2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS Complaints

BOUGHT NEW IN JULY 2012. CAR HAS AROUND 46K ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 2 OF THE 4 MICHELIN ENERGY SAVER A/S TIRES BECAUSE OF CRACKING IN THE SIDEWALLS. BOTH HAD CHUNKS MISSING AND THE CRACKING/ROT WAS SPREADING. I DROVE ON THEM FOR MONTHS LIKE THAT, LUCKILY WITHOUT INCIDENT. I BOUGHT A PAIR USED TO REPLACE THEM SO I COULD GET FULL WEAR OUT OF THE REMAINING TOO, BUT I AM WARY OF BUYING MICHELINS FOR MY NEXT SET.

THE TAIL LIGHTS GET FILLED WITH WATER/CONDENSATION. I HAD ONE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT AT 60,000 MILES IT'S NO LONGER COVERED AND BOTH LIGHTS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. IT'S A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GENESIS COUPES OF ALL YEARS. THE OWNER FORUMS ARE FILLED WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURES. SEEMS THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR BAD BRAKE FLUID ON THIS MODEL YEAR HYUNDAI GENESIS SEDAN. HYUNDAI WOULD NOT COVER THIS VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL WHEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT SOFT BRAKE PEDAL WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR UNDER HARD AND SOFT BRAKING CONDITIONS, WHETHER MOVING FAST OR SLOW AND IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE BRAKE PADS AND ALL 4 ROTORS ARE IN GOOD REPAIR. THERE IS NO AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES. IT APPEARS TO BE THE ABS MODULE THAT IS FAILING AND CAUSING UNSAFE BRAKING CONDITIONS WITHOUT WARNING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ONLINE FORUM COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MODULE WHICH SEEMS TO BE A FAULT IN DESIGN BY HYUNDAI. MY HOPE IS THAT NHTSA CAN INFORM OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL YEAR THAT UNSAFE BRAKING CONDITIONS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME FROM FAILURE OF THIS ABS MODULE. *TR

THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES ACT AS IF FAILING. DEALER DIAGNOSED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER DEFECT, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. MILEAGE ONLY 67,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

SPORADICALLY THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. PEDAL HAS TO BE PUMPED 2-3 TIMES BEFORE BRAKES ENGAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 DRIVING OCCASIONS OVER 10 DAYS. TOOK IT TO DEALER THIS MORNING WHO SAID UNLESS HE COULD REPLICATE ISSUE, HE WILL NOT REPAIR DESPITE PRIOR RECALL FOR SAME ISSUE. YESTERDAY ON PHONE, HE SAID HE WOULD INSPECT AND FILE CLAIM WITH HYUNDAI. APPARENTLY BRAKE FLUID WAS REPLACED IN 2013 DUE TO RECALL BY PRIOR OWNER. NOW SAME THING IS HAPPENING. PROBLEM OCCURS UNTIL ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. 3 TIMES IN 10 DAYS IS FRIGHTENING. FORTUNATELY, I WAS FAR ENOUGH BEHIND CAR IN FRONT TO HAVE TIME TO PUMP BRAKES. *TR

HEADLIGHTS BLINK ON/OFF WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL. DOING RESEARCH, I SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND THE FIX IS TO REPLACE THE TURN SIGNAL STALK ($400).

I WAS DRIVING AND WENT OVER A SLIPPERY AREA AT AROUND 40 MPH IN THE CITY WHILE BRAKING AND MY BRAKES WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY COME TO A STOP. HOWEVER, SINCE THEN MY BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THEY SLOWLY GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR UNDER ANY BRAKING CONDITION. AND WHEN I STOP AT A STOP LIGHT THE PEDAL CONTINUES TO DEPRESS UNTIL IT'S AT THE FLOOR. IN THE PAST I HAD THIS ISSUE WHEN I WENT OVER A LARGE DIP WHILE BRAKING. HOWEVER IT RESET ITSELF SHORTLY AFTER AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUE AGAIN UNTIL TODAY. MY CAR WAS PART OF THE LARGE RECALL FOR THE GENESIS IN WHICH THE BRAKE FLUID WAS REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OR LESS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TIRES-MICHELIN ENERGY SAVER A/S SIZE: P235/50R18 ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE TIRE HAS A 5" DEEP CRACK ON THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE AND ALSO SEVERAL OTHER NOTICEABLE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE TIRE ESPECIALLY ON THE OUTER WALL.