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When my OBC failed a couple of years ago I had no option than to use the residual range to get it to the dealership. Still under warranty at the time so they quickly changed out the OBC for a new one - that failed as soon as they attempted to charge the car!!! Three weeks of "Diagnotics" and I...

Had my second BMS software update on my 2016 Soul last week with some trepidation due to postings here indicating range loss and other problems. In my case the car went to the dealer with 40km range left and after driving home it was down to 20km. Put the car on charge and took it to 100% and...

M'mm not so sure about a new battery GOM range of 180km being ridiculous - Ever since we had the battery changed out on our 2016 Soul we've been getting real ranges over 200km during the warm summer months in Ontario, Canada. This is attested by a number of 100% charges and running down to 10%...

When my OBC failed and I couldn't charge from level 1 or 2 chargers the dealership told me that it might work on a level 3 as this doesn't use the OBC. Of course finding a handy level 3 charger is not always easy!! Bottom line is that the dealership took the car in and replaced the OBC under...

Been there, done that!! When my battery was failing the dealer did the reset the BMS trick; That band aid came off the first time I drove any distance and the range just plummeted. I have a good Kia dealer who responded to my request to check the SOH prior to doing anything else with the BMS...

You can check your battery health yourself using the EV-Spy app and an old Konnwei KW902 ELM-327 v1.5 Bluetooth v 4.0 OBDII adapter (Compatible with the older Kia and Hyundai EV's) into the OBDII port of the car. There is an EV-Spy users guide at the following web address...

I had a similar experience when my first battery was failing; Took the car in to confirm SOH and got it back with 165km of range; First trip I took to my daughters house - about 30km - stripped off 90km of range!! My conclusion at the time was that the dealer did a BMS reset before checking the...

Just picking up on the thread of harness change and increased range - We had our battery replaced a couple of years ago (E400 cells I think). It took a while but Covid was going on then so understandable. Since then all has been good. Got the recall for SW update and harness change done when the...

To resolve these types of issues Kia themselves should instruct their dealerships to provide full battery health disclosure at the time of purchasing a used Kia EV from them. At the very least this should include the current battery SOH, taken using Kia approved procedures, so that the buyer...

We purchased our 2016 Soul EV new in 2016 with a 160,000km, 8 year warranty. This is transferable with the car so you shouldn't have any trouble making a claim as your car is probably less than 8 years old. Check the original registration if you can to determine the warranty start date. As the...

Last time I had my 2016 Soul EV in the shop they had a traction motor out of a similar vintage Soul EV. I noticed that the output gear was partially stripped and asked the mechanic what had happened. His comment was that the car came in for a warranty traction motor replacement but he didn't...

Had the same thing happen with my 2016 after about four years of owning the car. Sorted it out pretty quickly and purchased a new battery that is still working well after 3+ years. I think we don't notice the 12 battery decline on an EV the same way we would in an ICE vehicle. In the ICE you get...

Got the recall for the EPB on my 2016. This is the second recall for the same topic. Personally I feel there is a design flaw in the transmission and that the parking pawl becomes defective after a time and the car does not hold when put in the park position on the transmission. Kia's simple fix...

Yep, you are probably right - checked the replacement battery invoice and its an E400; Didn't know about the additional cell capacity or the need for a new BMS. At least the dealer finally caught up on all the necessary upgrades under warranty / recall notices and I can begin to believe that I...

I had the harness and BMS swap done under the smoking battery recall about four months ago on my 2016. I immediately noticed a BMS reported 100% charge range of over 200km. Thought this was ridiculous and put it down to the BMS update. To my surprise, even though temperatures are hovering around...

About 3 months after having the battery replaced my OBC failed - perhaps not totally unexpectedly as running in "B" mode was becoming somewhat erratic in that the generation braking would sometimes suddenly quit and leave me pressing much harder on the brake to bring to car to a stop. In...

My 2016 Soul EV's OBC failed unexpectedly about a month ago. Had enough juice in the battery to take it to the local dealership and after diagnosis they confirmed the OBC had failed and put replacement in to Kia Canada for warranty replacement authorization. It was covered but the story doesn't...

My 2016 Kia Soul went through pretty much the same dramatic drop in range about a year ago reporting 100% SOH then suddenly dropping to 55% SOH or about 80km range; Fortunately the dealership did the testing before resetting the battery management system and got Kia Canada approval for the...

I've had my replacement battery for a couple of months now on my 2016 Soul EV. Took 7 months to arrive but now it's here I've been monitoring the battery over 10 full cycle battery charge discharge cycles from 100% down to about 20% and back up to 100%; First cycle gave me a range of 189km...

Hey, just got my EV back from the dealership and the replacement was 37510E4250R. They didn't seem to know if it was refurbished or new despite my asking directly. I understand the "R" implies refurbished. Got to get it fully charged and drive a bit to see how it is performing. At pick up range...