station wagon offered with a 2.0L 4-cyl engine and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 165 inches long and 71 inches wide on a 102-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 2,844 lb (5dr Hatch).

EPA rates its most efficient version at 31 MPG combined (29 city / 35 highway), 15% better than the 2025 small station wagon average of 26.9 MPG, for an estimated $2,150 a year in fuel.

In NHTSA crash testing it earned a 4-star overall rating.

It has 0 recall campaigns on file and owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the exterior lighting.

The Kia Soul has 16 model years in our data, from 2010 to 2025.

Its most efficient year was 2025 at 31 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 26 to 31 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the engine (3,146), unknown or other (650), electrical system (490).

Buying used? 2024 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2015 is the year to avoid.

2015 has the most recalls (7); all years together count 18 campaigns and 5,366 owner complaints.

How the 2010 Soul compares

The 2010 Kia Soul is a small station wagon offered with 2 engines (1.6L 4-cyl and 2.0L 4-cyl) and front-wheel drive.

It measures about 162 inches long and 71 inches wide on a 100-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 2,624 lb (1.6l).

About the Kia Soul

The Kia Soul is a subcompact crossover hatchback manufactured and marketed by Kia, produced from 2008 to 2025, in over three generations.

From the Wikipedia article "Kia Soul", licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.