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2012 Hyundai Genesis Fuel system Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA

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Fuel system reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 24, 2021
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
4%
of 259 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
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Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
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What this page shows

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2012 Hyundai Genesis submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming fuel system

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

EngineFuel system
Filed Mar 24, 2021

MY VECHILE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS TIMES. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN WHICH LIVES COULD BE LOST . THIS EEMS TO BE PROBLEM WITH THE GENESIS FROM 2012 TO 2016 FROM MY RESEARCH. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER WITH THIS PROBLEM . THE DEALERS CANT FIND THE PROBLEM OR WHY IT IS OCCURING . THE DEALERS GIVE YOU NUMEROUS REASONS AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE . THIS COULD COST A CONSUMER $1000 OF DOLLARS JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS . THIS OCCURS WHEN JUST DRIVING DOWN A STREET, ON CURVES OR GOING STRAIGHT. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET! IM TRYING TO AVOID THIS .THIS OCCURS WHEN MY GAS TANK GETS LOW , THAT IS WHAT I HAVE NOTICED .

NHTSA ID
11404651
Incident
Mar 4, 2021
Mileage
126,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Nov 1, 2019

GENESIS STALLS AT SLOW SPEEDS EITHER TURNING FOR GOING STRAIGHT. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, BUT STILL STALLS. ALSO HAS TROUBLE STARTING SOMETIMES. BATTERY IS NEW.

NHTSA ID
11277553
Incident
Nov 1, 2019
Mileage
100,010 mi
EngineFuel system
Filed Jun 20, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED TO ACCURATELY DISPLAY THE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL. SOUTHERN STATES HYUNDAI OF RALEIGH IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED THAT THE CONTACT SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000.

NHTSA ID
11102882
Incident
Jun 9, 2018
Mileage
64,000 mi
Fuel systemSteeringSuspension
Filed May 22, 2017

VEERING RIGHT SINCE NEW 7/2012 ON FREEWAY AND CITY STREETS. UNDERCARRIAGE RIGHT SIDE "TWEAKED" PER HYUNDAI SERVICE REP IN 2016. IN SHOP SINCE APRIL 22 AND OUT MAY 14, /2017 RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKEN AND COIL SPRING BAD (FIXED PER SERVICE REP), ALIGNMENT STILL IN RED RIGHT FRONT CAMBER; STEERING WHEEL SEVERELY OFF CENTER AT TIMES AND NOW VEERS MORE TO LEFT AND SOMETIMES TO RIGHT ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY; WHEN COMING TO STOP STEERING WHEEL BECOMES SEVERELY OFF CENTER. IN APRIL 2017 WAS LOSING SPEED EVEN THOUGH PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL AND ACTING IF WANTING TO STALL SEVERAL TIMES WITH IN A WEEK (HAPPENING A FEW OTHER TIMES IN PAST BUT THOUGHT DUE TO BEING COLD OR BAD GAS.. WHEN THIS HAPPENED PSI LIGHT TURNED ON. HAPPENING ON FREEWAY AND WHILE MERGING ONTO FREEWAY AND OTHER TIMES ON CITY STREETS. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN APRIL 2017 THE LAST TIME WITH THE WANTING TO STALL PROBLEM STEERING WHEEL BECAME REALLY OFF CENTER (DEALER NOTIFIED AND TAKEN TO SHOP ON 4/25/2017). ALSO WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE THE SAME DAY OF LOSING POWER WANTING TO STALL. (HAPPENING A FEW OTHER TIMES IN THE PAST). NOW AC AIR FORCE LOW AND DOESN'T COOL AS PRIOR TO BEING IN SHOP 4/2017 AND BLOWS HOT AIR AT TIMES. AIRBAG SENSORS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AS BEFORE SHOP VISIT 4/2017. HAVE HAD PAINT CHIPPING PROBLEMS ON BODY OF DRIVER DOOR AND PASSENGER DOOR AND AROUND TRUCK AREA. HAS ALSO HAD FUEL PUMP ISSUES, REPEAIRED ONCE (WHEN PUMPING GAS PUMP CONSTANTLY CLICKING OFF). POOR SUSPENSION REAR END FEELS LIKE IT BOTTOMS OUT WHEN GOING OVER BAD ROAD/BUMPS ON FREEWAY AND CITY STREETS.

NHTSA ID
10990997
Incident
Apr 17, 2017
Mileage
40,600 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 30, 2016

CYLINDERS WERE MISFIRING. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO COMPUTER SOFTWARE ISSUE WHICH CAUSED INSUFFICIENT FUEL DELIVERY TO THE CYLINDERS. DEALER UPDATED SOFTWARE WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, THE CAR LOST SOME OF ITS POWER AND VIBRATED. I WAS ON A SIDE STREET WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC AT THE TIME, SO THE HAZARD WAS MINIMAL. HOWEVER, IF THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENS TO OTHERS ON THE FREEWAY OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, OR WHEN FULL POWER IS NEEDED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS.

