Thousands of Australian drivers will be asked to check their electric vehicle batteries as part of a global recall involving more than 100,000 cars.<\/p>\n
Hyundai issued a local recall for almost 5,000 vehicles on Friday due to a fault with its battery management software that could cause a fire while the car is recharging or while it is parked.<\/p>\n
The recall involves two Hyundai models: the Kona EV manufactured between 2018 and 2023, and the Ioniq EV made between 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes after the company began warning vehicle owners worldwide in March, and almost five years after Hyundai Ioniq vehicles were recalled in Australia over a separate battery issue.<\/p>\n
The federal transport department announced the recall of 3,478 Hyundai Kona electric cars and 1,402 Ioniq EVs, warning drivers they would be contacted by the manufacturer to organise an assessment.<\/p>\n
\u201cA software issue in the Battery Management System may cause an electrical short circuit while charging or parked, leading to a vehicle fire,\u201d the recall said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA vehicle fire could increase the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants, other road users and bystanders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hyundai Australian dealers will diagnose the car batteries and issue a software update or hardware fix to address the fault.<\/p>\n
The Australian recall comes weeks after the South Korean manufacturer issued a worldwide warning for 104,011 models potentially affected by faulty battery software.<\/p>\n
Batteries in the company\u2019s Ioniq were also recalled and replaced in 2021 after the discovery of a manufacturing defect.<\/p>\n
Despite concerns about potential risks with battery-powered cars, only 13 electric vehicles have been involved in fires in Australia between 2021 and March 2026, according to EV Firesafe.<\/p>\n
Two of the 13 fires were caused by arson attacks, four by high-speed collisions, three by external fires, and others remain under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of Australian drivers will be asked to check their electric vehicle batteries as part of a global…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-597075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}