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by kovacs_ 1106 days ago
Hyundai had a not so great reputation in the early 2000s in the US. In recent years however this opinion seems to have shifted.

Been driving an Ioniq 5 2023 for a couple months now with no phantom/emergency braking issues. I'm not in love with the performance of the lane keep without being on an HDA2 marked highway. I have to fight it just enough for it to not be useful on certain well marked backroads.

Considering tossing in a Comma 3 to give no-hands driver assist a shot.
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eyphka 1106 days ago
Hyundai has been having engine failures, would not recommend as experienced spontaneous engine failure on a less than year old car. Check consumer reports or source below.

“In 2020, NHTSA announced civil penalties for the companies—totaling $210 million—for not recalling vehicles in a timely manner. In 2021, a whistleblower who provided NHTSA with information that led to those penalties was awarded $24 million, the agency’s first-ever whistleblower award.”

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/why...

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mmaurizi 1106 days ago
The Ioniq 5 is an EV, can't imagine the engine failures on their ICE cars will have any effects.
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eyphka 1106 days ago
The engine failures are mostly for combustion, and have resulted in multiple deaths, including nearly my own.
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pixl97 1105 days ago
If you use single pedal mode watch out for your lack of brake lights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0YW7x9U5TQ

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wil421 1106 days ago
Hyundai had terrible engine and transmission problems in the 2010s. A local dealer was offering 20 year warranties to get them off the lot. There was a Reddit post of a 300k+ Kia that had gone through something like 7 engines and 4 transmissions. They basically 4 new cars worth of engine and transmission parts.

They have great styling that’s comparable to German cars. I wish the US automakers could take some hints. From what I’ve heard the Genesis lineup is very luxurious.

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evdoks 1106 days ago
Comma 3 is s the best, to be honest. Due to CAN-FD on Ioniq 5 the setup is a little bit more complex, but this is the best experience, though they are still working on their own AEB implementation.
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