2009 Hyundai Genesis problems
The 2009 Hyundai Genesis has 310 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (42%) concerns brakes. Next are electrical system (9%) and lighting (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 310 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 42% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 274 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 33 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 49 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 38 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 74 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 33 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 21 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 274 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 63,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 70,000 miles (122 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 24 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Hyundai Genesis with enough data (187 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai genesis. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, he crashed into another vehicle that was stopped on an on ramp and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a concussion and a police report was filed. The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash scene. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure.
My vehicle was hit in the rear while exiting a highway on the exit ramp approaching a state hwy. ,traveling at approximately 25-30 MPH at the time.the impact deployed the headrests but the seat belts did not restrain the driver or the person in the passenger seat causing head trauma to the driver.as a result of hitting the steering wheel. The driver was taken , by ambulance,to the hospital for medical treatment.
I am filing another complaint to record this critical design issue based on all the recent cover-ups by the automotive industry. On nov 10th,2013 my vehicle was hit in the rear while traveling approximately 25 MPH by another vehicle at a speed slightly faster then my vehicle. When the vehicle hit us, the headrests deployed moving our heads forward but the seat belts did not restrain both the driver and the passenger. The driver sustained head trauma as a result.
At approximately 7:50am on my way to work, heading westbound on rodeo rd and was going to make a left turn at cloverdale my car stalled. During the stall the engine cutoff and the electrical power in the car seemed to reset itself. As I was coming to a stop, I could feel the brakes not working and I put the car into park and tried to restart the engine by pushing on the start/stop button. When that didn't work, all the power in the car went out and nothing worked, no emergency lights, no power anything.
On 9/16/15 the brakes on my 2009 hyundai genesis failed and the car would not stop as the brake pedal sank to the floor. I finally got the car to stop with excessive pumping of the brakes. On 9/16/15 I brought my car into jim ellis hyundai to fix the problem. The dealer inspected the car and couldn't replicate the issue I had experienced earlier in the day. The dealership ran diagnostics on the car and did not find any problems and now the brakes seem to be working fine. My car has 115,561 miles.