Hyundai INSTER

I just started my Inster and got a warning that says “Check electric vehicle system”. The diagnostic info it provides relates to “Battery Management system, Low Voltage DC/DC Converter” and “Vehicle Control System”. Has anyone gotten this before?

Sounds like an ICCU issue, I'd to get mine replaced (AC charging failure) so I'd just call your dealer. It didn't alert on-screen at all for me though - I just had to guess :/

Was yours in the first batch of Insters at the start of the year? There's a service bulletin for those which a group member put up on FB:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hyundaiinster/posts/706234399111122/?comment_id=706409865760242

That's the one that presumably caused my AC charging fault, perhaps your issue is related to the second (BMS / HV warning light) service bulletin, don't have a copy of that but:

this is what came up when I searched my VIN ages ago before the ICCU replacement where they did all these bits.

Please let us know how you get on with the dealer.

Curious as to what statement was made when buying our cars?

I was told Bluelink was free for a few years but Hyundai might change this.

6 months came as a bit of a surprise to me. And then a drop to Lite. :(

It lets you see the state of the vehicle - state of charge, locked or unlocked etc. But not remotely control charging or AC etc (or even unlock, which can be an important function thru the app)

So I am starting to see more and more fellow Insters on the roads. Yesterday I was in Carrickmines and spotted a nice Khaki colour one on the roundabout and then 10 secs later a black colour one with L plates. I think we should come up with the name for a group of Insters, I propose a gram (of Insters) ? :-)

I have seen quite a few now in the last month with a wide range of ages from Pensioners at Lidl to the young L plate owner above. Good to see such wide appeal.

like all cars, compromise is necessary - ownership is a ‘can I live with it?’ decision

and to be fair to Hyundai there are a lot of shelf storage permutations (5!)

do you need to leave valuable stuff in the boot overnight?

if ‘yes’ would it fit in the first underfloor boot? (it is quite big)

if ‘no’ then why not leave the cover attached to the seats but slotted into the sides at the back of the seats, then clip it in place when needed? (see previously posted pic)

Hi All,

Did a Wicklow to Belfast run at weekend. 211km ish each way.

Inster 49kwh.

Full charge 100% at home with 435km range showing.

Used Eco mode and cruise control where possible and stuck to around 105kmh in most places aside from overtaking.

Note: This wasn’t me being frugal but just felt like a decent speed in most cases.

Reached FastNed Banbridge 189km with 54% left in charge or roughly 200 and something km.

Charged to 80% in 15mins (so fast) for 14 euro. Gave me around 330km. And headed on to Belfast. Arrived with 69% left.

On the way back stopped at FastNed again with 59% left and charged to 80% or 320 ish Km, 11 euro.

Arrived home with 107km or 33% left after 180 odd km from FastNed.

Absolutely brilliant experience. Great to drive, nippy, great safety features. Great experience charging.

Now did I need to charge twice? Maybe not or not stop twice but charge up the same amount. I was just being cautious as I was expecting, like everyone, to get a range of around 200km. Final trip was 419km at an average of 14.3kw/100km.. just being an average this comes out at around 342km range on 49kwh battery.

I am lost after this.. will do better maths later. feel free to set my math straight.

Also it was eco mode but I don’t have any issues with this.

Thats some excellent range! Thanks for the info.

I note someone mentioned a 'one touch' button to mute notifications on the steering wheel. I cant seem to find it. Is it a setting for the 'star' button?

I believe a 3 sec press mute button turns off ‘speed’ bongs - all others must be individually switched off as required (presumably you’d want some…?) and the star button can be configured to take you straight to the relevant submenu

Yes, very high relative humidity recently (South Dublin). I noticed external condensation on my home windows yesterday, have never seen that during August before.

here - press the knurled wheel:

Buddy the rear seats of Elegance fold flat and also slide and tilt

Mechanical door key (emergency)

I decided to test mine over the weekend

• remove key from fob - simple (slide switch on back of fob and pull it out)
• remove protective keyhole plastic cover (driver’s door only) - tricky, best with 2 people or cover is liable to ‘ping’ off and hit the floor (pull door handle and hold ‘open’ while pushing key into slot underneath cover and prising cover away from door)
• insert key into lock and turn clockwise - nothing happened!! Tried many times ☹️
• to reinstall - much easier (pull door handle and hold ‘open’ again, position top of plastic cover into groove, then carefully lower base of cover and gently push until it snaps back into place)

Has anyone tested their mechanical key and did it open the door? You really do want to know it works before you need it to!

So looks like I caught the Battery bug as well …..

Off to the dealer in the morning for me. First batch black elegance from Feb. Hopefully its just the patch update.

😯