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Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 170,000 electric vehicles – software issues

  • March 14, 2024
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Automaker Hyundai Motor Co and its subsidiary Kia Corp are voluntarily recalling about 170,000 electric cars in South Korea due to software problems in their charging systems. As

Automaker Hyundai Motor Co and its subsidiary Kia Corp are voluntarily recalling about 170,000 electric cars in South Korea due to software problems in their charging systems.

As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Korea Economic Daily, citing the statement of the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The defects were found in 232,000 units of 12 models from automakers Hyundai Motor, Kia, Stellantis Korea and Tesla Korea, the agency said Thursday.

Hyundai Motor and Kia electric cars in particular had software errors in the integrated charge control unit (ICCU), which will cause Hyundai to recall 113,916 models, including the Ioniq and Genesis, and Kia to recall 56,016 EV16 units.

The article states that the voluntary recall of the cars will begin on March 18.

As reported by Ukrinform, Japanese automaker Toyota has recalled 280,663 pickup trucks and SUVs in the United States and released a software update to fix problems with unexpected car movements.

Photo: Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

Source: Ukrinform

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