OBD fails for Chinese version Kia EV5 in Australia
Hi, I have an Australian Kia EV5 N-Line and we are using a vLinker MC+ (latest firmware) which is giveing the error: “Unable to get soc in the car data response”.
Can you advise please
- Where does this happen?
- ABRP version number (found at bottom of settings menu)
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Linda ABRP
Dec 2, 2025
Hi
To help us figure out what happen we need you to send a bug report. First you need to enable the bug button in the settings. Go to the settings and scroll all the way down.
The bug button will show on your screen. When the OBD is connected to your car and the car is in drive mode click at the button. Then let me know when you have done this.
William Kenworthy
Dec 2, 2025
It's been done. I paired the device with the phone (device plugged into the car and in “drive mode) and then generated the bug report from ABRP app on the phone. There was no indication on the odb device (other than the power and flashing connection light) that it was communicating with the car at all. The device itself works with other apps.
Linda ABRP
Dec 9, 2025
Unfortunately, we do not receive any data from your OBD, but we do receive data via Enode. Do you think that Enode works with your car?
William Kenworthy
Dec 14, 2025
Hi, I am currently on holiday (why I wanted to use an obd) as I can only get data in spot locations - there are hundreds of km without a data connection so enode does partially work but is very limited and ultimately not adequate. ABRP is also not very accurate with my vehicle - an EV5 GT-Line is similar to, but has different range/consumption to the large battery dual motor Earth model (probably due to wheel/tire size and greater vehicle weight) that is the nearest model in your app.
Maurilio Sueo Nose
Dec 10, 2025
I do have the exact same problem, the OBD2 PIDs are incorrect for the EV5.
Unfortunately my car doesn’t have Kia Connect so I can’t use Enode.
Maurilio Sueo Nose
Dec 10, 2025
When I go to the OBD PID editor and Test Pids, I could find that the first initialization command (ATZ), returns an error. If I remove it, the initialization concludes, but the data fecthing returns nothing…
Alex Headley
Dec 11, 2025
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Kia EV5 GT-Line unable to connect to OBD Link CX
Trying to use a new OBD Link CX with my Kia EV5 GT-Line. Passed loading car configuration and BLE connection status but hang up on Car Connection status with statement could not find SoC in car data response. Please help.
Dec 3, 2025
PinnedHello @Alex Headley,
Have you been able to connect successfully or does the issue still occur?
ABRP User #1403921
Dec 11, 2025
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•1 vote
Kia EV5 Wave
ABRP can not successfully connect to my Kia EV5. I bought this from china and apparently it is not the same as the ones currently running in australia.
Linda ABRP
Dec 15, 2025
We will remove OBD as an option for Kia EV5 since it’s not working. To add it again we need new Pids to add to this car.
We need the OBD PID commands and how to interpret the returned data. Since this is not easily available for most vehicles there is not possibility for us to provide a time estimate.
You can check our telemetry API for relevant properties:
documenter.getpostman.com/view/7396339/SWTK5a8w
Also, you can check our (partially outdated) OBD repository to see what other cars report:
https://www.github.com/iternio/ev-obd-pids
If you find that an existing vehicle profile reads data correctly, please let us know, but please DO NOT keep using the incorrect vehicle model with live data.
https://abrp.featurebase.app/sv/p/kia-ev5-live-data-2