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    Car stuck at dealer for 3 months awaiting warranty battery replacement (2017 Soul EV)

    We get similar non-answers from our case manager. Our 2016 Soul EV has been at Kia since Oct. no ETA. Only bright side is using their loaners. Our dealership has ~10 Soul EVs in the same state. When under warranty, had battery replaced once. Otherwise no problems. Went out of warranty...
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    Battery Recall for cars with E400 high-voltage battery.

    Traveling, was told was a new battery pack. Will look paperwork and advise shortly.
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    Battery Recall for cars with E400 high-voltage battery.

    We have similar stores and I’m waiting indefinitely after NEW battery pack from Korea was installed, worked great, but after a day Kia requested it back. But even when Kia didn’t have loaner, they provided a rental car. After a few times, they now offer a loaner without us asking. Call HQ...
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    Battery Recall for cars with E400 high-voltage battery.

    I too have a 2015, out of warranty, > 100k miles. Battery fully charged had degraded to ~75mi. Got recall of wiring harness. A day after fixed, went into turtle mode and BMS error (never seen either before). Then KIA stated issue was fixed with a BMS "software upgrade". A day after...
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    Kia found OBC unit & battery cells to be faulty!

    Thanks for the advice. Don't think the blink charger is that sophisticated, but will check. I just see the next morning the KIA EV shows full charge with a range of about 50mi :( Have an appt with Kia for SOH. They didn't want to but we insisted. And they've been telling us that 1) it's...
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    Battery Ageing Model

    Great thread. Our 2015 Soul EV is at ~44kmi / 50% - full charge = ~50mi. How long does it take to replace? We were told ~6 weeks. Will ask for SOH and present warranty of 200kmi/80%. Thanks!
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    Kia found OBC unit & battery cells to be faulty!

    Thank you! Great advice. In our case, we have a Blink charger at home and the Kia gauge shows Fully Charged with ~50mi.
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    Turning in a lease - buyout offers, extensions?

    Hey BigEdgar I'm in the same boat. Lease due in August. Love the car would like to buy outright but now after 3 years, ~40k miles, max range has degraded to about 50mi on a full charge (which we charge everynight) Kia service says there is nothing that can be done, so now will likely turn in.
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    KIA EV Soul battery decay

    We have a 2015 Kia Soul EV, which after 3 years (~40000 miles) has about 50% degradation. Immediately after a full overnight charge (which we charge every night) shows 50 mile range w AC turned on or 53 mile range without. At this rate, will soon have a 25mi range on full charge! Took to Kia...
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    Is SoulEv the problem with Blink HQ delay charging?

    I'm finding that regardless of whether the charge time override switch is on, or whether the override switch is not on and the set charge time window is NOT the current time - charging from the Blink HQ charger starts immediately.
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    Is SoulEv the problem with Blink HQ delay charging?

    I installed a Blink HQ charger for my 2015 SoulEV. It works great when charging instantly. We have not configured any delay schedule charging on the SoulEV The Blink HQ charger has a delay feature, where it counts down 2H, 4H, 6H, etc then starts charging. Every time we use this feature...
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