2013 Kia Soul Fuel System Problems

The contact owns a 2013 Kia Soul. The contact stated that upon his wife parking the vehicle, a strong fuel odor was coming from both inside and outside the vehicle without warning. Upon inspection, his wife discovered fuel spewing underneath the vehicle. The contact was called to the scene and the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed with a defective high-pressure fuel line that needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

2013 KIA SOUL, JUST AT 90KMILES, CONSUMING MOTOR OIL AT A RATE OF .75 QUARTS PER 1000 MILES ACCORDING TO KIA DEALER CONDUCTING THREE OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS. KIA CONTENDS THIS IS NORMAL. CHANGED PCV VALVE DURING SECOND OIL CONSUMPTION TEST WITH NO EFFECT ON OIL CONSUMPTION. THE CAR IS DRIVEN AROUND TOWN, MODERATE DISTANCES, DAILY. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED BY LOCAL GARAGES AND THE DEALER AT 5K MILE INCREMEMTS. THIS ISSUE BEGAN JUST AFTER THE KIA CATALYTIC CONVERTER RECALL NOTICE

VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A NOISE AND SEEMINGLY NOT GETTING GAS ANYMORE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.. I TRIED STARTING IT AND IT WOULD NOT START UNLESS I PUMPED THE GAS PETAL, WHICH SENT PLUMES OF WHITE SMOKE AND AWFULLY STRONG GAS ODOR. THE CAR DID THIS ALL THE WAY HOME. I CALLED A MECHANIC AND HE DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT AND SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF TWO SENSORS. THREE MECHANICS SAID THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND POSSIBLY EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT BECAUSE IT WAS DUMPING FUEL ON THE ENGINE. THEY SAID HAD THERE BEEN ONE SPARK FROM THE SPARK PLUGS THAT MY CAR WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY BLOWN UP. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR NOW AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT.

CONSUPTION EXCESIVE GAS $20 DOLLAR IN 3 DAYS

ON APRIL 3RD, 2018 AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL. THEN IT STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT START. HAD HELP COME WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND WHEN WE TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, IT DID START AND I DROVE IT HOME. NO ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. MY HUSBAND CHANGED THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE FOR THE PROBLEM AND TALKING TO MECHANICS ABOUT IT. RAN FINE UNTIL MAY 1, 2018, AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN CRUISE CONTROL DOING 65MPH MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I HAD NO TROUBLE LIGHTS ON. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND PUT IT IN PARK. WHEN I REVVED THE GAS PEDAL THE RPMS WENT UP. I SAT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN PUT IT IN DRIVE AND WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE IT STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD. I WAITED FOR THE TRAFFIC TO CLEAR THEN GAVE IT GAS AND I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE FREEWAY AND BROUGHT THE CAR HOME SAFELY. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG BUT WITH NO TROUBLE LIGHTS COMING ON THE DASH AND BEING UNABLE TO HAVE A SCANNER CHECK IT D/T NO TROUBLE LIGHTS COMING ON WE ARE CLUELESS. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS, IT WAS VERY SCARY BEING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAVING THIS HAPPEN.

VERY SOON AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, WE DROVE TO CA. DURING THE DRIVE, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I WOULD SLOW TO TURN (LIKE INTO A DRIVE OR PARKING LOT) THE CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT HAD A VAPOR LOCK- STARVED FOR FUEL. I WOULD PUMP THE GAS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE CAR WOULD RESPOND (SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY). THIS WAS AT LESS THAN 6K MILES. AFTER TRIPS TO THE DEALER, WHO RODE ALONG WITH ME AND KEPT THE CAR OVERNIGHT FOR THE MANAGER TO DRIVE, THEY RETURNED IT SAYING THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE MY ISSUE. SO, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. TWO SUCH COMPLAINTS AND I'M 30K MILES FURTHER ALONG WITH THE ISSUE STILL PRESENT. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE!