Factory build sheet
2016 Kia Soul TOP (High Grade, Pano Roof)
Build KNDJX3AE-G · Electric · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNDJX3AE and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Soul whose VIN starts KNDJX3AE and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 455 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 455 known VINs
- 7 listed for sale now
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
- Engine model
- Motor (3-phase AC)
- Fuel type
- Electric
- Electrification
- Battery electric
- Battery type
- Lithium-Ion/Li-Ion
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- 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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$8,995 median asking price · 11 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 11 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Kia used the VIN pattern KNDJX3AE for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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 | JX3AE | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 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 2016 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 2016 Soul. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
455 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KNDJX3AE-G shares the specification above.
- 455 Known VINs
- 7 Listed for sale now
- 11 Priced listings
- $8,995 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Soul, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2017 Base 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 13,351 vehicles · $8,995 median
- 2017 Plus 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 13,627 vehicles · $9,495 median
- 2017 EV-E,EV Electric · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 386 vehicles · $8,488 median
- 2018 Base 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 15,341 vehicles · $9,998 median
- 2019 Base 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 17,429 vehicles · $10,499 median
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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.
Prices are asking prices from 11 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 455 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.