2023 HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 Engine Problems

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Dec 29, 2025

I purchesed the Hyundai ionic 5 2023 from hyandai dealer ship. It had 42 k miles. The car ran good. So I got it. They promised me before the I bought they would charge it up free. When I signed the paper they said they couldn't charge it for me. I drove 5 miles the original battery died. I almost got to accudent only 5 miles away. I figured it was original battery. I change battery. I get tow truck to take home i put new battery in it. Then 5 days later the main iccu stopped charging. Another 12 bolt battery drain. They new it had that problem. Two batteries are main iccu won't charge. They make me sign paper buy as is i didnt think it would die 5 miles later they new it had a serious problem I look on internet the same car had recalls for the same car not on mine My car should have been recalled I heard 1000 s were affected with the same problem. They new it would fail on me thars why they get me to sign the papers. I hooe it's not 21 k down the drain I hope i dont have to spend 15 k on new iccu.

Nov 19, 2025

ICCU failure, confirmed by dealer. Vehicle was parked in garage connected to charger. The ICCU fuse blew, and the house breaker was tripped. The vehicle failure also ruined the Grizzl-E EVSE (charger).

Oct 20, 2025

ICCU Failure — Severe Safety Risk and Repeated Incident The ICCU in my Hyundai has failed twice. Both times, the car suddenly and completely lost power while I was driving — no warning lights, no gradual slowdown, just total loss of control. This created an extremely dangerous situation that put me, my passengers, and everyone around us at risk. When the ICCU fails, the vehicle shuts down instantly and becomes completely inoperable. During the most recent incident, I spent more than eight hours on the phone with Hyundai attempting to arrange a tow. When the tow truck finally arrived, the driver instructed me to shift the car into neutral. The moment I did, the car died again and became stuck in neutral, preventing the driver from towing it. He then left, unable to assist, leaving my disabled vehicle parked on a public road — on a hill — where it posed a further safety hazard. Hyundai’s response to these failures has been temporary at best. This issue continues to reoccur, making the vehicle effectively unsafe to drive at all times.

Sep 12, 2025

Had all previous open recalls for iccu performed. No previous warning in car. Driving unto free way. Loud noise like a tire pop. 12 volt low power warning on dash screen. Car began to lose power. Picture of a turtle shows up. Low power warning. Car lost power within 10 seconds. And couldn't accelerate. Extremely dangerous. Once completely stopped the car turned off and couldn't start again. Was able to get car to turn on with jumper cables by tow truck. But couldn't get to "start" engine. Dealership says the 12 volt battery and iccu needs to be replaced. They are blaming the issue on the fact that I had an aftermarket subwoofer installed and don't want to cover under warranty. Car ran fine with said subwoofer for a year prior with no additional changes. Have used same subwoofer and amp on multiple cars with no issue.

Sep 10, 2025

The car would not start when start button was pressed. Warning on the dash said 12v battery critically low. This happened on three different occasions. After jump starting the car, everything works as normal. I am able to turn off and turn on again as expected. 12v battery was tested and seems to be fine. Even the OBD2 readings show battery as working correctly. There seems to be a software glitch that makes the car think that the 12v battery is low. The high voltage battery was charged to above 70 at least on all three occasions. Now I carry a external jumper battery to avoid this situation

Jul 2, 2025

When i was out driving with my little daughter, in the middle of the road, the car showed a warning of “check electric system”. The car was very slow and went into limp mode. I had to quickly park at a shoulder. Called roadside assistance, they sent a tow truck within 40 mns, the car was completley dead when they arrived. They had to send another tow truck that arrived after another 35 mns. I had to wait in the heat with my little daughter till they transferred us to the dealer , the repair for the iccu failure took 2 weeks. Now i am very scared each time i drive the car that this might happen again.

May 19, 2025

The car lost its ability to accelerate during rush hour on a very busy interstate while I was in the far left lane. It started by jerking really hard off and on, like a very hard brake for a second, and then normal for a few seconds, and then hard braking again. I could accelerate after the "braking". There were no warnings or errors. This continued for about a minute while I was trying to decide if it was triggered by accelerating or braking, and I couldn't figure it out. At that point, I couldn't accelerate and received a number of lights and a message to check the EV system or the electrical system. I don't remember because at that point I was trying to immediately figure out how to pull over and not get hit. Luckily, it was slow enough and traffic had just thinned out enough, having passed a popular exit, so that I could coast to the shoulder across all of the traffic. I noticed at this point that the car was in neutral. I couldn't shift into drive, however. I tried to see if turning it off and back on might help. It did at that point. There were no error messages, and I could shift into drive and drive normally after turning it off and back on. Again, I wasn't concerned with documenting an error message that I assumed would be stored. The car is available for inspection. The safety of myself and my kids and other drivers around me was at risk as we could not accelerate and I was in the far left lane to the right of an express lane and left of a lot of traffic to have to cross to get out of traffic. No, the problem has not been reproduced, and it was taken in the next morning to the dealer who found nothing wrong and no stored error codes. No lamps or messages appeared before the loss of acceleration and promptly disappeared after restarting the car. Nothing was stored for the dealer to retrieve, either. The dealer ran diagnostics and found nothing wrong.

