Need some help deciding which EV to buy SUV or station wagon as far as vehicle type goes, need a bigger car this time and would like to ask for some tips on which are reliable and as a secondary parameter good range or battery capacity, features and esthetics are not important also i’m in Germany and how best to approach buying a used EV, any tips are appreciated.
I don’t know the German market, but I’ve been really happy with the Kia EV9 for the two years I’ve owned it. Has 3 rows and gets 2.1-ish mi/kWh in snowy winter and about 3ish during the summer. Overall mi/kWh for the two years has been about 2.8 mostly city driving with some highway and occasional road trips
Is the kia also prone to the same iccu issues as the hyundais?
As someone who’s Kia is currently in the shop to get a blown ICCU fixed, yes.
Which is unfortunate because other than this, I love the car.
Did you get the fall 2024 ICCU update done at the dealer or did it blow after that anyway?
I’ve been in for all the standard maintenance since owning it (almost 2 years now), so I should be square on all updates.
Mine blew just about 3 weeks ago, and is still in the shop where they’re apparently working with Kia engineers to figure something out.
I strongly suspect I’m the first one of these that has come in for this so they are learning as they go.
I haven’t had this issue with the EV9 but I’ve heard of it
Yes. Kias are on the same e-GMP platform, all of which seem to suffer from the ICCU issues. It’s also unclear whether the software updates have fixed the issues, or whether more recent model years have fixed the hardware.
But Kia/Hyundai have at least extended the warranties on the ICCUs to 15 years in most countries, including in Germany where OP lives.
15 years, 290,000 kms in Canada.
Meanwhile, Detroit does nothing until a class action is filled.
Checked if there are any near me, all are listed around 80k €, that’s a lot…
Oof yeah that is