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What 55 owners told NHTSA about the 2021 Genesis Gv80 Coupe

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (55)Crash / fire / injury (6)Fuel system (14)Electrical system (13)Lights (12)Driver assistance (10)Engine (7)Lane Departure (5)Body & structure (4)Speed control (4)Brakes (3)Backup camera & sensors (2)

4 of 55 complaints match · Speed control · clear filters

Jul 20, 2024Transmission & drivetrainSpeed controlFuel system

The car is not accelerating or needs hard acceleration to move. It is also losing power intermittently. The car can not accelerate to pass a vehicle. The transmission is behaving erraticly. Causing severe back pain accelerating the car in normal city driving. The RPMs exceed 4000 reaching a speed of 45 miles an hour making the car engine very noisy.

NHTSA ODI 11603574

Nov 15, 2023Speed controlEngineFuel system

Please see uploaded document for full description.

NHTSA ODI 11555312

Apr 19, 2023Speed controlCrash1 injury

The contact's mother owned a 2021 Genesis GV80. The contact stated that while her mother was driving into a parking space at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The vehicle drove over a field and into oncoming traffic before crashing into another vehicle. No warning light was illuminated. Only the front driver's side air bag was deployed. A police report was filed. The contact's mother later received medical attention for injuries sustained to her ribs, left shoulder, and neck, as well as hearing loss in the left ear. The vehicle was towed to a body shop; however, it was not yet deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,500.

NHTSA ODI 11517866

Nov 14, 2022SteeringSpeed controlBrakes

The car would slam in park of you went over 30 all lights and windshield wipers would move and flash would not accelerate after slammed in park said door was open when wasn’t. There diagnostics was that some how liquid came from cup holder and got wiring harness wet please see whoops there where a few drops in there and I spoke with tech and they said there is nothing protecting the femal end from liquid getting on it as it is under the cup holder

NHTSA ODI 11493466

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How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2021 Genesis Gv80 Coupe verdict →