Hyundai Genesis Transmission Problems
100 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 7 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2012. Best year: 2016.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
THERE ARE 3 RECALLS THAT ARE FOUND ON MY VEHICLE,2013 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE 2.0T 15V756000, RECALL # 135,151,135 POWER TRAIN; DRIVELINE. DIFFERENTIAL UNIT SUSPENSION REAR
I WAS DRIVING HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON THE AVENUE AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED SUDDENLY AND HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE WITHOUT HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I TRIED TO BRAKE THE MOST I COULD BUT DID NOT MAKE IT SO SLAMMED INTO VEHI...
The vehicle exhibits a severe vibration and shaking at normal highway speeds, most notably around 70–80 mph. The condition is repeatable and occurs during steady freeway driving. The vibration is strong enough that the vehicle feels un...
The differential mounting bolt on the passenger side (the only one on that side) backed out and broke causing that side of the differential to smack the bottom of the car and then sag on the passenger side after letting off the throttle....
The oil pressure sensor causes the light to come on and the engine to run bad and the fix is very very pricey and i have seen MANY people online complaining about this.
During normal driving conditions, the 8 speed automatic transmission will randomly hesitate to upshift from 2nd to 3rd and from 4th to 5th, causing an unpredictable loss of power. Symptoms will show up intermittently, and do not seem to ...
The car stops while driving and all the lights on the dash lights up. Happened a couple of times in the last 2 days, both the times the speed was around 20-30 mph. I am really worried about the issue and called the closest Hyundai dealer...
There are multiple problem points with this vehicle that become apparent far earlier than they should including but not limited to 1: Starter Motor complete failure at 70k miles (affects every single 3.8 2015-2017 genesis sedan) 2: Sunro...
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, a whining noise was heard while depressing the accelerator pedal. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an ind...
About 5-6 months ago, when turning left or right, the steering wheel started essentially locking in that position, and I have to yank it back to center. It will not self-center. The dealer was not able to fix it, and it's a very dangerou...
Transmission at low speeds going into the 1st gear has a hard pull. Rmps jumps from 2to4 and back down until it reaches 2nd gear and it doing it again. After that it's smooth. Only way to avoid this is drive fast. Other genesis owner ha...
While driving on the highway at 65MPH the driver front tire wables, the tires feel unsafe and not stable. When going over long road cracks on the highway the whole car wabbles and if i dont grab the stearing wheel really hard to not loo...