Factory build sheet

2014 Kia Soul GLS(Plus)

Build KNDJP3A5-E · 2L · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNDJP3A5 and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Soul whose VIN starts KNDJP3A5 and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 1 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by Kia with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.

Engine

Displacement
2 L
Engine model
DOHC GDI NU
Valve train
Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Fuel type
Gasoline

Body & chassis

Body class
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
NHTSA body type
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
Manufacturer
KIA CORPORATION

Weight rating

GVWR class
Class 1C
GVWR
4,001–5,000 lb

Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.

The same build, other model years

Kia used the VIN pattern KNDJP3A5 for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.

$8,395 2015 $9,495 2017 $10,995 2019

How this VIN pattern is read

A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.

Positions Characters What they encode
1–3 KND KIA CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 JP3A5 Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 E Model year — 2014
11 × Assembly plant
12–17 ×××××× Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle

NHTSA safety ratings

Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2014 Kia Soul as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 Soul. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

1 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to KNDJP3A5-E shares the specification above.

  • 1 Known VINs

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Where this data comes from

Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.

Vehicle counts come from the 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.