Hyundai INSTER

Our Ioniq 5 just displayed the "Check electric vehicle system" message and it wouldn't charge the 12V battery in "READY" mode. Sounds like the ICCU to me. So the entire family relies on the Inster now.

Will the dealer send a trailer when I tell them about the issue or it's me who needs to call one? (I don't want to drive it with a 12V battery that isn't being charged)

Yeah, that's what I had to do. Currently waiting for it to arrive. Thank you.

Our family loves it (it's the cheaper 42kWh model). We owned an e-Niro before and we still currently own an Ioniq 5 Platinum. Still we find the Inster very nice.

We don't own an Inster but missus has an Ioniq 5. Her car had to go in yet again before Christmas for what they said would be an hour. I was off for the day so dropped it in where I was told would take more than an hour, but I could have their Test drive base Inster for an hour or so.

I had previously only looked at the Inster for an elderly neighbour, the car probably being ideal for her. Sadly she died suddenly a few days later.

Anyway I was very impressed with the car, felt much bigger than dimensions. The longish straight bonnet helped with that impression when driving I think. Was a pleasure in traffic and on back roads being narrow with great visibility. But what most impressed me was the refinement on the open road, with low road noise and smooth suspension. Probably helped by the smaller wheels with high rubber ratio.

The only thing that would put me off the car is the usual Hyundai problems such as high servicing costs and ICCU problems.

Most I have spoken to, including ourselves, had a fairly long wait for ICCU unit replacement. Part took a few days to arrive, but this unit was not working so next unit arrived a week or so later. At least they gave us a small ICE i10 while work being done. Before replacement they had the car in twice for software updates. We are rural so means a day lost to do most jobs.

Hope Hyundai have improved with their stock of ICCU units, but we were only five or six months ago.

Good luck with your EV.

It's the 8 year battery warranty that has us leaning towards a new Inster because we hold on to cars long term.

Don't own one myself but I've seen multiple around Limerick city the last few weeks. A great looking car from the outside and clearly people are going for them which should make spares easy to get and future repairs cheaper

The only thing I'd say is it could be the one car with the owner racking up the mileage, which is also a great sign for a car

Only the Cross model has the V2L feature.

I have the 49kWh ( Elegance spec iirc) and there's no V2L / 3 pin, it's only the Cross in Ireland.

I think that's still the Cross. I had this same confusion too 7-8 months ago when ordering the Inster. UK spec was (is?) higher than here until the Cross came to the market.

It's not part of the spec at all, the menu doesn't show the V2L option either. The adapter itself isn't the issue, is missing hardware.

We have a Kia EV6 as well, which does have V2L (and the adapter, which would be the same as Hyundai's).

Just to let you know I received an email from a Hyundai garage up north and they say the Inster 02 and Cross are available to order with a tech pack for V2L option

I will do a bit more research. I will probably have to check this in person

Thanks. Would it be available in Northern Ireland I wonder or if an Irish dealer can order one?

What is the ICCU? Is it a common fault?

Out of curiosity does your car have the 3 pin plug socket?