2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: jerking or lurching

Filed May 19, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · CO

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.

Filed Feb 3, 2025 · Driver assistance · SC

Condensation builds in front of the camera. The car starts jerking all over the road with no warning. There is no error other than noticing that the car cannot keep itself in the lane. When trying to disable the features, they get turned back on automatically.

Filed Sep 16, 2024 · Electrical, Transmission · VT

Our all-electric AWD Hyundai Ioniq 5 has an issue where the rear motor electric oil pump (EOP) overheats and ceases to function when the problem occurs, which disables the rear motor and effectively causes the car to become a front-wheel drive vehicle with a "hesitation" in the acceleration. This problem only occurs after a long time of high-speed driving and typically on a warm day (upwards of 70-80 degrees F). When the problem occurs, the rear motor ceases to function at all and only the front motor operates to power the vehicle forward. The acceleration is also impacted, such that when the accelerator is pushed, the car "hesitates" for 1-3 seconds before the front motor takes over the demand for power and "lurches" the car forward in a jerky motion. The symptom will last as long as the car is in an overheated state. However, if you pull the car over and let it rest for a period of time (undetermined), the rear motor will again operate normally until it overheats again. For us, this occurred once on a very hot day traveling approximately 50-60 miles on interstate travelling at speeds over 70 MPH. On another occurrence, it happened after driving the car about 200 miles (stopping for a lunch break in the middle), for about 4 hours. When this problem occurs in other cars equipped with RWD only, they lose all forward power in the car and coast to a stop even when the battery still has a charge. We've taken it to our local dealership for repair on Sept 12, 2024 (McGee Hyundai of Barre, VT) and they claim that there is nothing wrong with the vehicle. After researching the topic, I've determined it is the failing rear EOP must be replaced [XXX] and [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Mar 16, 2024 · Electrical · PA

I was driving 45 miles per hour on a 2 lane highway, when the car suddenly started beeping, lurched, and dropped to 25 miles per hour (low power mode). After pulling over at a gas station, I was able to run the car in this low power mode for a short time, and then the 12V battery completely died. The main battery in the car was at 78%. There was no warning light that this would happen before making that drive. I took the car in to the dealer and they informed me that the ICCU failed. I see that there is an investigation underway for the 2022 Ioniq 5, and that the 2023 Ioniq 5 has the same components. Please take this investigation seriously as if I were going on a faster highway or more cars were around, it could have resulted in a major accident. This car has just over 10,000 miles and was just purchased under a year prior at the time.

Filed Feb 8, 2024 · Driver assistance, Transmission · IN · crash

Driver was moving forward into a space in a parking garage between two other vehicles. Driver had pulled most of the way in and was slowly inching forward. As the car came to a stop, it suddenly lurched forward, hitting a concrete wall. The collision warning system did not alert, and auto-braking did not occur. The car was in Regen Level 3, and Auto Hold was not activated. In the months prior to this, the car twice had a similar situation when coming to a stop at an intersection with foot on the brake, then suddenly lurched forward, nearly rear-ending a car in front. There was no visible damage to the concrete wall, and a police report was not made. Hyundai says they want to inspect vehicle, but have not done so after a month. It is easy to believe that this was driver error, but it absolutely was not. Car lunged forward and accelerated into a wall with only the brake being applied. All of these events have occurred after the Hyundai Ioniq 5 software update was applied on 26 Sep 2023.

Filed Sep 30, 2023 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · NC

HELP! I now regret that I bought a Hyundai Ioniq 5. I hoped the recent campaign would fix my problem, but I think it is now worse. While driving my speed drops 3 to 4 miles per hour, then the car lurches forward to regain my speed. At first I thought it was when using cruise. Now the car does it on the highway even when not using cruise. When it starts dropping the speed, the accelerator is not responsive. I have to wait for the car to slow completely down before the throttle will respond. I do not notice the problem around town. It seems to cruise fine for about 50 miles and then begin to slow and speed up out of my control. I think it is a safety hazard. It certainly drives me and my passengers crazy. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!

Filed Aug 17, 2023 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · NC

Driving on the highway, my car will suddenly lose power momentarily and the speed drop 3-5 mph. My accelerator is unresponsive. Then the car will accelerate quickly with a jerk to accelerate to the set speed. May occur on level ground but often occurs at the bottom of a hill. I have no control during this loss of power.

Filed Aug 1, 2023 · Transmission · MA

After owning and driving the 2023 Ioniq 5 for about 4 months, the car was driven from Massachusetts to Arizona. After driving across the county at 75 mph about 50 min on cruse control the car began to lurch, the speed would drop about 3 mph below the cruse control set point, then accelerate to a mile faster than the set point and then settle down to the set point. This would happen multiple times during the next 100 miles before stopping to charge. After charging and again on cruse control at 75 mph or so, the lurching would begin again. After the lurching started, the power display indicated the front motor on this dual motor vehicle was doing all the work to drive the car, and the rear motor was no longer functioning. Later it was confirmed that the rear EOP (electric oil pump) which cools the rear motor was not functioning at all. As a result the rear motor would increase to more than 170 degrees F and stop operating. No DTC was stored for the EOP Actual Speed of zero (despite an EOP Command Speed for 800-3000 rpms). No DTC was stored for the MCU Motor Temperature overheat. No DTC was stored for the MCU Motor Actual Torque of zero when it was commanded for something more. Fortunately the Hyundai Ioniq 5 did command the front motor to take over even though the rear motor was no longer functional, so the car was able to maintain speed most of the time. However, the car is normally 325 hp with both motors. Accelerating with only the 95hp front motor on a heavy car was very slow, both in traffic and on the highway. The lack of performance could easily surprise an unsuspecting driver resulting in a collision or worse. I know of at least 5 owners who have experienced this issue. In each case Hyundai has been slow at best and refused to repair at worst. The issue is without DTC but can none the less be easily diagnosed by observing the ODB EOP Actual Speed (when the car is driven) will be zero with an EOP Command Speed >0 .