Bad enough to get rid of the car?

[JSO]

I don’t know sh*t about cars so I am hoping for some advice. I have a 2022 gv70 24k miles. I valet it in for the safety recall regarding the seatbelts and they brought it back, didn’t say anything was wrong. The following day I noticed the AC wasn’t working so I had to bring it back in and they said they had to change the evaporator which took a few weeks. Then a week later I noticed coolant leaking near the gas pedal so that took about 3 weeks to get fixed. This has been a really annoying ordeal, thankfully all under warranty but now I’m afraid that something else will happen and I have lost confidence in the car and the brand. Are these major issues that will affect the driving and safety of the car or would you just ditch it? Thanks in advance.

 

[EdP]

I don’t know sh*t about cars so I am hoping for some advice. I have a 2022 gv70 24k miles. I valet it in for the safety recall regarding the seatbelts and they brought it back, didn’t say anything was wrong. The following day I noticed the AC wasn’t working so I had to bring it back in and they said they had to change the evaporator which took a few weeks. Then a week later I noticed coolant leaking near the gas pedal so that took about 3 weeks to get fixed. This has been a really annoying ordeal, thankfully all under warranty but now I’m afraid that something else will happen and I have lost confidence in the car and the brand. Are these major issues that will affect the driving and safety of the car or would you just ditch it? Thanks in advance.

Certainly aggravating. My guess is the coolant leak was caused by whoever fixed the evaporator coil. They are close together and a lot of tools used. To be fair, that is a dealer issue, not Genesis.

As for safety, neither of those affects the driving or handling of the car. Of course, if it is hot and you have no AC you may be tempted to drive off a bridge.

Should you ditch it? You really had one problem that caused a second one. Do you like the car otherwise? What would you get? Perhaps you will end up in something like on of my cars of a different brand that lost the evap coil after only three months. Or like some other cars with even more issues. I'd try to get over it and keep going for a while.

 

[JSO]

Thank you for your quick reply. I figured the coolant issue was from them tinkering with the evaporator. It’s just disheartening that these issues are happening back to back so early on. I just hope nothing else happens because I love the car otherwise. I’m interested in the X5 or macan S, perhaps the RDX. Just afraid that further down the line the car will have bigger issues and be out of warranty window!

 

[EdP]

Thank you for your quick reply. I figured the coolant issue was from them tinkering with the evaporator. It’s just disheartening that these issues are happening back to back so early on. I just hope nothing else happens because I love the car otherwise. I’m interested in the X5 or macan S, perhaps the RDX. Just afraid that further down the line the car will have bigger issues and be out of warranty window!

Understand, but it can happen to any car. Right now, you would take a good hit from depreciation. For the next couple of years, you are covered cost-wise by warranty.
Should have mentioned this before but thought of it while I was out. I'm on a self imposed five year plan. Any car today, no matter who built it, has a lot of sophisticated technology that is expensive to repair/replace. I will trade it is as the warranty nears expiration in 5/60. In that time, it will cost me a couple of oil changes and a set of tires.

 

[TX-GV70]

I don’t know sh*t about cars so I am hoping for some advice. I have a 2022 gv70 24k miles. I valet it in for the safety recall regarding the seatbelts and they brought it back, didn’t say anything was wrong. The following day I noticed the AC wasn’t working so I had to bring it back in and they said they had to change the evaporator which took a few weeks. Then a week later I noticed coolant leaking near the gas pedal so that took about 3 weeks to get fixed. This has been a really annoying ordeal, thankfully all under warranty but now I’m afraid that something else will happen and I have lost confidence in the car and the brand. Are these major issues that will affect the driving and safety of the car or would you just ditch it? Thanks in advance.

I picked my wife's car up from the dealership last Wednesday after they replaced the ac evaporator.. well they must have done the same thing to ours because my wife pulled in the garage and it looked like the car was on fire.. smoke rollin out the hood, coolant spraying on the exhaust hard to see exactly from where but after reading your post it all makes sense now.

 

[Husky]

Sounds like some really bad mechanics at these dealers. It also sounds like they didn't do a test drive and check their work for leaks.

 

[tarhoosier]

I agree with Husky.
For tradespeople who come to the house for repairs the worst event is to have a "call back"; to require another visit to resolve the complaint. Testing and double checking of all components and appearance is the standard since a call back costs money for the repair service. For automobiles the problem is reversed. The customer must return to the repair shop, fit into their schedule, know nothing about who or what was done and hope for a better result. Then drive away and wait until or if the problem resurfaces. The time and expense is ALL on the owner and not the shop.
Why is this true?

