Man I love mine but I do have a lot of complaints. Like a bunch of things that just don’t make any sense, like the doors unlock when you walk up but don’t lock when you walk away? You also can’t lock the doors using the door buttons if you want to lock and walk away, so fucking annoying. There’s a lot of small things, but it charges so fast and it’s so nice inside.
I want an EV and I like Hyundais (having owned one in the past), but reading comments like these reminds me that having a “modern” computerized car would drive me nuts. And that’s on top of the surveillance and lack of right to repair being deal-breakers.
These kind of little things, plus the iccu and driver awareness sensor on 2025+ is what made me buy a '25 Mach E instead. They each have their quirks and the I5 is a better car on paper, but the Mach E is better in practice. I’ll take a reliable ICCU, more sensical battery preconditioning, and driver profiles over the 800V architecture that DC charges slightly faster.
And it locks the doors when you walk away like you mentioned. It’s the little things.
Got a 23 MME with “Slower” fast charging. Still works great. I would not pay extra for even faster charging, since 99.99% of my charging happens on level 1 AC. Taking a 20-30 minute break after 2 hrs of driving is pretty nice. Battery mandated piss/lunch/walking breaks are not the hassle I thought they would be.
Walk up to your car. Doors unlock. Open door and hit the lock button. Nothing with happen. The door lock buttons on the inside do absolutely nothing unless the key is inside of the car. It’s insanity. Like, what if I realize I didn’t lock my car and I’m outside without my keys. I have to go back into the house, get the keys, then come out and lock the car. You can’t just open the fucking die and hit the lock buttons. It’s fucking stupid.
The update in this case was software. It reduces the charging rate and runs fans during charging to lower the temperature the ICCU has to endure. I bought my car in early 2025 with the update in place and never ran the ICCU at the older, higher temperature. I suspect that a fix like that wouldn’t help anyone who had already baked theirs for months or years.
Those paddle shifters are so annoying! You want to accelerate slowly to drive your grandma around? You better hope she likes stiff braking! What’s that, you want sporty responsive acceleration? Better combine it with an anemic brake response! Who tf came up with this?
No complaints about the adaptive cruise control and lane centering, though. Best I’ve ever used.
I bought one last year and it’s been a delight.
I have many complaints about it and they’re all incredibly petty.
Man I love mine but I do have a lot of complaints. Like a bunch of things that just don’t make any sense, like the doors unlock when you walk up but don’t lock when you walk away? You also can’t lock the doors using the door buttons if you want to lock and walk away, so fucking annoying. There’s a lot of small things, but it charges so fast and it’s so nice inside.
Hey bruh, you wanna skip forward a song on this playlist? Toggle down on the steering wheel control.
You. Dirty. Mother. Fucker.
I want an EV and I like Hyundais (having owned one in the past), but reading comments like these reminds me that having a “modern” computerized car would drive me nuts. And that’s on top of the surveillance and lack of right to repair being deal-breakers.
You can disable the “unlock on approach” in the settings. I did on mine because that annoyed me the same way.
I also turned off lock when walking away. Sometimes I just forget something and have to run back for it…
Car now only locks or unlocks if I push buttons on the fob. That’s what I prefer!
These kind of little things, plus the iccu and driver awareness sensor on 2025+ is what made me buy a '25 Mach E instead. They each have their quirks and the I5 is a better car on paper, but the Mach E is better in practice. I’ll take a reliable ICCU, more sensical battery preconditioning, and driver profiles over the 800V architecture that DC charges slightly faster.
And it locks the doors when you walk away like you mentioned. It’s the little things.
Got a 23 MME with “Slower” fast charging. Still works great. I would not pay extra for even faster charging, since 99.99% of my charging happens on level 1 AC. Taking a 20-30 minute break after 2 hrs of driving is pretty nice. Battery mandated piss/lunch/walking breaks are not the hassle I thought they would be.
What do you mean you can’t lock using the door buttons and walk away? What happens?
Walk up to your car. Doors unlock. Open door and hit the lock button. Nothing with happen. The door lock buttons on the inside do absolutely nothing unless the key is inside of the car. It’s insanity. Like, what if I realize I didn’t lock my car and I’m outside without my keys. I have to go back into the house, get the keys, then come out and lock the car. You can’t just open the fucking die and hit the lock buttons. It’s fucking stupid.
No worry about the iccu?
It got an update in fall of 2024 that is supposed to fix it. Hasn’t been a problem so far.
I did too. Then my iccu failed 4 months later.
With 15 year warranty, you forgot that part.
Sure. It was at the dealer for 2+ months.
But I’ve also heard they take a long time to complete the repairs
I have no doubt that they’ll replace it every time it pops for the next 15 years.
Did you have the car before the update? Or did you buy it new with the update in place?
Real Subaru ‘we fixed the head gaskets, for real this time’ vibes
The update in this case was software. It reduces the charging rate and runs fans during charging to lower the temperature the ICCU has to endure. I bought my car in early 2025 with the update in place and never ran the ICCU at the older, higher temperature. I suspect that a fix like that wouldn’t help anyone who had already baked theirs for months or years.
Subaru never offered 15 year warranty on their head gaskets.
…looks in rear view mirror at the lack of rear wiper…
I think they added it in the 2025 model. It’s definitely there on my 2026!
I have an EV6.
Those paddle shifters are so annoying! You want to accelerate slowly to drive your grandma around? You better hope she likes stiff braking! What’s that, you want sporty responsive acceleration? Better combine it with an anemic brake response! Who tf came up with this?
No complaints about the adaptive cruise control and lane centering, though. Best I’ve ever used.