# NHTSA recall 15V123000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V123000
- Manufacturer's number: SC116
- Manufacturer: Kia Motors America
- Reported: 2015\-03\-02
- Owners notified: 2015\-03\-24
- Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- Units potentially affected: 208858

## What is wrong

Kia Motors America \(Kia\) is recalling certain model year 2014\-2015 Soul and Soul electric vehicles manufactured July 21, 2013, to January 8, 2015.  A section of the accelerator pedal may bend and fracture.


## What can happen

If the vehicle has a bent or broken accelerator pedal, the driver may have difficulty accelerating the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Kia will notify owners, and dealers will add a supporting rubber underneath the pedal stopper, free of charge.  The recall began on March 24, 2015.  Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1\-800\-333\-4542.  Kia's number for this recall is SC116.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-07\-19
- Vehicles in the campaign: 208858
- Reported remedied: 175842 \(84%\)
- Reported unreachable: 4711
- Reported removed: 2050

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 KIA SOUL](/makes/kia/soul/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-07\-21 to 2015\-01\-08.
- [2015 KIA SOUL](/makes/kia/soul/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-07\-21 to 2015\-01\-08.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [PS476\_R1](/bulletins/10133169.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin
- [PS400](/bulletins/10089987.md), 2017-01-31, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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