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Hi PopcornAndData, I've had three 2016 Soul EVs. My second was from Kia of Irvine and I had an unpleasant experience there, but at least they do sell a number of EVs and know what they are doing regarding servicing them. I also have a young driver in my home (19) and know how enormously that...

Shikam, There are many good tires for our cars. Over my eight years of driving Soul EVs, I have sampled several. My favorite so far is the Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus II, though they are discontinued and the same tire, version III, is not made in our size (though perhaps your wheel...

You are correct, but how many fires have there been vs how many Souls sitting in dealer lots? I'm taking the odds and continuing to enjoy my car until Kia sorts out this mess (or until my untimely death).

Thanks for this post. The details may be very useful to many of us. I am currently ignoring my BMS recall notice, as I love this car and have a really excellent battery. (Um, you know, provided it doesn't spontaneously combust!)

🙏 Most impressive! (Though "BMS recall" and "power limp mode" are not fun.) Sorry.

I get about 5.2 m/kWh as well (when it's not too cold), but I do it without Eco Mode and in D. Both the individual and the Eco+D methods work, but I think over the seven years I've been driving this vehicle, I can one-pedal the car better than the algorithm. And, honestly, I just think it's fun...

R.I.P., indeed. Gosh, that's half what I pay for my electricity at home!

It's not quite tempting fate, but I was just going through a stack of old paperwork I had misplaced and... Yep, I found the recall. Now I have to make my safety/hassle decision.

Hi all. I'm active on the Soul EV Owners Facebook page, not here, but I came here to check out this thread and it is MAGNIFICENT. I thank you all for your detailed sharing. I'm commenting now to add a little bit of humor. For a month I've had two unopened recall letters from Kia sitting on my...

BassCadet, I hope the battery has been replaced by now. Well done on trashing it! With the reconditioned batteries now available, the replacement time seems quite short. I ended up buying a 2016 to replace my leased car. It has only 11K miles and the SoH says 100%, though I don't believe it...

Warren55, this is so stereotypical but I live in Hollywood and I am stumped to think of a close non-iPhone friend. I REALLY should drive a Tesla if I had any pride. (Joking, of course: I really don't want a Tesla.) Right now, I'm leaning toward the one-stop-shopping notion of returning my lease...

BassCadet, I know this is annoying, since it just cooled down, but the best way to drop a % is to heat up the battery. The ambient air is not going to help so much, right now, but you will definitely degrade your battery by repeated DCFC charges while driving at highway speeds. Maybe this...

Calaveras, that's annoying, but I guess doing the SoH test is work, and who likes to do that? As for my situation, I'm looking at a low range Plus at 22K miles, very clean, and the battery is at 34 miles at 63%. The driving history is consistent at 3.9-4.3 miles/kWh. That's normal efficiency...

Hi All, My six month lease extension is up in a couple weeks and my residual is high, so I'm in the market to buy a 2016 +, maybe with Fun & Sun, just for, well, fun. Trouble is, I don't have an Android phone, so I'm having to guess the SoH of cars I see advertised. Almost all ads have photos...

Grasping at straws I would add that really wish the AV system would turn itself off when I remove the USB cable connecting my device. Instead it starts playing the radio. That is terrible programming. And also not really important.

Thanks, vanillagorilla. I admit the delay on the backup camera does annoy me. Nice to have such small complaints about a car.

Hi all, I just learned about the software update that happened a month ago. I figured I should update, but there's some griping about it on the Facebook Soul EV group. What do you all think? Any glitches? Any new features? Any real reason to update? (I use my Apple CarPlay, courtesy of the last...

Hi all, FYI, if anyone's considering a Level 2 charger, eMotorWerks, the makers of the Juicebox chargers, have a flat rate installation offer in several cities. When I got my charger (a Clipper Creek model with JuiceNet software), the rate was $299. For me, that included labor, about 14 feet of...

Yes, it's odd but the cover does not have an attachment place in the EV-E or the EV (middle) models. Khai from our group just sold me his EVSE, floor mats, and cargo protector and cover from his EV+ (thanks, Khai!) and there is no way to attach the cover to the EV base model. I don't get this at...

As it turns out, my LADWP rebates requires the charger be installed by a licensed contractor. So an electrician will be doing the job and I'm sure will know what is required. (He comes along with the charger I'm buying for a flat fee of $300 plus some extra for longer wiring.) Oh, and LADWP...