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Originally Posted by underscore
Unless they're trained in how to work on HV systems and have the proper PPE I think they were correct to not pull the shield off, HV/arc flash is no joke. The owner saying "there's nothing wrong with it" just because they could drive it is meaningless. The potential liability if someone says it's safe when it isn't could end up costing far more than the cost of just writing it off.
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I understand and do not disagree with what you are saying here. But assuming the anecdote is mostly correct from the owner's perspective, the fact that Hyundai and its dealership network do not have the necessary number of certified EV techs to support their clients is a significant problem on at least multiple fronts. And one of the potential outcome is exactly what has been described on at least 2 - 3 occasions -- instead of having a qualified tech to inspect and properly diagnose the issue, they just invoked the nuclear option of "let's replace the battery". This in turn leads to having a nearly brand new car scrapped because the nuclear option cost is just too costly. If it could be properly diagnosed to be a $5k repair, or even $10k repair, a lot of money and resources would have been saved.