Been here several years, but mostly lurk: Don't really have much to say that others haven't already said.
Guess I finally have something...
I was on the official KIA Owner's site last week and a KIA "PI2107 ECU UPDATE (KSDS 2.0L GDI)" showed up.
Appears to update my 2017 Soul Plus (2.0) ECU to add the KSDS (Knock Sensor Detection System) software. Sounds like they are extending that ECU update to even more model years now.
Called the dealer, they verified and scheduled me in to have it done last Friday (19NOV21).
Took it in, was told it should only be an hour to do it, so I wandered around the dealership for a half hour then went back downstairs to the Service waiting room to wait.
At about an hour and forty minutes my "Service Advisor" came out to tell me they had a problem updating the ECU software, that it got to 91%, then failed, and now the ECU wasn't responding.
NOT what I wanted to hear. Mandu, my KIA Soul, had died on the operating table.
He said they were waiting for a call back from KIA (probably GIT America) but they had a loaner car for me and they should have it taken care of by Monday.
If it is nothing to worry about, why are they calling home to the Mothership to find out what to do?
So, here I sit at home with a '19 KIA Niro Hybrid outside my door, and my '17 KIA Soul Plus sitting in a service bay at the dealership (yeah, it won't start).
Anyway, for those with Gen 2 Souls, it looks like there is a new "PI2107 ECU UPDATE (KSDS 2.0L GDI)" for at least model year 2017, but ...
I'll let y'all know if I learn more.
Guess I finally have something...
I was on the official KIA Owner's site last week and a KIA "PI2107 ECU UPDATE (KSDS 2.0L GDI)" showed up.
Appears to update my 2017 Soul Plus (2.0) ECU to add the KSDS (Knock Sensor Detection System) software. Sounds like they are extending that ECU update to even more model years now.
Called the dealer, they verified and scheduled me in to have it done last Friday (19NOV21).
Took it in, was told it should only be an hour to do it, so I wandered around the dealership for a half hour then went back downstairs to the Service waiting room to wait.
At about an hour and forty minutes my "Service Advisor" came out to tell me they had a problem updating the ECU software, that it got to 91%, then failed, and now the ECU wasn't responding.
NOT what I wanted to hear. Mandu, my KIA Soul, had died on the operating table.
He said they were waiting for a call back from KIA (probably GIT America) but they had a loaner car for me and they should have it taken care of by Monday.
If it is nothing to worry about, why are they calling home to the Mothership to find out what to do?
So, here I sit at home with a '19 KIA Niro Hybrid outside my door, and my '17 KIA Soul Plus sitting in a service bay at the dealership (yeah, it won't start).
Anyway, for those with Gen 2 Souls, it looks like there is a new "PI2107 ECU UPDATE (KSDS 2.0L GDI)" for at least model year 2017, but ...
I'll let y'all know if I learn more.