2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Powertrain & Transmission Problems

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES ACCELERATION AND DROPS TO A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 20 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON BUT GOES AWAY AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE CAR AND LEAVING IT ON STANDBY FOR A FEW MINUTES. OCCURS EVERY FEW HUNDREDS MILES. IT'S HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION, BOTH ON THE STREET AND HIGHWAY.

I FEEL LIKE THE TRANSITION ON THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT LOCKS YOU OUT OF SECOND GEAR AT HIGH RPMS WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS IN SOME SITUATIONS. ALSO FROM 5TH AND 6TH GEAR GRIND AND ARE HARD TO ACTUATE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 32,500 MILES. FROM DAY 1 THERE WAS A GRIND GOING INTO 5TH GEAR. THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT NO TSB OR RECALL WAS EVER SENT OUT ABOUT IT. JUST A TSB TO CHANGE THE FLUID . AT 82,000 MILES THE 5TH GEAR SYNCHRO BROKE. I HAD TO BUY A USED TRANSMISSION FROM THE JUNK YARD AND HAD IT INSTALLED FOR $820 TOTAL INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION, LABOR AND FLUID. WHY WOULD THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE A 10 YEAR/100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, WHEN IT ONLY COVERS THE FIRST OWNER. AND WHY WOULD THEY KNOW ABOUT THE 5TH GEAR GRIND AND NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY I-10 W WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH, HAD TO BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 10 MPH BEHIND TRAFFIC THAT WAS SLOWING DOWN AND CAME TO COMPLETE HALT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, ON RELEASING BRAKE AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE CAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. BROUGHT THE CAR TO PARK POSITION AND TURNED OFF ENGINE AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON STARTER MODE EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE HAD STARTED. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES THE CAR RESTARTED BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE. MOVED THE SHIFT TO SHIFTRONIC MODE BUT THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. HAD TO CALL IN A TOW COMPANY AND WAIT IN THE CAR FOR OVER 30 MINUTES OF HARROWING EXPERIENCE IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE 4 INSTANCE WHEN THE CAR HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC IN A HIGHLY UNSAFE SITUATION. THE CAR DEALERS RESPONSE HAS BEEN UNSATISFACTORY. WONDER IF THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS HIGHLY UNSAFE FAILURE IN THE CAR. NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE ROAD WITH RISK OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION HARD TO GET INTO SOME GEARS. GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD ON UPSHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND DOWNSHIFT FROM 6TH TO 5TH. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION THE DEALER INSTALLED. THE ORIGINAL ONE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WHEN THE CAR WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND IT WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY.

TRANSMISSION GRINDING/SYNCRO ISSUES, 2ND, 3RD, 5TH GEAR GRIND, GEAR LOCKOUT, GEAR REJECTION(INTERMITTENT DAILY OCCURRENCE WITH NO PATTERN), CAN CAUSING LOOS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INABILITY TO SAFELY ACCELERATE ETC. TECH DROVE THE CAR FOR 10MILES AND COULDN'T REPLICATE, WOULD NOT PERFORM ANY MORE TESTS. COMMON ISSUE ON CARS MADE AFTER 2009 UP UNTIL 2013, MANUFACTURING DEFECT. SEE INCLUDED FORUM LINK AN YOUTUBE VIDEO DESCRIBING THE ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.GENCOUPE.COM/DRIVETRAIN/23124-OFFICIAL-THREAD-MANUAL-TRANSMISSION-ISSUES.HTML HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=LPTUMDRRKPG

CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR. IT JUST MADE A GRINDING NOISE. FINALLY IT WENT INTO GEAR BUT KEPT MAKING A NOISE WHEN IN 1ST GEAR. *TR

