How many Kia Souls are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, how new registrations have changed and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records and 24,755 DVSA MOT tests.
Licensed in Great Britain23,479−3.2% on a year earlier
Declared SORN788Off the road, not taxed
MOT first-time pass rate, 202570.5%Cars of the same ages 71.0%
Rank by number licensedNo. 221of 1,159 models we cover
Peak year202225,097 licensed
Average annual mileage6,221miles a year
How many Kia Souls are left in Great Britain?
There were 23,479 Kia Souls licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 788 declared off the road (SORN).
That is 6.4% fewer than the peak of 25,097 in 2022.
Kia Souls licensed in Great Britain
Numbers peaked in 2022 and have fallen every year since, as older cars are scrapped faster than new ones are registered.
In 2025, 70.5% of Kia Soul MOT tests were passed first time,
against 72.8% for all cars.
Cars of the same ages as the Kia Souls tested pass 71.0% of the time, so the Kia Soul does about as well as average for its age. In 2024 its pass rate was 70.8%.
MOT first-time pass rate by age: Kia Soul vs all cars
Comparing like with like: each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older average age does not count against a model.
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MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Kia Soul compared with all cars
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment is the most common reason a Kia Soul fails its MOT,
appearing on 32.5% of failed tests. A failed test can have defects in
more than one category, so shares add up to more than 100%.
8.1% of Kia Soul tests found at least one dangerous defect, against 7.3% for all cars.
Most common MOT failure categories
Share of failed Kia Soul MOT tests with at least one defect in each category
The single most common reason a Kia Soul failed its MOT in 2025 was
“Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play”, on 19.1% of 7,309 failed tests.
54.0% of tests ended with at least one advisory, a problem to watch that did not fail the test; the most common was “Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge”.
The same fault on any wheel or side counts once.
Most common reasons for failure
Share of failed tests with each defect. A test can fail for more than one.
Most common specific MOT defects on failed Kia Soul tests, 2025
Defect
Share of failed tests
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play Steering
19.1%
Position lamp: not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
13 years of the Kia Soul, by year of first registration, have their own page with MOT results, common faults, mileage and how many are left. Against all cars of the same age, the 2017 cars did best at their 2025 MOT (85.1% passed first time) and the 2009 cars worst (51.5%).
Registered: cars on the DVLA record at the end of the year they were first registered (these counts start in 2014, so older years show a dash). Left:
licensed or declared SORN at the end of 2025.
Both cover the United Kingdom. Pass rate: first-time passes at normal MOT tests in Great
Britain in 2025; all cars: every car first registered the same year.
Kia Soul annual mileage
The average Kia Soul covers 6,221 miles a year,
worked out from odometer readings at consecutive MOT tests.
Average annual mileage by age
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4k
6k
8k
7,694
4–5 years
6,220
6–7 years
6,259
8–10 years
5,976
11–14 years
5,959
15–19 years
Average annual mileage of a Kia Soul by vehicle age
Registrations of Kia Souls for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 3,927 in 2011. In 2025, 1 were registered. With almost none registered new, the number on the road is likely to keep falling.
Registered for the first time, by year
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Kia Souls registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Of the 24,286 Kia Souls licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 82.8% have an engine of 1,501cc to 1,600cc. The share with an engine of 1,501cc to 1,600cc has fallen from 99.9% in 2014 to 82.8%. Electric made up 0.1% of those licensed in 2014 and 17.2% in 2025.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
Kia Souls licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size
Share of those licensed
1,501cc to 1,600cc 20,097 licensed
82.8%
No engine (electric) 4,189 licensed
17.2%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
Kia Souls licensed in the UK by fuel type, share of each year’s total
Year
Diesel
Petrol
Electric
2014
70.1%
29.8%
0.1%
2015
69.9%
29.3%
0.8%
2016
69.8%
29.0%
1.2%
2017
68.4%
29.5%
2.1%
2018
64.8%
31.4%
3.8%
2019
64.5%
31.7%
3.8%
2020
62.4%
30.5%
7.1%
2021
59.5%
29.3%
11.2%
2022
57.4%
28.4%
14.1%
2023
56.6%
27.9%
15.5%
2024
55.7%
27.6%
16.6%
2025
55.1%
27.6%
17.2%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN
excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page.
How we use engine sizes.
Kia Soul fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Kia Soul from 2009 to 2024. On the WLTP test (listings 2019 to 2024), its electric versions have an official range of 171 to 281 miles. On the older NEDC test (listings 2009 to 2018), official combined fuel economy for its petrol and diesel versions ranges from 38.7 to 58.8 mpg, with CO2 of 127 to 170 g/km; electric versions have an official range of 132 miles.
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2019 to 2024
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2019 to 2024
Engine and fuel
Combined mpg
CO2 g/km
Range, miles
Miles per kWh
Listed
Euro standard
Versions
Electric
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171–281
3.9–4.0
2019–2024
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Older NEDC figures, listed 2009 to 2018 (3 engine and fuel groups)
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2009 to 2018
Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in
real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
NEDC figures (in VCA’s data until September 2018) and WLTP figures (from the 2019 guide)
come from different tests, so they are shown separately and should not be compared.
Electric cars produce no exhaust CO2; range and miles per kWh are VCA’s official figures.
Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in
VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was
listed.
Matched from VCA’s model names “Soul”, “New Soul”, “Soul EV”, “Soul EV MY22”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Kia Soul safety recalls
DVSA lists 13 safety recalls for the Kia Soul since 1992, the first in 2013. The most recent was launched on 5 December 2024.
The HECU hydraulic electronic control unit of affected vehicles equipped with Anti-lock Brake Systems ABS and Electronic Stability Control ESC could leak internally and cause an electrical short over time. In extreme cases the HECU could overheat with a possible risk of an under bonnet fire.
Remedy
The recall will replace the fuses in the junction box with a lower rated version.
A recall applies to cars built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Kia Soul. The details come from manufacturers through DVSA, which says they may be delayed or
incomplete. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check or ask the manufacturer or a
dealer. How we match recalls to models.
Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately.
First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
Models are grouped by DVLA’s generic model name, so every generation and trim counts together.
MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over in 2025; retests are excluded. Age is rounded to the nearest year.
DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.
