2015 Hyundai Genesis: key fob or push-button start problems

Filed Jan 31, 2025 · Electrical, Visibility · WA

The trunk of the car stopped opening with the “open trunk button” from inside the car and also does not work with the key fob option. The trunk now needs to be opened by key from key fob everytime. Water is leaking through the trunk of the car and cause to have mold in the car. An electrical problem with the audio of the car stopped working. The radio or bluetooth no longer works due to the audio no longer working. The driver side front window does not work due to an electrical problem.

Filed Apr 17, 2023 · Body · NJ

The left rear passenger door does not open from inside or outside. I have looked online and see that this or similar problems affect many Genesis sedans as well as other Hyundai vehicles. We needed to seat two young children in the back seat and realized how dangerous it is if something happens and the car door can't be opened from inside or outside. How would rescue teams extract the passenger? How could the passenger extract him/herself? Many people reported paying a lot of money to the dealership to repair this problem. I believe this is a safety hazard that the company should be responsible for. This problem began recently, with no warning. The key fob does not open the door either.

Filed Jun 29, 2018 · 60,000 miles · MD

Front inside door lock switch (driver's side) remains in the unlatched position when I attempt to lock door via lock button from inside of car or via key fob from the outside of the car. All other doors (front passenger, left rear, right rear) lock just fine. Hazard: the door may not be in the locked position and may open while the vehicle is in motion, possibly resulting in injury to the driver.

Filed Apr 25, 2016 · 18,000 miles · VA

Parked in parking lot on slight uphill incline. Took phone call as I stopped and forgot to put in park. After call ended, hit "off" button which is hidden behind steering wheel. Thought motor was "off" but really only on "acc". Opened door & started to get out. Car started to roll backwards. Able to get back in and put foot on brake. Car rolled about 10 yards before I stopped it. Happily, nothing was behind the car. The open door could have hit me and swept me under car but I was able to avoid it as I got back in. No harm to me or car but dangerous situation. Reported to hyundai & they said there was no fix other than to be sure car is in park before turning it off. With older cars with a key, could not take key out of ignition unless car was in park. But with key fob and push button ignition, that "fail safe" is no longer available.

Filed Aug 20, 2015 · Electrical · 4,700 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai genesis. The contact stated that while attempting to use the key fob to get into the vehicle, the doors failed to unlock. The contact stated that the traditional key was used to try to open the lock but failed to allow the contact access into the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the vehicle's system needed to be reset and the battery in the key fob needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,700. Updated 9/28/15 *bf

Filed Jun 1, 2015 · Electrical · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai genesis. The contact stated that there was a plastic cover over the key on the front driver side door that failed to come off, which prevented the key from being used. The vehicle could only be opened using the key fob and the driver door was the only door that had a key. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.