2017 Genesis G80 — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 168 evidence records for the 2017 Genesis G80, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 86 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system22 (25.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2017–2026.
  • Engine17 (19.8%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2018–2020.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)9 (10.5%)
  • Brakes6 (7.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2017–2020.
  • Tires & wheels5 (5.8%)
  • Driver-assistance systems4 (4.7%)

Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (8.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (466 records, model years 2017–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and brakes.
  • Manufacturer communications (750 records, model years 2017–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

  • 27reports included a mileage
  • 22,985average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2017 168 records for 2017
  2. 2018 203 records for 2018
  3. 2019 84 records for 2019
  4. 2020 51 records for 2020
  5. 2021 75 records for 2021
  6. 2022 71 records for 2022
  7. 2023 74 records for 2023
  8. 2024 56 records for 2024
  9. 2025 37 records for 2025
  10. 2026 21 records for 2026

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 3mention a crash
  • 3mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 2
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 98
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 65

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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