Kia Soul 2020 Owner's Manual page 40

CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE
(DC CHARGE)
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7. Check if the charger indicator lamp
of the high voltage battery in the
instrument cluster in turned ON.
Charging doesn't start when the
charging indicator lamp is OFF.
When the charging connector is
not connected properly, reconnect
the charging cable to charge it
again.
CAUTION
• Charge your car only when
the shift lever is placed in P
(Park) for the safety.
• You can start charging when
the START/STOP button is in
the OFF position and the shift
lever is in P (Park).
After charging has started,
you can use electrical compo-
nents such as the radio by
pressing the START/STOP
button to ACC or ON position.
• You cannot move the shift
lever other than P (Park)
whilst charging.
CAUTION
To control the temperature of
the high voltage battery whilst
charging, the air conditioner is
used to cool down the battery
which may generate noise from
operation of the air conditioner
compressor and cooling fan.
Also, the air conditioner's per-
formance may be degraded dur-
ing summer due to operation of
the cooling system for the high
voltage battery.
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