Man I love mine but I do have a lot of complaints. Like a bunch of things that just don’t make any sense, like the doors unlock when you walk up but don’t lock when you walk away? You also can’t lock the doors using the door buttons if you want to lock and walk away, so fucking annoying. There’s a lot of small things, but it charges so fast and it’s so nice inside.
Up makes less sense to me. If I’m going to the next item, why would I be going up? Next should be either down or right, consistent with how we read in English (to the right, then down) and consistent with playlists in media player apps (and YouTube, etc)
I guess using up for next is so it’s consistent with volume, where up actually makes sense?
Media players have always used left for previous track and right for next track, so it’s frustrating when UI designs try to change that.
Yeah, the raining becomes for apartment when you’re in the SiriusXM channel list. Higher numbered channels are down the list.
This bugs me a bit too, but only that much.
I think what bugs me more is that the audio controls are on the right of the steering wheel. My older Kia, and my Mazda, have them on the left which makes more sense to me since you have audio control available with both hands (one on steering wheel and one on dash) instead of both on the right. But, again small potatoes.
I want an EV and I like Hyundais (having owned one in the past), but reading comments like these reminds me that having a “modern” computerized car would drive me nuts. And that’s on top of the surveillance and lack of right to repair being deal-breakers.
These kind of little things, plus the iccu and driver awareness sensor on 2025+ is what made me buy a '25 Mach E instead. They each have their quirks and the I5 is a better car on paper, but the Mach E is better in practice. I’ll take a reliable ICCU, more sensical battery preconditioning, and driver profiles over the 800V architecture that DC charges slightly faster.
And it locks the doors when you walk away like you mentioned. It’s the little things.
Got a 23 MME with “Slower” fast charging. Still works great. I would not pay extra for even faster charging, since 99.99% of my charging happens on level 1 AC. Taking a 20-30 minute break after 2 hrs of driving is pretty nice. Battery mandated piss/lunch/walking breaks are not the hassle I thought they would be.
I wish that all car manufacturers would start using UWB technology with their keys. It lets the car detect the physical location of the key, accurate to within 10 centimeters (4 inches).
This allows for very accurate automatic lock and unlock, and is essentially completely immune to relay and replay attacks. Even if the car receives an unlock signal, it won’t actually unlock unless the key is also physically close to the car.
It also lets you use your phone as a key with the same automatic lock and unlock features, as long as it supports UWB, like the Pixel Pro, Galaxy Plus and Ultra series, and iPhones excluding the SE.
Pretty sure the Ioniq does use uwb. You can use your phone to unlock in other countries. Idk why it doesn’t work here. And with the keyfob backup it does know where the key was.
I’d like to see all cars use UWB though, even low-end ICE ones. Some people want a new car but can only afford low-end models, and they should be able to get the same security and key functionality as on higher-end models.
They immediately unlock again. Or the button does nothing. I forget exactly. Basically, it’s impossible to lock the key in the car. I imagine that’s the logic.
As far as not locking when you walk away from the car, I have no idea. There is a 3rd party device to fix that though. I installed mine in about 20min, and I was being very carefully methodical with every step. It’s easy.
But you can still close the tailgate just fine with your keys in the truck. And guess what, the car will just unlock itself. So clearly they already have a solution.
So many contradictions in this damn car.
Also, doesn’t that device cause other issues? I’ve thought about getting it but didn’t like the compromises. Don’t remember what they were though.
Never had any problems, been working perfectly. Close all the doors, walk away with the key, 10sec later the doors lock. Unlocks again as you’d expect.
Sorry I was really tired when I responded to that. I thought you were a different person responding to a different comment. I went to ioniq guy’s site and it looks like the issue I was thinking of was this:
Installing the device causes minor driver’s seat movement before starting the car with the ‘easy access’ feature enabled. Start the car within 5 seconds or disable ‘easy access’ to avoid this. You can view the behavior in a video
which isn’t that big of a deal. idk why I remembered something bigger. I should have ordered this a long time ago.
