FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Genesis

Owners have filed 1,725 complaints about the Hyundai Genesis with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2018. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2015 Hyundai Genesis

413 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2010 Hyundai Genesis

115 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Genesis year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2018 4 0 2 Wheels
2016 C 137 5 7 42,200 Electrical System
2015 D 413 14 4 31,000 Electrical System
2014 C 31 6 0 51,000 Engine & Cooling
2013 D 188 24 3 35,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 D 363 12 1 56,085 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 164 15 5 64,925 Brakes
2010 B 115 5 0 51,000 Brakes
2009 D 309 24 5 62,915 Brakes
2008 1 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Hyundai Genesis

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 315 18.3%

Worst in 2009

Electrical System 272 15.8%

Worst in 2015

Engine & Cooling 228 13.2%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2015

Lights 132 7.7%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2012

Steering 97 5.6%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2009

Airbags 51 3.0%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2012

Wheels 28 1.6%

Worst in 2015

Suspension 24 1.4%

Worst in 2012

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Genesis

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Control Unit/Module 32 27.6%
Body 32 27.6%
Control Module 18 15.5%
Brake Lights 7 6.0%
Automatic Emergency Braking 5 4.3%
Head Restraint 5 4.3%
Master Cylinder 5 4.3%
Automatic Transmission 5 4.3%
Adaptive Cruise Control 4 3.4%
Blind Spot Detection 3 2.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai Genesis, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2009 peak 28 Aug 2026

Hyundai Genesis problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Hyundai Genesis

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.