general problems of the 2009 Hyundai Genesis - part 2

The contact owns 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated that while at a stop, the brake pedal abnormally traveled to the floorboard. The contact mentioned that the failure would recur intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the hydraulic electronic control unit needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number:13v489000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The vehicle was repaired under the recall in April of 2013 but the failure recurred. The approximate failure and current mileage was 100,000.

I experienced brakes issues with my 2009 Hyundai Genesis on 31 oct 13. Driving home from work, I had to push my brakes all the way to the ground and pump them several times to get the vehicle to stop. I called the Hyundai dealership to get an appointment for my car, they were able to see my car on 4 Nov 13 (today). I received a call from the Hyundai representative (waldorf, MD - store #md041) this morning notifying me that my car's brake system - hydraulic electronic control unit is failing. This seems to happening more often to these particular cars. I was told the brake fluid was replaced in my car in March 2013. The change of the brake fluid was to prevent this from happen. The brake fluid did not prevent this from happening to my vehicle. I believe Hyundai should recall/fix the faulty hydraulic electronic control unit for the Hyundai Genesis versus the customers paying a $3,000. 00 bill which is unnecessary.

Sudden loss of brake pressure. Brake pedal became very mushy, and had to be pressed all the way down to brake the car. After brake was pumped a couple of times, issue went away. Appears to be caused by a faulty abs hydraulic module. After the incident, did some research on the Genesis owners forums, and seems like the same issue has affected a number of other vehicles as well. . Read more...

My wife was driving our 2009 Hyundai Genesis eastbound on the florida turnpike at approximately 75 mph. A vehicle put on their brakes ahead of the car and my wife went to apply her brakes and the pedal went nearly to the floor causing her to nearly lose control of the vehicle before braking action finally activated. I immediately took the vehicle to our local Hyundai dealership and was presented with a $2375 repair bill for a failed abs control module. I have since learned that this is a recurring failure with the Genesis model and a recall is currently in effect for these vehicles on the brake system. This is a critical safety issue that must be addressed immediately!.

At the time of the first incident I had come to a stop and noticed the car starting to move forward and the brake pedal slowly moving toward the floor. I thought it was probably low brake fluid, but checked it and it was fine. The problem continued and seemed to slowly get worse. I have since taken it in for service and repair of the brake related recall items. This did not resolve the problem and I was told I needed the abs control module replaced at a cost of approximately $2400. After realizing that the NHTSA is currently investigating this faulty part, I wanted to make sure that my issues with this part were added to the list of complaints.

I filed my original complaint on 10/21/13 concerning a soft pedal condition. After many visits to my dealer, Hyundai agreed to replace the hecu and flush / bleed the system again to correct my issue. The work was performed at the end of November and I picked up the car in early December. After driving the vehicle for a few days the was no improvement / correction of the problem. I contacted my dealer and was told that there was no problem with the brake system and " that the soft pedal condition I was experiencing is a normal characteristic of the Genesis" I did not agree with the answer and was given the customer care # at Hyundai. I contacted Hyundai on 12/17/13 and explained my position ( pressure is being lost due to fluid moving somewhere in the hydraulic system ) stating that is not normal. I requested that someone in the design engineering or brake systems engineering department contact me and state that " this is a normal characteristic of the Genesis" tell me that this is normal and safe. I was given a case # but have not had a response to date. If in fact the soft pedal condition is a normal condition of the Genesis , then why doesn't Hyundai just state that. . . . . Or is there more to the plot? what is the status of the NHTSA investigation of this issue?.

My wife and I were traveling to work on i10 west between quincy & tallahassee florida when she attempted to slow down and get off the exit when she press the brake pedal and the car would not. I yelled to her to pump the brake and the car suddenly begin to slow down. We took the car to the dealership and they eventually told us after two day that it was the abs modulator and the part & service is $2400. 00. Refuse to pay. Took the car in for a brake fluid recall and replacement of brake switch just a month ago.

