2023 Kia Soul Airbags Problems

Your steering wheel airbag deployed dangerously during a minor collision under 20 mph—it exploded rather than deploying normally and failed to make proper contact with the driver. No other airbags deployed during the impact. The dealership refused to investigate the faulty deployment, and the manufacturer dropped the case without completing their investigation despite receiving photos and a full report. This is particularly concerning because your vehicle had recalls issued for side airbags, suggesting a pattern of airbag issues Kia may have missed. Addressing this will likely require a complete airbag system inspection and steering wheel airbag replacement by the manufacturer.

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I have had my car to the dealership 3 times and scheduled for a4th time for this same issue. It is intermittent which I realize makes it hard to diagnose however the dealership kept it overnight in 2nd visit to try to reproduce it and they did. When driving, the car will randomly start beeping and errors cycle thru in the dash. It tells me that my braking system needs to be checked then lighting system, airbag system failing etc. It goes thru about 5 or 6 system errors. Not always same sysyems and not going at same rate of speed when it happens. I have been told it isn't a safety issue however they apparently do not know what it is causing it to do that so I'm not sure how they can definitively say that. 1st visit I was told they did a software update and that"fixed the problem". After a few weeks it started again. Then I was told that the front camera needed to be recalibrated. 3 weeks after that when the part arrived I was told that fixed the issue. A week later, It is again intermittently alarming while driving. It is very distracting not to mention scary when it happens. The fact that the part was backordered for 3 weeks that they thought would fix it leads me to believe it is happening to a lot of kia cars. It is also on some online forums where others are talking about the same issue. My car has less than 5000 miles on it and I have owned it for 9 months. I am afraid to drive it because it scares me when this happens. This has been ongoing since June.

Your FM radio display shows a black screen instead of functioning normally. The radio may need to be repaired or replaced to restore the display and FM radio functionality.