Kia EV6

it doesn’t get topped up from the main battery enough seems to be the issue. I had a main battery at almost 100 % on Monday last but 12v had died .

There seems to be a flaw in the top up logic that kia use to monitor the 12v .

The car is simply completely dead .

You need to release the manual key from the fob , open the drivers door and pop the bonnet .
Then use jump leads or those little battery boost box and start the car . Then once the car is started you can drive as you wish . But you may have to repeat the process if you turn off the car .
I had my battery replaced Monday .
that's my 3rd battery on a 2022 .
I even ensure I don’t use remote defrost unless I’m plugged in and other such notions to protect the 12v ( in my opinion) but it still only lasted 13 months .

I'd be leaving it at the dealer until they fix it. Dig your heels in. 3 batteries in 3 years is ridiculous. As @vinniem said, the ICCU is probably faulty. There's a major recall on it. It's possible your VIN was not included in those identified as being effected but that doesn't mean it's not faulty.

Are you in auto by any chance? Take a look at the bottom left corner.

Was your battery at 100% by any chance? Does it work when in ipedal?

Ipedal is very strong and will stop the car entirely pretty quickly. Is it doing that? It also says ipedal above the little battery symbol. A little beep will happen when you turn it on. Has it been working correctly until now?

My pedal/ max regen is fairly strong and will stop car (on flat) pretty fast as another user said. Maybe you should drop it into Kia and get them to look at?

It’s a head v heart decision. A new facelift car is the sensible choice but if the GT is mint and similar money, it’s the one to have. A proper wolf in sheep’s clothing. Check that insurance isn’t an issue in advance if going with the GT.

Nice one.

The resale value on the GT is the unknown factor, well, more unknown. It's already taken a massive chunk of new rrp but not sure how much that curve will flatten if at all in future.

Good luck with the new motor.

Cheers for that, yeah I've watched almost all the reviews at this stage.

Im not expecting it to be a blast on back roads or anything, my impression of it is that's it's just a sledgehammer of power. The novelty of which may wear off quite quickly, but would still be nice to have.

Ill just have to make a call on it when it arrives and see. Manual seats is not an issue but if they are uncomfortable that's a different story.

In it's favour is first year depreciation has already happened, loads of power and loads of options/bells.

Against it, less efficient and more expensive to run. 21" Michelin tires for example. Newer car is a brand new and maybe more refined with new infotainment etc.

Yeah the volume/heat dials are great, and now all ev6s have heatpumps as standard makes them even better 👍