Recent content by spidermonkey

First of all, what you are going through sucks. I know it, like really know it. Many of us here do, my car was gone for about ten months. I'm sure none of this is going to sound helpful but here it goes: So this is going to be a little hard to hear but its really the truth of the matter. You...

yes. I received mine in the mail today. That along with fixing my car as per the warranty concludes my dealings with Kia. The warranty still holds for another four years.

What about just hooking your 12v battery up to a trickle charger "Battery Tender" that way you wont lose any charge to your parasitic load? Motorcycle guys do that.

So after 10 months of handwringing and shaking my fist at the sky and cursing my own bad luck I got the E-mail from Kia. "Come get your car" They completed the work as per the warranty, I ended up with a remanufactured battery and I am honestly okay with that. When I purchased the car the best...

My car sat at the dealership for about ten months, when they finally got the new battery installed they discovered the 12v battery was deader than Dillinger, they replaced it to the tune of two hundred dollars. When I picked the car up I said" Some guys would disconnect the 12v battery if the...

It falls upon the dealership to provide a loaner, Kia corporate made it very clear that their policy is to reimburse customers for the cost of a rental up to X amount of dollars per day after repairs are complete.

I have to laugh when you all talk about the "GOM". My car was always pretty honest with me, if I typed an address into the navigation system and asked the car to take me there, it would give me an accurate assessment. Now if I typed in an address then pulled out of a warm garage into -13F...

I feel the same way. When I compare all the repairs I have had to do to our other vehicles, the Soul wins every time. I havnt had to replace the 12v battery and I bought a set of winter wheels and tires, but other than wiper blades and one burned out headlamp, all I have had to do is wash it. It...

Yes, this. We have a 14KW solar array and there are few things as satisfying as having your car parked in the garage with the blue charge indicator lights blinking away and then walking over to the meter and watching it roll backwards. Thank you Sun. Having the electric car and charging at home...

I sincerely hope this is true, maybe the rest of us will get batteries too. Nine months is a long time to wait, I'm at about eight and a half months myself.

229 days...I got a couple of interesting e-mails from Kia. One was a "Good Will Payment" offer. The other was a "Buy Out Offer". The "Good Will Offer" was a non disclosure agreement, they pay me X amount of dollars and agree to fix my car in a reasonable amount of time, in exchange for me not...

I really have to quit coming to this forum, it just breaks my spirit. Remember to claim that 180 buck as income so you can pay taxes on it. What a circus.

The thing I have found to extend tire life the most is to have the car sit at the dealership for nine months. I bought an extra set of wheels for my snow tires so I can swap them out myself. Thus far sitting in the garage the snow tires are pretty quiet and after not having to use them for a...

Interesting information. I think a "Good Will" payment is the least they could do. When the day finally arrives and I have my car back with a new battery I would certainly agree to a voided warranty and a "Good Will" check. I'm not giving them back my car. I'm not sure how much money it...

Yeah, my problem was the battery degrading ahead of schedule. Nothing to do with wiring or software. I'm waiting for a buy out offer on my car as well, but the more I think about it the less likely I am to accept the offer. My car, which I am certain is similar to yours, has less than forty...