NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Hyundai Genesis Recalls
The 2016 Hyundai Genesis has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 13, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Hyundai Genesis. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 97
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Hyundai Genesis, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Hyundai Genesis
Electrical system: starter assembly: solenoid
- Campaign
- 24V107000
- Reported
- February 13, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,907
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Genesis, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 21V160000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94,646
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Genesis, 1 other model
Parking brake: indicator light
- Campaign
- 17V359000
- Reported
- June 5, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 161,074
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Genesis, 1 other model
2016 Hyundai Genesis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 97 owner complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Genesis, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (3%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Genesis, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the engine (28%) and the exterior lighting (11%).
1 of the 2016 Hyundai Genesis's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Hyundai Genesis owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 45,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System29
- Engine27
- Unknown Or Other13
- Exterior Lighting11
- Power Train10
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Genesis peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 19. 28% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Hyundai Genesis drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Hyundai Genesis year in the same window: 6th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Genesis years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 97 complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Genesis are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Genesis by model year
Other 2016 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted