Amazing vehicle with one unresolved critical flaw: ICCU
Like many others, this was my first battery EV. Charges quickly, with its 800V architecture making it pretty future-proof for now. Road trips are easy to do if you know take reasonable steps to map out the charging stations. Charging at home is lovely.
The ride is smooth and quick. After driving an EV, it's hard to even think about going back to a gas vehicle. No engine noise is a huge plus.
Comfy interior, loads of headroom and the Limited's glass panorama roof is amazing to backseat riders, who also enjoy plenty of legroom.
However, after having a failed ICCU after ~4000 miles, only to be replaced after 33 days(!) with the same hardware and part number, is a giant stressor on an otherwise wonderful car.
This critical hardware piece has failed, leaving the 12V battery unable to charge, meaning you cannot drive the car. If you're lucky, you can limp the car to the side of the road to safety. If it happens on the highway at 75 MPH, I hope you're able to navigate off and to the side. As a parent, I now have a constant worry that it will fail again while in the middle of a forest (as a Pacific Northwester, this is common) with my child in the back.
I was lucky that it first failed while about to leave a park. You'll hear a loud pop from under the backseat and alarms start going off, saying to not drive the vehicle. Hyundai Roadside Assistance came 4 hours later to tow it to the dealer.
I cannot in good faith recommend this car (or any Hyundais/Kias who use the E-GMP platform) to anyone until the ICCU is fully resolved, meaning redesigned. Getting a replacement ICCU of the same make and model means it is CAN fail again, with no warning. I hope for a proper recall and repair at some point. Software recalls/updates have not fixed the ICCU from failing.
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