# 2016 Kia Soul lurching at slow speed

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-kia-soul-lurching-at-slow-speed/159565>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** soul, kia\
**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-kia-soul-lurching-at-slow-speed/159565 "2020-02-26T00:16:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DPV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@DPV](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DPV)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-kia-soul-lurching-at-slow-speed/159565/1 "2020-02-26T00:16:59Z")

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Car will lurch suddenly at slow speed then would be hard to accelerate after 40mph if step on gas pedal get rpm but no acceleration and would feel like in low gear

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-kia-soul-lurching-at-slow-speed/159565/2 "2020-02-26T14:37:01Z")

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Is your CEL on? If so, have the codes read and post the numbers here.  
If CEL is flashing, have it towed.