Recent content by Leafer

A couple of typos above: 1) " Note: I have the SMALLER (29kWh) battery." should of course read 39kWh. 2) A Service Center that "would take a "walk-in" with now notice" ... where "now" should read "no".

Hello fellow eSoulers: I would like to tell the story of "The HUD That Swallowed The FOB" in the hopes that it will help someone avoid a serious problem. HUD is of course the Heads-Up-Display, and by FOB I am referring to the car's keyfob. I was in middle of a roadtrip* through Europe...

This also happened to me a few months ago. Same symptoms and circumstances ...

Interesting. What % level do you charge to before you leave home ? Do you charge to that level ALWAYS or only occasionally ? How many hours (estimate) after charging completes do you start your daily journey ? When you get home, generally how much % SOC is left, and how many hours does the...

Just as an FYI ... My 2015 Soul EV (delivered late October 2014 in the European Union) has KNAJX81EUF7 as the first 11 characters. Note the "A" as 3rd ...

Oh oh .... Came home around 9pm at 25%. Set for timed charging at 11pm to 80%. Center dash light blinking. This morning at 08:40: no lights on dash. Battery at 41%. Fault light on portable EVSE. Unplugged and tried several things. No charging. When plugging in the portable EVSE to socket...

KIA Service Center did my SOH report today. 99.7% MY2015 (originally delivered late October 2014). Odo: 15,822km Age: 2 years Climate: Mediterranean TorquePro Data: Min Det: 10.0 % Max Det: 11.0 % Op Time: 1,804 hours CEC: 3,748.8 kWh CED: 3,709.2 kWh This morning, with a full charge...

Today I went to the KIA Service Center to have them reset the TPMS IDs. They confirmed that the IDs were "X" crossed over, meaning the car was acting like TorquePro, displaying the actual pressures "crossed-over". The technician had no explanation -- how the BR tire was displaying properly at...

So, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ... (with apologies to Plautus) ;-) But first let me talk of my regrets. 1. I regret not having marked the location of the tires (prior to being rotated). 2. I also regret not having verified the relative positioning of the TPMS sensors as...

I agree; there's a good likelihood the fault lies with the OBD2 reader. I had used "A" successfully on a Nissan=LEAF for years, but it would not work on Soul-EV. I now successfully use ... Konwei KW902 AmazonLink

Hmmm ... not only a record of most EV km driven in one day ... but it also appears they increased the top speed by just a hair ... (3,516.00 km / 24 hours = 146.5 kph). :-)

Just guessing here ... but how about 102.3 ==> 1023 (with decimal point) == the highest decimal number representable with 10 (ten) bits (binary digits) ? ( 0 - 1023 ) ... Why use 10 (ten) bits ? No idea ... unless 100 is the maximum they expected in the fuel efficiency results -- expressed...

Good point. *AND* that regen energy traverses the battery TWICE !

The above 3 sentences taken together appear to be in conflict with each other, either because a) you misspoke, or b) I do not understand how CED is computed. And/or c) there is a fundamental flaw in trying to compare the CED/Odometer with the Energy Consumption the car displays (your 12.5...

Hello Elmil: Interesting way of showing the data side-by-side. But, no, I am not in the US. I am in the Med (Mediterranean). Otherwise your conclusions match mine, except no CHAdeMO nearby here. I suspect the dealer used the KIA supplied charge cord (2.2kW) and kept it at FULL (100%) for...