El primer SUV de Genesis, el GV80, se enfrenta a otra llamada a revisión en Corea del Sur tras descubrirse un defecto de fabricación en la bomba de alta presión que podría provocar la parada del vehículo.
El Ministerio de Territorio, Infraestructura y Transporte anunció el día 22 que llamará a revisión a varios GV80 debido a la posibilidad de desgaste en la pieza de accionamiento y una formación defectuosa de la presión de combustible causada por defectos en el procesamiento de la bomba de alta presión en algunos vehículos Genesis GV80.
Un total de 8.783 vehículos fabricados entre el 31 de diciembre de 2019 y el 8 de septiembre de 2020 están afectados. También se ha confirmado que estos motores podrían apagarse debido a la falta de suministro de combustible. La reparación de la llamada a revisión se realizará tras inspeccionar el depósito de combustible y, si es necesario, sustituir las piezas relacionadas con la bomba de alta presión.
Por otro lado, no es la primera vez que el Genesis GV80 es llamado a revisión. El Genesis GV80 ha sido objeto de llamadas a revisión de forma constante desde su lanzamiento en Corea del Sur en enero. La primera estuvo relacionada con la posibilidad de cambios de marcha anómalos debido a un error de software del sistema stop & go (ISG) en febrero, afectando a 823 unidades. Más tarde, en abril, se llamó a revisión a 3.247 unidades por un error de software del cuadro de instrumentos digital.
También en abril, 478 vehículos presentaban un error en la asistencia de aparcamiento inteligente remota, pero la más grande fue en julio, cuando se llamó a revisión a 15.599 vehículos debido a la extracción de combustible al detenerse en una rampa. Más recientemente, se llamó a revisión a 8.035 vehículos por un problema de vibración y sacudidas intermitentes del motor en el nuevo motor diésel 3.0 V6. El Genesis GV80 vendió 1.810 unidades en agosto, mientras que acumula unas ventas totales de 21.826 unidades en Corea del Sur.
Fuente: Seoul Newspaper
Comentarios
8 comentarioslol, Toyota recalled over 2 million cars a couple months ago for the exact same faulty fuel pump issue that led to several stalled engine highway accidents, including almost the entire 2018-2019 Lexus lineup. Let's not pretend that Genesis is fairing poorly against the competition.
Well about that you said about Toyota/Lexus, maybe we are in front of a similar part or even the same, if Denso (former Toyota company) have made this fuel pump also for Genesis, that could be the explanation of this case.
Right, but fairly or not, Lexus has a reputation for reliability, whereas, as a new brand, Genesis doesn't, or at worst (and again, fairly or not), its association with Hyundai does it no favors in the public eye. I don't have major concerns about Hyundai quality--I bought (not leased) a '20 Sonata hybrid, myself--but then I know cars well enough to know that Hyundai today is not Hyundai of 1992. The general public's perception is always going to both lag reality and be overly susceptible to negative of-the-moment stories.
Yikes, love this car but the amount of recalls is certainly off putting. Get your shite together, Genesis.
I understand that cars are enormously more complicated today than in the early '90's, but...imagine if Toyota had launched Lexus like this. I also have to wonder if a lot of this is due to Hyundai not allowing their companies within the chaebol that supply auto parts to supply to others as well, thereby making them be less competitive and well-developed.
Well, behind this could be a lot. Despite Genesis is one of the more reliable brands according to J.D Power, the export is different than the local market, which already have received several complaints about that the quality controls are less exhaustive, but at the same time, I need to say that Genesis and HMG hurried up too much to launch GV80 and G80, so here could be the result of that rush.
Maybe. We'll also probably be seeing a lot of ABS and brake-related recalls in the upcoming months from a bunch of other manufacturers, because the ones that were recently recalled by Hyundai/Kia were all sourced from Mando Corp. Hopefully won't end up being another Takata airbag scenario.
Quality =/= reliability. The German brands have absolutely nothing comparable to Genesis in reliability, and it's even more laughable with American brands like Cadillac or Lincoln. To be competitive as a premium brand, a vehicle needs to take risks and stand out with cutting-edge tech and performance. Lexus sell on "reliability" because their most popular vehicles like the ES and RX literally sit on the same platform and share the same engines with a Camry. Their new LS and LC are a total flop in sales, because they can't compete with the Germans in tech or performance. Consumers looking for the best aren't stupid enough to excuse Lexus's faults.