NHTSA ID
10899661
Incident
Aug 29, 2016
Mileage
83,500 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 7, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI GENESIS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AN ALARMING ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT A VALE IN THE FUEL TANK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

NHTSA ID
10883283
Incident
Jun 16, 2015
Mileage
38,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Sep 30, 2015

MY CAR WAS SERVICED 3 TIMES AT DEALER DUE TO GASOLINE SMELL ISSUE AFTER DRIVING 2 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY AT HIGH TEMPERATURE 100+. I HAVE TO INHALING THE GAS MOST TIME WHEN I DRIVE BACK TO HOME. HYUNDAI IS TRYING TO IGNORE THIS HAZARD/SAFETY/HEALTH ISSUE... WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I GET HIT BY OTHER VEHICLE WHILE GAS FUME IS RELEASING FROM MY CAR? HOW ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE SEATING IN MY CAR WHILE I DRIVE THIS CAR?

NHTSA ID
10778750
Incident
Jun 1, 2015
Fuel systemPowertrain (other)
Filed Sep 25, 2015

WHEN DRIVING OUR CAR, IT JUST DIES WITH NO FOR WARNING WHAT SO EVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 7 OR 8 TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS HAS HAPPENED DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE ALL THE WAY TO SLOWING DOWN FOR STOPPED TRAFFIC. WE STARTED WORKING WITH FORT MILL HYUNDAI OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THINGS LIKE OUR OIL CHANGE WAS PAST DUE TO MY WIFE DOESN'T DRIVE THE CAR HARD ENOUGH, BOTH LAUGHABLE RESPONSES TO A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. WE WERE GETTING NOWHERE WITH THE DEALER SO I CONTACTED HYUNDAI CORPORATE AND AGAIN GOT A LAUGHABLE RESPONSE FROM THEIR INTERNET TEAM. WHEN I PUSHED THE ISSUE AND BROUGHT UP SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED AND THEY WOULD HEAR FROM AN ATTORNEY THEY HAD THEIR REGIONAL MANAGER OUT OF ATLANTA CALL ME (I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS [XXX], HE TALKED ME INTO TAKING THE CAR TO KEITH HAWTHORNE HYUNDAI AS THE FORT MILL LOCATION DID NOT FOLLOW THEIR INTERNAL PROCEDURES. IN WORKING WITH THE KEITH HAWTHORNE TEAM THEY FELT THEY COULD HELP ME OUT. AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR 10 DAYS THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO PICK UP THE CAR AS HYUNDAI WILL NOT AUTHORIZE THEM TO DO ANYTHING ON THE CAR. I COMPLETELY REALIZE THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPLEXITY OF TODAYS AUTOMOBILES AND WAS TRYING TO REMAIN PATIENT AND WORK WITH THEM EVEN THOUGH I FELT IT PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK. UNFORTUNATELY HYUNDAI HAS MADE THE DECISION TO NOT WORK WITH ME LEAVING ME NO OPTION BUT TO REACH OUT TO YOU. A SIDE NOTE, IF YOU DO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH YOU WILL SEE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY GENESIS OWNER HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, SO HYUNDAI HAS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST MY CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10776659
Incident
Sep 7, 2015
Mileage
47,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 1, 2014

AN ALARMING SMELL OF GAS FUMES COULD BE SMELLED EMANATING FROM THE DRIVER'S REAR WHEEL WELL. I TOOK IT TO THE JIM CLICK BODY SHOP THAT HAD RECENTLY REPAIRED THE CAR IN THAT AREA AND THEY FOUND NO LEAKS BUT VERIFIED THE FUMESA. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO JIM CLICK HYUNDAI AT THE AUTO MALL TO BE REPAIRED . THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS REPORTED SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF THIS TYPE. THIS IS A VERY HOT TEMP TIME HERE AS AN ASIDE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10618297
Incident
Jul 31, 2014
Mileage
26,764 mi
Fuel system
Filed May 2, 2013

WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE HEARD LOUD NOISE UNDER CAR. FIVE MILES LATER I PARKED CAR IN DRIVEWAY, AND STARTED SMELLING GAS, LOOKED UNDER CAR AND FOUND QUARTER SIZE HOLE IN GAS TANK, THE TANK SHOULD HAVE SHIELD AROUND IT TO PREVENT THIS. THE EXHAUST PIPE RUNS NEXT TO GAS TANK WHICH COULD CAUSE CAR TO BURST INTO FLAMES. IF NOT FULL SHIELD AT LEAST DIVERTER PLATE IN FRONT OF GAS TANK. COST OF NEW FUEL TANK RUNS AROUND $500.00 AND ONLY DEALER HAVE IT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10510409
Incident
May 1, 2013
Mileage
16,190 mi

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