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Hi Lithium, if you're referring to an app such as JuiceBox or ChargePoint telling you the car's SOC, that's just an estimate based on your input parameters. KIA has refused to update our obsolete cellular modems, so no remote function of my 2016 for years now, while my 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV...

Hi @JordanRieger, when my battery was replaced I didn't get anything that I didn't push for firmly but politely. After waiting a couple of months (still driving on my depreciated battery), I got a loaner because the "SOUL no longer meets my daily needs." and I rejected the offering of a compact...

Hey SoulMan, I d be happy to meetup and run SoulSpy on your car. Maybe you could come to the Seattle EV Association meeting this Tuesday at the U Village Rivian showroom? https://www.seattleeva.org/wp/

Hi SoulMan, I’m near Puyallup and went thru the battery warranty replacement already. You absolutely can leave the dealer with your car once they determine SOH has fallen below the 70% threshold. I kept the car for another month to negotiate an upgrade to the rental car when I needed one...

Gosh @Nedhastings, that doesn't seem to make sense. You should get a loaner/rental vehicle the moment you turn in the car for warranty work, not when they get around to a diagnosis! I demanded a 'premium 5 seat SUV' in return for my top trim SOUL in order to run up their rental bill and remain...

Russell, what makes you think that Electrify America over-amped your battery? I blame EA for slow-rolling CHAdeMO as part of their master plan to kill us off (before they got killed by NACS). I regularly saw 74 kW on an EA DCFC before they throttled the equipment back to 50 kW. Our...

ChargePoint does not put any upcharge over the station's posted price, which is set by the station host, most other networks are similar in that what you see is what you pay. AmpUp has a default mode which adds taxes and transaction fees to the posted price, though hosts can remedy that to make...

Anybody notice reduced DCFC performance after the software update? I don't DCFC very often, but my 30 kWh warranty replacement battery has stopped at 67% on the last two sessions, and didn't pull more than 50 kW EVen though the station was rated for much more on CHAdeMO.

I've become a resource for salvaged i-MiEV parts within that small community through a similar situation. I didn't crash, but needed a battery replacement at 106k miles, so bought a low-mileage wreck from the salvage auction. I'm on my third salvage car now, have learned a heap about that...

Good Catch Jeju- not all noobs are neural nets, but at least most neural nets are still noobs! :roll:

I had the recall done on my 2016 last week. As the battery was replaced under warranty a year ago in the same service dept., you'd think they might know better, but the first scheduled visit was a failure- "We have to order new BMS hardware, can't reprogram your 2016." I went back a week...

Fortunately or not, the glitchy screen only happened once or twice and has not reappeared, so no chance of a warranty claim on a fault that can't be demonstrated. Also, I found the following disclaimer in the warranty section of our manual. "An original equipment radio or navigation system is...

Found this thread because my display just started glitching (hottest interior temperature day for the car yet this year). I'm thinking that because the display screen is the only way to manage charging sessions, it should be covered under the 10 year/100,000 mile "EV SYSTEM" warranty...

Greetings Jdohe and jluigi, I tried different pitches around a cash or credit allowance in lieu of a loaner/rental car, but EVeryone I dealt with behaved like a corporate drone without decision-making authority. I didn't seek a buyback of the '16 SOUL, as owning a 30 kWH car debt-free at no...

The codes not being stored could be a clue. With the right tool the dealer should be able to read both the stored codes and the "pending" codes. There are faults that need to be triggered multiple times before the code and error light will actually be displayed. This is to eliminate 'nuisance...

That's just a general warning, but pulling the Diagnostic Trouble Codes along with listing any past DTCs and what's already been replaced should give more of a clue. Also plz record your 12V actual voltage when that happens.

My SOUL has been restored! After only a test drive, received car at 83% SOC and 107 mi RR. Will exercise over the next few daze and see how it sorts out, and take some SoulSPY readings. Dealer invoice to KIA Corporate was about $25k total, with approx $14,500 worth of battery. They quoted a...

Good news; Corporate says that my battery shipped this week! No updates from Puyallup KIA though. A word on getting a Niro EV. When I turned in the SOUL for a loaner car, they of course wanted to gimme an econobox, but I negotiated up to a Grand Cherokee, since no EVs were available. That...

Calaveras, glad to hear that you’re getting a warranty replacement, but please charge the replacement daily. Driving 92 miles per charge cycle was a recipe for maximum degradation. These batteries should serve best when cycled between 20% and 80% SOC, or charging up to about 72 miles and not...

SOULSPY says I’m now down to 40.5% SOC and range has been falling like a rock, rarely above 50 miles at 100% SOC in the past week, so I’m turning it in for a rental tomorrow, which I’ll keep for the months ahead till my SOUL is whole. Took all week to get a car lined up due to low inventory at...