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Water may enter the starter solenoid and cause an electrical short, which can result in an engine compartment fire while parked or driving.","consequence":"An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.","remedy":"Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete.  Dealers will install a remedy relay kit in the engine junction box, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed July 15, 2024.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 254(H) and 018G(G).","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"254 (H), 018G (G)","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"21V160000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2021-03-10","owner_notified":"2021-07-06","units":94646,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Genesis and 2017-2020 Genesis G80 vehicles.   The Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module could malfunction and short circuit.","consequence":"An electrical short circuit inside the ABS module could cause an engine compartment fire while parked or driving.","remedy":"Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the remedy is complete.  Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ABS module fuse, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed July 6, 2021.  Owners can contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 201 and 006G.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"201/006G","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"20V248000","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2020-05-04","owner_notified":"2020-06-22","units":1295,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles.  The mounting bolts securing the driver-side frontal air bag may have been insufficiently tightened, potentially causing the air bag to detach from the steering wheel.","consequence":"A detached driver's air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.","remedy":"Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the mounting bolts and retighten them as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began June 22, 2020.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-800-633-5151.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 192.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"192","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V359000","component":"PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2017-06-05","owner_notified":"2017-08-04","units":161074,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Sonata and Genesis vehicles.  In the affected vehicles, the warning light to indicate that the parking brake is applied may intermittently not illuminate in the dash due to corrosion in the switch.","consequence":"If the parking brake indicator is not illuminated when the parking brake is applied, the driver may operate the vehicle with the parking brake partially engaged, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will replace the parking brake switch, free of charge.  The recall began on August 4, 2017.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-671-3059.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 164.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"164","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"16V722000","component":"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2016-10-07","owner_notified":"2016-11-29","units":84500,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2010-2016 Genesis Coupe vehicles manufactured December 12, 2008, to June 11, 2016.  The electrical harness connector for the front passenger seat Occupant Classification System (OCS) may dislodge when the seat is moved.","consequence":"In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, the disconnected OCS would, by default,  cause the first stage, and only the first stage, of the air bag to deploy, whether there is a child seat in the front seat and the bag should not deploy or if the crash is severe and both stages should deploy.  Either scenario increases the risk of injury to the front seat occupant.","remedy":"Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will secure the OCS connector to prevent it from disconnecting, free of charge.  Parts are not currently available and a second letter will be sent to owners when parts are available.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 151.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"151","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":5,"critical_count":2,"park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"score":46,"grade":"F","complaints":{"count":103,"crash":4,"fire":4,"injured":8,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",32],["Engine",27],["Unspecified",13],["Exterior Lighting",12],["Power Train",11],["Steering",8]],"by_year":{"2015":1,"2016":2,"2017":17,"2018":6,"2019":4,"2020":11,"2021":9,"2022":7,"2023":8,"2024":20,"2025":5,"2026":13},"excerpts":[["2024-10-16","Fuel/Propulsion System","My 2016 Genesis coupe will spontaneously, randomly accelerate, full throttle. I can't stop it until I throw it into neutral. There doesn't seem to be any common factor for it to happen. More often it was on the start up but sometimes as I was driving in traffic. The incidents are usually far apart. I have nearly wrecke\u2026"],["2024-03-11","Electrical System","The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the trunk ajar indicator light illuminated on the instrument panel, prompting the contact to pull to the shoulder of the road to secure the trunk. After assuring that the trunk was secured, the trunk open indicator light \u2026"],["2024-01-11","Engine","We have a 2016 Hyundai Genesis 3.8L Sedan w/90,000 miles and the Oil Pressure Sensor light came on. It seems, based on our research, that this is a common issue with this engine. The repair is quite expensive and seems to be a design flaw."]]},"investigations":[{"action":"AQ23002","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE","opened":"2023-11-17","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires","summary":"The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received eight Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) and eight Kia America, Inc. (Kia) Part 573 Recall Reports between 2016 and 2023. The combined 16 safety recalls all involve the antilock braking system (ABS) modules or Hydraulic Electronic Control Units (HECU) manufactured by the equipment supplier Mando. The Part 573 Recall Reports contain varying defect descriptions and differing remedy descriptions for the same or similar equipment supplied by Mando. Safety recalls included in this Audit Query (AQ) review include: Hyundai recalls 20V-520, 20V-543, 21V-161, 21V-160, 21V-303, 22V-056, 22V-810, and 23V-651. Kia recalls 16V-815, 20V-518, 20V-519, 21V"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"4 DR AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.095,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"4 DR RWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.095,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"2 DR RWD","overall":null,"frontal":null,"side":null,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.082,"seats":4,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":22,"ncap":5,"complaints":103},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}