# 2014 Kia Soul - Another battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** kia\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951 "2021-07-09T23:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nickih2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nickih2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nickih2000)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/1 "2021-07-09T23:56:10Z")
Low beams come on after I’ve gone to bed.happened twice. By morning I see them on and car tries to start but can’t make it. On my second battery in 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/2 "2021-07-10T20:25:31Z")
I’m not a mechanic but bear with me while I make some guesses. Your Kia probably has automatic headlights–they come on by themselves when it gets dark enough. I think that’s what’s happening but they’re obviously not supposed to come on when the car isn’t running. So I’m leaning toward either a bad ignition switch, which is letting the headlight circuit think the car is still running, or a flaky body control module, which controls the automatic headlights in the first place. A real mechanic with hands on the vehicle and knowledge and patience can diagnose and fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/3 "2021-07-10T20:36:43Z")
There may be an issue with Body Control Module. > **[5 Common Symptoms of a Failing Body Control Module (BCM) - Module Experts](https://moduleexperts.com/5-common-symptoms-failing-body-control-module-bcm/)** > > If your BCM malfunctions, you will notice a negative effect on the operation of your vehicle. Watch out for these symptoms. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/4 "2021-07-10T20:51:59Z")
Do you park in a garage? Do you leave the keys in the car while it is IN the garage? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/5 "2021-07-11T00:26:52Z")
Are you able to purposely make the headlights come on with the car parked, key out of the ignition? If so, whatever switches you use to do that, one of them may be faulty. Another idea check your owner’s manual under headlight operation. If there’s a way to turn off the automatic headlights feature, try that. Do the headlights come on when you open a door? If so a door switch may be faulty. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/7 "2021-07-11T23:21:40Z")
This isn’t the place to promote your product(s) . . . if that’s what you’re doing ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/8 "2021-07-12T00:11:46Z")
??? what? Don’t see what you mean ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/9 "2021-07-12T00:19:51Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > ??? what? > Don’t see what you mean DB was referring to a post that reeked of Spam and solicitation for a product he was going to make. Carolyn must have sent it back into cyberspace. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/10 "2021-07-12T01:55:34Z")
Carolyn’s keeping us in line . . . as always! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-kia-soul-another-battery/177951/11 "2021-07-12T02:13:05Z")
As much as one can herd wild cats,…