2026 Kia EV6 Long Range RWD

"lol at the snobs in this thread. I’m coming out of my EV6 lease as well. I LOVE the I4- but with two kids and frequent drives to visit family, it is unfortunate too small for us. I’ll be looking at an IX tomorrow. I agree with you on a lot of your pros and cons. My EV6 has been fantastic, but I’m looking forward to the fit and finish of a BMW once more. Thanks for the thorough comparison- this will be very helpful for many people deciding between the EV6 and i4."

"I love my EV6, and it's fit w lot of what I wanted in a car. With the seats down, I could imagine sleeping in the back and the V2L is a nice addon. I was an unfortunate victim of the iccu issue, though for me, it was replaced and fixed within 10 days I think. My lease is up in October and I'm still thinking of staying with it for my next car."

"I've been looking into the Ioniq 5 extensively. From what I've read, the 2026 model still suffers the ICCU issue. Bad news - the EV6 is on the same platform, so it also has the ICCU issues. So does some Genesis models."

"Let’s hunt down ICCU failures by crowdsourcing OBD data I recently became a Kia EV6 owner. I love E-GMP cars. It sucks that they come with the caveat of ICCU failure risk and that HMG hasn’t fixed it. In our discourse, we have come up with many theories. But our supporting evidence has been limited to personal experience, local stats from a dealership, and forum polls where victims are overrepresented. These kinds of anecdotal evidence lack statistical power. What if, instead of saying: * Both the condensation theory and the cold weather theory are wrong because my ICCU LDC popped in hot dry Arizona * MY2025s are just as likely to fail as MY2022-2024s because my MY2025 failed after 1000 miles We could say: * There is support for the condensation theory because there is a moderate (*n*=500, *r*=0.5) correlation between interior relative humidity and failure incidence (see histogram) * When controlled for mileage, we see an insignificantly lower (*p*=0.3) rate of failure among MY2025+ compared to MY2022-2024 * We know exactly how the ICCU cooling logic changed in the latest OTA software update, and we can detect anomalous behavior from OBD data * We trained a machine learning model that predicts ICCU LDC failures at the beginning of each trip with 75% accuracy given fine-grained OBD data over the past 6 months This is the vision of iccu.observer, where E-GMP drivers can upload recorded OBD data from all their trips and charging sessions into an open dataset. This is similar in spirit to Route Loser’s community SoH tracker and chris\_11's defect statistics. I hope to build a minimal first version of the platform soon, but in the meantime, I don’t want to miss any ICCU failures, so here is an off-the-shelf minimal viable product. Because anyone driving their E-GMP car could be the next victim, everyone is invited to contribute. To contribute, you need to have an E-GMP vehicle and the ability to read OBD parameters using the Car Scanner ELM app. **Visit** [**how.iccu.observer**]("

"Update: 12V Battery or ICCU? — new ICCU part number I have an interesting update to my recent post: It turns out it was indeed another faulty ICCU (not surprised), but here is why I thought it might be worth sharing an update. I politely complained to the service manager that this was now our 3rd ICCU and that I had completely lost confidence in owning the vehicle beyond our 10/100K warranty. He understood our frustration and said that he won't be surprised if every single ICCU in every EV6 produced up until recently will prematurely fail, but he said there is hope... He said we were the first at their dealership to receive an ICCU with a new part number. The new part number is 36400-1XFA0AQQK— it's tricky to spot, but there is a new "A" before the "QQK" part. Does anyone have any information about this new part number? Would be curious to know if they've actually changed anything. My sneaking suspicion has always been that this was not just random failures of faulty ICCUs, but a core fundamental design issue. I assumed when they replaced our first ICCU that they had identified the design issue and replaced it with something new, but the information he gave to me today makes me understand why it was just a matter of time before it failed too. Up until recently, they've been replacing ICCUs with the same faulty design and most if not all of them will eventually fail again. Let's hope this new part number bucks the trend. I fully realize that all of what I've said above (other than the new part numbers) is still pure conjecture without proof, but I'm going with it until I have proof otherwise. Anyway, let's hope this is new light at the end of the tunnel for my fellow EV6 owners— I'm feeling positive! **Important Update** After further sleuthing, it appears like this part number has been around since at least November 2024. But if I read correctly, it seems like they will only replace your ICCU with the new version unless they've already tried replacing it with the old version first. I would say that if they are replacing your ICCU for the first time that you confirm what part number they are going to replace it with because it feels like they are (or at least did) try to exhaust their supply of the old part number first and hope it lasts until your 10/100 warranty is up. I hope I'm wrong. TL;DR even if your ICCU was replaced today, you might not be guaranteed the new version, so you should ask. And if you are nearing your 10/100K warranty expiration on your 2nd ICCU, you'd better hope it fails soon..."

"My Kia EV6 (2021-2024) was stolen via “GameBoy” gadget — what can owners do? Hi everyone, I’m posting here because my EV6 (year 2022) was stolen recently, and the circumstances look like the more to GAMEBOY theft method that’s being reported widely for Kia/Hyundai group EVs. I’ve already contacted Kia Europe, my local dealer, and a well-known EV YouTuber, but I haven’t seen a meaningful response yet from Kia about any broad recall/patch or clear guidance. I wanted to raise awareness and see if any owners here know more about what Kia is doing (or plans to do) — and what we, as a community, are doing to protect ourselves. **Questions I’d like fellow owners to help answer:** 1. Has anyone here (EV6 owner) knows if Kia plans some *software or hardware security update/recall/notice* specifically for this vulnerability? 2. Do you know if the newer model(s) (EV3, EV4 or EV6 refresh) have improved security / different keyless entry protocol / better immobiliser / or have Kia explicitly said so? 3. What additional protection measures are you using and how effective do you feel they are? 4. Have you raised this with the dealer or Kia and did they respond with anything concrete?"