Air Conditioner Auto Dry is currently on, 2025 Genesis

[GON]

Sitting in the back seat of a 2025 Genesis G70, eating leftovers. Car has been off for 20 minutes. No accessories on, just parked and off.

Out of nowhere I think I hear something turn in. Take a look and see something I never heard of. “Air Conditioner Auto-Dry is currently in, and has an eight minute countdown to completion.

How weird is that.

Supplementally- Hyundai should be embarrassed marketing this vehicle as a premium car. Horrible drivetrain, super noisy, and suspension of a crude go kart. Blown away how poorly this vehicle is. Glad I am just renting this G70.

 

[mk378]

After parking from a trip with the A/C on, there may be some water remaining in the evaporator area. This feature waits for things to warm up then flows ambient air through it to dry it out and prevent mold. It's a practical feature.

The old advice was to turn the compressor off but leave the fan on for a few minutes before you arrive to let it warm up and dry out. Who is actually going to do that though?

 

[JavierH19]

Supplementally- Hyundai should be embarrassed marketing this vehicle as a premium car. Horrible drivetrain, super noisy, and suspension of a crude go kart. Blown away how poorly this vehicle is. Glad I am just renting this G70.

That's a surprise. I thought these were supposed to be far better now given they got a lot of audi engineers I think 10 or less years ago.

 

[CKN]

The auto dry feature should avoid the musty air conditioner smell you sometimes get in vehicles. The "auto dry" if it works correctly is a great feature. BTW-the average income of a Genesis buyer is $145,000.00 with a median age of 50. So assuming the buyers have had a vehicle or two in their lifetimes-and settled on a Genesis says something.

I have a feeling GON wouldn't like anything with a Hyundai/Genesis Badge on it. I actually owned a Santa Fe XL and it was a great vehicle, with depreciation that tracked everything else in it's class.

It was the Highlander I traded it in for that was a mistake. However-since it was a Toyota-it wasn't a costly one-when it was disposed of for a Volvo.

So yea....

 

[GON]

That's a surprise. I thought these were supposed to be far better now given they got a lot of audi engineers I think 10 or less years ago.

On Friday I drove through the greater Sacramento area. Off I80 was a very modern stand alone Genesis dealership.

This dealership was shuttered and boarded up. Seems reasonable to assume what I experienced with the G70, savvy California drivers have also noticed and voted with buying other brands.

 

[Nukeman7]

On a different note, it looks like The Car Wizard is moving his shop to @GON's neck of the woods.

 

[AZjeff]

Ask @Nick1994 about his luck with Genesis.

 

[CKN]

On Friday I drove through the greater Sacramento area. Off I80 was a very modern stand alone Genesis dealership.

This dealership was shuttered and boarded up. Seems reasonable to assume what I experienced with the G70, savvy California drivers have also noticed and voted with buying other brands.

OR-the next City over offered better tax incentives and the dealership simply moved.

 

[gman2304]

I actually owned a Santa Fe XL and it was a great vehicle,

How long did you own it?

 

[goblin]

So is this a thread about what Auto Dry is or about how bad Genesis is and how doomed they are because one dealership closed, which was because you didn't like your rental

I'll understand and agree that you didn't like your rental, but for having seen how a simple recent Kia Sportage or the latest ugly Santa Fe rides - I won't buy a crappy ride on a Genesis in normal condition, unless they have gone the German way and put 23-inchers on 35 series tires or something.

I've had very strange experiences with brand new Mazda test drives, with atrocious ride quality for different trims of the same vehicle model. One was decentrly comfortable, the other one was reading every pebble and every seam on the road. We scratched heads with the sales lady and found out that they overinflate all tires to 50psi when they sit on the lot so they don't deform. They are supposed to put them to specs before test drives, but we tested like five different models that day, and they had to pull them off the lot for us.

Once we deflated them to specs - it was a different car. Knew my lesson for when I tested the next CX-50 at a different dealership - what do you know, 47psi instead of 33.
Not saying this is the case with yours, but maybe worth checking.

One way or the other, it's not your fault if the rental company didn't provide you with a correctly set car (if this is the case) is not your problem, and you're right to be unhappy. But to the point - Auto dry is a feature

 

[CKN]

How long did you own it?

5 years.