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Genesis · NHTSA safety record

2026 Genesis G80

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 7 safety complaints about the 2026 Genesis G80 with the US government. Of those, 2 describe a crash, 1 mentions a fire, 2 people were injured and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the electrical system.

The most complained-about system is the brakes, named in 4 complaints, 57% of the total.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers November 2025 to August 2026 · How this is counted

What is on file

7 complaints on file

7

Complaints

2

Describe a crash

1

Mention fire

2

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
SERVICE BRAKES 4 · 57%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 · 29%
STEERING 2 · 29%
AIR BAGS 1 · 14%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 · 14%
ENGINE 1 · 14%
LANE DEPARTURE 1 · 14%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 · 14%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 · 14%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 · 14%
0 4 8

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 7.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2026 at 5.

8 6 4 2
25 26

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2025 to 2026 , the last of them a part year, which is why its column is drawn faint.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA crashes a car into a barrier and a pole and measures what happens to the dummies inside. This is what it awarded the 2026 Genesis G80, and it is a separate question from what owners report going wrong later.

Test 4 DR N/A AWD
Overall
Frontal crash
Frontal, driver
Frontal, passenger
Side crash
Side barrier
Side pole
Rollover
Chance of rollover 10.1%
Stability control standard Forward collision warning standard Lane departure warning standard

A dash means NHTSA did not rate that test for this vehicle.

Recall campaigns

1 on file

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

26V019000 · January 16, 2026

The defect
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."
The 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.
The remedy
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 · up to 83,877 vehicles across all model years covered

Compare

Other years of the Genesis G80

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2023 9 4 —
2021 9 4 —
2020 10 2 —
2019 27 3 —
2018 95 6 —
2017 65 2 —

Other 2026 Genesis models

GV70 23 GV80 7

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Genesis on this site — 27 vehicles, 35 recall campaigns and 1 open investigation .

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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