Owners have filed 17 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical, automatic emergency braking, and body and structure. The 9 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
2025Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.
0/9 checked
2025 Genesis GV80: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/3
Engine off, key in hand0/2
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/4
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
These years share the 2025's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Genesis GV80. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5L 4-cylGas | AWD | 21 mpg |
| 3.5L 6-cylGas | AWD | 19 mpg |
| 3.5L 6-cylHybrid | AWD | 20 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Genesis GV80, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The whole screen system goes black while driving, sometimes at highway speed. Drivers lose the speedometer, gauges, radio and Bluetooth calls until the system reboots, which takes about a minute in one report. During that time, collision warning, blind-spot and lane-departure alerts also stop working. One owner says the restarts continued after dealer work. A separate report describes the car pulling to the right when accelerating from a stop at about 3,000 miles. That problem keeps coming back, and the dealer could not reproduce it.
The car brakes hard for no clear reason. Owners describe false forward collision warnings, emergency braking that stops and stalls the car during left turns, and a driver attention warning set off by sunlight, glasses or a glance to the right. When that warning trips, lane assist and adaptive cruise shut off and the car slows sharply. Following drivers have had to swerve. One case ended in a rear-end crash that pushed the car into another vehicle. Owners say the system cannot be fully turned off.
The soft-close door pulls itself shut with a hand still in the gap. Both complaints describe a thumb caught as the door swung back and the soft-close feature finished closing it. The door gives no warning. In one case it held the thumb for about 10 seconds, and the handle would not release it. Both reports involve an injury, with bruising, swelling and continued pain days later.
Neither complaint describes a breakdown on the road. Both are about a safety recall notice that owners say involves the high-pressure fuel crossover pipe, with no remedy available yet. Owners are frustrated that neither the dealer nor the manufacturer can say when a fix will arrive. In one case, a dealer asked to take back a newly sold car because of the open recall. These complaints are about waiting for a repair, not a pattern of fuel system failures.
The power-folding second-row seat starts folding while someone is still sitting in it. The fold button sits where a child's knee, a shoe or a reaching hand can press it by accident. Once the seat starts moving, it keeps folding against resistance and does not seem to detect that someone is in it. Both complaints involve young children, including one in a car seat. In both, an adult had to press the button again to reverse the seat.
Excerpts from complaints GV80 owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
Had Recall 031G completed on 01/20/2026. Bluetooth continues to glitch and infotainment system continues to restart and go black while driving leaving driver without key information to operate vehicle posing a crash risk
Filed with NHTSA, February 2026
I exited the car, the car door was shutting, however, not all the way shut. My thumb was between the door and the body of the car at which point the soft close feature engaged, shutting my thumb in the door all the way and squeezing shut. No warning signals. Finger is badly bruised and swollen. No inspections have been done.
Filed with NHTSA, October 2025
I received a safety recall notification in the mail regarding my 2025 Genesis GV80 reference High Pressure Fuel Crossover Pipe which at this time NO REMEDY is AVAILABLE. This matter has to be resolved ASAP due to a safety hazard to me and my family.
Filed with NHTSA, June 2026
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 ranks joint first for owner complaints among 2 GV80 years, close to the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.
The 2025 is the fifth model year of the GV80's first generation (2021 on).
Recall repairs are free at any Genesis dealer, but the seller may never have had them done. Check each campaign number against the VIN.
Hyundai Motor America (Genesis) is recalling certain Genesis 2022-2026 GV70, 2023-2025 G90, 2021-2025 G80, and GV80 vehicles. Fuel may leak at the pipe connection between the fuel pipe and fuel rail.
Risk: A fuel leak increases the risk of a fire.
Fix: Dealers will inspect and tighten, or replace the fuel pipe as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning July 20, 2026. Owners may contact Genesis customer service at 844-340-9741. Genesis' number for this recall is 033G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 11, 2026.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain Genesis 2025-2026 G80, GV80, 2026 G80 "Electrified," GV60, GV70 "Electrified" and GV70 vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Controls and Displays.".
Risk: An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or fuel gauge, increases the risk of a crash.
Fix: Owners are advised to disable the high definition (HD) radio feature until the recall remedy has been performed. The audio video navigation software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or inspected and updated by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning February 17, 2026. Owners may contact Genesis customer service at 844-340-9741. Hyundai's number for this recall is 031G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning January 17, 2026.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain Genesis 2024-2025 GV60 hybrid and 2025 GV80 vehicles. The rearview camera display may shut off when the vehicle is driven in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera image that does not display decreases the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will update the rearview camera software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 11, 2024. Owners may contact Genesis Customer service at 1-844-340-9741. Hyundai's number for this recall is 024G.
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