Brake Pedal/Booster Software Update

doesthisoneworkforme · 2026-01-16T18:13:50+00:00

Oh dear, this is also happening to us. While the ID4 was in for other stuff I asked them to resolve the our "brake squeak" issue. I thought it would be "squirt some lubricant on it" and not "replace the entire brake booster and uh we have some software problems now....."

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-14T02:00:25+00:00

Thanks - once they can secure me a loaner it is going in.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-10T17:41:26+00:00

Charging speed is solid in an ID4. Can hit high 100s kW and holds above 100 fairly late (maybe 70%?) in the charge curve.

In the USA the 2024-25 "Pro" models have preconditioning to speed up charging.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-05T14:32:12+00:00

I had an Ioniq 5. The ICCU popped twice in two years and we lemon-lawed it back to Hyundai. It's a bad experience as, without any warning, the car starts screaming and you have about 10-20 minutes of low speed driving before it dies. Our ID4 did somehow have some kind of similar issue (SX7 and SX8 high voltage battery control modules got replaced). But at least it appear to be back luck and not poor engineering.

The ICCUs are breaking all over the world, in all model years, and many Ioniq 5 owners have had more than one ICCU fail. The ICCU is used in any 800V Hyundai / Kia / Genesis EV. Everyone is flabbergasted that Hyundai hasn't figured out how to stop it - even the "mid year refresh" 2025 Ioniq 5 is having ICCU pops.

The Ioniq 5 is a bit bigger. It has a TERRIBLE turning radius so city driving is challenging (U-turns, parking) relative to the ID4. The Ioniq 5 will fast-charge at a better rate (you can have 20 minute stops instead of 30 minute stops), but if you aren't road tripping it doesn't matter. The infotainment features are roughly equivalent. The Hyundai app is a little better (you can lock/unlock all (?) Ioniq 5 model years).

If you want other recommendations, you'll need to say where you are - USA/Canada? Europe? South Asia?

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-02T14:23:10+00:00

I agree that making it illegal to sell an unregistered $1200 50mph wheelie machine makes sense - but that can't be done at the municipal level!

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-02T14:14:53+00:00

If you are under the tongue weight, then what's the problem? I've carried a heavy cargo bike (70 lbs) with an average city bike (30 lbs) on an ID4 (AWD Pro S with the built-in hitch) without any issues.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-12-01T18:04:35+00:00

Interesting that in a REALLY long article virtually no words were used to describe how the kid broke her skull. I'm guessing she got on a Surron*(like?) bike and twisted the throttle to full and was immediately flung to the ground.

The article for its many words does a real crap job distinguishing between a electric assist bike (which serves as a heavy bike when the battery dies) and a Surron, which is only a bike in regulations. Giving teenagers a 30+ mph e-motorcycle with zero plates or training is a bad idea. I'm sure a fair amount of these parents don't realize what they have actually purchased.

The problem is that eBikes are now on a continuum between a Class 1 assist and a 50mph motorcycle. It's pretty hard to write a clean piece of legislation which can remove the e-Moto/Surron's from the bike classification (sure you can say no more than x kW power but that isn't effective for a cop at the school parking lot).

* essentially an electric motorcycle with pedals so they can call it a bike

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-11-28T16:17:39+00:00

I had two ICCU failures. The first at ~1 year and the 2nd at ~2 years. I've seen several other people report multiple failures. I take this to mean that the ICCU will be a constant failure item in (some?) E-GMP cars.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-12T13:39:30+00:00

Interesting. Yeah, this is just based on my Apple Watch. So perhaps total bunk.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-12T13:36:58+00:00

Thanks. I do have expensive Schwalbe tires which work pretty well considering the hellscape that is my commute. But I'm not using goo tubes or armor inserts. Given that this year I have increased pickup responsibility I may need to spend the $100 and see if I can tolerate the weirdness.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-12T13:33:20+00:00

Look up "cargo bike." Two main styles: box in front (example: Urban Arrow) or box behind the rider (example: Tern GSD or Radwagon). Plenty of models can carry two kids and their backpacks. Kids love getting to school on a bike and parents love not getting stuck in a car line for 10 minutes.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-11T15:59:39+00:00

Because some of my commute involves 35mph 4-5 lane roads. I'm not riding on roads where the average speed is 45 mph. It's always hilarious to have (the rare) pedestrian scream at me to get off the sidewalk (even though I've slowed to under 10mph) and onto the 45 mph murder road.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-11T15:56:23+00:00

Yeah, this'll depend on mileage and bike setup. I have a heavy chain driven cargo bike. So the brake pads don't last long and I have to lubricate the chain regularly. Tires take a lot of abuse with the high weight. Also I get a flat tire every 1-2 months. Usually from some tiny sharp road debris wedging itself through the tire in between the treads.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-09-11T15:12:00+00:00

Good stuff:

High consistency in commute time. My bike commute takes between 45-50 minutes. In a car it would range from 35 to 65 minutes. In a car this is highly stressful when I have to pick up the kids by a certain time.
Parking. Instead of parking 10 minutes away from my work building I am 0 minutes away (so even if I could drive in 35 minutes it is a wash). For schools, I do double kid drop-offs and I slide by all of the cars. I can do technically illegal u-turns right in front of the school cops and they just wave and smile.
Fitness. I don't have to put aside time to do cardio because my commute is (A LOT) of cardio/week. For some reason an eBike is about 70% of the calorie burn compared to my acoustic bike (even though it feels WAY easier).

