Hyundai Coupe
Registered from 1997 to 2009.
About this model
The Hyundai Genesis Coupe is a rear-wheel drive sports coupe from Hyundai Motor Company, first released on October 13, 2008, for the Korean market. It is Hyundai's first rear-wheel drive sports coupe, and shares its basic platform with the Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan.
From the Wikipedia article Hyundai Genesis Coupe, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 2.0 petrol. 590 of 1,822 tests failed, 32%.
Better than 8% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 65% | 381 |
| Suspension | 31% | 182 |
| Lights and electrics | 30% | 177 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 25% | 149 |
| Body and structure | 23% | 136 |
| Tyres and wheels | 18% | 106 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 98% of 2007 cars — 65% of its 590 failed tests, where an ordinary 2007 car has 34%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 65% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 31% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Exhaust and emissions — 25% of its failures
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Tyres and wheels — 18% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 30% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 23% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 160–180k miles this one fails 36% of its inspections, against the 30% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 20% | 16% | 54 | |
| 40–60k miles | 26% | 21% | 197 | |
| 60–80k miles | 29% | 24% | 323 | |
| 80–100k miles | 36% | 27% | 507 | |
| 100–120k miles | 32% | 29% | 367 | |
| 120–140k miles | 38% | 30% | 214 | |
| 140–160k miles | 38% | 30% | 95 | |
| 160–180k miles | 36% | 30% | 42 |
1,799 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 80k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
A12/1248/14
Blockage of the purge control valve can cause the ejection of the motor oil dipstick. This can affect the safe operation of the motor vehicle.
Recall of the product from end users