2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

IBRAKE FAILURE! HYDRAULIC MODULE ASSY FAILURE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND DURING THE DRIVE, MY BRAKE ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAME SOFT AND REQUIRED ME TO PUSH ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE CAR. I BELIEVE IT'S REFERRED TO AS SPONGY BRAKES. I TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A FAULTY HYDRAULIC MODULE ASSEMBLY. I ALSO CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY MENTIONED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKE FLUID DUE TO ITS POTENTIAL TO CAUSE CORROSION IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE DEALER IS NOW QUOTING ME ~$3,400 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE HYDRAULIC MODULE ASSY. WOW!! I CALLED HYUNDAI USA AND THEY SAID SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR, I INFORMED THEM OF THE RECALL ON FLUID AND THEY SAID IT DOES NOT COVER THE PARTS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE BAD FLUID. THIS IS UNFAIR AND EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOR ON THE PART HYUNDAI. CLEARLY THEY RECOGNIZED THE FLUID WAS DAMAGING BRAKE COMPONENTS BUT ARE UNWILLING TO COVER RELATED REPAIRS. THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR ARE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPENING SINCE THE BRAKES ARE FAILING. I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLE KNOWING THEY WON'T COVER CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENTS. OTHERS HAVE VOICED THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO SUPPORT FROM HYUNDAI. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

MY CAR AT 58000 MILES WHENEVER I BRAKE ON SLIPPERY SURFACE WHERE ABS IS ACTIVATED MY BRAKE PEDAL GOES NEARLY DOWN TO FLOOR. AND CONTINUOUS FOR DAYS GOING DOWN NEARLY TO FLOOR ON NORMAL BRAKING BEFORE BRAKE PEDAL COMES BACK UP TO NORMAL LEVEL AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW EVERY TIME ABS IS ACTIVATED. DEALER WANTS NEARLY $3000. TO REPLACE THE ABS.

Mileage: 58,000

MY BRAKE PEDAL IS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR IT USED TO DO IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE BUT NOW IT IS A CONSTANT THING. THE CAR DOES STOP BUT IT FEELS REALLY MUSHY, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER, HOWEVER AFTER READING ONLINE A LOT OFF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND REPLACING THE MASTER CYLINDER ISN'T THE PROBLEM

Mileage: 78,000

ABS MODULE FAILED. BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 95,000

MY 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS IS EXPERIENCING BRAKING FAILURE. I HAVE ALMOST HAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO MY CAR'S INABILITY TO COME TO A STOP IN A REASONABLE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLLOWING VEHICLES THAT COME TO A SUDDEN STOP. THE PEDAL DEPRESSES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND IS VERY SPONGY. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT CONSISTENT. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THIS ISSUE, BUT FOR SOME REASON, HYUNDAI EXCLUDED MY VIN DESPITE IT FALLING WITHIN THE MANUFACTURE PERIOD OF HYUNDAI CARS EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED A FAILED ABS SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY STATING THAT THE INTERNAL SEALS OF THE HECU (ESC UNIT) WERE WORN CAUSING POOR SEALING. THIS MAY BE RELATED TO THE CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID THAT THEY REPLACED FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN TL6. UNDER HYUNDAI'S RECALL CAMPAIGN 114, THE HECU SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND REPAIRED OR REPLACED IN ADDITION TO CHANGING THE FLUID. HYUNDAI MERELY REPLACED THE FLUID. THIS HAS CAUSED A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH MY BRAKING SYSTEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

Mileage: 97,000

I PURCHASED MY USED PRE-CERTIFIED HYUNDAI GENESIS 20 11 CAR IN FEBRUARY 2014 AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER I FOUND THAT MY BRAKES WHICH ORIGINALLY WERE FIRM WOULD GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR OR NEARLY TO THE FLOOR WITHIN 6 MONTHS I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE CAR AND FOUND THAT IN 2013 HYUNDAI CORPORATION ISSUED A RECALL ON THE ABS SYSTEM DO 2 CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID THAT WAS COULD POTENTIALLY CORRODE THE ABS SYSTEM AND 2013 THE BRAKE FLUID WAS REPLACED ON MY CAR PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. HOWEVER HYUNDAI DID NOT INSPECT WHETHER ABS SYSTEMS HAD ALREADY BEEN DAMAGED BY THIS CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID AND MERELY REPLACED IT MY CAR HAS AN ABS SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN TESTED AND IT FAILS. THE BRAKE PEDAL ON MY CAR NEARLY TOUCHES THE FLOOR AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR SAFELY. I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN RECENTLY AND JUST MISSED HITTING A CAR THAT STOPPED SUDDENLY.

