Engine Light Flashed on My 2016 Soul, What Happened?

I was driving to pick someone up, and the engine light started flashing when the car dropped below 1 RPM. It rumbled a bit…not shaking hard, but enough to notice. I turned it off and back on, and it was totally fine after that. Any ideas on what this could be?

Sounds like it almost stalled. Do you remember exactly what you were doing when it happened?

NiroNomad said:
Sounds like it almost stalled. Do you remember exactly what you were doing when it happened?

I was just driving to pick someone up. It didn’t happen until I pulled into the parking lot. I drove home on the highway afterward with no issues.

@KiaRevolution
Wait… when you said’soil,’ did you mean ‘oil’?

NiroNomad said:
@KiaRevolution
Wait… when you said’soil,’ did you mean ‘oil’?

Pretty sure they meant ‘Soul’, the car, not soil!

A flashing check engine light usually means a misfire, which could explain the shaking. You should get the error codes read. It might be something like a camshaft sensor or something else related.

SoulSeeker said:
A flashing check engine light usually means a misfire, which could explain the shaking. You should get the error codes read. It might be something like a camshaft sensor or something else related.

The only code I got was P0420.

Might be your spark plugs! Worth checking.