Considering this: If there can not even get ice vehicles right not much hope for their EV's https://www.motor1.com/news/557494/hyundai-kia-engine-fires-investigation/ https://www.safetyresearch.net/hyundai-kias-billion-dollar-engine-problem-that-broke-the-nhtsa-civil-penalty-barrier/ https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-announces-consent-orders-hyundai-and-kia-over-theta-ii-recall https://www.auto123.com/en/news/nhtsa-engineering-analysis-recall-hyundai-kia-engines/68813/ https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nhtsa-to-further-probe-hyundai-kia-engine-fires-1031068103?op=1 Quote. " The U.S. auto safety agency, which had opened an investigation in 2019 about the fires, has now started an engineering analysis covering about 3 million vehicles. Among other things, the NHTSA will evaluate the efficacy of recalls initiated by both companies. " Also this quote: In early November this year, NHTSA gave more than $24 million to a whistle-blower as the first-ever reward for revealing important information about the safety lapses at Hyundai. Kim Gwang-ho, who is an ex-Hyundai Motors engineer, was awarded the sum for his inside information about the carmaker. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/hyundai-safety-whistleblower-awarded-over-24-million-by-nhtsa/ar-AAQuVd8 Who knows what further issues there will for Ioniq 5 ev's with the history of Kona electric ev problems. Dan
Do you think this is unique to Hyundai?...lol. Ford has 70 NHTSA defect investigations for just the F150, and hundreds more for the rest of their fleet. http://www.fordproblems.com/investigations/ That's a lot more than Hyundai. http://www.hyundaiproblems.com/investigations/ And this latest survey shows both Kia and Hyundai way better in quality than Ford. https://www.wheels.ca/top-ten/the-best-worst-brands-in-j-d-powers-2021-initial-quality-study/ So, Dan, best of luck with your Mach-E purchase.
