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Although Kia and Hyundai offer high-performance electric vehicles, they are not immune to technical failures. As proof, a massive recall campaign, affecting up to 500,000 models worldwide, is about to be carried out. The culprit: the battery charge control unit, which can cause power loss.

Electric cars are, at heart, cars like any other, and sometimes they need to be recalled for technical problems. Today’s model comes from the Hyundai – Kia group, which will be forced to recall up to 500,000 models worldwide.

In question, the payment control system (ICCU, for Integrated Charge Control Unit), responsible for controlling the energy level and battery charge.

100% electric models affected

This recall affects electric vehicles based on the E-GMP platform (and known for reduced charging times thanks to its 800 volt architecture). The Kia EV6 and EV9, as well as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (which has just been replaced) and the Ioniq 6 are affected.

Other models not distributed in France are affected, such as the Genesis GV60 and GV70. “High energy” models, such as the Kia Niro and Hyundai Kona, however, have been retained.

In the event of failure of the ICCU, power losses will appear, sometimes causing the car to stop completely. It was a security problem, therefore, that prompted the two brands to take action.

Known issue, international recall

In fact, this failure is not recent, as Hyundai and Kia have already taken over the ICCU in South Korea for a year and a half, Korean media reports. Business Korea.

The problem is that NHTSA ( National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationwhich oversees road safety in the United States) opened an investigation, forcing both brands to take action.

In addition to Korea (where 113,916 Hyundais and 56,016 Kias will be recalled) and the United States, Europe will also be affected by this move. It is estimated that 500,000 units may be affected, making this campaign the largest ever undertaken by the group in the field of electric vehicles.

Affected vehicles will therefore need to be returned to a workshop, where they will receive the update programor even direct replacement of the ICCU if the correction was not effective.