Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 92,000 vehicles in the U.S. to park them outside because an electronic controller in an oil pump can overheat and cause fires.

  • MrMusAddict
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    511 year ago

    Definitely ironic to me that there’s so much fear about EV batteries spontaneously combusting. And in the end, one of the largest recalls for spontaneous combustion is from an oil regulator in an ICEV 😅

    • @Patius
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      151 year ago

      You aren’t wrong, but at the same time, I’m not buying a Hyundai/Kia ev anytime soon either. They constantly have electrical problems with fire risks.

      And considering that they’ve buried stuff before (metal shavings in their ICE engines like 4 years ago), I could easily see an EV wiring problem they’re sitting on lest they destroy their standing in the EV market. Not that EV fires are actually much worse than gas car fires (a little harder to put out, but far less explodey (gas is also hard to put out, just not as hard.))

      • @CADmonkey
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        81 year ago

        I think gasoline fires are easier to put out because basically every fire station everywhere has the equipment/chemicals to deal with an oil/gas fire while not everywhere has the material and training to put out a large battery fire

        Yet.

        At one time, fire stations didn’t have the knowhow and equipment to put out gasoline fires, but now cars are everywhere and they do. Give it time and even the most podunk volunteer fire station will have stuff to deal with vehicle battery fires.

        • @Malfeasant
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          21 year ago

          The trouble is, batteries carry around their own oxidizers, so smothering doesn’t work as well…

          • @CADmonkey
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            11 year ago

            That, and most fire stations aren’t set up to put out metal fires.

    • @MeanEYE
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      21 year ago

      Not ironic, but a responsible thing to do. The fact Tesla still plays stupid after all the reported issues and hasn’t issue any recalls speaks volumes. Car being recalled means they are taking the correct path. They have identified the issue, found the solution and are recalling cars to fix it.