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Check the solenoid ground.

8 years is a good service life for a lead-acid battery, so yes, probably time for a replacement. You can get electronic meters which can report SOH as well as SOC. I tend to replace at SOH<60%

Look it up in the Owners Manual

Same here. Can't see why not. I love regen braking. I also have a 2nd Gen FIAT 500e, which has optional "one-pedal driving" modes, which even bring the car to a complete standstill - that is a delight to use. (It does use the friction brakes in the final stage though ;) )

Further to the above, I have driven the battery down to 17%, recharged to 100%, and Spy now reports SOH 100%, which is what it used to say before the BMS update. The GOM shows 134 miles. So far, so good.

Typically, auto transmissions involve clutches or band brakes immersed in the fluid, and hydraulic actuators. I would guess that ATF is optimised to care for the hydraulics and friction surfaces involved. Our gearbox (or final drive if you prefer) is just meshed helical gears, for which MTF is...

See Refrigerant Leak Test near the bottom

Further to the above, I have now found that Spy is telling me the BMS has not yet been able to calculate the battery SOH, so the software update has wiped some historic parameters, and the "Unknown Deterioration" has returned, pending sufficient cycling of the battery to restore SOH reporting.

The one-speed gearbox contains lubricating oil.

In my case, I could hear the solenoid operating, but the door did not move. I sprayed the moving parts and the mechanical latching system with a grease aerosol, and followed that with WD40. The WD40 dissolves the grease, and the solution penetrates the nooks and crannies. That was years ago...

With regard to leak detection for EVs, KIA specify an electronic "sniffer" for detection, rather than a visual method.

Yes, that is very true. The thing about electric/hybrid cars is that they use an electrically driven compressor, which requires the use of special non-conducting refrigerant, and the equipment used must be confined to electric systems. If there is any contamination from non-electric systems...

Note that the User Guide FAQ is out-of-date as regards display of SOH for the 30 kWh battery - it no longer displays "Unknown Deterioration". It now displays the SOH value calculated by the BMS - the value does not exceed 100%, even if the true value is greater, i.e. the buffer has not been...

I had the BMS software update applied yesterday (Recall 231118). Mine is the 30 kWh battery and it did not need the harness change. Of course, I don't know which version I received, but I expect it is the corrected version, as it only became available to my car in the last month or so. The main...

Use the Android app SoulEV Spy and Konnwei KW902 OBD2 dongle. However, that uses BMS data as well. The indicated increase in range may be due to the replacement battery, if the cells were updated to the new type, which have higher capacity. The battery capacity increase is from 27 kWh to...

Ditto :)

It's not a lie, its how the BMS works. See the summary of KIA TSB PS548

After a BMS update, the values for SOH and predicted range are set to original, and you have to do several cycles (maybe 4 to 6) of discharge and charge before they converge to representative values. Then, if the SOH is 70% or below, you can restate your demand for a replacement battery. If...

That would be true of early EVs, but just does not hold water with later models. And not only Tesla - My 2018 SoulEV is still above 100% SOH, and that is typical of later vehicles. My 3 year old FIAT 500e is also over 100% of the useable capacity. I recharge at home, and save a fortune...

What the problem with MX-30 EV?