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Replaced a Chevy Bolt with an Ioniq 5 and it's a huge upgrade (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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I snagged a 2025 Ioniq 5 to replace my 2021 Chevy Bolt yesterday and already put 150 miles on it. I'm kind of blown away and wanted to share some things that stood out.

  1. The car is wide. Much wider than the Bolt. Gonna take some getting used to.
  2. Not sure how I lived without a power lift gate until now. It was great when loading laundry and groceries into the trunk.
  3. The driver seat can lay completely flat - flatter than the zero gravity mode that you may have seen. Perfect for napping while waiting at the laundromat, and I'm looking forward to trying it while car camping.
  4. You can pull the car forward and backwards with the keyfob while standing outside of it. Already used it twice - once to pull out of a tight parking spot, once to center myself after street parking a bit crooked.
  5. The surround view is incredible. It made parallel parking an absolute breeze.
  6. Autopilot is scary but works. I was only brave enough to use it on the highway with no other cars around.
  7. Auto-parking doesn't seem to work very well, but I'll have to play around with it.

Overall I'm super happy with the car and keep looking for excuses to go somewhere. Happy to answer any questions.

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[–] dom@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Great car as long as you don't have an iccu failure. My car is a year old and has been at the dealer for the last month because of an iccu failure and part being back ordered.

[–] zdanger@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It took over 3 months to have the ICCU replaced in my EV6. I filed a lemon law claim on it and Kia is buying it back

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I wish Canada had lemon laws or I'd sell the car back

[–] cron@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I think its pretty bad how Hyundai handles the issue with defective ICCUs. If this part fails so often, why does it take weeks to deliver? I've heard stories about people waiting more than a month for that part, and the spare part failed again after some time.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I've been waiting a month and still no time frame.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If this part fails so often

But does it though? Far as I've read, it's only about 1% of cars that actually have experienced the fault. You only hear about the people who experience it because nobody goes online to tell a story about how their ICCU is still working.

[–] cron@feddit.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

I did not find any numbers online, but the fact that some cars were affected twice is quite unlikely if only 1% of cars experience the fault.

And even more: if only 1% of cars is affected, it shouldn't be too hard to replace the units in a timely manner.