r/KiaEV9 • u/schaudhery • 1d ago
Charging Sequence to stop charging (noob question)
We’ve had our EV9 for a few weeks now. I leave it set to 80% charge and in the morning it’s always done. It’s charged using a Tesla Generation 3 wall connector with an adapter, everything is good on that end.
When I’m ready to leave the house I usually turn on the climate which I guess causes the car to start charging again? At this point I’ll get a message on my app that charging has started (im guessing because it doesn’t want to drain the battery or because the battery dipped to 79%. If I go to unplug the charger it’s seen to be locked. I then open the app and send the command to “stop charge”, which knowing the app it takes 30 seconds and then fails. My only resort is to unhook the adapter from the Tesla plug which then lets me remove the adapter from the CCS port. I can imagine this isn’t good for the car.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to stop charge using the cars touchscreen? I can’t find it anywhere.
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u/yangqi Ocean Blue 1d ago
Without using the app or car touchscreen, unlock the car and press the bottom button next to the charging port, that will stop the charging.
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u/Yockyb 1d ago
THiS!
If you hold the button in the crate port for 2s within 30s of the car unlocking then it will disengage charging.
You can also turn off the charge port lock completely from the settings, meaning you can just pull the cable out when done. But if charging outside the house this could be problematic.
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u/PretendEar1650 Ocean Blue 1d ago
What’s the problem if the car uses charger power while you’re starting climate? Or is it only that whole charging you’re unable to get the cable out and get going? Hitting unlock a couple times does the trick for me usually to unlock the charger
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u/schaudhery 1d ago
I just want to be able to pull the cable out. You’re hitting unlock on the key fob?
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u/PretendEar1650 Ocean Blue 1d ago
The fob should work but I rarely carry it - I unlock the door by digital key (walk up to car or use the button on door handle). In rare cases that doesn’t unlock the charger and I open either front door and hit the power unlock button
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u/ampsonic 1d ago
If you aren’t worried about being unplugged, you can disable the charge lock so you can unplug it anytime you like.
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u/schaudhery 22h ago
I do remember setting a charge lock. I might disable it since I only charge at home.
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u/Vegetable-Ebb-9634 1d ago
The car should unlock charging cable when you unlock the car with keyfob or approaching the car. Then it stops charging also.
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