Any High Mileage Genesis Sedans out there?

[Genesiswonderer]

Alright, so anyone out there with a 250,000+ mile genesis sedan with its original powertrain? v6 or v8. Feel free to discuss what maintenance you've had to do.

 

[toxicavenger70]

There are some in this thread: Any Original Genesis Owners Still around?

 

[rodcrawford]

I'm at 208,000 so not quite to the 250K you are looking for but I am interested in other high mileage owners. I'm a combination of "love my car" and I'm frugal so I love that I'm getting so many miles from this car. Still runs great. Having a few quirky issues that I just don't want to pay to fix. Passenger door actuator is bad so locking/unlocking is manual. My bluetooth just went crazy over my new Iphone 13. Had I known I'd have just kept the old phone that worked perfectly. Just about 1K ago the cruise control started acting up and kicks off and throws a light.

Otherwise, she runs great and I still love driving her. Still fast. Still relatively good gas mileage (22 mpg).

I'm thinking of trying for 300K.

Mine is a 2012, 4.6L Sedan.

 

[Bill in Alexandria]

I test drove a used 2014 G80 3.8 with 105K miles and it drove SPECTACULARLY. Smooth, quiet, and all the electronics worked.

I just wanted to know what the future held if I bought one with low miles. (Which I did - lease return with 24k miles.)

 

[Skacatz]

2013 Genesis 3.8 sedan. Mileage is just shy of 200k. Regular oil changes every 5k miles. One set of front brakes at 130k. One battery about 18 months ago. Transmission replaced under warranty at 60k.
I’m a sales rep so I drive a lot and am hell on windshields. On my third one. The aftermarket is a lot tougher than the Hyundai windshield.
The car is still smooth and powerful and the only issue is it uses a quart of oil roughly every 1500 miles. Not leaking or smoking but the oil is going somewhere. I’m keeping a close eye on it because I plan to retire at the end of the year and I want the car to last until then.

 

[anewway]

I have a 2011 Genesis, 4.6 sedan with 171k miles. Love it, and haven't had any real issues (knock on wood) although lately I've noticed an odd sensation when it shifts gears, almost like its pushing back for a fraction of a second. I'm assuming its slipping a shade as it is changing gears. I was going to check the fluid level, but apparently there isn't a dipstick, so that won't happen today.
I hope I'm not going to be in the market for a new transmission soon.

 

[SeRu]

Alright, so anyone out there with a 250,000+ mile genesis sedan with its original powertrain? v6 or v8. Feel free to discuss what maintenance you've had to do.

I have a 2010 Genesis 3.8L, 215,000 miles. I haven't had to do anything until right now, I just replaced all 4 camshaft position sensors, 2 OCV/VVT and 2 valve cover gaskets, due to changing the OCV/VVT. I only did this to try and remove a pesky check engine light, well one OCV/VVT was operating outside of normal range off and on but wasn't causing any issue. Nothing is wrong with the car, the Catalyst Non-Continuous "readiness" keeps failing. If you don't have emissions testing, you wouldn't know there was a "problem". Love this car so much I'm buying another one that has 110k miles on it for my son's first car.

 

[gopack47]

I have a 2011 Genesis 3.8L sedan with 190k on it. Only issues are a ripped front seat and timing chain rattle on start. The rattle is 4 years old now. Only service was the factory brake line recall and plugs at 100k (did myself). Other than oil changes and brakes thats is it. Not even a headlight replacement. No issues. I get 24-27 mpg highway on 87 octane. Still runs quiet and smooth.

 

[Campo57]

Just sold my 2009 Genesis 3.8l in January with 204000 miles on it. Nothing major repaired and ran like a top when I sold it. I changed front brakes at 174K miles but they still had mileage on them and the rears where still going strong (I'm very good with brakes), had to replace the passenger rear and front door lock actuators because they didn't always open the lock but would close them, the front sensors would sometimes sound off like I was close to something when I wasn't, the rear camera would occasionally stop working but slamming the trunk closed usually brought it back, there was a few spots on the navigation screen that looked like someone spilled something on it but were probably just pixels going bad and I replaced one oxygen sensor at 199K miles. I replaced the battery twice (8 years (original battery) and 5 years (advance auto parts battery)) and replaced the spark plugs at 123K miles. I changed the oil around 15K (always had Blackstone Labs to a report to make sure everything was wearing well).

I would have kept it and run it into the ground but I was retiring and we sold that one and my wife's car to pick up our "retirement car", a 2020 Havana Red G80 Sport. Hopefully I'll have the same (or better) luck with this one.

