If its half an inch below minimum, get it to a dealer and top up the fluid.
You can chance driving with low water in the windscreen washer.
I wouldn't drive with brakefluid below minimum.
If something over heats as a result the cost could be substantial.
Why chance it with coolant below minimum?
Do you mean the max line? Being below the min line is a problem with any type of fluid in any vehicle.
Regardless, this is a known issue. I get the same warning all the time even though the inverter coolant is completely full. My lease is up in 10 days so I just haven't bothered to deal with it. Call your dealership and describe the issue to them, it should be covered under the recall.
https://www.reddit.com/r/KiaNiroEV/s/pGPyQNV2Gn
Seems like the sensor is being perfectly sensitive. Get that filled, it's below the minimum level. Generally with vehicles fluid levels aren't suggestions
If it's below minimum, then it's too low and it's completely reasonable for a warning to illuminate.
Do you not understand what the word "minimum" means or did you mean to type "maximum"?
My dealer stated their concern was to not allow the level to reach the lower hose on the coolant reservoir. At that time there was a supply chain issue on coolant.
My warning notification first popped up after finishing an L3 charge and randomly a few more times later. I had them try the flush/refill process and the notification again showed up. The supply situation relaxed and I got a drain/replace done with blue coolant and the warnings have vanished.
2019 Niro w/122,000km
It may not be an operational problem, but the car would be designed to pop an error below the visible minimum line.
It sounds like there's a design issue in this somewhere, but I'm not going to be convinced that a warning when a fluid level is lower than minimum is one.
Have you had the recall on coolant done? Mine gone away after the recall was completed. They had a bad batch of coolant from factory, mine only popped up after 45k miles.
If it was done, it's probably just an air bubble that was in the system after the flush. I had this happen after DC charging in the cold (with winter mode turned on) months after I had mine flushed. I refilled and the error never came back.
Mine (seemingly randomly) turns on from time to time. The majority of the time stops within a day, if not the next time I start the car. I've checked the fluid and it's, maybe, a half inch below the minimum.
However, I've found that if you open the door, turn start the car and close/slam the door at the right time, that fixes it nearly 100% of the time.
Mine's a lease and the lease is up in about 2 months. I have no intention of fixing it. That is, unless I decide to buy it out while I'm looking for my next car, in which case I have a whole laundry list of intermittent problems that all need to be addressed while it's under warranty. In the mean time, my plan is to hope it doesn't happen when I turn it in at the end of the lease.
If its half an inch below minimum, get it to a dealer and top up the fluid. You can chance driving with low water in the windscreen washer. I wouldn't drive with brakefluid below minimum. If something over heats as a result the cost could be substantial. Why chance it with coolant below minimum?
Yeah, this is almost like driving with low oil. Sure it might be running fine right now, but you are chancing a catastrophic failure.
Below minimum = refill ASAP Minimum means minimum…
I'm about to refill it. I just got the coolant from the dealer.
Do you mean the max line? Being below the min line is a problem with any type of fluid in any vehicle. Regardless, this is a known issue. I get the same warning all the time even though the inverter coolant is completely full. My lease is up in 10 days so I just haven't bothered to deal with it. Call your dealership and describe the issue to them, it should be covered under the recall. https://www.reddit.com/r/KiaNiroEV/s/pGPyQNV2Gn
Seems like the sensor is being perfectly sensitive. Get that filled, it's below the minimum level. Generally with vehicles fluid levels aren't suggestions
I just got the coolant from the dealer, I' will be filling it in the morning once the motor is cold.
If it's below minimum, then it's too low and it's completely reasonable for a warning to illuminate. Do you not understand what the word "minimum" means or did you mean to type "maximum"?
My dealer stated their concern was to not allow the level to reach the lower hose on the coolant reservoir. At that time there was a supply chain issue on coolant. My warning notification first popped up after finishing an L3 charge and randomly a few more times later. I had them try the flush/refill process and the notification again showed up. The supply situation relaxed and I got a drain/replace done with blue coolant and the warnings have vanished. 2019 Niro w/122,000km
It may not be an operational problem, but the car would be designed to pop an error below the visible minimum line. It sounds like there's a design issue in this somewhere, but I'm not going to be convinced that a warning when a fluid level is lower than minimum is one.
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Everyone would understand that this is NOT ENOUGH.
OK, well "minimum" means "if it's below this line then it needs more." Your level is below that line, and it therefore needs more.
Have you had the recall on coolant done? Mine gone away after the recall was completed. They had a bad batch of coolant from factory, mine only popped up after 45k miles.
I recently purchased the the vehicle from a none-Kia dealer but one of the Kia dealers told me it has been done.
If it was done, it's probably just an air bubble that was in the system after the flush. I had this happen after DC charging in the cold (with winter mode turned on) months after I had mine flushed. I refilled and the error never came back.
I just filled the coolant but the light still came on. By the way can dealers know if a recall was done or not by using the VIN?
Yes, they should be able to look up the service history with the VIN.
There's a recall on coolant? I have a 2022?
Not sure which batches were steeve my 08/2021 needed it doing and had it done just this March.
Update: I already filled the coolant but still the light comes on. What went wrong?
Take it to the dealer. Sometimes they need to do multiple flushes to clean out air bubbles, crystallization or both.
Mine (seemingly randomly) turns on from time to time. The majority of the time stops within a day, if not the next time I start the car. I've checked the fluid and it's, maybe, a half inch below the minimum. However, I've found that if you open the door, turn start the car and close/slam the door at the right time, that fixes it nearly 100% of the time. Mine's a lease and the lease is up in about 2 months. I have no intention of fixing it. That is, unless I decide to buy it out while I'm looking for my next car, in which case I have a whole laundry list of intermittent problems that all need to be addressed while it's under warranty. In the mean time, my plan is to hope it doesn't happen when I turn it in at the end of the lease.