2010 Hyundai Genesis
This year drew an ordinary 156 complaints for a Hyundai Genesis — the model's median is 144. What they were about is the unusual part: 30.8% of them mention coupe, against 9.8% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 156 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 144 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- coupe — 30.8% of this year's complaints, against 9.8% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: coupe, genesis coupe, coupe contact, shifting.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE AIR BAG SENSOR INDICATOR IS ON AND IT WON'T GO OFF. THE DEALERSHIP AT HYUNDAI WEST BROAD ST IS TELLING ME THAT IT NEEDS A PODS ECU, WHICH COST 3,000.00 AND I TOLD THEM THEIR IS A RECALL ON THE GENESIS COUPE/2010 FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND WHY ISN'T THIS COVER…
THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A DITCH, WENT AIRBORNE, AND LANDED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CULVERT PIPE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V713000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V113000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V489000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Genesis 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.
Own a 2010 Hyundai Genesis? What happened to yours?
Loading comments…