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Most manuals online are for the hybrid version, took me years before I finally found one for the EV so I want to share it with you folks. It has info on everything about the car, from body work, seats, power windows, mirrors to HVAC (heat pump system) to the BMS and all the HV stuff. Send me a DM for a copy - If enough interest (and if allowed by moderators) I’ll add a permanent link. It says it’s for the 2019 model but it matches perfectly for my 2017 vehicle, pretty sure it’s 99% the same so it should match 2018 as well.

EDIT: Reddit prevents sharing the link through DMs. You can find it here: https://en.hyundaiclub.eu/manual_download.php?id=5195

So I wanted to know more about the internals of my Ioniq, and spent way too much time on it ever since I got my WiCAN Pro last summer, so I could see all my car’s secrets live in Home Assistant. It was slow going and difficult at first, but I finally have something to show for it (though it didn’t help with the WAF, I regret to inform you).

The tool I built that finally helped me make progress faster now allows anyone with a WiCAN to scan their car (Ioniq or otherwise) and do reverse engineering in “easy mode”, because it’s a CLI and therefore coding agents like Claude Code/OpenCode etc. can directly use it to talk to your car, scan it, capture a set of responses and do some crunching and clever analytics to derive meaning from them.

Here’s a tiny set of the things I found that weren’t yet known for these cars:
- OBC AC Input voltage and current (helpful for diagnosing AC charging issues)
- Individual wheel speed sensors (owners will know why this is helpful to know)
- A whole suite of HVAC sensors
- Vehicle speed, motor RPM, remote control of lights/blinkers/horn/trunk/VESS and other fun stuff.

Now I’ve done a lot of this on my Ioniq 2017, so the profile for it is pretty complete at over 200 verified parameters (I started with less than 10 a year ago). But I reckon owners of the facelift (38 kWh) might still get value out of this tool (I expect a lot of the 2017-2019 model PIDs carry over 1-to-1). I can’t wait to see what you folks are able to do with this, and I hope it helps keep our magnificent Ioniqs on the road for many more miles (and kms).

Go see the Ioniq profile on GitHub for the full list of ECUs and all the gory details I found on the car’s modules and adjacent systems, and read the docs if you’re curious about the tool itself and would like to contribute (I would personally be very thrilled if you do!). Thanks for reading all the way! 🙏