The Kia Soul front parking light uses a 2357NA bulb size, while the parking light accommodates either a P21/5W or 168 bulb size. The replacement chart covers vehicle production years spanning 2010 to 2024 with corresponding bulb size specifications.
The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.
The Kia Soul front parking light relies on three distinct bulb types across its model history: the 2357NA, the P21/5W, and the 168, each belonging to different international standards and serving different electrical roles.
The 2357NA is an ANSI-standard dual-filament bulb rated at 12V with a high filament draw of 26.9W and a low filament draw of 8W. It uses a BAY15d bayonet base and features natural amber glass, which produces an amber output without the need for an amber lens or housing.
The P21/5W follows the ECE standard used in European and worldwide markets. It is also a dual-filament bulb on a BAY15d bayonet base, rated at 12V with filaments drawing 21W and 5W respectively, making it functionally similar in base type to the 2357NA but distinct in wattage and regulatory origin.
Although the 2357NA and P21/5W share the BAY15d bayonet base, they are not confirmed as interchangeable in these specifications, and their differing wattage ratings reflect separate design standards.
The 168 is a single-filament miniature wedge bulb of the T10 type, rated at 12V and 4.9W. Its wedge base is physically incompatible with the BAY15d bayonet base used by the 2357NA and P21/5W.
The Kia Soul (2010-2013) used the 168 bulb for the front parking light, a low-wattage single-filament design that differs substantially in both base type and function from the dual-filament bulbs used in later model years.
From 2014-2019, the Soul specifies the 2357NA for front parking light applications only on trims without projector-type headlamps, indicating that the headlamp configuration is a determining factor in bulb fitment for those years.
The 2357NA is specified for the front parking light across the 2021-2024 model years without any trim or headlamp configuration conditions noted.
The 2020 Soul front parking light uses the P21/5W rather than the 2357NA, representing the sole model year in the specifications where the ECE-standard bulb is called for in this position.
Because the 168 wedge bulb and the BAY15d bayonet bulbs occupy physically different socket types, a direct substitution between pre-2014 and post-2013 front parking light bulbs on the Soul is not possible without a corresponding socket change.