Electromagnetic waves that are generated from the charger can seriously impact electric medical devices, such as an implantable cardiac pacemaker. When using such devices, make sure to consult with your doctor and the manufacturer to find out whether charging your electric vehicle will impact the operation of your device.

• Before charging, apply the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) with the brake pedal pressed, shift to P (Park) and turn off the vehicle. Movement of the vehicle while charging may result in property damage, serious injury, or death.

• Use specified electric vehicle charger only. Failure to do so may damage the charger, charging cable, or vehicle. Also, it may lead to safety hazards, such as fire, explosion, etc.

• To avoid property damage, serious injury, or death from electric shock and fire, follow the instructions below:

  • Do not touch the charging connector, charging plug, or the charging inlet when connecting the cable to the charger and the charging inlet on the vehicle.

  • Do not touch the charging connector and charging plug with wet hands, or when standing in water or snow while connecting the charging cable.

  • When connecting or removing the charging cable, you must hold the charging connector handle and charging plug.

  • Use a waterproof charger. Do not charge the vehicle in a place where rainwater may come into contact with the joints of the charging cable connector and the charging plug.

  • Ensure there is no water, dust, or other contaminants on the charging cable connector and the charging plug.

  • Immediately stop charging if you feel abnormal conditions, such as odor or smoke.

  • Do not charge the vehicle if there is a risk of lightning.

• While charging, the gear cannot be shifted from P (Park) to any other gear.

• Ensure the vehicle door is unlocked before disconnecting the charging connector. The unlock button on the charging connector does not work when the vehicle door is locked.

• To control the temperature of the high voltage battery while charging or when the battery temperature is high, the air conditioner is used to cool down the battery. It may generate noise or vibration from operation of the air conditioner compressor and cooling fan, but this is a normal condition when charging the high voltage battery.

• The cooling system may be operated when using the air conditioner during charging. This may degrade the air conditioner's performance temporarily.

• Depending on the condition and durability of the high voltage battery, charger specifications and condition, and ambient temperature, the time required for charging the battery and distance to empty may vary.

• In rare cases, you might hear high-frequency noise (a small beeping sound) outside the car when charging with a 400 V DC charger that has deteriorated or has long communication delay. The high-frequency noise can be generated only when the vehicle tries to reduce its own electromagnetic waves to keep DC charging as stable as possible. Do not worry about this beep noise, because it is intentional and does not affect the charging performance or the vehicle itself.

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Do not put your hand near the cooling fan in the motor compartment while charging. It may operate automatically to control the battery temperature, even if the vehicle is turned off.

• Before opening the charging door, check the direction in which the door opens and ensure that there is no interference with nearby objects when opening or closing the door.

• When opening and closing the charging door, be careful not to bump your face, head, etc., or get your hands or other body parts caught in the door.

• For more information, refer to the "Electric charging door" section in chapter 5.

• Do not try to forcibly open the charging door. It may cause damage to the charging door or cause a malfunction.

• Do not hold the parts that support the charging door. Damage to parts or deformation of parts may cause vehicle damage and accidents.