Green charge lights flash when not charging

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Occasionally, I'll head out to the garage and I'll notice that - even though my 2022 Kia Niro EV isn't plugged in or charging -- one of the green charging lights at the base of the windshield is flashing - usually just the center light. If I open and close the driver's front door, the light stops flashing. This doesn't happen every day -- I only notice it perhaps once a week or so. Has anyone seen this happen to their Kia Niro EV? And what did you do about it?
 
This chart is on page 1-26 in the 2020 US manual:

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Raleigh Ron said:
Occasionally, I'll head out to the garage and I'll notice that - even though my 2022 Kia Niro EV isn't plugged in or charging -- one of the green charging lights at the base of the windshield is flashing - usually just the center light. If I open and close the driver's front door, the light stops flashing. This doesn't happen every day -- I only notice it perhaps once a week or so. Has anyone seen this happen to their Kia Niro EV? And what did you do about it?
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I am sure your question was answered but when you see only one of the lights flashing and you are not plugged in to a charger. It is flashing because the Traction ( High voltage) battery is charging the 12 Volt Battery.


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Thanks! I vaguely remember scanning that chart, but didn't remember those last two rows - I've seen both of those instances happen before - both light 2 blinking by itself and light 3 blinking by itself. The description for light 3 - "Charging 12 V auxiliary batter" is clear, but the last table row is a bit vague - blinking light 2 = "Reserved charging in operation or temporary interruptions" - but I assume it's nothing to be concerned about.
 
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