Brake Light Fail - Again

[Alaskaman]

Was following my DW to the airport to pick up kids and noticed her brake lights were out again. We had a couple of issues previously with an ABS switch which for some reason failed the lights coming on when the pedal was depressed. We had the fixed under warranty $2,100.00. Fast forward 1.5 years and the brake lights are out again. I had asked when the recall came out if we had already done that repair and got a yes about 8 months ago.

Taking it in today.

Your thoughts?

 

[scottdk]

I'd suggest checking the diode for the brake lights. The part is cheap, so maybe buy 2 of them in case of future issues.

http://genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showpost.php?p=153015&postcount=25

Full thread...

http://genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=7416&page=2&highlight=brake+lights

 

[Alaskaman]

Turn out to be the mentioned diode in the thread. About $60.00.

 

[scottdk]

Turn out to be the mentioned diode in the thread. About $60.00.

$60 Holy smokes! Cali markup? It was $9 at my dealer and I've even seen it for $6 online before shipping costs. Did you take your vehicle in to the dealer for the fix? Well glad this fixed your issue

 

[Alaskaman]

$60 Holy smokes! Cali markup? It was $9 at my dealer and I've even seen it for $6 online before shipping costs. Did you take your vehicle in to the dealer for the fix? Well glad this fixed your issue

Yes Dealer. I am simply not good at cars. Very good at fixing people though

 

[Alwaysforward]

Yes Dealer. I am simply not good at cars. Very good at fixing people though

Congrats on getting it fixed. Very unsafe for sure. You said your good at fixing people. Is that upstairs of down stairs

 

[craigt]

Is this something that all Gen 1 Genesis owners need to be aware of? Was the issue fixed in the 2012 refresh?

 

[scottdk]

Is this something that all Gen 1 Genesis owners need to be aware of? Was the issue fixed in the 2012 refresh?

I'm not exactly sure if this was changed or fixed for 2012+. The TSB came out in 2009, but I don't know why the part would change for 2012+ tail lights even though the lens design changed from the 2009-2011.

 

[craigt]

...but I don't know why the part would change for 2012+ tail lights even though the lens design changed from the 2009-2011.

Car manufacturers will doing rolling changes based on problems in the field. Example: The 5.0 engine oil leak/burn from 2012. On some date, they fixed the issue within the same model year.

For other, less frequent issues like this, they may wait until a "refresh" to modify a part to make it more reliable. Has nothing to do with the redesign of the tail light lamp itself.