My starter has failed and continues to do so intermittently. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. The safety of myself and family are at risk by placing us in a position to be stranded due to the car not starting. The problem has not been reproduced by a dealer to date. The problem was inspected and initially believed to be a need for battery replacement. The battery was replaced and the problem has continued with the car not starting. The symptoms of the problem prior to failure began approximately 6 months ago and only involved the car not starting.
2016 Hyundai Genesis electrical complaints
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The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, she heard an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment, after which she observed smoke coming from the engine compartment before the vehicle lost electrical power. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the starter solenoid. The vehicle was repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 24V107000 (Electrical System). The VIN was included in the recall however, parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 104,000.
The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the electrical power inside the vehicle became inoperable, and the vehicle lost power for approximately 10 seconds before the cabin lights returned to normal functionality. The vehicle was taken to the residence. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but the vehicle could not be repaired. The contact stated that on another occasion while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start for 10 minutes. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a complaint was filed. The failure mileage was unknown.
My 2016 Hyundai Genesis has several open recalls. I cannot get a dealership to help me get these issues resolved. One recall in particular Hyundai recall number 254 is causing major safety issues. My car does not start 90% of the time without being jumped and now the car will die out while driving. It has caused me to almost wreck several times. I have called all of the local Hyundai dealerships none of which say they can get me in for weeks and that there is no fix for my problem. If I do get to someone to book an appointment, when they hear the problem they put me on permahold and then the line disconnects! This is a major safety issue and needs to be fixed by Hyundai immediately.
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 failed to turn off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to diagnose the failure but informed the contact that the vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure reoccurred. Later, the contact stated that, upon attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. Roadside Assistance arrived and informed the contact that an electrical component had drained the battery, requiring the battery to be replaced. The battery was replaced, but the vehicle was not taken back to the dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 65,000.
Car is shutting off when stopped. When it shuts off, the engine light comes on, the battery lights, the EPS, the master warning light, the FCA system light, and the EPB. When the engine shuts off, I still have power to my car and the radio still playing but nothing to my engine. I brought my car to 2 different mechanic and brought it to the dealership today and they are saying there’s nothing wrong with my car. My car have been shutting off all this month and that’s not normal,
The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked; however, after entering the vehicle, the contact smelled an abnormal smoke odor. The contact opened the hood and became aware that there were sparks coming from the battery terminals and the starter. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed with internal starter failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 111,000.
Vehicle suffered complete loss of power. Would not start on random occasions, but would then power on after lifting trunk cover to access battery. It appears that the positive battery cable connection box has a design flaw in which it helps to support the trunk cover. Over time with loading and unloading trunk, this is causing the terminal to twist and the clamp that holds the battery terminal to the post will eventually not provide enough pressure to ensure a firm connection to the battery. This leads to complete loss of power in the vehicle at any time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 hyundai genesis. The contact stated while driving approximately 50-55 MPH, the ABS warning light illuminated. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 21v160000 (service brakes, hydraulic) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to nalley hyundai (7909 mall pkwy, lithonia, ga 30038, (770) 999-0443) however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer confirmed that the part was not yet available for the recall repair. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 38,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
Lights and warring sounds go off when stationary
While driving the other night, my headlights turned off on their own. The headlight setting was set to auto and they flickered twice before shutting all the way off. At this time I was on a dark road without streetlights. The only way to remedy immediately was to turn the headlight setting to on rather than auto. This also happened this morning as it was raining but I figured that was due to gloomy weather.
When driving at night with headlights on auto, I put the turn signal on, and all lights (interior, dash, and headlights) randomly go out. This also happens randomly at night when changing lanes (using turn signal) and I must quickly turn them on manually. It is very frightening and has happened several times so I took it to chantilly hyundai and they could not recreate it so did nothing. This is a significant safety issue and has been reported to the federal safety agency 5 times, by different people all over the country. Something has to be done.
Sometimes the car won't power on until I slam the door or go through the trunk to wiggle the battery cables. If I turn the steering wheel left it knocks the power out. Sometimes while driving when dark the headlights and go off suddenly then flash back on.
Automatic headlights randomly shut off and back on when driving without operation of the headlight switch
About a month before the incident, the vehicle was fully imspected in official dealership, no issues reported. A few days before the incident, the wipers started working with the engine off; I scheduled an appointment for an inspection. The vehicle was leased with about 10 months left on the lease. On april 13, 2018 after driving for 1,5-2 hours, I parked it and went to the office for 10-15 minutes; on my way back to the vehicle I heard the fire trucks coming; as I was approaching my vehicle I realized that my vehicle was on fire. The inspector reported the engine explosion due to manufacturers problem. So basically happy to be alive as nobody knows what would had happened with me and my kids in the vehicle driving on a highway; so after more than 3,5 months hyundai finncial still did not close the case although they stated that they are in the process of paying off the vehicle. Nobody ever said sorry; I call to hyundai / hyundai financial every day and all they do is they tranfer me from one department to another; the case manager assigned to our case never picks the phone, never calls back, to reach him I need to call to the supervisor and complain and only than I receive a call from him. 2 months ago he stated he would close the case the coming monday. No actions since then so far.
Vehicle only had about 2000 miles when it first did this. Dash display malfunction. When backing up display is blacked out. You can't see any video from back up camera. Also display goes out while driving. Gave video evidence to dealer so they know I'm not crazy. Sometimes you turn car off and lock the car and the display is still playing. Dealer could get this issue to recreate while in there possession for four tries later is still does not work. This is even after a "final" repair was offered by the dealer which consisted of a total dash replacement the manager said cost hyundai over $5000.
Drivers side window would only go down or up about 1 inch at a time no matter if you press and hold the button up or down, or press and release. Dealer could not get this to repeat and it is still not repaired.
Battery discharge error comes on and stays on for five seconds then goes off. Wait about 40 seconds and this repeats over and over. Driving 8 miles to work this came on 35 or more times. I was able to capture several videos and showed the service manager. They could not get this to repeat while in their possession and it still randomly happens and has not been repaired.
While driving 70 MPH on a highway at night all the interior lighting, dash, and headlights went completely out for three seconds then came back on. We slowed down but this happened three times before we reached our destination. Took it to the dealer who was able to recreate the problem and repair the car.
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