On the evening of October 23, a fire incident involving the Ideal MEGA 2024 vehicles occurred in Shanghai. A week later, on October 31, Ideal Auto filed a recall with the relevant authorities, recalling 11,411 units of the 2024 model Ideal MEGA.
The State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China announced on October 31 that Beijing Ideal Auto Co., Ltd. had filed a recall plan with the authority in accordance with the Regulations on the Management of Defective Automobile Product Recalls and the Implementation Measures of the Regulations on the Management of Defective Automobile Product Recalls. Starting from November 7, 2025, Ideal MEGA 2024 vehicles manufactured from February 18, 2024, to December 27, 2024, totaling 11,411 units, will be recalled.
According to the announcement, the vehicles within the recall range may experience malfunctions such as warning lights coming on, power limitations, and inability to power up due to inadequate antifreeze performance in the cooling fluid of the batch, leading to corrosion leakage of the cooling aluminum plates for the power battery and front motor controller in the cooling circuit. In extreme cases, this could result in thermal runaway of the power battery, posing a safety hazard. The solution is to replace the cooling fluid, power battery, and front motor controller free of charge for the vehicles within the recall scope.
Subsequently, Ideal Auto posted on its official social media accounts, addressing the previous Ideal MEGA fire incident and explaining the reason behind the recall of the 2024 model Ideal MEGA.
The post mentioned that on the evening of October 23, 2025, a fire incident involving the Ideal MEGA 2024 vehicle occurred in Shanghai. As the vehicles involved in the accident require joint inspection and testing by users, firefighting personnel, and relevant institutions, this process must adhere to strict procedures and take a relatively long time. As of now, the final technical conclusion has not been reached.
Ideal Auto stated that about 4 hours prior to the vehicle catching fire, the Ideal Auto cloud warning system had already received relevant alarm alerts, and the staff immediately contacted the car owner and driver. However, as there had never been a precedent of non-collision fires before, Ideal Auto was unable to take emergency measures at the first opportunity, which also led to missing the best timing for intervening early.
Previously, a circulated statement revealed that a law firm in Shanghai was commissioned by the parties involved to issue a solemn statement regarding the self-ignition incident of the Ideal MEGA vehicle. The statement mentioned that the driver and the principal (who was seated in the second row at the time) promptly took emergency measures to escape the vehicle. During the process, the rear electric car door could not be opened immediately, and the principal managed to escape through the front passenger door.