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16,000-Mile Checkup
for our Ioniq 5

Mark D Larsen

June 4, 2025

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As you can see in the brief video below, just a couple of days ago the odometer in Rocinante turned over to 15,000 miles. I therefore figured that I should set an appointment to have the scheduled 16K checkup performed at our local Hyundai dealer. In case I do end up taking any roadtrips this summer, I wanted to have the tires rotated before crossing the next maintenance threshold.

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The odometer ticks off 15,000 miles.

The new Findlay Hyundai dealership is now in Washington, right off of the I-15 freeway.

Here I am arriving at the main entrance to the dealership.

I pulled up to the service bay on the left.

This is what the odometer read when I arrived.

I was pleased to see that the showroom now had displays to promote Hyundai's EVs.

There was also a lighted sign in the front window.

They'll need to add a third plaque now that the Ioniq 9 is for sale.

At least they had a poster for the Ioniq 9, even though they have yet to take delivery of one on their lot.

They did have a black Ioniq 6 and a white Ioniq 5 on display.

I could verify that the 2025 model of the latter now has front-to-back cupholders, which is one of my pet peeves. I'm glad my 2024 version has a side-by-side configuration.

I also noticed that the steering wheel buttons for the driver assistance features and the stereo controls have swapped sides from right-to-left and left-to-right. That switcheroo would undoubtedly confuse owners who trade in their older Ioniq 5 for the 2025 model.

I was very glad to see that the dealership now had two Level 3 DCFC dispensers out front. One of them had a used Tesla in its space, although it wasn't plugged in.

Those DCFC are ChargePoint models that sport two different plugs.

One of the plugs is for CHAdeMO equipped EVs like the Nissan LEAF.

The other one is for EVs with CCS1 ports like in my Ioniq 5. There was not a J3400 plug, even though the new 2025 Ioniq 5 comes with such ports. Owners of the new model will therefore need a CCS1-to-J3400 adapter to use these new dispensers.

As for the supplied level of power, these ChargePoint models apparently provide a maximum of 62.5kW at 156A, much slower than the whopping 350kW rate that Hyundai's Ioniq EVs can handle.

It didn't take the service technicians long to perform the maintenance checkup and bring Rocinante back to the exit bay. I signed the papers and drove home.

When I pulled in the garage, I opened the maintenance pane under BlueLink on the touchscreen to reset the mileage counter.

I pushed the button and after a few seconds the display confirmed that the reset was complete.

Rocinante will now alert me when the next checkup is due after the next 8,000 miles.

Here is the report for the multi-point inspection performed by the technicians, which shows that Rocinante is still in top shape.

The invoice for this 16K mile checkup was similar to the one for 8K miles. Although it showed $35 for labor, in reality Rocinante came with 3 years of free maintenance, so I had to pay zero, zip, zilch, nada for the service.

So far we are more delighted than ever with our Ioniq 5. It is a great car: quiet, comfortable, practical, responsive, nimble, with ADA features that are much better than in our previous Swasticar. The fact that we got 2-years of free DCFC with Electrify America, 3 years of free maintenance, plus a $10,000 discount incentive all make for very sweet icing on the cake!

The odometer ticks off 15,000 miles.
The new Findlay Hyundai dealership is now in Washington, right off of the I-15 freeway.	Here I am arriving at the main entrance to the dealership.
I pulled up to the service bay on the left.	This is what the odometer read when I arrived.
I was pleased to see that the showroom now had displays to promote Hyundai's EVs.	There was also a lighted sign in the front window.
They'll need to add a third plaque now that the Ioniq 9 is for sale.	At least they had a poster for the Ioniq 9, even though they have yet to take delivery of one on their lot.
They did have a black Ioniq 6 and a white Ioniq 5 on display.	I could verify that the 2025 model of the latter now has front-to-back cupholders, which is one of my pet peeves. I'm glad my 2024 version has a side-by-side configuration.
I also noticed that the steering wheel buttons for the driver assistance features and the stereo controls have swapped sides from right-to-left and left-to-right. That switcheroo would undoubtedly confuse owners who trade in their older Ioniq 5 for the 2025 model.	I was very glad to see that the dealership now had two Level 3 DCFC dispensers out front. One of them had a used Tesla in its space, although it wasn't plugged in.
Those DCFC are ChargePoint models that sport two different plugs.	One of the plugs is for CHAdeMO equipped EVs like the Nissan LEAF.
The other one is for EVs with CCS1 ports like in my Ioniq 5. There was not a J3400 plug, even though the new 2025 Ioniq 5 comes with such ports. Owners of the new model will therefore need a CCS1-to-J3400 adapter to use these new dispensers.	As for the supplied level of power, these ChargePoint models apparently provide a maximum of 62.5kW at 156A, much slower than the whopping 350kW rate that Hyundai's Ioniq EVs can handle.
It didn't take the service technicians long to perform the maintenance checkup and bring Rocinante back to the exit bay. I signed the papers and drove home.	When I pulled in the garage, I opened the maintenance pane under BlueLink on the touchscreen to reset the mileage counter.
I pushed the button and after a few seconds the display confirmed that the reset was complete.	Rocinante will now alert me when the next checkup is due after the next 8,000 miles.
Here is the report for the multi-point inspection performed by the technicians, which shows that Rocinante is still in top shape.	The invoice for this 16K mile checkup was similar to the one for 8K miles. Although it showed $35 for labor, in reality Rocinante came with 3 years of free maintenance, so I had to pay zero, zip, zilch, nada for the service.