Recent content by charlesm1950

It took 6 weeks but the dealer did replace my battery. Range is now about 107 miles so the new battery seems to have greater capacity. It has taken a while to get back to the forum due to recovery from knee replacement. I am driving now and I’m enjoying my new mobility in the Soul and walking.

Southwest Kia has now had my Soul EV+ for about 5 weeks. They are waiting on a new battery and the prognosis is for the part to arrive at the end of November or the first week of December. Meanwhile they have been willing to pay for a car from Enterprise car rental. Unfortunately, they do not...

Southwest Kia Was not returning my calls for about a week. I had to ask for my service advisors boss.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll post what the dealer finds next week. I am not likely to buy out the lease. Although, I’ll look at the numbers. I will need a car for another 18 months before I retire overseas. It might be the cheapest short term transportation that’s eco friendly.

My 2017 EV+ has about 20,000 miles on it. For the past six months the range has been dropping. Now, in the last couple of weeks it has started dropping faster. Today, my Level 2 charger brought me up to 41 miles. I went to the nearest dealer and was told that next Tuesday was the soonest...

My car is only 4 weeks old and I got a Charging Fault error. I took it to the dealer who diagnosed a bad OBC last Wednesday. They order the part to be air freighted in from California to Austin. It arrived Friday but due to some confusing reason it was not installed. The service rep said...

It sounds like a variation of the deal that KIA is offering on the EV and EV+ through the end of February. In my case the dealer gave $1000 off and a manufacturer's rebate of $14750. If you do the math you'll find that this lease-only offer not only has this amazingly large rebate but the...

I just leased a white 2017 Soul EV+ at World Car KIA in New Braunfels (between Austin and San Antonio). The dealer gave $1000 off MSRP and KIA kicked in $14750 off. This is offer is available until the end of February and is for leases only. So you can get a very low lease rate. $219 a month...

I'm going down to their dealership (about 60 miles south) this weekend. The lease deal sounds too good to be true. I hope I can work out a deal from one of the nearby dealers in the next couple of weekends. :D

Thanks. I have found that another dealer about 50 miles away has another EV+. I texted them and they seemed anxious to work a deal. Maybe because its a 2016. So now that I'm getting some buy in, I have another question. Where did you get your Type 2 charger and how much did it cost to get...

Kia of Round Rock received a 2017 Soul EV+ and I got to drive it today. This was my first time to drive any EV. There was plenty of pickup for getting on the freeway and overall I liked the car, but I could not find any change in specs from the 2016 model other than Apple Carplay and the...