Charger door won't open

Probably so nobody can open it and smear peanut butter all over your chargeport while you're shopping for groceries ...

 

do you have the TSB for the charger door? Mine is already not flush so it gets jammed,and I don't want the poorly designed flap to entirely fall off as I try to break the ice off Apparently, there's a campaign for the included L1 charger: 00D36.

 

Here it is for the port door.

I don't have a copy of the one for the portable EVSE because it won't apply to my non-Hyundai unit. It's just a stretch-over rubber or plastic cover sort of like what you find on a DVM or other hand tools.
Several owners have reported that the dealer needs to install it themselves (rather than just provide it to you) which leads me to believe that it's a regulatory compliance issue, such as failing the drop test.

 

It appears to work.EVSyrup didn't drive through freezing rain,plus snow.Why Hyundai can't provide another "campaign" with a gasket fit solution is beyond me.Bolt has a gasket.My concern,if you glue something in,can it be blamed as a "modification" for a laundry list of issues given the TSB for the charge port door already?

 

Hyundai may have issued a TSB for the benefit of it's dealers and technicians but they never notified customers. How could they blame you for correcting a fault they caused but never disclosed?

 

Well, I had the charge port open while I was getting the car washed the other day, that was a strange one as the doors were locked, so that shouldn't have been possible or so I thought.

 

Glad you didn't fry your connection to your Li-ion
No driver's dash alert? Mine gives me one if I forget to close the charger door.

 

It was closed when I entered the car wash, but the car wash pushed it open. But honestly, considering I have seen videos of fire hoses being turned on open charge ports, I doubt you would fry it even if completely open and the dust protectors were off.

 

No, of course not. There's a contactor that connects the port to the battery when charging starts.

 

Based on comments over at SpeakEV and my own experiments, if you have a problem opening the charge port (unrelated to it being packed with ice) push in the hinge-side corners before trying and you might find it opens a whole lot easier.

 

I dug up this old thread because YouTuber "The Offroading Mechanic" who appears to work for Hyundai did a short video on why he thinks it sticks. You'll have to open YouTube to view.

 

So link it differently?

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I'll see how this goes at keeping water and dust out. 5mm thick closed cell foam.

 

The polystyrene closed-cell foam is exactly 5m thick and may have been used to hold ICs or such. I just used some sharpened 13.5mm OD tubing to "die-cut" the hole and scissor-cut the outside to a concentric circle. 1/2" copper water pipe might be about right.

It crushes when the door is closed, you can see that the receptacle on the door fits partly into the recess.

It's just an experiment, will see how well it holds up.

 

My charge-door would not open and I found this thread and others useful to let me open the door. What worked for me was the trick of: lock doors with fob, unlock doors with fob, then apply a sharp rap on the charge door within 15-sec after doors-unlock. The door then will pop up.
The Hyun. TSB 20-BD-002H is supposed to fix the problem. It adds 2 vinyl pads to bottom of housing but requires removal of front bumper to get access.

 

Just had the same problem with my 2018 Ioniq plugin hybrid rang Hyundia and they admitted there was no manual way of opening the door they did suggest holding the lock button on the fob for more than 10 secs and then the unlock button for more than 10 seconds, open the drivers door and quickly try to open the charge door. Worked like a charm I love engineers that know their stuff!!!