Kia Soul: Do not use methanol
Fuels containing methanol (wood alcohol) should not be used in your vehicle. This type of fuel can reduce vehicle performance and damage components of the fuel system.
✽ NOTICE
Your New Vehicle Limited Warranty may not cover damage to the fuel system and any performance problems that are caused by the use of fuels containing methanol.
Gasoline containing alcohol and methanol
Gasohol, a mixture of gasoline and ethanol (also known as grain alcohol), and gasoline or gasohol containing methanol (also known as wood alcohol) are being marketed along with or instead of leade ...Fuel Additives
Kia recommends that you use good quality gasolines treated with detergent additives such as TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline, which help prevent deposit formation in the engine. These gasolines will he ...See also:
Push-starting
Vehicles equipped with automatic transaxle lock system cannot be push-started.
Follow the directions in this section for jump-starting.
WARNING
Never tow a vehicle to start it because the sudden su ...
Troubleshooting
Symptom
Suspect area
Engine will not start or struggle to start
Vapor hose damaged or disconnected
Engine struggles to start
Malfunction of the Pu ...
Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
Low tire pressure telltale / TPMS malfunction indicator
Each tire, including the spare (if provided), should be checked monthly when
cold and inflated to the inflation pressure recommended by the ...