Driving in traffic on interstate and traffic came to a sudden stop in front of me. I applied brakes and they went to floor and was slow to activate. The car did stop but brake pedal goes to floor nearly before stopping. Happened once before. The first time I stopped and checked brake fluid and they seemed to correct, not this time. I have taken car to two dealers for repair and they both said brake fluid change recall, nothing further. They both let me leave with brakes still going to floor. I am a 33 year state police investigator and saw the news of recall online. I had to take evasive action to avoid crash both times.

When trying to use the brakes in my vehicle, I noticed that I had to push them all the way to the floor for them to engage. It seems that every so often, this is an issue.

I was driving around 45 mph when the car in front of me braked suddenly to avoid an animal in the street. My brakes did not initially work at all and I had them to the floor. After about 3 seconds they began to brake. Now my pedal can be pushed to the floor without braking and I have to pump them to get them to work. It was the first time I have experienced that problem, but since the incident they will not brake but very slowly.

My wife was coming to a stop and the brake pedal immediately went all the way to the floor and luckily for me she instinctively pumped the pedal and it eventually stopped but it scared the living crap out of her! she then proceeded on the freeway and at some point traffic became stop and go and she was nervous driving in it which I don't blame her. Now she is afraid to drive her own car which is her daily commuter??? ]now the car just came out of warranty and I already know that I going to catch hell trying to get this damn abs thing replaced!! it's apparent what is causing the issue based off the same complaint. When in actuality it should be covered by Hyundai!!!.

Brake pedal went all the way to the floor and braking effectiveness was severely reduced (compared to normal). This was the first stop after a "panic stop". The problem could not be reproduced at will. Approximately two weeks later, the same failure was experienced (again at the time of the first stop after a panic stop, but this time traveling at about 30 m. P. H. ). Again, the problem cannot be reproduced at will as it is intermittent.

4. 6l traveling at 50mph and applied brake to come to a stop at a traffic light. Brake went all the way to the floor. My car was packed with children and I went into panic mode as I had to pump my brakes to bring the car to a stop. I had brakes one moment and no brakes the next moment. After several hours, the issue has not gone away and I'm scared to even drive to dealer. After research online, it is a shame to see the ongoing issues with this problem alone with accidents involved. There should be repercussions to Hyundai. This is one of many costly issues with this car. It's a money pit for less than three years!! this issue is by far the scariest of them all.

When the brakes are applied the car starts to slow down but does not stop until the brakes go almost to the floor. I am just waiting for the time when it does not stop at all. With all the complaints I am seeing about these brake problems it appears a recall should be forthcoming from Hyundai.

Driving about 40 mph, when I had to stop suddenly for the red light at the intersection, for some reason brakes was real soft. It was very clear that I wasn't able to stop the car as expected, checked all the fluids and brakes for any leaks. Everything looked normal but brake pedal still go all the way to the floor.

The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle failed to decelerate upon engaging the brakes. The brake pedal also abnormally traveled to the floorboard as the vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle was able resume in operation however, the failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer twice where the technician was unable to duplicate the problem, however the front brakes and brake fluid was replaced. There was a voluntary recall issued by the manufacturer pertaining to the replacement of the braking fluid. The owner was responsible for the expense of the brakes as the brake fluid was replaced under the recall. The failure persisted after the repair was performed. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 44,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and went nearly to the floorboard without warning. The contact mentioned that the vehicle became hard to stop. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electro-hydraulic control unit needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 102,713 and the current mileage was 107,000.

Traveling on freeway when a vehicle suddenly changed lanes in front of me causing me to brake suddenly and hard. The brake pedal went down, the vehicle slowed, and then the brake pedal started to go down further but the car didn't stop. I had to pump the brake pedal several times in order to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me. Afterwards the brake pedal was very "soft" and it didn't initiate any slowing of the car unless I pumped the brake pedal several times.

I was driving at about 35 mph when I had to slow down due to vehicle slowing in from of me. I placed my foot on the brake pedal. The brake pedal went to the floor, so I began pumping to see if the brakes would respond. The brake pedal responded with an increase resistance and I was able to slow down. Shortly after the brakes responded normally. A few days later my wife had a similar problem with the brake pedal when pressure was applied.

