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Was driving along yesterday, and hit the first 1000 miles. Up pops a notification that it is time for an oil change, with a prompt to schedule with a dealer. Such a notice is so unimaginably stupid that I decided to "ride it to the end"; so I elected to go ahead and accept offered scheduling...

P.S. Another way to reduce the tendency to hit the wrong button when reaching in from outside (because of forgetting to hit the chargeport open button before exiting the car) would be to put a open port button on the smart key.

After returning from vacation and doing some more experimenting (this time not in a rush), I think I have identified and resolved the problem. In short: "Pilot Error". I inadvertently had the charge schedule override button pressed. Before I left on vacation, I was observing charging starting...

"might be bad" I dislike auto complete. DG

I do understand that the 12V battery might be bass, despite the vehicle being brand new. But, I also wonder about the behavior I observed. Specifically. I measured 12.8 volts at the battery. Tried to start, but couldn't. Low battery warning led illuminated. Then, I disconnected and...

Got some pics. Will post when I can figure out how to include them in a reply. DG

It happened again, tonight. I finished driving it shortly before 10PM. It started charging at 10:10PM. [ASIDE: There seems to be another issue that may or may not be related, in that the car starts charging immediately I plug in the EVSE, WITHOUT waiting for the charging schedule. I have to...

More strangeness... Today, again, I couldn't start the car. Battery was not quite as low as yesterday morning. Again, I put charger on it. This time I did not disconnect the 12V negative terminal. I let the battery charge to even higher voltage than yesterday. Still would not start. I...

Thank you for the information and suggestion. I observe that the battery you suggest appears to be 15AH, while the OEM battery is 45AH. Seems like capacity would be reduced by 2/3. Isn't that a problem? Also, are you saying that the OEM battery is what used to be conventional, regular old...

I have the same problem (headrest too far forward). Apparently Kia doesn't study the ergonomics of headrest use. Turning the headrest around sounds like a great idea. I will try it. DG

I'm wondering if anyone knows any details about the OEM 12V battery. I see that it has no cell caps. Could it be gel or AGM? Or do wet cell lead-acid batteries also come with no cell caps? (How would it handle gassing, then?). I'm thinking that the charging profile (if there is one) from...

Got back and did some note charging. Did a test start when charging village was 14.3V. I had removed the negative connection for this second charging attempt. It appeared to be more effective. So there must be a small but significant parasitic load. Open circuit village at the battery...

I just tried it when the charger was reading 14.2 V (82%). Nada. Zip. I have to go do an errand, but I will put the charger back on when I return, and let it go to completion. Just to be following the manual, I will disconnect the negative terminal of the battery before I start charging...

I had read the manual, and I did try that. Nothing. The only thing that happened when I pressed start was radio and instrument cluster came on. No green "Ready Light". No steering. No Go. I put a battery charger on it (using gel setting, to be conservative [I think]). Currently nearing...

2017 Soul EV won't start. AV, instrument cluster work. No "Ready Light", though. Measured voltage of the Aux battery: 11.96V. (That is with Power Off, and battery still connected. But, that seems a little low, to me. I have a charger, and am going to try to recharge that Aux battery. Does...

Thank you, JeJuSoul, for the explanation. Too bad they removed functionality. I would have like to see them expand the feature. Like a slider, dial, or even text entry, of the percentage charge desired. The UOV Eco app is useful, but it seems a little limited. For example, one must enter...

Thank you. That's what it sounded like (from other posts). However, I do use scheduled charging (to take advantage of the late night $.06/KwH rate). There is only one option (100%) either from UVO Eco, or when setting the schedule from the vehicle, itself. I'm just wondering what I have to...

2017 Soul EV+ w/Sun 'n Fun Juneau Alaska My wife and I just took delivery of a 2017 Soul EV+. I am beginning the familiarization process, particularly with the software-- both in the vehicle and supplemental (UVO eco). I have also started reading many of the posts in this forum. There is...