# 2012 Kia Soul electrical problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** soul, kia\
**Created:** [October 6, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275 "2018-10-06T17:20:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Emma02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/439d5e/32.png) [@Emma02](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Emma02)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275/1 "2018-10-06T17:20:04Z")

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2012 Kia Soul seems to have an electrical problem causing power steering to go out as well as the alternator/distributor,

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275/2 "2018-10-06T19:09:32Z")

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Likely bad battery or bad alternator or both.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275/3 "2018-10-09T01:08:15Z")

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I presume that what is actually happening, is that your engine stalls from low battery voltage and because the engine is no longer turning the Power steering pump…you lose power steering.

As @Mustangman pointed to… bad battery or bad alternator or both…

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-kia-soul-electrical-problem/126275/4 "2018-10-09T07:04:21Z")

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Verify that the ignition power to those areas is okay first before checking other related systems.