THE 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. IT WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 1ST AND FROM 5TH TO 3RD BY ITSELF. IT WILL ALSO NOT ACCELERATE WHEN YOU NEED IT TO. I WAS RECENTLY ALMOST INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING ISSUES. I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY REFUSE TO ASSIST ME. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR, ME TO DIE IN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING?? I WANT SOMETHING DONE VERY SOON OR I WILL GET LEGAL COUNSEL AND THEY CAN SPEAK WITH THEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS 3.8 COUPE 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC WITH PADDLE AND SPORT SHIFT. I HAVE HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. SOMETIMES IT WONT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR AND WHEN IT DOES IT WILL UNKNOWINGLY DOWNSHIFT AND GET STUCK IN A GEAR. SINCE THE ISSUE BEGAN, I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL SPEEDING TICKETS AND HAD NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES DUE TO THE SHIFTING. SOMETIMES IT WILL INCREASE AND DECREASE SPEEDS AND THE RPMS WILL RAISE SOMETIMES UP TO 6000 BEFORE IT WILL SHIFT OR I HAVE TO PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION FOR THE SHIFTING TO BEGIN WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF EVERYDAY IF I AM WILLING TO RISK MY LIFE FOR THE ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD SO MANY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES WITH THIS. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY DOWNSHIFTED AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VEHICLE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE 3.8L TRACK MODEL, I EXPERIENCE SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 30 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT THE TRANSMISSION GRINDS GOING INTO GEAR. HYUNDAI USA HAD A TSB ABOUT IT, AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED UNDER WARRANTY. A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. HYUNDAI HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL IN FIXING THE PROBLEM WHATSOEVER SINCE. WHEN IT IS VERY COLD, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AT ALL, IT'LL GRIND AND MAKE NOISE AND BLOCK ME FROM SHIFTING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I HAD TO QUICKLY DEPRESS THE CLUTCH AND LET THE CAR ROLL BACK DOWN TO A STOP. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC THIS DAY AND I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLISION BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SHIFTING INTO 5TH GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION GRINDS AGAIN. THIS IS USUALLY AROUND 50MPH AND AT AROUND 2600-3000RPMS. I HAVE TO FORCE THE SHIFTER INTO THE 5TH GEAR SLOT. SHOULD THE TRANSMISSION BLOCK ME FROM SHIFTING INTO 5TH, AS IT DOES SOMETIMES FROM 1ST-2ND GEAR, THIS WILL CERTAINLY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. AGAIN, HYUNDAI MOTOR USA IS NOT BEING HELPFUL AT RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. SINCE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE, HYUNDAI WILL NOT APPROVE ANY OTHER WARRANTY RELATED WORK. *KB

TRYING TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR DURING COLD CLIMATES IS VERY DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. MULTIPLE GEARS GRIND WHEN GOING INTO GEAR SPECIFICALLY 5TH AND 6TH GEAR, OCCASIONALLY 3RD. I TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG THE GENESIS COUPE COMMUNITY AND HYUNDAI REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. *TR

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN THE 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE IS VERY PROBLEMATIC. VERY OFTEN THE GEAR SELECTION IS REJECTED NOT ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO UP SHIFT OR DOWNSHIFT. SECOND GEAR AND FIFTH GEAR ARE THE WORSE. GRINDING OFTEN OCCURS WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR OR 5TH GEAR. I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 495 IN MASSACHUSETTS WHEN MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY STARTED TO GRIND. WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 50-60MPH AN OPERATOR NEEDS TO SHIFT FROM 4TH TO 5TH AND I COULD NOT. I HAD TO QUICKLY DOWNSHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR TO TRY AND KEEP ACCELERATING. ANY SHIFTING INTO 5TH GEAR AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3,400 RPMS RESISTANCE AND OFTEN GRINDING WILL OCCUR. THIS CAN VERY EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT HIGHER GEAR AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO SO. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO A HYUNDAI DEALER AND "THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM". I TOOK THE SERVICE TECH FOR A RIDE AND THE CAR GROUND INTO 5TH, AND I WAS THEN TOLD "THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION OF THE TRANSMISSION". HYUNDAI DOES NOT WANT TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM, AND EVENTUALLY MANY GENESIS COUPE OWNERS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS WILL BE USING LEMON LAW PROTECTION TO HAVE THEIR CARS FIXED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON THE AVENUE AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED SUDDENLY AND HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE WITHOUT HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I TRIED TO BRAKE THE MOST I COULD BUT DID NOT MAKE IT SO SLAMMED INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS A VERY HARD IMPACT AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE WENT OFF, SO DUE TO THE WHIPLASH MY MOUTH HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND BROKE MY BOTTOM LIP. I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON SO NO OTHER INJURIES OCCURRED BESIDES MY ANKLE SPRAIN FROM THE JAM OF THE ACCELERATOR WITH THE CENTER CONSOLE. AS SOON AS THE CRASH OCCURRED THE CAR STARTED GOING INTO SMOKE SO I WAS SCARED AND DECIDED TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT MIGHT BLOW UP. I FORCED MYSELF OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND PUT THE CAR IN THE GEAR OF PARK AND NO LONGER THAN TWO SECONDS LATER THAT I WAS OUT OF THE CAR, THE CAR STARTED TO HEAD IN REVERSE ON ITS OWN QUICKLY! I DID NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO CLOSE THE DOOR SINCE I HAD JUST JUMPED OUT AND WENT ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND WENT ACROSS TRAFFIC ONTO THE INCOMING TRAFFIC SIDE AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT HIT A WOODEN FENCE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPEN THAT IT WAS ON PARK AND WENT REVERSE ON ITS OWN, IT WAS NOT SAFE AT ALL! THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED ALL OVER AND BROKE THE PROPERTY FENCE OF THE PUBLIC PARK. PARTS ARE BEING REPLACED AND THE CAR IS IN THE BODY SHOP TO BE FIXED. *TR

