Jul 21, 2023Transmission & drivetrainSpeed controlFuel system
The motor inverter for the rear motor failed while I was driving. The power cut out, and luckily I was able to drift over to the side of the road. On a highway, it would have been very dangerous. The dealer diagnosed the inverter issue, and said it needs to be replaced. The car has not been inspected by the manufacturer, the police, or insurance representatives. A warning message appeared the moment the power cut out. It said, "Check electric vehicle system."
NHTSA ODI 11533689
Jul 16, 2023Electrical system
When charging with L2 40A home charger vehicle gives a charging failed error. I live in Arizona where since the temperature has gone above 90 degrees in June the issue started. It will charge for a few minutes than fault. I have used this charger on other vehicles without issue. I need to change the vehicles charging settings ro reduced charging current for it to charge without error but this can take twice as long to charge on the reduced settings. I am convinced this is temperature related and the vehicle cannot charge high current in such extreme heat.
NHTSA ODI 11532565
Jul 12, 2023Electrical systemBrakes
When using 1 pedal driving, it isn't necessary to use the brake pedal to stop the EV. The EV6 will only illuminate the brake lights when the accelerator pedal is completely released, or when the brake pedal is depressed. Since using 1 pedal driving does not require depressing the brake pedal to stop, the following vehicle has no indication or warning that the EV6 is stopping. I have experienced several instances of near rear-end collisions because of this dangerous issue with the Kia EV6. I emailed Kia asking if they were going to offer an OTA fix and this is their reply, " Dear [XXX], Hello, This email is to let you know that as of now we are not aware of any updates coming out for this feature. Your complaint will remain on file here within Kia for review. Sincerely, Kia America. Curiously Kia's parent company Hyundai, whose Ionic 5 has the same problem, is receiving a fix which will illuminate the brake lights while using the same 1 pedal driving programming as the Kia EV6. Because the lack of 1 pedal driving brake light warning to following vehicles, I have turned this feature off until the issue has been resolved. I hope NHTSA takes this dangerous situation seriously and provides legislation to force auto manufacturers to adjust the conditions when brake lights must illuminate. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
NHTSA ODI 11531901
Jun 28, 2023Electrical system
I purchased my EV6 in April 2023, after 2 months, my charging abruptly stops, I will restart it and it fails minutes later. I have taken the car to the dealership 2x and they are unable to find the cause, I did further research and found an update that was applied on the second visit. This did not resolve the issue. I am having to drop the charging level down to "reduced" to get by. There are no warning messages on the dash or on the computer, at least none that Kia could find. There isn't a recall for this either. My concern is the safety of the car, due to the high voltage used to charge the car.
NHTSA ODI 11529293
Jun 15, 2023Electrical system
This car advertises that it is capable of fast charging on a level 2 charger up to 50amp. I purchased a level 2 charger capable of 50amps, but it causes the EV6 to overheat and stop charging. The dealership installed TSB ELE-283 but this does not fix the problem and is not an acceptable fix. I have owned this car 5 months, and it has been to the dealership service department 3 times for failing to charge. Kia has admitted that their dealerships don’t have the capacity to charge at the higher speeds, so they cannot replicate the issue and just keep giving me my faulty car back. While the expectation is that the car can charge at 48 or 50 amps, typically it fails at 40 amps and users are forced to reduce to 36 amps, which is not what was advertised. The Kia website advertises 11kW on-board charger (OBC) for Level 2 recharging from 10-100% in 7 hours, which is unachievable due to constant overheating. I have a ChargePoint home flex charger set at 48amps.
NHTSA ODI 11527152
May 26, 2023Brakes
While using I-Pedal mode the brake lights do not engage unless fully off of the accelerator. Even a large deceleration force does not engage any of the brake lights when coming to a full stop quickly. This is very dangerous as drivers behind cannot tell you are decelerating quickly.
NHTSA ODI 11523943