# 2017 Kia Soul - Power problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-kia-soul-power-problem/181343>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** kia\
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-kia-soul-power-problem/181343 "2021-12-19T01:31:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![donu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@donu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donu)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-kia-soul-power-problem/181343/1 "2021-12-19T01:31:37Z")

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I have tried passing in the gas saving mode and when you accelerate hard the car chokes out & you have to try to back off passing. This is real dangerous. Just had it in the shop & they said there was a recall not sure if this will help or not. It seems to do alright in another mode. Has anybody else complained about this.

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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:** [December 19, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-kia-soul-power-problem/181343/2 "2021-12-19T12:02:45Z")

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> [@donu](#):
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> they said there was a recal

Must be others that had this experience in order for a recall to be issued. The dealership is correcting the problem. I’m **guessing** it deals with transmission programming.  
Let us know what the service report shows.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-kia-soul-power-problem/181343/3 "2021-12-21T00:03:28Z")

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Could be the transmission programming is imperfect, and there’s a recall for new programming download, but I wouldn’t expect that to cause the engine to nearly stall-out on acceleration. The stalling seems more like an overly lean condition has developed. Any diagnostic codes, fuel trim measurements?