Hyundai Ioniq 5

I have 96k kms on an iconic 5 (221 so might actually be the smaller battery early iconic 5s had slightly smaller batter maybe 73)

My average usage over 2 years is currently 20kwh/100km

This was actually 19 odd until cold spell in January where it has drifted up would expect of will drop back to 19 over summer again on long term average

This has a large proportion of motorway mileage though at speed limits as i generally do limerick Dublin at least 1 if not twice a week

Motorway usage over winter usually sits at around 24. Around local roads in limerick 18/18.5 would be normal. All generally at speed limits with AC at 21deg. If I recharge in Dublin couple days driving in and around Dublin out on M50 back in etc would show usage of 14kwh/100kms.

Milage range depends really. My average range in Winter generally on average 320kms. Dropped to just over 300kms in cold spell. 350kms currently. Will be north of 400kms in summer. This is with a fairly large proportion of motorway miles.

On average for me car has an effective of 350kms. Anyone asks this is what I tell them. Sometime better sometimes worse but for the average person that asks "whats the mileage like" 350kms is my answer for my driving.

100% true about the the lights

I hate these Ioniq 5 ‘s on the road and I do flash them. Absolutely idiotic headlight design. Lenses in the middle are the ones that blind oncoming traffic. Glad at least one driver adjusted his lights!

Missus has the front air flap problem. Motor gone. Bit of a pain, I am away atm and she had to take a half day yesterday to be diagnosed. And whenever the part comes in another half day to have fitted.

My thoughts exactly. Had mine done about a month ago.

I had mine diagnosed before Christmas, I gave them a ring last week to see if the part had come in and it has.

If I hadn't called I have a feeling I might be waiting a lot longer.

AFAIK there is a recall for this issue so I would have thought they will need a lot of parts.

Edit: I think I maybe wrong about the recall, I thought I read it on another forum.

Ev database is a good resource for efficiency and tends to be accurate in me experience

I don't think they've dropped the price at all. Where'd you see they had?

Yeah I think I saw the top spec was on the website at 60k not that long ago (maybe I seen it somewhere else?) but it's now listed as 55k. Dealerships seem to be sitting around 58k at the minute but I do wonder if this'll start to come down slowly as the market cools. The 1.9% APR is what is really pulling me in. I can get this for a reasonably lower montly/lend cost than an EV6 or similar. MSL are charging 8+% rates for a Seal so as far as I'm concerned the Ioniq 5 is currently looking a good deal.

I think maybe the SIMI price list had it at 60k.

Nice to see a refresh, bigger battery is great. I don't know how I feel about the buttons by the cup holder, seems like a recipie for disaster (if you're me).

Has anyone got solid figures on service costs on these? I seen earlier in the thread the talk of €1000 services which I doubt is true unless it's to replace the coolant.

Sounds decent enough, yeah I'd be going for a local certified mechanic rather than the dealer. AFAIK it's not required to use the dealership but it has to be within the specified service window. 60k would be once every 5 or 6 years, I can live with that.

While you can go outside the dealer network to get work done if you need to use the warranty or are looking for good will then it'll work against you. You do have consumer protection on your side but it's a hard fight against the motor trade to get your consumer rights so you could be without a car for a long time.

Getting anyone other than a dealer to change battery coolant in an EV is something I would be very careful about and give a lot of thought to before I'd pull the trigger.

I have had a couple of cars over the years that have been literally months outside the warranty period and the ability to lean on goodwill from the manufacturer was worth a lot of money to me at the time to sort out major problems (ICE cars).

Of course a certified mechanic could likely do a coolant change (assuming Hyundai would supply genuine parts to them), but it's a gamble if there is a warranty claim subsequently.

Given the very low costs of maintenance of an EV overall, I'd stick with dealers for the first three years at least.

Has the 12V battery been replaced? The 12V chemistry does not like a full discharge and normally would need replacing. We also have the flap problem, waiting for replacement part, but , touch wood, our 12V battery seems fine.

I would imagine the battery is covered under warranty. There is always margin for error with things so it could just be a case of a battery that is poorer quality than usual.

If the 12v battery powers the flaps then it could be that the car is repeatedly trying to change the flap state and then draining the battery doing so.