2023 Kia Ev6 Recalls, Issues & Maintenance

“While driving in the evening with an estimated 180 miles range remaining a "pop" noise was heard. About a minute later a vague warning message the car had not displayed before appeared. We tried to make it home but concerning (and still vague) messages kept appearing quite…”

“My 2023 Kia EV6 experienced a sudden ICCU and 12-volt system failure while traveling approximately 50 mph. Without warning, the vehicle instantly lost propulsion and all electrical power. This included loss of steering assist, braking assist, hazard lights, shift capability…”

“On January 27th I was driving home on I-495 in the far left lane going about 70MPH when the electrical warning light came on. Telling me to stop the car and take to the dealership. While I was trying to get over into my far right lane, the car went from 70mph to 25 mph in about…”

“Despite completion of the recall service, my ICCU still failed and my car lost power while driving on February 6, 2025. I was driving 45 mph down a state road and was about to get into a highway onramp when my speed quickly dropped to 13 mph and my car displayed a "check…”

“ICCU failed despite all prior recall updates being performed. Incident began when home circuit breaker tripped; vehicle subsequently refused Level 1 charging with "Check Electrical System" warning. Per dealer suggestion, tested public chargers. Level 3 (DC) worked, but upon…”

“While the vehicle was on the charger, the ICCU failed which then caused then fried my JuiceBox EV40 charger and flipped the dedicated circuit breaker. The car has since been repaired. I am concerned that this is a dangerous failure. If it happened on the road it potentially…”

“On April 6, 2025, while charging my car my Juicebox tripped a breaker. When I reset it the Juicebox was showing errors and was inoperable. I tried to use my backup charger (Blink) but it tripped a breaker and became inoperable too. I took the car a commercial charger…”

“This vehicle was subject to three NHTSA recall campaigns for the ICCU defect that produces exactly this failure mode: 24V057000 (SC295, driveshaft, notice mailed XXX), 24V200000 (SC302, ICCU 12V charging failure/Power Limited mode, notice mailed XXX), and 24V867000 (SC327…”

“The vehicle ICCU failed on 18 January 2026. It previously had the ICCU inspected and updated as part of #24V-867. Warnings on screen told me to stop driving and pull over. Had vehicle towed to Dealer where they confirmed ICCU failure and initially were going to charge nearly…”

“On January 23 2025, while driving on the highway, the car lost power an had limited control. The car was towed to a dealer and it was determined that the ICCU failed. The car was at the dealer three weeks earlier for a recall related to the ICCU (ICCU (SC273A VCU SW LOGIC…”

“When using 1 pedal driving, it isn't necessary to use the brake pedal to stop the EV. The EV6 will only illuminate the brake lights when the accelerator pedal is completely released, or when the brake pedal is depressed. Since using 1 pedal driving does not require depressing…”

“While using I-Pedal mode the brake lights do not engage unless fully off of the accelerator. Even a large deceleration force does not engage any of the brake lights when coming to a full stop quickly. This is very dangerous as drivers behind cannot tell you are decelerating…”

“This car advertises that it is capable of fast charging on a level 2 charger up to 50amp. I purchased a level 2 charger capable of 50amps, but it causes the EV6 to overheat and stop charging. The dealership installed TSB ELE-283 but this does not fix the problem and is not an…”

“The car starts charging on my level 2 home charger then after about 10-20 min will stop and send me a message saying charging interrupted and will stop charging. I have taken it in to the dealership and they say they can see the code but that they did the recalls for it and it…”