Automotive legislation agency Hagens Berman has filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of householders of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Genesis GV60 and Kia EV6.

The lawsuit, which was filed within the US District Courtroom for the Central District of California, alleges that the car charging ports steadily overheat in as little as half-hour, inflicting charging periods to unexpectedly and repeatedly fail.

In response to the grievance, the automakers promote the affected EVs as able to charging at charges of as much as 48 amps, however house owners report charging session failure at a price as little as 28 amps.

Pissed off car house owners have reported on shopper boards that the charging defect forces them to continually monitor charging periods to verify they’re accomplished, or else return to their autos to search out that the charging session has failed resulting from overheating.

In March 2023, Hyundai issued a software program replace that causes affected autos to decrease the charging price to 23 amps if overheating happens, quite than halting the charging session. The grievance alleges that this repair has the impact of extending charging time to 10 hours or extra, whereas the businesses marketed charging instances between 5 and 7 hours with a Degree 2 house charger.

“This so-called repair does nothing to handle the actual downside, which is that these autos weren’t manufactured to reliably cost at a price even near 48 amps,” stated Steve Berman, Managing Accomplice at Hagens Berman. “Not solely do Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis proceed to promote autos which might be clearly incapable of performing as marketed, additionally they issued a software program patch which considerably worsens charging charges and widens the hole between what they promised and what they delivered.”

Supply: Hagens Berman