May 13, 2025

Code P1A9096 Iccu and fuse. The car is currently at a dealer in Barre, VT. While driving numerous warning lights appeared lowering my speed to 10 MPH immediately leaving me vulnerable to a collision in moving traffic. Warning lights include "Check Vehicle Electric System", "Power Limited". Issue confirmed at dealer.

May 8, 2025

Was driving on highway and started receiving error messages for "check electrical system". Car speed dropped to max of 45mph while actively on a highway. Was able to pull off an exit but car needed a 55 mile tow to the closest dealer. Dealer has identified that the ICCU needs to be replaced but has no timeline as the item is on back order. Car is model year 2023, purchased in February of 2023 and has 22,000 miles on it.

May 6, 2025

One month ago, my car experienced an failure and the warnings on the dash reported to check the electrical supply and then to stop driving the car immediately. I had it towed to a dealership who reported the ICCU failed and it'd take 1-2 weeks to get replacement parts and repair. A month later, I was just told the part is on indefinite back-order and they have no ETA when a replacement part will be available. Hyundai is selling an unsafe vehicle without that can die on the road and have no way to fix the issue. Google "Hyundai ICCU failure" and you'll see this is a systemic problem and Hyundai is doing nothing to fix these issues and is putting out 2025 models that are dying on the road with no solution.

Apr 14, 2025

While reversing slowly, I heard a "pop" noise (sounded like balloon popping) from the rear of the vehicle, and within 15 seconds later, a "Check Electric Vehicle System" warning appeared on the dash alongside the check engine light. About 5 minutes later, I received another warning that said "Stop Vehicle and Check Power Supply" and noticed the car was losing power. Was able to get it home to get it towed, but this was within 2 months after receiving the ICCU recall for this vehicle, and it seems the ICCU has failed again.

Apr 1, 2025

My electric car lost power while driving with no warning. It came to a stop in the middle of the road and a message came on the screen that said "Stop vehicle and check power supply". There was no advanced warning and I had to have the vehicle towed to the dealer. Upon inspection by the dealer I was told the ICCU unit failed and needed to be replaced. The dealer stated the the part was on backorder and there was no ETA for the part. Thankfully I was not driving on the freeway or I may not have been able to get the car to the shoulder. It was a very scary thing to lose all power in the middle of the road.

Mar 21, 2025

Car had 2 recalls and a diagnostic on 3/12/25. All checked out ok. It has 9,630 miles. 3/19/25 after driving 4 times throughout the day, it would not start or unlock. Roadside assistance jumped the 12v battery and drove it home. Drove it yesterday fully charged and worked. Then it would not start this morning. Dealer advised it was unsafe and to have it towed to dealership because they had another case where person was driving same car on the highway though and the car died. Please advise what my rights are for addressing this safely.

Mar 20, 2025

ICCU failure, loud pop sound and then a "Check Electrical System" then after a minute a turtle icon and the car slowed down and stopped on its own in the middle of a freeway. Hyundai towed it and waiting for repairs. This was highly dangerous stopping in the middle of the freeway with no control over the vehicle and fast cars driving by.

Feb 20, 2025

I took my Hyundai Ionqi 5 Electric Set AWD in for two recalls. After picking up the car, I left the car dealership and merged onto the highway. Within 1-2 minutes after I left the dealership, the dashboard was flashing red circle with an exclamation point that said the electrical system was low. I could no longer accelerate. I proceeded to move to the right with traffic traveling 60-70 mph. I was extremely scared as I tried to drive on the side of the road. I had to turn on my flashers to get to the next exit. I was going about 20-25 mph. As I tried to go back to the dealership, it died in an intersection. Again, I was concerned about my safety with my car unable to move. I had the car towed back to the dealership. They said it was the 12 volt battery, but when they looked further they said it was the Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU) which wasn't working. The dealership said that they checked the 12 volt battery and the ICCU when they finished the recalls and everything was OK. That doesn't make any sense when everything dies within 1-2 minutes. Then the dealership said they would not be able to get a part until the end of March.

Feb 18, 2025

ICCU error, check power source error then all electrical in the vehicle went out. No power steering, no acceleration, anll screens went black, all recalls addressed.

Feb 14, 2025

Have had 2-12v battery issues and now an ICCU failure with about 28 days at the dealership with no parts to repair. Seems to a common issue popping up

Feb 10, 2025

Car stopped driving. got a check power systems error and car went into limp mode then stopped altogether

Jan 5, 2025

The car has had multiple recalls for the ICCU failure. I have brought the car in been 3 times. Will go in again this week . The recall remedy never fixes the issue. The car works for a few weeks then the same issue happens again .Unable to start the car or drive . Has been going on since June 2024.

Nov 11, 2024

I started my car and after a minute I received a warning saying to check my electrical system and safely pull over. After 5 minutes of trying to drive to the dealership the car suddenly slowed down to a max speed of 27mph and then shortly after slowed to a stop and turned off. The car would not turn on and eventually the 12v battery died. I tried to jump the car but the 12v would not stay charged long enough to put the vehicle into drive. It appears the ICCU is not working and cannot keep the 12v charged to make the car function .