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO WEST BROAD HYUNDAI LOCATED AT 8903 W BROAD ST RICHMOND VA 23294. THE DEALER STATED THE ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

Mileage: 215,000

BRAKES ARE VERY MUSHY. OFTEN GOING TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING. HAVE TO PUMP BRAKES TO STOP. DEALER SAYS THE HEC UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED (PART IS $3500). THIS 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS WAS BUILT IN DURING TIME FRAME OF EARLIER RECALL BECAUSE HYUNDAI WAS USING CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID. EARLIER MODELS WERE RECALLED BUT MINE WAS NOT? WHY? NOW THAT 6 YEARS HAVE PASSED, THE CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID IS NOW CAUSING LATER MODELS TO FAIL. ALL MODELS BUILT DURING THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH CORROSIVE BRAKE FLUID WAS USED SHOULD BE RECALLED AND MFG SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE HEC UNIT ... NOT JUST THE BRAKE FLUID. ALL QUESTIONABLE VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN THE FIRST RECALL.

Mileage: 64,000

AFTER A BRAKE JOB, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO SAY THAT THE PEDAL WAS GOING TO THE FLOOR. I WAS TOLD I HAD A LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER. GOT THAT REPAIRED. AFTER HAVING THE MASTER CYLINDER REPAIRED, I AM NOW BEING TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE THE HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ABS, HECU). DID SOME RESEARCH, AND SAW THAT THIS WAS A RECALL ISSUE FOR 48,000 GENESIS BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2008 AND 2012. ISSUE SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY BRAKE FLUID CORROSION. MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I REPORTED THE INITIAL ISSUE AT 64,000 MILES. CAR IS NOW AT 80,000. IT HAS BEEN SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT HAD AN ENGINE REPLACED COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE THE AUTOMOBILE IS IN MOTION THE BRAKE PEDAL IS MUSHY TO THE POINT THAT IT ALMOST REACHES DEAD BOTTOM BEFORE ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPENS BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON THE STREET NO MATTER THE SPEED. REPAIR SHOP STATES THAT ITS THE ABS HYDRAULIC MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. HYUNDAI DEALER STATES THAT IT IS FOR THE FLUID RECALL. IT IS NOT FIXING THE BRAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE TOOK A LONG TIME TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAKE NORMAN HYUNDAI (20520 CHARTWELL CENTER DR, CORNELIUS, NC 28031) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V489000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. UPDATED 08/08/17*LJ *JS

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED EVEN WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE HYDRAULIC ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000. UPDATED 05/30/17*LJ *CN

Mileage: 46,000

THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BECOME SOFT WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE TO NO STOPPING POWER. SEVERAL TIMES BOTH ON CITY STREETS AND FREEWAYS THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO SLOW OR STOP AND ALMOST RESULTED IN SEVERAL COLLISIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED AND PREVIOUSLY SERVICED WITH NEW BRAKE FLUID PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN 13V489000. AT 59,000 MILES I HAD ALERTED THE HYUNDAI SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE BRAKE FAILURE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND NOW THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. THE INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS LIFE THREATENING AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THEIR IS QUITE OBVIOUSLY DEGRADATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS DUE TO THE ORIGINAL BRAKE FLUID NOT HAVING CORROSION INHIBITORS.

Mileage: 63,000

ON 8/16/11, WHILE DRIVING DOWN A COUPLE OF HILLS ON MY BRAKES, APPROACHING A CAR & STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION A LITTLE OVER 2 BLOCKS AWAY, I PRESSED DOWN HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CAR, A NEW, 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS, WOULD NOT STOP. I CONTINUED TO PRESS HARDER AND HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. IT JUST CONTINUED AT TO MOVE AT THE SPEED I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL, APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH. AS A RESULT, THE CAR ROLLED DIRECTLY INTO THE CAR SITTING AT THE STOP SIGN. *TR

Mileage: 2,175