 

[beachbaker]

Nice report as it is nice to hear success stories. Curt

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[user0209]

I have a 2011 Genesis 3.8L sedan with 190k on it. Only issues are a ripped front seat and timing chain rattle on start. The rattle is 4 years old now. Only service was the factory brake line recall and plugs at 100k (did myself). Other than oil changes and brakes thats is it. Not even a headlight replacement. No issues. I get 24-27 mpg highway on 87 octane. Still runs quiet and smooth.

my 2012 Gen 3.8L shows on the dashboard 17.4 mpg.
Is that accurate?

How do you get your mpg info?

Don't Genesis recommend 91 octane?

 

[TinsleyC]

my 2012 Gen 3.8L shows on the dashboard 17.4 mpg.
Is that accurate?

How do you get your mpg info?

Don't Genesis recommend 91 octane?

The car's calculated mpg is usually overstated. My '19 G80 is consistently 1.2 mpg better than actual, in city driving.

1) fill up car, record miles on car.
2) when low on fuel, fill car again, record gallons used and miles on car.
3) subtract the second miles from the first miles.
4) divide that number (miles driven) by gallons used.

I use the GasBuddy app for this.

I'm not going into whether or not premium fuel is required or recommended. There are too many threads on the forum about that. See your owner's manual.

 

[user0209]

The car's calculated mpg is usually overstated. My '19 G80 is consistently 1.2 mpg better than actual, in city driving.

1) fill up car, record miles on car.
2) when low on fuel, fill car again, record gallons used and miles on car.
3) subtract the second miles from the first miles.
4) divide that number (miles driven) by gallons used.

I use the GasBuddy app for this.

I'm not going into whether or not premium fuel is required or recommended. There are too many threads on the forum about that. See your owner's manual.

May I ask what the expected mpg for these 10 years old genesis should be? Example: 15mpg would be too low, 25 would be excellent.

I'm using only top Chevron or Mobil gas.

 

[SeRu]

May I ask what the expected mpg for these 10 years old genesis should be? Example: 15mpg would be too low, 25 would be excellent.

I'm using only top Chevron or Mobil gas.

I do a healthy mix of city and interstate driving and I average ~24.2 mpg. (I have a 2010 with 216,527 miles on it)

 

[gopack47]

my 2012 Gen 3.8L shows on the dashboard 17.4 mpg.
Is that accurate?

How do you get your mpg info?

Don't Genesis recommend 91 octane?

My mpg shows on the dash. Reset during fill-ips or on trips. You have the option to reset mpg, avg speed, etc.. I run 87 octane 90% of the time. No knocking. Other than converting to synthetic oil and a plug change at 100k it has been great car.

I do have the timing chain rattle at start for 5 sec. Been doing that for 5 plus years. Plan to trade once I hit 200k or come by a good deal on a 2018 G80.

 

[user0209]

I do have the timing chain rattle at start for 5 sec. Been doing that for 5 plus years. Plan to trade once I hit 200k or come by a good deal on a 2018 G80.

Interesting. Like many car enthusiasts I also experimented with different gas grades with my v6 Altima. After 10 yrs it started to make timing chain noise n dissappeared after some driving. Very annoying. Sold it last yr.

My wife always treats her 2012 crv with top shell gas. Zero weird noise from engine to this day.

I don't believe Honda makes exceptional cars. My last 2005 accord became sluggish & misfired one cylinder frequently but then i used all sorts of gas brands & gas grades for it. Lol.

 

[lancecoincollection]

I have a 2011 Genesis 3.8L sedan with 190k on it. Only issues are a ripped front seat and timing chain rattle on start. The rattle is 4 years old now. Only service was the factory brake line recall and plugs at 100k (did myself). Other than oil changes and brakes thats is it. Not even a headlight replacement. No issues. I get 24-27 mpg highway on 87 octane. Still runs quiet and smooth.

I have a 2011 3.8 [Base model] bought new, Have 25,000 miles. Nice black
paint. Brown seats. ABS system control device replaced, under recall.
They installed wrong brake fluid at factory.
Only other problem, is that timing chain rattle[chain slapping
against the housing] Seems the problem is not serious enough
to pay to replace the tension er. Your car still running great with
this problem. I will TRY to stop worrying about it.

Checked my gas mileage a few times, the car computer,
was reading high by 2 MPG

 

[TinsleyC]

I have a 2011 3.8 [Base model] bought new, Have 25,000 miles.

Checked my gas mileage a few times, the car computer, was reading high by 2 MPG

Guess they never fixed that. My 2019 base 3.8 reads 2 mpg proud, too.

 

[lancecoincollection]

Guess they never fixed that. My 2019 base 3.8 reads 2 mpg proud, too.

Makes you think the computer was set that way.

 

[Shady_panda]

mine 09 is 214k? transmission is a bit notchy at time, engine still strong.