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Ya but it's a Hyundai...
Hyundai EVs are a wholly different animal than their ICE cars. I have an ioniq5 and it is absolutely fantastic.
I see your faulty Hyundai engines and raise you a faulty Hyundai ICCU.
They got a culture problem.
At least they recall and fix, or extend warranty.
Detroit ownership just means being a plaintiff on a class action sooner or later.
Hyundai fought the recall for the Theta engines as long as possible. It took an NHTSA investigation and a class action lawsuit to get them to admit anything.
And they still haven’t addressed the oil consumption on their newer engines.
And the ICCU failures are the next example of this pattern.
Hyundai has a culture problem.
Hyundai has been a world class brand for years now, nothing like their mid 2000s self. Ioniq 5 got world car of the year several years in a row. Hyundai and Kia have topped the list for several years.
https://www.worldcarawards.com/files/WCA_History_Year.pdf?p=45726
Car awards are fake bullshit. Kia and Hyundai have had major engine issues for years with shavings in motors, flagged by Consumer Reports. Up to 2019 for recalls, then 2020s have the same problem.
https://safetyresearch.net/hyundai-kias-billion-dollar-engine-problem-that-broke-the-nhtsa-civil-penalty-barrier/
Ioniq 5 has had a chronic ICCU problem.
(Not OP)
Hyundai/Kia certainly have some selling points, and I would seriously consider the Ioniq for my next car. But we shouldn't pretend that they're beyond reproach. The whole theft problem came from years of them cutting corners. Their response to it showed a level of corporate incompetence that borders on malice. And the cherry on top, the ICCU response mirrors the previous incompetence. From what I've seen, the infotainment software is buggy and unintuitive.
They still offer a good value for the money, but you may pay for that with time/frustration. Like everything else, we should evaluate it honestly.
The fact that they devalue over 50% in 3 years says a lot.
Not as much about the car as it does the market. For a variety of reasons, very few people are considering a used EV. Which is a shame, because there are some incredible deals to be had for any potential buyers.
Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty to complain about with my Ioniq 5. But being a bad car isn’t one of them. I haven’t had the ICCU issue, but I do have a letter from them telling me as soon as I do get it to just take the letter with the car in to get it all replaced. I don’t really know what else you expect them to do. A full recall wouldn’t have solved anything because as far as I’m aware they still aren’t entirely sure what causes it.
My wife has a kia that she had the theft immobilizer installed on. They also told her to go in and get it for free. I understand that wasn’t most people’s experience, and their public excuses were bad too but /shrug.
The problem with both of those examples is that's where it landed eventually. You're ignoring all of the time that Kia ignored/denied the issue, then the half-assed answers done with only a quarter-ass (The Club, distributed through an unpredictable patchwork of local PDs), and only after several years finally fixed it. Or at least that's what they claim.
BTW, I don't think they installed physical immobilizers, at least not on all models. It was some sort of software update, but I don't have the details on how it could even work. But at least it came with The Club direct from Kia/the dealer.