Mine will slowly lose charge if left standing. There are two good options; Periodically, put a trickle charger onto the battery to bring it up to full charge. If you use a modern, electronically controlled charger, there is no need to disconnect the battery from the car. If the car is in daylight, p...

I'm not familiar with a Tesla dc charger, but if it only provides dc, it would not be possible to adapt the output to the Type 2 connector, which supplies ac to the car.

The Chademo port on the car takes dc, but I understand there is no adapter from Tesla to Chademo.

Take the car to a KIA dealer as soon as possible. Read this https://www.tsbsearch.com/Kia/PS548 , take a copy with you and draw their attention to the Summary. Dealers usually want to reset the BMS because they think it will "cure" the problem. It won't, but it will cause the data that is ...

Many thanks. You are both correct. It was indeed the override button, which I must have pressed when fumbling around for the heated steering wheel button. Haven't used it all summer, hence the fumbling :D The problem is that the steering wheel spoke obscures the panel. C'est la vie. I could kick mys...

Its worked faultlessly since I got the car in 2020, but now, when I plug in, it starts charging immediately. I've checked the settings and when I close the interface, I get the confirmatory message to plug in and it will charge at the set time. I disconnected the 12V battery for a few hours to see i...

Certainly this type of warning would have created codes that the can read with their code scanner? I don't understand why they need to reproduce this at all. I had a recurring fault which I managed to get to show the tech at my dealer. He plugged in his diagnostic pad and it specified the valve in ...

With EVs, it is not unknown that a crop of faults just clear themselves after the car has had a rest, or even when driving it. The most likely cause, in my opinion, is an instability in the power to the relevant processor, which just "goes away". Very unsatisfactory, but that's life.

So you're saying the new BMS isn't unlocking the full, previously untapped potential of my batttery? ;) No, the BMS is simply guessing how many miles that number of kWh will represent in use. The jump in range shows that the BMS is using default data for how many miles that represents. The previous...

I had my recall completed on my 2016 Soul EV Luxury (+) yesterday. The KIA dealer kept my vehicle overnight to complete the job. The work order says they replaced the BMS, 2 different wiring harnesses, and reprogrammed the OBC. When I received the car it was charged to 80%, but showed 122km on the ...

For the 2018 model year they increased the battery size from 27kwh usable to 30kwh usable. Most of a battery's range is lost at the beginning of its life and then flattens out...... My 2018 model has done 45,000 miles and is still over 100% SOH, so I don't think the above theory of range loss appli...