BlueLink joy (and problems)

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Beware the Bluelink web interface. When you open it, it appears to connect to your car and then display the status, however the information displayed is not current. You car may have the doors wide open and it may be reported as secure. The status has to be manually refreshed. I learned about this the hard way with the web interface open and the status showing as secure but in reality the app could not even communicate with the car.
The good news is that it could be an easy fix if they were so inclined.

I can't speak for the iPhone app, but I don't see any refresh button on the Android version so this may have been improved in Fridays update.

My wish list is an auto-refresh of the vehicle status and control of the heated seats.
 
EnerG said:
I can't speak for the iPhone app, but I don't see any refresh button on the Android version so this may have been improved in Fridays update.

My wish list is an auto-refresh of the vehicle status and control of the heated seats.
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The Android version I have does have a refresh within Vehicle Status in the top right. It also does not always automatically refresh so beware of stale data. It displays the time it was last updated.
 
I do not see that in this version. I am on 1.0.6302. Check for updates

I did complain about this to BL support so I hope I hit a nerve.
 
EnerG said:
I do not see that in this version. I am on 1.0.6302. Check for updates

I did complain about this to BL support so I hope I hit a nerve.
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The circular arrow.

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SkookumPete said:
The circular arrow.

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Crap. You are right on the money. I am looking at the app now and it looks like my car is secure. Then when you open the status tab you see the Last Updated on...

If we collectively complain about this then they will have to do something about it.

I sent them a series of emails to discuss this and a communication failure problem and had some dimwit explain to me that if Bluelink could not communicate with my car then I should ask my service provider for a booster. I explained that it was THEIR service provider that had trouble connecting, as I was using a PC over Wifi but she spouted the same tune over and over.
 
EnerG said:
Crap. You are right on the money. I am looking at the app now and it looks like my car is secure. Then when you open the status tab you see the Last Updated on...

If we collectively complain about this then they will have to do something about it.

I sent them a series of emails to discuss this and a communication failure problem and had some dimwit explain to me that if Bluelink could not communicate with my car then I should ask my service provider for a booster. I explained that it was THEIR service provider that had trouble connecting, as I was using a PC over Wifi but she spouted the same tune over and over.
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I am not sure what we are to complain about? I have the version 1.0.6302 and I can refresh to check latest status, but all seems good to me.
 
Hmmm, Looks like you have a completely different app in Canada than we have here in the US.
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6 days later my Bluelink appears to be working. I had the same glitches during registration many have mentioned and had to call Support to intercede. But it appears to work. The lights and horn functioned. I'll try climate tomorrow along with charging. I can't seem to adjust service interval which is set very low at 6000km. I will ignore it until the first service indicated in the owners manual.
 
Glad it's working again for you. I had to reinstall the app. On the US version it seems to be a bad idea to click "remember my login". Next time I started it, it crashed every time. Only reinstall solved the problem.

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Wildeyed said:
6 days later my Bluelink appears to be working. I had the same glitches during registration many have mentioned and had to call Support to intercede. But it appears to work. The lights and horn functioned. I'll try climate tomorrow along with charging. I can't seem to adjust service interval which is set very low at 6000km. I will ignore it until the first service indicated in the owners manual.
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You can adjust the service interval through one of the setup screens in the car. I can't recall where unfortunately.

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Interesting. My app is showing what I set in the car. Maybe it takes some time to update? I'm pretty sure I didn't adjust anything about service schedule within the app. I think I changed it in the car's setting before the app was activated.
Wildeyed said:
Thanks! Yes I've set that one up for 12000km. The one on the app seems to default to half that at 6k.
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Does anybody know if bluelink app works with a pc as I don't have a connected cellphone? ( Nissan connect worked from any pc online with pswd etc)
Status so far: Bluelink wont let me register as it won't recognize car S/N, and HACC mapcare will let me register but won't let me add my vehicle as it also won't accept car s/n.
Called Hyandai helpline, they will e-mail back on Monday
Went to and subsequently called dealer afterwords , he will e-mail someone
Not exactly a well oiled machine, but at least the important part , "Blueberry" works just fine
I remember with Nissan they had to activate the tcu on the Leaf, is there a "like" component in the Kona, no service manual to confirm?
 
electriceddy said:
Does anybody know if bluelink app works with a pc as I don't have a connected cellphone? ( Nissan connect worked from any pc online with pswd etc)
Status so far: Bluelink wont let me register as it won't recognize car S/N, and HACC mapcare will let me register but won't let me add my vehicle as it also won't accept car s/n.
Called Hyandai helpline, they will e-mail back on Monday
Went to and subsequently called dealer afterwords , he will e-mail someone
Not exactly a well oiled machine, but at least the important part , "Blueberry" works just fine
I remember with Nissan they had to activate the tcu on the Leaf, is there a "like" component in the Kona, no service manual to confirm?[/QUOTE


There's a SIM chip that the dealer needs to insert and activate. Yes, you can use a desktop to run the program. In fact Blue Link Canada insisted I register on my laptop'.
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Sorry I mis-hit somethingand my comment went twitchy.
There's a SIM chip that the dealer needs to insert and activate. Yes, you can use a desktop to run the program. In fact Blue Link Canada insisted I register on my laptop'.
 
Wildeyed said:
Sorry I mis-hit somethingand my comment went twitchy.
There's a SIM chip that the dealer needs to insert and activate. Yes, you can use a desktop to run the program. In fact Blue Link Canada insisted I register on my laptop'.
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Thanks , I will mention that to dealer on Monday
 
I used Bluelink for Climate pre-heating today for the first time. The battery indicator dropped from 100% to 99 and projected range dropped too. I'm assuming that means that the battery was being used even though it was plugged in. Anybody know how to make the car draw directly from the cord? Has anybody noticed the same thing?
 
Playing around using blue link I just found out that if your car is charged and you want somebody to unplug it to free up the charger you have to unlock the whole car.

You cannot unlock the charge port only.

Also, if you unlock it, the plug gets removed but the charge door stays open, and you then lock it, the charge door will stay unlocked, even if you close it.

You have to send a lock command again to lock the charge door when it has been closed.

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I tried to use the Blue Link app feedback tool to send them a bug report about the climate control issues - and the email reporting tool wouldn't send. Sigh.
 
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