Genesis service campaign L08G
What it saysCertain GV70 (JK1) and GV80 (JX1) vehicles may exhibit water leakage inside the vehicle due to the sunroof drain hose plugs being clogged with foreign material or a water gurgling noise from the sunroof while driving… NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Genesis filed this with NHTSA as a service campaign dated Jan 24, 2026, received Jan 27, 2026 — 2 documents under this number: 26-01-006G TSB, 26-01-006G DCS. It names 4 model years (2021–2023). A service campaign is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
Certain GV70 (JK1) and GV80 (JX1) vehicles may exhibit water leakage inside the vehicle due to the sunroof drain hose plugs being clogged with foreign material or a water gurgling noise from the sunroof while driving in the rain. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to replace the front sunroof drain hose plugs and modify the rear drain hose plugs by cutting off a portion at the end.
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-01-006G TSB | Service campaign | Jan 24, 2026 | 11027794 | PDF, 2,495 KB |
| 26-01-006G DCS | Service campaign | Jan 24, 2026 | 11027793 | PDF, 68 KB |
What the document itself lists
The manufacturer titles it “WATER LEAK FROM CLOGGED SUNROOF DRAIN HOSE”.
Part the bulletin names
| Part number | Description | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| 81686-T6031QQH | Front Drain Hose Plug | — |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (15 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Genesis’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote.
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 4 model years this bulletin names have filed 273 complaints with NHTSA since 2015.
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Genesis L08G a recall?
No. A service campaign is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the L08G repair free?
A service campaign is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
Which vehicles does L08G cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 4 model years: 2023 Genesis GV70, 2022 Genesis GV70, 2022 Genesis GV80, 2021 Genesis GV80. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: 2022 – 2023 GV70 (JK1): built 10 Mar 2021 – 31 May 2022; 2021 – 2022 GV80 (JX1): built 27 Jul 2020 – 26 Feb 2022 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.