That’s ridiculous! Mine doesn’t do that with either the fob or digital key. Once I lock it I need to walk a ways away before a proximity unlock. I have a 2026. If you yeet the keys away and use the door lock I assume it stays locked?
Walk up to your car. Doors unlock. Open door and hit the lock button. Nothing with happen. The door lock buttons on the inside do absolutely nothing unless the key is inside of the car. It’s insanity. Like, what if I realize I didn’t lock my car and I’m outside without my keys. I have to go back into the house, get the keys, then come out and lock the car. You can’t just open the fucking die and hit the lock buttons. It’s fucking stupid.
The update in this case was software. It reduces the charging rate and runs fans during charging to lower the temperature the ICCU has to endure. I bought my car in early 2025 with the update in place and never ran the ICCU at the older, higher temperature. I suspect that a fix like that wouldn’t help anyone who had already baked theirs for months or years.
Those paddle shifters are so annoying! You want to accelerate slowly to drive your grandma around? You better hope she likes stiff braking! What’s that, you want sporty responsive acceleration? Better combine it with an anemic brake response! Who tf came up with this?
No complaints about the adaptive cruise control and lane centering, though. Best I’ve ever used.
I bought one last year and it’s been a delight.
I have many complaints about it and they’re all incredibly petty.
Man I love mine but I do have a lot of complaints. Like a bunch of things that just don’t make any sense, like the doors unlock when you walk up but don’t lock when you walk away? You also can’t lock the doors using the door buttons if you want to lock and walk away, so fucking annoying. There’s a lot of small things, but it charges so fast and it’s so nice inside.
Hey bruh, you wanna skip forward a song on this playlist? Toggle down on the steering wheel control.
You. Dirty. Mother. Fucker.
This kinda makes sense because you’re going down in the playlist… But other cars use left and right 🤷
Hyundais other cars use up. Even their other brands like Kia use up. It makes no sense.
Up makes less sense to me. If I’m going to the next item, why would I be going up? Next should be either down or right, consistent with how we read in English (to the right, then down) and consistent with playlists in media player apps (and YouTube, etc)
I guess using up for next is so it’s consistent with volume, where up actually makes sense?
Media players have always used left for previous track and right for next track, so it’s frustrating when UI designs try to change that.
Yeah, the raining becomes for apartment when you’re in the SiriusXM channel list. Higher numbered channels are down the list.
This bugs me a bit too, but only that much.
I think what bugs me more is that the audio controls are on the right of the steering wheel. My older Kia, and my Mazda, have them on the left which makes more sense to me since you have audio control available with both hands (one on steering wheel and one on dash) instead of both on the right. But, again small potatoes.
You can disable the “unlock on approach” in the settings. I did on mine because that annoyed me the same way.
I also turned off lock when walking away. Sometimes I just forget something and have to run back for it…
Car now only locks or unlocks if I push buttons on the fob. That’s what I prefer!
I want an EV and I like Hyundais (having owned one in the past), but reading comments like these reminds me that having a “modern” computerized car would drive me nuts. And that’s on top of the surveillance and lack of right to repair being deal-breakers.
These kind of little things, plus the iccu and driver awareness sensor on 2025+ is what made me buy a '25 Mach E instead. They each have their quirks and the I5 is a better car on paper, but the Mach E is better in practice. I’ll take a reliable ICCU, more sensical battery preconditioning, and driver profiles over the 800V architecture that DC charges slightly faster.
And it locks the doors when you walk away like you mentioned. It’s the little things.
Got a 23 MME with “Slower” fast charging. Still works great. I would not pay extra for even faster charging, since 99.99% of my charging happens on level 1 AC. Taking a 20-30 minute break after 2 hrs of driving is pretty nice. Battery mandated piss/lunch/walking breaks are not the hassle I thought they would be.
I wish that all car manufacturers would start using UWB technology with their keys. It lets the car detect the physical location of the key, accurate to within 10 centimeters (4 inches).