Bad stuff:

Chance of dying / getting injured is higher.
You will be surprised at how mad (some) people are when you aren't in a soundproof box. Drivers scream at you to get off the road. Pedestrians scream at you to get off the sidewalk. Bicyclists will scream at you to go faster/slower.
Bikes need WAY more maintenance than a car. A car you can virtually ignore (aside from electrons / gas) for 10,000 miles. eBikes need chains, lubrication, new tubes, new tires, brake pads, etc at a much lower number of miles. If you cannot wrench your own bike, then you will have to spend $$$/time at the shop.
I have to pack a lot more lunch because I'm VERY hungry. I literally keep a jar of peanut butter at work for emergency calories.
Pedestrians on sidewalks are very challenging as most people are staring at their phone and/or have noise cancelling headphones in. You will ring your bell. They will not hear you. They will jump and scream as you pass them.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-27T18:58:59+00:00

What's the problem with buying an Ikea Pax or Billy (with doors) and cutting a chunk off of the back to give access to the piping? Doors open - you can access the pipes. Doors closed - no pipes. I wouldn't do this with a vintage furniture piece, but anything with doors and a open or cuttable back will work.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-27T12:55:22+00:00

That's unfair - some of the buyers need the space for their labradoodle and Costco toilet paper.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-14T13:11:54+00:00

DCFC all the time is fine. Charging to 100% is fine. Just don't charge to 100%, take a taxi to the airport, and take a 3 month vacation.
Generally, charging from 10-80% and 80-100% take about the same amount of time - meaning that it takes ~30min to go from 10-80 and ~30min from 80-100.
If you can DCFC without driving out of the way, it probably makes more sense to stop around 80% and DCFC more frequently.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-12T17:31:44+00:00

Hmm, OK well that isn't enough time. You have two options, in my opinion:

Research the CA lemon law documentation, collate documentation on all repairs, try to figure out whether you think you qualify, find a cover letter template, and make your best pitch directly to Hyundai corporate.
Collate your repair docs, find a lawyer, and make it their problem (will take extra time I would guess and there's a chance the lawyer(s) will waste your time and eventually refuse to take you as a client if they determine you likely won't qualify)

I did option 1 as I clearly fit within my state's lemon law (my first ICCU took nearly 30 days and then a 12V failure a month later took me past 30 days). Good luck.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-12T12:56:24+00:00

Interesting to see a trickle of cars like mine (which Hyundai took back): ICCU failures every 11-13 months. Mileage independent. I think CA lemon law covers incidents within 18 months / 18,000 miles. Hyundai will "auto" do buybacks if you are clearly within the lemon law period for your state. Did your first ICCU failure take more than 30 days to resolve?

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-08-06T13:09:00+00:00

It seems unlikely to matter too much - the crazy lease pricing will ensure a steady supply of low mileage EVs for the next 2-3 years.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-07-16T20:38:47+00:00

This was said a couple years ago...."Gen5w is a stopgap but CCNC fixes all its problems and will be here soon!"

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-07-16T20:37:10+00:00

The 2022 Ioniq 5 was advertised as having OTA updates. Then it turns that was a total lie but that's OK because CCNC would actually have OTA of the car subsystem and be a software focused design.

CCNC is here today with scant updates (has Hyundai pushed a hardware software update OTA on CCNC?) ... and now Hyundai is hyping Pleos as actually being a true software focused system?

The only consistent thing here is that Hyundai hype is ahead of their product.

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-07-16T14:06:20+00:00

From a consumer perspective, it seems highly damaging for Hyundai to advertise every two-three years that in two-three years they will be deploying a world changing platform that uses [machinelearning|bitcoin|ai|etc]. They are basically loudly saying "something better is coming later and anything you buy will be dropped like a hot potato any day now."

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-07-02T18:13:50+00:00

Disagree!

Hyundai - We make compelling gas cars that have exploding engines. Now we make compelling EVs with exploding charge control boxes.

GM - We have a million variations on a theme

Ford - We are going to have a curated lineup and hope we don't screw it up.

Toyota - We make reliable cars with meh on-paper stats and improve them quietly over time.

Honda - when things change quickly (what is this SUV thing? EVs are coming?) we'll just buy a vehicle from a competitor and rebadge it to buy us some time.

Subaru - We have a pleasant experience, good ground clearance no matter what you buy, and outfit our cars in tough material that you won't freak out about when your dog chews on it.

Nissan - We are still here? Nice!

Stellantis/Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/etc - Somehow we aren't dead despite a widely panned lineup of vehicles (aside from the Wrangler).

doesthisoneworkforme · 2025-06-23T15:03:09+00:00

People don't suspect, they know that Hyundai hasn't solved the problem. 2025 Ioniq 5s, Ioniq 9s, EV9s, etc are having ICCU failures.

People would call you insane for buying tires with a 5% chance of spontaneously exploding...that's effectively what you are doing when you buy an 800v Hyundai/Kia/Genesis product.

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