Bought another Genesis

[Nick1994]

I knew this was coming, lol

Did you trade the GC?

I was going to sell it but my aunt wanted it. Easy to get in and out of and it can pull a camper, so she went out and bought a camper.

We’ll see if she keeps it. She might buy something that can handle the towing better, who knows.

But I still get to use it whenever I need to pull my trailers too. I almost was putting the XJ into trailer pulling duty!

 

[Nick1994]

After about 7 weeks I've finally got the Genesis back from it's 2nd home, the dealership shop.

In mid-September I took it out of town and while under heavy acceleration it would fall flat on its face with no power. Could accelerate gently though. Also had an intermittent low oil pressure light come on. Oil level was fine.

Took it to a nearby dealership where it was for a couple weeks and come to find out, the aftermarket extended warranty I bought with the car requires it to go to the selling dealership. Had to pay $175 for diagnosis there.

Took it to the selling dealership and they determined it needed a new in-tank fuel pump and an oil pressure switch. Also needed a new windshield washer pump. While the intake manifold was off I had them replace the spark plugs which I provided, I had bought them last summer and then realized it was more work than I wanted to do to it.

Apparently to pull the intake manifold off and replace the oil pressure switch they had to remove the fuel rail, only to find a fuel injector seized in the rail. It was a whole fiasco for them to source a fuel injector on back order. I had to actually hunt it down. Once they finally got all that put back together, it started misfiring on a different cylinder, for another bad injector that they had to hunt down.

Finally got it back today. The warranty paid out $1,934.19 and I paid $225 for the spark plug labor. The warranty company has a special deal with the dealership on labor and parts cost. The estimate from the other dealership was going to cost a lot more.

Overall, glad to have it back so the '96 Cherokee can go back into hibernation.

 

[tbm5690]

Now, will you ever buy a third Genesis?

 

[dishdude]

@Nick1994 was the $1,934 the warranty company paid out parts and labor? Sounds like they must have a killer deal with the dealership if that's all it cost for all that work.

That is a sharp looking car, especially in that color.

 

[wavinwayne]

There's a guy from the adjacent office building who parks next to me at work sometimes that has a white one like OP's. It is a very nice looking ride. It looks fast just sitting there.

 

[Nick1994]

Now, will you ever buy a third Genesis?

The current G80 is too old-man, even for me.

If I did it would have to have a Hyundai/Genesis warranty and not a 3rd party. And of course used for massive discount, I got this for $30k off new MSRP. The first one I bought was $33k off new MSRP.

But I’m already getting burned out on its time spent in the dealer. Frequent but free repairs are fine since it’s a nice car, but the issue with parts sourcing sucks.

@Nick1994 was the $1,934 the warranty company paid out parts and labor? Sounds like they must have a killer deal with the dealership if that's all it cost for all that work.

That is a sharp looking car, especially in that color.

Yes that was for everything. Steep discounted rate.

You’ll have to drive it sometime

 

[Nick1994]

Coming up on 13 months and 13k miles with the Genesis so I thought I'd provide an update. Has 96k miles total.

Got it back today from the dealership, again. A week ago the A/C started acting up and not blowing super cold. Was only about 55 degrees. Then a couple days later it would only blow 75 degree air out of the vents. I took it in to the dealer and they diagnosed it as an internally failed A/C compressor, so it got a compressor, expansion valve, and a new condenser (metal shrapnel). About $3,800 total (warranty paid for).

Still head over heels for this car though. It drives so quiet, nice and smooth, and the power delivery is all I could ask for. The twin-turbo power delivery/torque feels like an electric car. 20.5 mpg average since I bought it with my lead foot.

I don't think I'll own it outside of warranty, which expires at 143k miles. Already sad for that day.

Here's a pic from a couple months ago.

 

[CKN]

Coming up on 13 months and 13k miles with the Genesis so I thought I'd provide an update. Has 96k miles total.

Got it back today from the dealership, again. A week ago the A/C started acting up and not blowing super cold. Was only about 55 degrees. Then a couple days later it would only blow 75 degree air out of the vents. I took it in to the dealer and they diagnosed it as an internally failed A/C compressor, so it got a compressor, expansion valve, and a new condenser (metal shrapnel). About $3,800 total (warranty paid for).

Still head over heels for this car though. It drives so quiet, nice and smooth, and the power delivery is all I could ask for. The twin-turbo power delivery/torque feels like an electric car. 20.5 mpg average since I bought it with my lead foot.

I don't think I'll own it outside of warranty, which expires at 143k miles. Already sad for that day.

Here's a pic from a couple months ago. View attachment 223873

That's way more going wrong in 96,000 than should be-IMHO. Also, what happens if you are out of state and need "warranty work"?

 

[meadows]

What color is the paint?

 

[Kira]

From what I've read, seen and know...you can't beat a nice sedan. And these are nice.

 

[Nick1994]

That's way more going wrong in 96,000 than should be-IMHO. Also, what happens if you are out of state and need "warranty work"?

Agreed, which is why I bought such a nice car that depreciated so much and then bought the extended warranty. I knew it was going to do this.

Out of state would be a little bit of a pain, but the warranty will cover a standard shop or dealer if I’m not within like 100 miles. So breaking down on a weekend night would not be fun.

And I’m driving it to Northern Colorado in 6-7 weeks, about 1,800 miles round trip so we shall see!

 

[GSCJR]

Good luck @Nick1994, safe travels.

 

[Nick1994]

What color is the paint?

Sevilla Red, a rare early launch color for the Sport trim model. It’s a little darker than Havana Red that replaced it.

 

[daves87rs]

Very nice! Love the color!

 

[nthach]

A friend has a G80 with the 3.8L GDI. It’s a nice car, but it’s also uncannily German inspired in design and engineering. No major issues so far except for a new transmission, which was covered under warranty - and I was surprised to hear it was a Hyundai PowerTech unit and not a ZF 8HP or the previous Aisin unit used when Genesis was still sold as a Hyundai. There’s a few electrical gremlins though.

 

[Marcozi]

Genesis is part of the Hyundai automotive group. Hyundai has been poaching engineers from BMW for years. The head of R and D is a former senior platform engineer.