Hyundai Ioniq 5

Thanks! 😊 Yeah I had been keeping an eye on ships coming from Southampton and Rotterdam too. I read on another forum that EUKOR ship via Rotterdam for Ireland... I just wish I knew which one it was on. I feel like an anorak checking these daily!

My latest update is that my car is on one of two ships that are due in the next 10 days or so. So looks like I will be tieing in with that mid Feb date. Still very vague info in terms of the route it's taking but they are being a bit more specific as to the fact it is actually on a ship which is the main thing 😅

I was told in the beginning of Jan that the car will arrive around 10th-13th of Feb. Last week dealer confirmed it is coming on a ship to Cork on 13th and then another 10 days by the time they get it to the dealership and do all documents.

It looks very possible the cars are on the Morning Chorus ship and not Morning Pride as the Pride is heading to Egypt.

Also after the price drop Tesla did i was tempted and did a test drive of Model Y. Not bad, but i prefer the Ioniq 5. Also was told that if i place an order i will get it Sep at earliest.

It was the same last year nearly all deliveries were Jan, Feb and march.

If memory serves me correct ships in Dec, Jan and Feb.

Looking at the stats they've delivered 150 cars more this year compared to last year.

Verdict after 1 month of ownership

Likes:

Easy to drive, comfortable, loads of space. All round nice car.

Dislikes:

Interior rattles. Still trying to diagnose all of these. The passenger seat vibrates when unoccupied. This causes the seat belt receptacle (female part) to go a bit crazy and bang into everything!

Lane Keep Assist (LKA/LFA) This is too aggressive I think especially on country roads. The car tries to correct itself going around bends. Tend to switch this off at the start of every journey which defeats the purpose of the safety feature

Car thinks rear middle seat is occupied if people are sitting in the rear door seats. Chimes continuously. Have to keep middle seat belt plugged in which doesn’t suit as have 3 kids.

Head light auto-dimming can be slow to auto-dim. I get flashed at a lot.

Bluelink app send push notifications about 30 times a day that car is unlocked. Can’t find anyway to ignore this particular alarm or set how often it sends notifications. Suppose I could disable all notifications or actually lock the car.

But overall, love the car!

I've had a few cars with lane keep assist and they all have not idea what to do on the Irish country roads. Don't think any of them are optimized for such conditions.

Get the local council to widen the road and put on some road markings :D

Most of the things you mentioned can be fixed easily.

Many of the chimes can be turned off in the infotainment system as can the rear seat occupancy alert.

I think the LKA assist can be adjusted also .

All these are in the car settings somewhere.

You can turn off Blue link notifications in the blue link app.

For the automatic lights clean the windscreen around the rearview mirror once a week with glass cleaner, dirt and grime will really mess with the auto lights and wipers.

Re chimes:

You can turn off the 'rear seat occupant' reminder in settings, I found that one quite annoying.

Also if you put your seatbelt on before starting the car then you don't get a frantic burst of excessive chimes.

I was in to the dealer about the rear middle seat sensor showing red on the cluster. They have told me there is no sensor in the middle seat, only on the two outside seats and this is just how Hyundai are presenting this on screen (strange choice). This doesn't cause a chime for me though, maybe it;s your own belt causing that chime?

Dealers haven't a clue, I was telling my dealer the ships coming in, and when the ships docked in cork. As long as you have a Vin you should be in good shape. Last year also there was delays getting the cars to the dealers they sat in cork for a while. Hard to get 600 odd cars around the country from there.

Nope, i'll make sure to call them in the morning and check.

No and I wouldn't be expecting one. Would certainly be a nice surprise though. I was initially told the middle of March when I placed the deposit so if it ends up being that I would be quite satisfied. And overjoyed with sooner!

Got the call today, car is in Cork! The next few days will drag in!!

Does that ship stop off and pick up vehicles from the Czech Republic plant or do you mean a mix of other cars made also in Korea?

I ask as not many talking in here about Tucson's so can't really gauge what ships they use. I'm Mid April EDD for a PHEV.

I was told March but when I called a few weeks ago it's now mid May, 12 months since original delivery date. If they delay again I'm going V8 or something else that gobbles dino juice.