2012 Hyundai Genesis: windshield wiper failure

Filed Feb 5, 2025 · Visibility · 150,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Genesis. The contact had engaged the windshield wipers during a light rainstorm and noticed that the intermittent wiper function was not working as designed. The contact stated that gradually the wiper speeds were no longer functional, and only the high-speed option was operable. The contact had taken the vehicle to the local dealer who diagnosed that the gasket around the wiper motor had failed, and that water had entered the wiper motor and determined that the wiper motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred; however, the contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer and was advised that the vehicle was no longer under warranty and had to be repaired out-of-pocket. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the gasket around the wiper motor had deteriorated, and water was leaking into the wiper motor's electrical circuits. The contact was advised by the mechanic that there was a recall, the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 16V117000 (Visibility); however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Filed Mar 7, 2019 · Visibility · CA

The windshield wiper had problem for a few years, for which it stopped working once in a while and the movements were not smooth (like a jolt) sometimes. It stopped working eventually a few days ago.

Filed Mar 14, 2018 · Brakes, Suspension · 35,000 miles · GA

My windshield wipers do not clear the windshield properly in inclement weather, my brakes sometimes make scrubbing sounds, my tires seem slippery sometimes when turning a curve, and my car jerks sometimes when pulling off after sitting still.

Filed Dec 28, 2017 · Visibility · NY

Driving home in rain storm and wipers stop working. Took me 2 hours to get home after numerous stops. Did research and found out recall on that model but my car was 17 days outside of the date. I find it strange that same issue and my vehicle in not in recall.

Filed Jul 27, 2016 · Brakes, Visibility · 91,000 miles · CA

My wife and I have a 2012 hyundai genesis 3.8 sedan. My wife is the primary driver. She came home one evening and told me that the car failed to stop and went into the intersection as she attempted to stop for a red traffic signal. I immediately drove the car down the street and observed that you had to pump the brakes to stop and the pedal went to the floor. I added some brake fluid and pumped the brakes. I drove the care the next few days and noticed that over time the same thing happened with the pedal going to the floor. I took the car to my mechanic and had all the brakes changed. That cost me over $320.00. The mechanic advised me that the car had a faulty master cylinder. To shorten the story. Due to the dealer cost of from $275.00 to $365.00 for a master cylinder. I bought 2 online and 1 at oreilly auto parts. I spent $105.00, $81, and $79.00 for each respectively. Each time the mechanic advised me that the were not compatible. He was so conflicted by the process advised me to take the care to the dealer and told me that with only 91000 miles and a well maintained 4 year old car, it is unheard of for a master cylinder to be faulty. I contacted hyundai and was told there was no recall nor was my vehicle covered by my factory warrantee. I am a retired auto theft officer so I decided to check with the federal safety agency for complaints and recalls. I am positive that this recall applies to my car. I have had the same process happen to me regarding the windshield wiper motor. Hyundai would not help so I found a motor at a junk yard. I paid to have it installed. However it only works at one speed. I would like it replaced and a refund for the cost incurred to find and replace it. I also would like the braking system repaired and compensation. Hyundai's recall number is 114. I would like to invoke the lemon law..

Filed Nov 23, 2015 · Visibility · 62,000 miles · CA

This problem began occurring at around 60,000 miles. When either stationary or in motion, the windshield wipers would either not come on at all or would jerkily (is that a word?) make their way about halfway up the windshield and then freeze. Then at some random time, they would either jerk their way back to the parked position or continue jerking their way through the whole sweep and then back to the parked position, usually stopping once or more times on the way. This is a common occurrence according to posts found on the genesisowners.com site. (http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=8567 ). If you read the posts, one man almost had a head on collision with a gasoline truck when his wipers decided to quit in the middle of a rainstorm. My local dealer insists hyundai does not consider this a safety issue which to me is mindboggling. With a potentially record breaking el nino now on the way, perhaps it's going to take someone getting killed before hyundai finally says, "gee, we guess it's a safety issue after all." if this defect is news to dot, I can see no reason not to insist on a recall. If, however, dot is aware of the issue and has done nothing about it, shame on them. Since hyundai expected me to pay $1,000 to most likely reinstall the same faulty motor and linkage, I got rid of the car. The motor costs $462 by itself.

Filed Sep 2, 2014 · Visibility · 20,094 miles · KY

The wipers would start to wipe then stop in the middle of the windshield, after turning it on and off over and over again (sometimes up to 30 seconds of non-movement), they finally start to move again. This repeated itself for the entirety of my drive to work (aprx 25 minutes) in the rain. I nearly ran into the back of someone because I could not see anything out of my windshield.