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A few days ago, a very strange thing happened. While driving, our 2017 Soul EV generated a voice announcement saying that the "engine" (the term used in the announcement!) could not be started because of low battery. Keep in mind that this was while the "engine" was running perfectly and the...

Was driving along yesterday, and hit the first 1000 miles. Up pops a notification that it is time for an oil change, with a prompt to schedule with a dealer. Such a notice is so unimaginably stupid that I decided to "ride it to the end"; so I elected to go ahead and accept offered scheduling...

I'm wondering if anyone knows any details about the OEM 12V battery. I see that it has no cell caps. Could it be gel or AGM? Or do wet cell lead-acid batteries also come with no cell caps? (How would it handle gassing, then?). I'm thinking that the charging profile (if there is one) from...

2017 Soul EV won't start. AV, instrument cluster work. No "Ready Light", though. Measured voltage of the Aux battery: 11.96V. (That is with Power Off, and battery still connected. But, that seems a little low, to me. I have a charger, and am going to try to recharge that Aux battery. Does...

2017 Soul EV+ w/Sun 'n Fun Juneau Alaska My wife and I just took delivery of a 2017 Soul EV+. I am beginning the familiarization process, particularly with the software-- both in the vehicle and supplemental (UVO eco). I have also started reading many of the posts in this forum. There is...