Jan 26, 2024

Driving the vehicle on the highway for longer than 60 miles at highway speeds the vehicle goes into “power limited” mode and a turtle pops up on the screen. You are unable to accelerate the car and once this happens you have to leave the car off for at least 5 minutes and then not drive above 65mph again or it will keep happening over and over. After taking it to the shop Hyundai Corporate said we need to drive the car again to see if they had fixed it. Approximately 65 miles into the trip it happened again and this time I was almost rear ended and cars were swerving around me on the shoulder to avoid crashing into me. Hyundai is saying that they cannot reproduce the issue but they are not driving the car on the highway for more than 60 miles. The safety of not only myself and my family is at risk as well as other people on the highway behind and next to us. The vehicle is currently at the dealership and they said there are no error codes so they don’t know what’s wrong. The only warning that popped up said “power limited” with a turtle.

Oct 28, 2023

I started getting the error Electric Vehicle System error in my month old Ioniq 5. After driving a few miles, the air conditioning stopped working completely. And after a few more miles, the vehicle started to throttle down the speed to 20-25mph that too on the I95 with a 65mph speed limit. Had to turn on the emergency lights and drive slowly till I reached my destination. After googling for a while, I found that this issue is related to the ICCU failure that is pretty common in the Ioniq 5 and Hyundai is yet to issue a permanent fix for this problem. I don’t know why we are allowing the sale of these vehicles with known issues. You can even Reddit the ICCU issue.

Oct 16, 2023

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Oct 3, 2023

9/11 Saturday lease deal agreed 9/13 car picked up 9/23 Air conditioning stopped working and car throws a warning message requesting immediate service. 9/25 Parts required to fix the problem not available in the US or Canadian Hyundai Parts inventory and dealer does not know when they will get the parts. 10/3 Dealer advises no update on parts. Hyundai Customer Care notified today and is investigating. From what I can determine, this is the dreaded ICCU issue which plagued the 2022 Ioniq 5.

Sep 14, 2023

Rear electric motor overheating on highway and motor shuts off only allowing front motor to work but acceleration is near nothing and is extremely dangerous. No codes or warnings pop up was told by friends with other ioniqs that it's a electric motor oil pump that malfunctions but hyundai refuses to solution ND realize that there is a problem with motor malfunction

Aug 13, 2023

While driving on the highway, after about 45 minutes, the electric vehicle goes into Turtle power-limited mode. The vehicle instantly reduces in speed from 70mph to as low as 35 - 45 mph. There are no warning lights or sounds. If you immediately stop the car and let it sit, it will work again temporarily but after 30 - 40 more min or less of driving, it will again go into turtle mode. Additionally, acceleration is non-existent when its power is limited, inhibiting the ability to safely drive as required to pull over or across intersections. This has been a constant event occurring multiple times and each time the vehicle has been on a freeway or highway. The dealer applied the repairs in the photo supplied, but they did not work.

Jun 19, 2023

EV goes into power limited mode when on interstate when going ~50 miles while driving 70mph or more. Happened each of my 3 times on interstate of about that distance. First time was Sat 4/29 while in eco mode with 70% battery and 82°F outside, 1 hr drive 50+ miles. Second time was in normal mode Friday 5/12, 55% battery 72°F outside 1 hr drive 50+ miles. Third time was in normal mode and it happened after 42 miles. I scheduled a service after the first incident but they were only able to take it on 5/31. When this happens you lose ability to accelerate and have to coast to the side of road and let it sit for 10+ minutes to clear and then can resume, I would take surface roads after it occurred. Impacts safety for self and others, as it drastically slows without brake lights causing a high chance of being rear ended. The last incident was close to it. As it was getting worse I stopped driving on interstate with it. Car has been at the dealership's service department since 5/31. They were able to easily reproduce once they finally got to it. They diagnosed a bit and then consulted design engineers. Diagnosed on and off for a couple weeks and have finally decided to replace the drive motor. Part received Friday 6/16, to be installed tomorrow 6/20. We'll see if that addresses.

Jun 5, 2023

What component or system failed or malfunctioned: Rear electric motor. Specifically the "engine oil pump" that is used to cool the rear motor. The pump does not respond to MCU commands and does not cool the motor. This causes the motor to overheat after about an hour of highway driving causing the motor to provide VERY limited power. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk: When the above happens the car experiences a delayed throttle, and very little power to accelerate. This occurs while traveling on a highway where you may need to pass, but no longer have the power to do so safely. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center: Dealer took the car in and did not properly attempt to reproduce the issue. Then stated that if the car does not produce a DTC then there is no issue. The dealer has since refused to accept the car again. This has been reproduced here: https://www.ioniqforum.com/threads/rear-motor-not-operating-45-min-after-charge.46007/ Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others: No, I have just started the process of reaching out to the manufacture, and if this fails I will be using my states lemon laws. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear: No this issue does not appear to throw any codes, lights, or messages. The dash shows the rear engine producing no power, and the throttle will only show half when pressed to the floor.