Hyundai INSTER

When you say knocked out the Zappi, do you mean the breaker, a fuse, or that it broke the unit entirely?

Thanks for the clarification. Just wanted to make sure I didn't risk both cars.

Mine, just this evening, has started a whirring noise (from the front left under the bonnet) when I plug it in. From a bit of online searching, it appears to be the "3-Way Coolant Driver Hub". It sounds like the current hot conditions might be putting a strain on cooling the battery for charging but regardless of that it shouldn't be making that sound and should be replaced. Anyone have this issue before? I'm going to try plug it in again later when it cools down and hopefully it won't be an issue. And hopefully it will charge alright.

No recall on ours. I've sent a recording on to the garage anyway.

It's the 3-way coolant valve - I had that issue a few months ago but the garage told me it was ok to drive. It took about an hour to replace.

Confirmed that it's the 3-way coolant valve. Hyundai have only this week started putting out a recall on it. So the bad news is, every garage is trying to get them in, so I'll be waiting for that to be delivered first.

No idea TBH sorry. I've had no recall on my Inster. This issue just happened and the garage quickly confirmed it's the 3 way coolant valve, for which there is a recall in place so I could be waiting for them to get their hands on the replacement part.

ICCU failure gave no errors in my case. It just stopped charging completely one day.

jesus, i know someone that recently bought one of these, hope this iccu issue doesnt occur for them, lovely little car though

As far as I know, with the existing 5 year warranty, no cars would have been out of warranty yet. So I would expect it to apply to all. I need to get that in writing from the dealer for clarity.

I only dialed it back to 90% once I started having issues (ie, charging speed slowing down to 1.5kW), but I suppose that is a different question to what you are asking.

I've been warning people here for quite some time of the ICCU issues in Kia and Hyundai cars. People giving me stick over it and saing the Car companies are sorting it. Yes, they're replacing sick parts and extending the warranty but, THEY ARE NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. Anyone thinking of buying a Kia or Hyundai EV take note.

I reckon it is too early to say if EV3/4 are affected. They and the Inster are 300-400V nominal cars like the Niro was. Let's hope a solution has been found as this 5+ years of no permanent fix for the problem seems almost unbelievable.

Just got mine back from the garage. The replacement part arrived on time yesterday and it was ready for me this morning. Annoying that it had the issue in the first place, but can't fault the service and glad to be back on the road.

@rosmad congrats. If you're new to EV in general, I recommend spending a bit of time when you first get it, figuring out your preferred setup w.r.t. auto brake and the paddles. On my day one I did not enjoy driving it (particularly parking), it felt counterintuitive what it was doing, until someone here pointed out trying out those two things. Other than that, I don't think there are any tips or tricks. We took out the shelf in the boot. It's pointless and eats into the space.

On what to watch out for. The ICCU issue. I've set ours to charge at 90% (and charging TO 90%) as has been recommended here before, in the hopes that we never encounter the ICCU issue. We had the 3-way valve issue (as you can see in my recent posts). Now I have it back, I think I could have spotted the issue before it happened. So… for a couple of weeks before it failed, there was a slight hum/whirring noise in the background. Almost like the sound the car makes anyway when it's driving but it was an extra noise. I couldn't figure out… was it always there and I only just noticed it, or was it new. Anyway, now the car is back, that noise is gone. So… if you ever hear a new, subtle enough, hum/whirring sound… I'd be getting it looked at.

The pillar bothers taller drivers who sit further back. I am short so no problem and would rely on mirrors.