Approaching a red light, pressed the brakes, peddle went soft (no pressure). The car did not stop immediately, only slowed down. Luckily, I allowed much space in front of me to slow the vehicle to a stop. Immediately took the car to a dealership, they state they can not duplicate. This vehicle has a problem with the abs hydraulic module from what I have read from other owners who have had this problem fixed under warranty. I am one of the unlucky many whose local dealership will not acknowledge that this repair is necessary. I pray that this problem does not cause a loss of life, however am concerned it might.

Brake pedal went to the floor when approaching an intersection. Vehicle was unable to stop immediately. Loss of braking.

Brake malfunction; repairs done at dealership.

I was heading to work and when I pressed the brake pedal it hit the floor and the car didn't stopped so I am intermediately pressed the park pedal and my car started spin on the street.

Well I had another incident with my 2009 Hyundai Genesis’ braking system, again. I had to pick up one of our daughters from work Saturday night. As I was driving, I stepped on the brake pedal to slow down to enter the parking lot, and the brake pedal hit the floor and the vehicle would not stop. Since it was midnight, there was not a lot of traffic, which allowed me the time to step on the brake pedal repeatedly until the brake pedal engaged. I called my dealership Sunday morning and they had it towed in, again. Now I have to wait and see what they find. Last time they couldn’t duplicate the problem and returned the vehicle to us the same way it went in. In addition, they said Hyundai USA’s policy is to not replace anything unless they can duplicate the problem. We also have the extended warranty and that was of no use. Hyundai USA contacted me because of a comment I left on their facebook account. Hyundai USA said they did an inquiry with my dealership after the first incident and insured me the car was safe to drive. Hyundai USA said they would be putting in for their own “investigation” and that it would take 6-8 weeks. In the meantime, I have to drive a vehicle which is clearly not safe. I cannot understand why it is Hyundai USA has to do their own investigation. Is the dealership not competent? do they know something the dealership does not? how can it possibly take 6-8 to weeks? are there that many mechanical issues and complaints being investigated all at once? shouldn’t a braking, or stopping, issue be addressed at the top of the complaint list? I don’t feel like someone needs to be injured or killed in order to get someone to repair the car. Something needs to be done. After reading multiple comments on-line about the 2009 Genesis’ braking problems, I would have purchased another model or year. Very dissatisfied with Hyundai, holly demierre.

Last week I was driving my car thank god just around town and not on the highway like I am usually or with my children in the car, on a very sunny day with no wet roads in south florida as I approached a red light with cars stopped at the light in both lanes, I pressed down on the brakes and to my surprise the brake pedal hit the floor. I was going about 30 mph I was in panic mode as I started pumping the brakes and nothing. I started slowing down only because I was so far behind the other cars when I had taken my foot off the gas pedal. Well I stopped unfortunately only because the car in front of me stopped me. There was not much damage to my car and the car was drivable. I had it towed because I was afraid to drive it to the dealership, where they could check it out and fix the problem. That was 4:30 pm on Friday the service agent said they would not be able to check it till the am. On Saturday at 8:55 am the dealerships got back to me and guess what they couldn't duplicate the problem, so the service agent told me he had drained the brakes and bled the lines and changed the brake fluid to dot 4 and the car was ready to pick up. I told him he was going to have to speak to my husband because I felt he was being very condescending and short with me. My husband spoke with him and he agreed he wouldn't want his wife driving the car either, so his recommendation was to leave the car and have the manager drive the car for the remainder of the weekend to see if he could duplicate the problem. Well on Monday afternoon we got a call and were told to come pick the car up as they could not duplicate the problem and couldn't replace any part without duplicating the malfunction. We now have the car back in our possession. We truly are dissatisfied with how coconut creek Hyundai has handled our situation and worse yet have a car we feel is unsafe to be driving.

