2025 Brake sensitivity issue

[DMac]

My 2025 2.5 is approaching 2k miles. The brakes continue to have an excessive "bite" to them. Particularly at slower speeds (parking, etc)....even a slight touch sends your body towards the windshield. This is to be point of embarrassing if there are passengers in the car. It seems near impossible to properly modulate the brakes and pedal action.
I have owned and driven plenty of performance cars and never experienced this. My neighbor (a Porsche driver) drove my the GV70 the other day and said he almost hit the windshield stopping in the driveway.
Before contacting the dealer for suggestions, wonder if anyone else has experience this... or found a way to make adjustment. TIA

 

[FJB]

Nope

 

[mikec]

How much brake pedal travel is there? If very little then the "pedal freeplay" adjustment is wrong - it's too short. Under the dash the brake pedal arm connects to a pushrod that goes to the master cylinder. This pushrod generally has a threaded section to adjust its length, plus a "jam nut" that locks the adjustment. If the nut is loose the rod can twist, unscrewing itself so the rod effectively gets longer - that is the same as pushing the pedal a little bit. An improper adjustment does the same thing. There needs to be some freeplay in the pedal to absorb thermal expansion: as the engine compartment heats up, metal parts change in size slightly... the freeplay adjustment allows for this. Plus, the pistons inside the master cylinder needs to be able to back up enough (release enough) so the pistons pass behind the brake fluid reservoir. If they don't, the fresh brake fluid can't get into the system as the brake pads wear and the fluid in the brake hoses can't get back to the reservoir when you release the brakes. That makes the brakes drag.

With the engine freshly shut off, gently push on the brake pedal with a fingertip. It should move a quarter to half inch with almost no resistance, then you'll feel it "hit something" (the freeplay is now used up and you are feeling the pushrod hit the pistons) and the pedal will need more force - a couple fingers worth - to be pushed further. If it's rock hard right away, that confirms the pushrod freeplay adjustment is bad. It's a simple adjustment, any mechanic can do it - it's not a dealer-only job.

Note that I said to do this test right after shutting off the engine. That way the power brake booster will be "charged" and ready to do its job. If you push the pedal several times, you'll noticed it gets harder and harder to push as the vacuum charge is used up. Eventually it'll be almost rock-hard (especially pushing it by hand rather than foot+leg muscles) once past the freeplay motion. That's normal.

EV cars will have more stuff associated with the brake pedal and brake master cylinder/pistons to allow the regenerative braking to function unless you mash the brake pedal for a panic stop. But I'll bet this freeplay adjustment is still present.

mike c.

 

[enrique_7812x]

Before contacting the dealer for suggestions, wonder if anyone else has experience this... or found a way to make adjustment. TIA

There is a brake setting "adjustment" you can make inside, but there is absolutely NO WAY it'll fix what you're experiencing.
Setup > Vehicle > Drive Mode > Brakes > (select Comfort or Sport).

 

[DMac]

Thank you. I tried that. No discernable difference.

 

[David Williamson]

I find the brakes are very light as well, comfort is a little better than sport but still far too sensitive. I also drive a car without power brakes so going between them is not easy. Really I think it is just a matter if getting used to it.
David W

 

[dhuhtala]

I have noticed that it's super sensitive when you start driving but after applying the brakes 3 or 4 times, it evens out and it's okay after that...mine is a '23.

 

[GeeVee7T]

Definitely MUCH MORE sensitive than any other of many vehicles I have driven. After some self-training (i.e. The car training ME) we seem to have come to an agreement, but to the OP's point " Yup" they are not the only one to notice this. Having said that... I would prefer a little more over-sensitive and learn to drive different than under-sensitive and need to mash them, I guess.

 

[dhuhtala]

It was a fairly regular complaint by reviewers too...but I don't notice it to be a problem after I've been driving for a few minutes. Do you?

 

[dmanthree]

My 2025 2.5 is approaching 2k miles. The brakes continue to have an excessive "bite" to them. Particularly at slower speeds (parking, etc)....even a slight touch sends your body towards the windshield. This is to be point of embarrassing if there are passengers in the car. It seems near impossible to properly modulate the brakes and pedal action.
I have owned and driven plenty of performance cars and never experienced this. My neighbor (a Porsche driver) drove my the GV70 the other day and said he almost hit the windshield stopping in the driveway.
Before contacting the dealer for suggestions, wonder if anyone else has experience this... or found a way to make adjustment. TIA

Mine were tight when new, but have "eased up" quite a bit. Currently have a bit les than 24K on the car.

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[treyster]

These brakes are touchy. I traded in a '23 Tucson and the Tucson had great brakes. I notice the brake dust is worse than the Tucson, noticed it after only a few hundred miles. I assume the GV70 has 'softer' pads for some better stopping, but the flip side is a little more grabby and probably won't last as long.

 

[Husky]

I just got a 2025 electric GV70 as a loaner. It's got about 2500 miles on it, so it's new, but the brakes are certainly "broken in". So far, my only complaint (if it were my car) is that the brakes are super-grabby. I too have owned many cars, including many performance cars and none of them had brakes this grabby and hard to modulate. BTW, this was the case regardless of the Regen setting.

 

[dhuhtala]

I have 50,000 KM (35,000ish miles) and they are still grabby when I first get in the car in the morning. After using them 2-3 times, then they smooth out. Always done it but it seems to get better over time. A few car reviewers mention this in their reviews too.

 

[DMac]

Follow up (I am the OP). 5k miles and the brake action hasn't softened up any, nor has my ability to adapt to it. Driving/braking in traffic continues to require way more concentration than I care to exert.
I brought the car back to the dealer at 5k miles last week to check on this (and some misc checks). The response I got was "there is no adjustment, that is just the way the brakes are designed to operate". My daughter drove the GV today for the first time and I got the response...."my God, how do you drive this".
I suspect that there is inconsistency in the braking action between these vehicles, and mine is just on the extreme end of the bell curve. Shame that it takes so much enjoyment out of the ride.

 

[dhuhtala]

Can you go to another dealership? Or just a mechanic? Genesis "techs" don't seem to try too hard, generally.

 

[FJB]

Mine is sensitive but I've gotten use to it. Stops on a dime.

 

[G-64010]

may 2025 tiguan, mine are the same, gently touch and they are fine press slightly more and it like you've bang on the brakes hard.