Help! Kia won’t start. No charge.

[Anonymous]

DS head car out yesterday and said he had 100 miles left on the charge. This morning went out and car is dead. Can’t even put it in neutral to roll it in driveway. Of course, the way it’s parked, we can’t get the charger to reach.
What would cause this? Any thoughts? He has left the lights on previously, but it’s only dropped the charge down 5 to 10 miles.
If anyone had this issue previously, if yiu towed it to a charge station, were you able to get it started?

[Anonymous]

Don't let it get that low? Temp variances make batteries less reliable.

[Anonymous]

Did it come with an emergency charger? You can use an extension cord to plug it into a regular outlet, just enough to be able to move it close enough to the level 2 charger.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Found the emergency charger. Plugged it in and will check back in an hour.

Car was given to him for a great deal by an uncle that was upgrading. We obviously know very little about them.

[Anonymous]

EV’s have a main battery and also a 12V that powers the electronics when the car isn’t on. Is the screen dead? Look up your Kia model and dead 12 volt and see what comes up. Sometimes, an auto update will drain the 12 volt.

https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/there-are-12-volt-batteries-in-electric-vehicles

[Anonymous]

It’s a Kia. That’s the problem. Should’ve bought a VW

[Anonymous]

Our Kia did something similar. There was a switch by the charging port to jump 12V off mains

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EV’s have a main battery and also a 12V that powers the electronics when the car isn’t on. Is the screen dead? Look up your Kia model and dead 12 volt and see what comes up. Sometimes, an auto update will drain the 12 volt.

https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/there-are-12-volt-batteries-in-electric-vehicles

+1 This happened to ours and it was the regular 12Volt battery. We had the battery replaced and everything worked fine.

[Anonymous]

It almost certainly is the 12V battery, a common issue with EVs. You may be able to jump it and be able to get back into the car, but may or may not be able to drive it to the service center.

[Anonymous]

We never park our EV out of reach of the charger. Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We never park our EV out of reach of the charger. Just a thought.

The high voltage battery is different than the 12V.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We never park our EV out of reach of the charger. Just a thought.

The high voltage battery is different than the 12V.

Yes, if you have an EV or hybrid that is was OK when parked but is now dead, the problem is almost always the 12 V battery. It needs a jump and can be done by anyone with a pair of cables (as with any post-1990 car - read your manual to do it safely and not fry the electronics)

It is my wife or old kid who do this to our PHEV. They park the car but leave the dome light on or don't get the hatch closed all the way. It's why I have the long jumper cables in both of our cars.