2021 Genesis GV80
Complaints about this year name headlight far more often than the model's other years — 16% of them, about 41× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 55 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- manufacturer made — 15% of complaints, 36× usual
- made aware — 15% of complaints, 36× usual
- loss — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
What owners wrote
The passage side headlight has moistures in it. They said run the engine for 30 minutes so it will dissolve and it didn't. And now the headlights not working and its $2,000 to get it replace.
the fuel cap was intermittently stuck and failed to open as needed to refuel the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V796000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V208000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V094000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V630000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V229000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Genesis GV80 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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