Avoid Traffic Drum (Cones) - At all cost with your GV60

[Andyj]

Bruh. Holy cow. I would have absolutely lost my shnizzle looooong long ago! That is an extraordinary display of complete incompetence, easily satisfying negligence and breach of contract.

Time to lawyer'up, bro. Tell them they can keep the car to help pay your legal bills, the costs for which you will add on to the price of the replacement vehicle they're buying you.

LOL. What's a shnizzle?

 

[PMCErnie]

I think there is a much more serious issue going on here. EV’s that I’ve seen have a lower ground clearance due to the battery pack location. There are plenty of nasty things scattered on roadways that can do similar damage and some items you can drive over are not as forgiving as a traffic cone. Think rocks, tree branches, etc. Darkness certainly compounds the risk when you are driving down the highway at 75 miles an hour. Personally, I would reject any vehicle that had lesser ground clearance than the traditional norm.

 

[steveinarizona]

I think there is a much more serious issue going on here. EV’s that I’ve seen have a lower ground clearance due to the battery pack location. There are plenty of nasty things scattered on roadways that can do similar damage and some items you can drive over are not as forgiving as a traffic cone. Think rocks, tree branches, etc. Darkness certainly compounds the risk when you are driving down the highway at 75 miles an hour. Personally, I would reject any vehicle that had lesser ground clearance than the traditional norm.

Here in the US I have seen both terms used. Genesis calls the GV60 an SUV but I think it is really a raised hatch. Either way, it has 6.3 inches of ground clearance which is substantially more than a sedan.

OP: good luck and hang in there.

 

[Looney100]

LOL. What's a shnizzle?

I think he meant "shizzle", which could, technically, be any word starting with a "sh" sound. In this case he was using it as a scatological term.

 

[PMCErnie]

Here in the US I have seen both terms used. Genesis calls the GV60 an SUV but I think it is really a raised hatch. Either way, it has 6.3 inches of ground clearance which is substantially more than a sedan.

OP: good luck and hang in there.

I’ll take the 8.3” ground clearance on my ‘22 Tucson versus your 6.3” GV60. The GV80 has 8.1” clearance and the GV70 has 7.3.”

The major point is that the entire battery pack underneath EV’s is more susceptible to huge and expensive damage, much more so than any ICE vehicle.

 

[GeeVee7T]

 

[Stvhull]

Bruh. Holy cow. I would have absolutely lost my shnizzle looooong long ago! That is an extraordinary display of complete incompetence, easily satisfying negligence and breach of contract.

Time to lawyer'up, bro. Tell them they can keep the car to help pay your legal bills, the costs for which you will add on to the price of the replacement vehicle they're buying you.

To be very honest... the car is super and i just cant believe that Genesis (AKA Hyundai) will get bad press due to 1- Genesis Service Depart that dont have enough Mechanic who are not up to date with Electric cars... 2- Genesis Service AND Sales Depart that dont stand up for their customers in front of third party partners 3- third party Bodyshop partners that are also not up to date with Electric cars... 4- Genesis Canada higher managements first goal is to sale cars and totally forgot about after sale care and service... Genesis should change their "punch line" to ... Dont call (or email) us... will call (email) you... if, we ever care... enough.

Interesting fact, in 2015, i bough a new Hyundai Sonata ultimate and was required to involve the "PAVAC" since they (Hyundai) had to replace the RADIO/SIRIUS/NAV in dash module 5 times within 1 year because after connecting my Samsung phone for 1 1/2 months (bluetooth)... the NAV display was going "coucou" and they just could not figure out the problem. The CANADIAN MOTOR VEHICLE ARBITRATION PLAN (CAMVAP) forced them to buy the car back full price... plus taxes. You can see now where i am going with this...