 

[Husky]

Exactly. All the more reason they should have more attention to detail.
The first and last time I went to the Hyundai dealer for my annual G70 state inspection, it was still practically a new car. On my way home, I realized that they forgot to put a new sticker on the windshield That's the most important part FFS!

 

[EdP]

Exactly. All the more reason they should have more attention to detail.
The first and last time I went to the Hyundai dealer for my annual G70 state inspection, it was still practically a new car. On my way home, I realized that they forgot to put a new sticker on the windshield That's the most important part FFS!

So glad to be done with state inspection. So much fraud when done by independent shops. States with no inspection do not have a higher incidence of accidents caused by mechanical problems.

At one time, PA was twice a year. The fraud goes both ways. Shops not doing the inspection but putting a sticker on, to doing repairs not needed. Does the average person know if their drag link bushings are worn?

 

[Husky]

It is a PITA, especially if you own an older car. The rule here is that any feature the car came with has to work. So you will be failed if a fog light is out, or heaven forbid your headlight washer doesn't work, even though many/most cars don't even have them.
Although I haven't researched the stats, I'm a bit surprised that, on average, states with no inspection don't have more accidents per vehicle. I remember when our son was going to Design school in Detroit (no inspections), many of the cars on the road there were falling apart, between the horrible roads and the salt.
But I get that there is no doubt fraud in states that do have inspection. While I don't think any of the places I go would falsify the results or look past something, I'm sure there are places that do, for a price, haha.
I remember seeing a pickup parked in town that was falling apart and had tires with the cords showing, but he had a sticker! So yeah, no guarantees.

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[tarhoosier]

I live in an inspection state and for as many years as I have been here when I saw a vehicle with important parts missing, smoke from the tailpipe, cracked glass, missing windows, just the shitbox from hell thing, I knew, I just KNEW, that vehicle had a valid inspection.
The owner/driver could not risk a bust without it.
There are fewer now than in the past, but not because of the inspection. Cars are better, more durable, and attitudes toward smoke belching, crab walking shitboxes has become quite negative.

 

[EdP]

It is a PITA, especially if you own an older car. The rule here is that any feature the car came with has to work. So you will be failed if a fog light is out, or heaven forbid your headlight washer doesn't work, even though many/most cars don't even have them.
Although I haven't researched the stats, I'm a bit surprised that, on average, states with no inspection don't have more accidents per vehicle. I remember when our son was going to Design school in Detroit (no inspections), many of the cars on the road there were falling apart, between the horrible roads and the salt.
But I get that there is no doubt fraud in states that do have inspection. While I don't think any of the places I go would falsify the results or look past something, I'm sure there are places that do, for a price, haha.
I remember seeing a pickup parked in town that was falling apart and had tires with the cords showing, but he had a sticker! So yeah, no guarantees.

One station I went to with all three family cars passed, except they needed headlight adjustment for a couple of bucks. You paid it and got the sticker no matter what..

Then there was Frank. Old guy with a shop not visible from the street if state inspectors were looking. Doubt Frank could actually pick up a wheel if he pulled one. His way of checking the brakes was to push the pedal while scraping off the old sticker. You had to say for the 15 or 20 minutes a legit inspection took so it was a social visit.

They all had a gimmick for a quick buck.

 

[GV70SP24]

I don’t know sh*t about cars so I am hoping for some advice. I have a 2022 gv70 24k miles. I valet it in for the safety recall regarding the seatbelts and they brought it back, didn’t say anything was wrong. The following day I noticed the AC wasn’t working so I had to bring it back in and they said they had to change the evaporator which took a few weeks. Then a week later I noticed coolant leaking near the gas pedal so that took about 3 weeks to get fixed. This has been a really annoying ordeal, thankfully all under warranty but now I’m afraid that something else will happen and I have lost confidence in the car and the brand. Are these major issues that will affect the driving and safety of the car or would you just ditch it? Thanks in advance.

I’d only ditch it to a desperate dealer who you potentially would be trading it into at.

Example: if you plan to buy a new Mazda CX-90 at a dealer that’s over stocked and had such model on the lot post 90’days then I’d trade your car in to them as they would likely give you the most for your car on trade as they need to move that old unit off thier lot and then they would send your to auction.

Other option is to slowly start a lemon law case or look for a courtesy buy back from Gensis for buyers remorse.

I’ve seen a lot of GV70 buy backs going on but not sure what was the trigger for it.

It’s not a bad car but could be a bad build aka made on a Monday .

Lastly, the roughest part about selling it is it’s a huge depreciating model so it’s hard to get a decent value for it.

Good luck either way!