HYUNDAI GENESIS 4-DOOR. PURCHASED 10/2010--HAVE HAD FOURTEEN INCIDENTS WHERE WHEN I PRESS ON ACCELERATOR, THERE IS NO REACTION OR ACCELERATION. HAS HAPPENED LOTS WHEN I PULL INTO INTERSECTION, PRESS ON ACCELERATOR, NOTHING HAPPENS, AND I PRAY I DON'T GET KILLED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FINALLY, THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE, BUT NEXT TIME WILL I BE KILLED??? DEALERSHIP HAD CAR FOR ONE WEEK AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THERE'S ANOTHER COMPLAINT ON THE GENESIS LISTING THIS SAME PROBLEM. HELP! ON INCIDENT DATES AND MILEAGE QUESTIONS, I JUST PUT A NUMBER--THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR LAST FALL. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT AT TIMES MOSTLY INTO SECOND GEAR. THIS CAN CAUSE A RAPID DECELERATION IN TRAFFIC AND I HAVE SEEN THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME DO A NOSE DIVE HITTING THE BRAKES BECAUSE MY VEHICLE DISRUPTED TRAFFIC FLOW. ENTERING FAST MOVING TRAFFIC IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR THIS VERY REASON. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSMISSION SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE IN TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR.

GENESIS 4.6 HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM SLOW SPEED (CREEP). HESITATION MAY BE UP TO 3-4 SECONDS MAKING ENTERING HEAVY TRAFFIC DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT FOR DEALERSHIP TO DUPLICATE. ALTHOUGH THERE SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM, HYUNDAI REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A MANUFACTURING ISSUES WITH CERTAIN TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

I OWN A 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE. IT HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 4200 MILES AND STILL EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS (LURCHING WHEN PUT IN GEAR). THE PAINT HAS HAD TO BE REFINISHED, THE BLUETOOTH RADIO FUNCTION IS INTERMITTENTLY BROKEN, TRACTION CONTROL DOES NOT WORK ON OCCASION (DASH ILLUMINATOR LIGHT INDICATION). I HAVE REPEATEDLY FILED COMPLAINTS WITH HYUNDAI CORPORATE REGARDING THE TRACTION CONTROL ISSUE. AFTER FILING THE INITIAL COMPLAINT AND FOLLOWING UP 4 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, I HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. THE TRACTION CONTROL TURNS OFF, AND CANNOT BE REACTIVATED (PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC WHEN WE'VE HAD SO MUCH SNOW). THE BLUETOOTH RADIO ISSUE STEMS FROM THE RADIO PLAYING WHILE THE PHONE IS CONNECTED. I CANNOT HEAR THE CALLER, BUT THEY CAN HEAR ME AND THE RADIO. THE RADIO SHOULD BE OFF WHEN THE PHONE IS ENGAGED. MOST OF THE TIME, I JUST CAN'T HEAR THE CALLER BUT THEY CAN HEAR ME. *TR

VEHICLE: 2009-CURRENT HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE 2.0T/3.8 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. VEHICLE BUILD DATE: FEB 2009 START OF INCIDENT: MAY 2009 ISSUE:MANUAL TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY FAILS CAUSING OFTEN UNSAFE SITUATIONS FOR DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. FAILURES INCLUDE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGE REQUESTED GEAR, FAILING TO DISENGAGE GEAR, GRINDING WHILE ENGAGING GEAR, GEARS STOP WORKING COMPLETELY, CLUTCH FAILS TO DISENGAGE OR ENGAGE (SOMETIMES STALLING VEHICLE). PERSONALLY CURRENTLY ON 3RD TRANSMISSION AND 2ND FLYWHEEL WHICH HAS ALSO RECENTLY FAILED. HYUNDAI HAS SO FAR BEEN WILLING TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND RELATED PARTS HOWEVER NO "FIX" CURRENTLY EXISTS. EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN BLAMING DRIVERS FOR CAUSING PROBLEMS HYUNDAIEVEN THOUGH ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS DRIVER PROVEN TO NOT BE CAUSE. *TR