On several occasions since 2/16/13 I have been having intermittent problems of brake pedal gradually going down to the floor at a stop light or while waiting at a stop light the brakes would gradually lose pressure and the car would start creeping forward. This has been occurring whether I am driving 30 mph on residential streets or 70 mph on highway (which I stopped doing!). My husband also drives the car and experienced the same issues. After pumping the brakes, I was finally able to stop. Driving in inclement weather has been almost hazardous. Car taken back to dealer (March 7, 2013), had part replaced, picked up car on March 8, 2013 and had to take the car back the very next morning, March 9, 2013, and the problem was worse than when it was taken in the first time. When this started happening, I was very afraid of having an accident, especially when I never could tell if my brakes would hold with just a simple stop light. I have spoken with other Genesis 2009 owners and found out that this problems as been occurring since July 2012 and Hyundai has been made aware of this problem and certain dealers are not handling the repairs in a customer friendly way, especially since is definitely a safety issue.

After sudden deceleration, brake pedal went soft. Brakes continued to operate but less predictably. Initial repair of brake booster worked for a week or so, then failed. Replacement of abs module seems to have fixed the problem. All work done under warranty.

While applying the brakes, the brake pedal would go to the floor and fail to stop the vehicle. I had to repeatedly pump the brakes to get the car to stop. Pressing the brake without pumping would cause the brake pedal to go to the floor.

On 9/6/2012 my wife was driving at approximately 40 mph, when a pickup truck pulled in front of her, she applied the brakes and the pedal went almost to the floor, but she managed to stop the vehicle. She immediately drove it home, and I tested the vehicle with the same results, the brakes went almost to the floor. Called Hyundai and they had the car towed. Picked the car up on 9/12/2012. Hyundai diagnosed the problem as a failed abs unit. Thankfully the car was under warranty, since the cost to repair was $2071. Since I just heard about the recall, I thought it was important to report that the problem happened over 1 year ago.

My wife and I have both experienced the same problem. While in motion and have had to come to a stop the brake pedal bottoms out and have had to pump the pedal to bring the car toa stop. Took the car to the dealership; nothing was determined to be the problem. This has occurred several times.

While approaching stopped traffic on interstate-70 I applied brakes hard enough to engage the abs system. Subsequent braking resulted in the brake pedal having excessive travel to within 1/2 inch of the floor board, making future stopping very unpredictable and resulting in multiple near miss accidents. The brake pedal corrected itself within about 3 days of normal driving. This exact same thing has occurred every time the abs has been engaged, which is at least 3 additional times since the first incident. Each time the problem has cleared up in about 3 days, but the brakes are very unpredictable and dangerous during that time.

While driving on h street ne in washington DC during the day, I applied the brakes from a speed of approximately 25 mph. As I passed over some gravelly surface, the anti-lock mechanisms activated. After the initial rapid pulsation associated with antilock braking, however, the brake pedal went soft and traveled nearly the full distance to the floor before re-engaging. The brakes remained in this condition for several minutes, but they returned to normal after about 10 minutes and several applications. The incident occurred again on a gravel road in late July 2012. This time the brakes never returned to normal. Instead, to apply the brakes, I would have to push the pedal nearly all the way to the floor. The local Hyundai dealership took my car in for service, and after a few weeks and different attempted solutions, fixed the problem. The problem has not recurred since July 2012.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The contact stated while decelerating at an unknown low speed. The contact attempted to stop behind an idle vehicle thats was stopped at a traffic light when suddenly, the vehicle independently accelerated . The contact crashed in to rear of the vehicle. The contact was not injured. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The dealer relished the brake fluid. Several months later while the contact attempted to park into a parking lot space when suddenly, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact's vehicle went over a cement barrier and then crashed into the handicap parking sign in front of the parking space. No injuries or police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired. Several months again. The contact was approaching a red light when suddenly the vehicle independently accelerated when the contact attempted to decelerate. No injuries were reported. A police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The cause of the independent acceleration was never determined. The failure mileage was 80,000. The VIN was not available. Az.

Hyundai Genesis 3. 8l v6 2009 model 1. Steering pull to left - significant pull despite alignment fix 2. Brake jam at low speeds including at traffic light stops 3. Steering noise - when turning left during car parking and back-up 4. Engine noise like motor cycle when driving at moderate speeds 30-65 miles/hour.