For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2016 Genesis than about the typical Genesis year. Among the 5 Genesis years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, the 2016 (0.95 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2015 (2.25).
Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.
0.8 times this nameplate’s own median
Counted from 26 complaints filed in the first three years, of 104 ever. 95% lower bound 0.59.
The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.41 | 41 | |
| 2011 | 0.52 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 1.22 | 41 | |
| 2013 | 1.66 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 0.03 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2.25 | 69 | |
| 2016 | 0.95 | 26 |
No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.
No clear early or late pattern.
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For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2016 Genesis than about the typical Genesis year. Among the 5 Genesis years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, the 2016 (0.95 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2015 (2.25). The typical year is the median across its model years.
The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Electrical System (31), Engine (27), Unknown Or Other (13).
Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Genesis years: for every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2016 Genesis than about the typical Genesis year.
Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2016, at 0.95 per 1,000 sold. Every Genesis year, ranked.
No guide we read covers the Genesis.
Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site: