Clunking Vibration type sound

I looked through my old repair invoice again and noticed that along with the E711 motor, they also installed (4) x "11404 12756p : BOLT-FLANGE". I guess that agrees with the reports I saw that there was some change in the mounting of the motor to gearbox requiring different bolts. Would be really sad if the original motors were failing due to a $1 bolt. Still can't really see an external difference from the few photos I have of the two motor revisions.

 

Looking at the comments below this video, this is the first instance I've heard of where swapping both the gearbox and motor didn't solve the issue (noise came back in 2 weeks). Luckily for that owner, rotating the driveshaft 180 degrees has solved it for now. Same solution for the original poster of the video. Strange.

 

I noticed a bit of noise with mine the last couple of days. Seems more pronounced when slowing down (at lower speeds) in regen 3. Stronger bolts makes some sense, given that they found some metal shavings (evidence of fretting) in the housing joining the two parts. I may have a chance to take it in next week. Will get them to do that other new recall at the same time.

 

Don't know. But outside temps definitely seem to. Just remember, though, that humidity tends to go down when it gets cooler (cool air can't hold as much moisture).

 

This document seems to provide some insight.

 

Sorry to hear this. We have had several reports of this noise on the Facebook group Kona EV. The reduction gear is a known issue. This sound has been posted but yours was great.

 

Really? Were shorter bolts loosening themselves or something??

Next time I get under the Kona to eyeball the coolant pumps I'm gonna
check their torque...

_H*

 

It seems more likely that the relevant motor flanges are thicker in the case of a replacement motor. 50mm to 75mm is an awfully large difference, or mistake to make on the original fit. The mystery continues ...

 

Well, they did find signs of fretting between the two parts when they replaced my reduction drive. So that does give more credence that a stronger mating may have been necessary.

 

My 2019 Niro was built 08/2019 (after this bulletin applied) and developed the problem and had a motor replaced, so we know that the longer bolts are not a solution.

 

Hi, so are you saying you had the first gen motor, thicker flange and longer bolts and it still failed?

 

I don't think the TSB was intended to be a solution. It's purely an alert that the replacement motor requires longer bolts, presumably a safety issue which may be why it's logged with the NHTSA.

 

I'm due for my first year service soonish and I'd like to know the details of the new motor, flange and bolts before I head in.
Can anyone confirm my thoughts.
New motor has a thicker/bigger mounting flange and thus they need longer bolts to mount it? Or is the mounting flange a separate thing?

Thanks if you know.

 

Correct.

 

Took my car in this morning to the dealer. We went for a test ride around the lot and it was clicking pretty good (it was cool here this morning). They acknowledged the problem was not fixed with the reduction drive replacement (glad to get that out of the way), and are now going to call Hyundai Canada to discuss next steps. So will see what they come back with now.

 

I followed up with my dealer tech today and according to him Hyundai has been avoiding approving my gearbox replacement, he implied that they are still unclear on a better solution. He asked for a little more patience. The car has been mostly quite recently and honestly I would rather wait until Hyundai actually figures this out, unless it gets much worse of course.

 

Yeah, when I brought it in the first time (a few months ago) with the clicking, they insisted on replacing the gearbox even though I was telling them what I learned here on this forum. But they thought they knew best, and I couldn't even get them to call Hyundai Canada at that time. Now they are... Probably will tell me to wait, and do nothing. I am reluctant also to be a guinea pig, and wish they would get to the bottom of this, and confirm a proper fix.

It has been my biggest disappointment with this car. I was hoping to keep it for a long time (5+ years), but now am worried about an expensive repair sometime after the warranty runs out.

That's one thing I like about Subaru (have had 4 of them). If they have a serious problem (and they have had a few) they will extend the warranty and/or do a recall even long after the warranty expires (not just safety like the airbag recall). I am not sure if Hyundai does that (this is my first one). I like to have confidence in my car...