This allows for very accurate automatic lock and unlock, and is essentially completely immune to relay and replay attacks. Even if the car receives an unlock signal, it won’t actually unlock unless the key is also physically close to the car.
It also lets you use your phone as a key with the same automatic lock and unlock features, as long as it supports UWB, like the Pixel Pro, Galaxy Plus and Ultra series, and iPhones excluding the SE.
Pretty sure the Ioniq does use uwb. You can use your phone to unlock in other countries. Idk why it doesn’t work here. And with the keyfob backup it does know where the key was.
Huh, I didn’t know that.
I’d like to see all cars use UWB though, even low-end ICE ones. Some people want a new car but can only afford low-end models, and they should be able to get the same security and key functionality as on higher-end models.
Or just bring back metal keys and drop the insta steal bullshit.
What do you mean you can’t lock using the door buttons and walk away? What happens?
They immediately unlock again. Or the button does nothing. I forget exactly. Basically, it’s impossible to lock the key in the car. I imagine that’s the logic.
As far as not locking when you walk away from the car, I have no idea. There is a 3rd party device to fix that though. I installed mine in about 20min, and I was being very carefully methodical with every step. It’s easy.
But you can still close the tailgate just fine with your keys in the truck. And guess what, the car will just unlock itself. So clearly they already have a solution.
So many contradictions in this damn car.
Also, doesn’t that device cause other issues? I’ve thought about getting it but didn’t like the compromises. Don’t remember what they were though.
I installed it in mine. What other issues? I have a 2025 N-Line and it’s been fine.
Never had any problems, been working perfectly. Close all the doors, walk away with the key, 10sec later the doors lock. Unlocks again as you’d expect.
What year and what country? USA versions are missing a ton of features from other countries.
I’m in the US. 2025
Was referring to the 3rd party doorlocker.
Or do you mean it messes with features other countries have, that we don’t?
Sorry I was really tired when I responded to that. I thought you were a different person responding to a different comment. I went to ioniq guy’s site and it looks like the issue I was thinking of was this:
which isn’t that big of a deal. idk why I remembered something bigger. I should have ordered this a long time ago.
That’s ridiculous! Mine doesn’t do that with either the fob or digital key. Once I lock it I need to walk a ways away before a proximity unlock. I have a 2026. If you yeet the keys away and use the door lock I assume it stays locked?
I’d bitch at the dealership if mine did that!
Walk up to your car. Doors unlock. Open door and hit the lock button. Nothing with happen. The door lock buttons on the inside do absolutely nothing unless the key is inside of the car. It’s insanity. Like, what if I realize I didn’t lock my car and I’m outside without my keys. I have to go back into the house, get the keys, then come out and lock the car. You can’t just open the fucking die and hit the lock buttons. It’s fucking stupid.
No worry about the iccu?
It got an update in fall of 2024 that is supposed to fix it. Hasn’t been a problem so far.
Real Subaru ‘we fixed the head gaskets, for real this time’ vibes
Subaru never offered 15 year warranty on their head gaskets.
The update in this case was software. It reduces the charging rate and runs fans during charging to lower the temperature the ICCU has to endure. I bought my car in early 2025 with the update in place and never ran the ICCU at the older, higher temperature. I suspect that a fix like that wouldn’t help anyone who had already baked theirs for months or years.
I did too. Then my iccu failed 4 months later.
With 15 year warranty, you forgot that part.
I have no doubt that they’ll replace it every time it pops for the next 15 years.
Sure. It was at the dealer for 2+ months.
But I’ve also heard they take a long time to complete the repairs
Did you have the car before the update? Or did you buy it new with the update in place?
…looks in rear view mirror at the lack of rear wiper…
I think they added it in the 2025 model. It’s definitely there on my 2026!
I have an EV6.
Those paddle shifters are so annoying! You want to accelerate slowly to drive your grandma around? You better hope she likes stiff braking! What’s that, you want sporty responsive acceleration? Better combine it with an anemic brake response! Who tf came up with this?
No complaints about the adaptive cruise control and lane centering, though. Best I’ve ever used.