Battery Recall for Canadian Kona Owners

My 2021 was also not part of the recall when the battery failed. After four months (Oct/2020 - Feb/2021) I got a new battery. Two more cars burned recently, one in Korea one in Norway, I have no clue if I will get an other battery or not.

 

I just got the call from my dealership that I'm next in line for the new battery, it should be replaced in July. Hope it's the real solution

 

Next? Where's the line?

 

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2BG3ET

Article is from March but it expresses how I feel. I don’t think I saw this posted here before, hence, I’m linking to it. Once my battery is replaced, I would like to see cash compensation for the reduced mileage and value of my car.

 

Next at my dealership here in Montreal

 

The reason I ask is that "next" implies that there are enough batteries available at your dealer that there have been others before you and more after you and if that is truly happening then I'd like to know why it's not happening anywhere else. Have you received a "second letter" from Hyundai explaining their recall plan?

 

No, I got a call from my dealership asking me to be available during July for the replacement.
No new letters or new communications from Hyundai Canada

 

10 days after my "check ev system" light first illuminated and 9 after visiting my dealership I still have no word about what the issue is (they had no idea and were supposed to be checking with corporate) but for the last 3 days I've been getting random notifications on Bluelink that my charging cycle has successfully completed. But it does it over and over again at random odd hours. It also does it at my scheduled charging time. It's just sitting in the driveway, has not been driven and is fully charged to 80%.
I'm wondering if something untoward is going on.

 

Thanks. I have seen it reporting at 79% on occasion rather than 80%. But I have seen that in the past without the weird charging behavior.

If what you say is actually happening is it indicative of anything nefarious? And no, I don't have a battery monitor. And there's no discernible pattern in the top-ups. 12 hours, 6 hours, 3 hours...

 

Okay. So thanks again for the info. I now know more about batteries than I ever wanted!

 

Do we actually know what type, if any, of balancing system these packs actually have? And in what
ballpark capacity to shuffle charge around?

_H*

 

Transport Evolved on YouTube has two recent videos about both the Kona and Bolt battery recall issues. I highly recommend watching. Very frustrating how haphazard it's being handled but apparently it IS happening, sporadically and seemingly randomly, even in Canada.

 

She made a lot of mistakes in the first video and got an ear-full from viewers including myself, hence the subsequent apologetic tone. And in the second she still thinks the Kona's SoC was forcibly software limited, perhaps due to confusion with BlueLink reminders.

I also pointed out that Bolt owners have gotten the bum's rush from GM regarding leaving them stuck with faulty batteries but she didn't bother to investigate or even mention that. Even the masses of Bolt owners over at chevybolt.org, some quite technically astute, mostly appear to be accepting the software monitoring as a fix. It's quite an amazing contrast to the Kona given the similarities of the issue.

Just saw that there's a recent Bolt fire, 2nd July, a Vermont USA owner. I left out the photo as it's unnecessary. It not mentioned if this 2019 was an "affected" example, and if so was the software fix applied.

 

I found the comments on the Transport Evolved videos informative. I could glean a wider perspective on the breadth of the recall activity both in Canada and worldwide and of how spotty it is.

 

I'm reluctant to get too far off topic but it's pertinent to the concern about whether software fixes are adequate. I found more info on that Bolt fire I mentioned above, 1st July apparently. This topic was started on ChevyBolt.org which I follow even though I've never seen a Bolt . The service referred to is the "fix" that Chevrolet released as the solution to the defective batteries.

 

Just out of curiosity, if you know, was he supposed to be able to return to 100% charge after the software update?

 

Yes, definitely. This is from the recall site I linked above.

 

Discouraging for the efficacy of a software solution.

I also find it odd that Canada and the U.S. recommend 80% max. charge while the rest of the world (I think) has been told 90% - including Bolt owners. Makes it seems like it's just guessing.