GMC Yukon XL vs KIA Soul

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	GMC Yukon XL	KIA Soul
Complaints on file	3,132	7,523
Model years covered	1999–2026	2010–2025
Worst model year	2023	2015
Best model year	2012	2024
Crashes reported	113	409
Fires reported	19	479
Injuries reported	82	284
Deaths reported	4	15
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7%	15.8%

GMC Yukon XL by year

3 77 151 114 115 118 58 24 125 86 32 37 67 22 26 13 404 267 209 69 86 59 291 210 293 99 40 37

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 708 22.6%

Brakes 378 12.1%

Electrical System 340 10.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 295 9.4%

Lights 288 9.2%

Other & Unspecified 206 6.6%

Airbags 196 6.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 144 4.6%

KIA Soul by year

193 270 673 866 1,223 1,222 1,142 355 292 196 499 310 133 86 42 21

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,505 46.6%

Other & Unspecified 629 8.4%

Electrical System 523 7.0%

Steering 517 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 424 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 363 4.8%

Brakes 357 4.7%

Lights 258 3.4%