 

[upa]

To be very honest... the car is super and i just cant believe that Genesis (AKA Hyundai) will get bad press due to 1- Genesis Service Depart that dont have enough Mechanic who are not up to date with Electric cars... 2- Genesis Service AND Sales Depart that dont stand up for their customers in front of third party partners 3- third party Bodyshop partners that are also not up to date with Electric cars... 4- Genesis Canada higher managements first goal is to sale cars and totally forgot about after sale care and service... Genesis should change their "punch line" to ... Dont call (or email) us... will call (email) you... if, we ever care... enough.

Interesting fact, in 2015, i bough a new Hyundai Sonata ultimate and was required to involve the "PAVAC" since they (Hyundai) had to replace the RADIO/SIRIUS/NAV in dash module 5 times within 1 year because after connecting my Samsung phone for 1 1/2 months (bluetooth)... the NAV display was going "coucou" and they just could not figure out the problem. The CANADIAN MOTOR VEHICLE ARBITRATION PLAN (CAMVAP) forced them to buy the car back full price... plus taxes. You can see now where i am going with this...

Sorry its hard for me to see the damage, but if the damage is on the outside of the pinch weld your battery should be fine. I usually use a hard hockey puck like interface with a channel through the center that fits over the jack point pinch weld when I seasonally change my tires, works really well. Sounds like a really lazy technician as these adapter have been around for quite some time.

 

[Looney100]

I’ll take the 8.3” ground clearance on my ‘22 Tucson versus your 6.3” GV60. The GV80 has 8.1” clearance and the GV70 has 7.3.”

The major point is that the entire battery pack underneath EV’s is more susceptible to huge and expensive damage, much more so than any ICE vehicle.

EVs (almost always) have a shield at the bottom of the vehicle to protect the battery pack to compensate for this.

 

[PMCErnie]

EVs (almost always) have a shield at the bottom of the vehicle to protect the battery pack to compensate for this.

There have been reports of VERY expensive damage despite such shields. I gather you haven’t read about this issue.

ICBC scraps 2022 electric car after owners faced with $60,000 bill to replace damaged battery

Damage to the EV's battery voided the vehicle's warranty and the quoted $60,000 replacement was more than a new car was worth

vancouversun.com

Here’s another story.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/scratched-ev-battery-your-insurer-may-have-junk-whole-car-2023-03-20/

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[Looney100]

There have been reports of VERY expensive damage despite such shields. I gather you haven’t read about this issue.

ICBC scraps 2022 electric car after owners faced with $60,000 bill to replace damaged battery

Damage to the EV's battery voided the vehicle's warranty and the quoted $60,000 replacement was more than a new car was worth

vancouversun.com

Here’s another story.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/scratched-ev-battery-your-insurer-may-have-junk-whole-car-2023-03-20/

Am well aware of it.
I’m not sure this is a great example, as the indication is that the shield served its purpose, as the shield had minimal (mostly cosmetic) damage, and this was a wholly unnecessary vehicle scrapping.
I’m not suggesting that the shields are perfect, or that there isn’t increased risk - just stating that something exists to protect the pack.

 

[Stvhull]

How about some updates...
The car was repaired.... at Genesis (or whichever bodyshop they used) and botched... again...
Bumper re-installed... well... if installing a bumper like that is installing... and... they chip it on one of the side...

Cant wait to have this over with and get rid of it...

 

[Looney100]

How about some updates...
The car was repaired.... at Genesis (or whichever bodyshop they used) and botched... again...
Bumper re-installed... well... if installing a bumper like that is installing... and... they chip it on one of the side...

Cant wait to have this over with and get rid of it...

Is that much worse than factory fit?

My first GV60 had some pretty uneven panel gaps.

 

[Stvhull]

Is that much worse than factory fit?

My first GV60 had some pretty uneven panel gaps.

To be super honest... i dont know... i didnt look at it when rhe car was new... i must have been blinded by the excitement
Which his now... gone...
If you have a chance... look at a thread that speak about front Headlight... for GV70... youll see how 3 of the 4 headlight of my car are doing... as well as others.