How reliable is the 2025 Genesis GV80? Here’s what Consumer Reports says – Jalopnik

Hyundai’s luxury division has earned a lot of praise since its first model, the Genesis G80 sedan, debuted for the 2017 model year. In fact, the 2009 Hyundai Genesis – essentially an earlier generation of the G80 – was named North American Car of the Year. We also had high praise for the brand. When we looked at the 2025 GV80 SUV, we reported that Genesis hadn’t tampered with its winning formula. The 2026 GV80 on sale today starts at $57,700, but as of January 2026 has not been tested separately from the standard version by Consumer Reports (CR).

Speaking of Consumer Reports, that’s a group that isn’t always impressed with Genesis as a whole or the GV80 in particular, especially when it comes to reliability. CR gave both the brand and the vehicle some of the lowest reliability scores in its database.

We’re not just talking about where Genesis and the GV80 stand in terms of luxury rivals, but also how they stack up against mainstreamers. It’s also important to keep in mind that CR’s reliability ratings are taken from its annual membership survey, which contained information for approximately 380,000 vehicles through 2025.

Consumer Reports indicated that the 2025 Genesis GV80 is “less reliable than other cars of the same model year”, and when compared to luxury rivals selected by CR, the GV80 ranked 10th out of a list of 11 vehicles. Only the Mercedes-Benz GLE finished worse. The class leader, the Lexus RX, had a reliability score that exceeded that of the GV80 by magnitudes. The BMW

Looking deeper into the individual problem areas raised by CR readers, the electrical accessories and electronics in the car were particularly problematic. At least it’s not all bad news, as reliability figures for aspects such as the engine, transmission, brakes and climate system were much better.

As previously mentioned, these reliability results are not unusual for the Genesis brand, which ranked 21st out of 26 brands for Consumer Reports’ reliability scores. That left it behind brands such as Nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, Volkswagen and the other car brands of the Hyundai Motor Group. If we look at luxury names – and not counting EV maker Rivian – Genesis was last.

Although it has added new updates and a coupe body style, the 2025 Genesis GV80 is still part of the first generation of the vehicle, sharing many aspects with its predecessors, as well as fairly low CR reliability scores. It’s true that those for the 2025 version were the lowest yet, but the most reliable GV80 to date was the 2024 edition, which only managed seventh place out of eleven rivals that year. The Nautilus and plug-in versions of the RX and X5 were the only models to follow the 2024 GV80. Meanwhile, the 2023, 2022 and 2021 versions ranked last in their CR segment in terms of reliability. The 2024 GV80 also had only one problem area with exceptionally low scores in the form of its propulsion system, and it had only been recalled once by NHTSA as of January 2026.

The predicted reliability scores for the 2026 Genesis GV80 have been released, and it’s the same old story. Although the score was slightly higher than before, the Genesis remains buried behind 12 other SUVs in its segment. And that was the case, even though the Land Rover Defender and Range Rover Sport were included, which is remarkable when those models come from a name that finished second to last on CR’s list of 32 brands that make the best cars. Interestingly enough, Genesis was 15th in that ranking. Now Genesis wants to drive more expensively, and the production supercar Genesis Magma GT should help with that. But so do better reliability scores for one of the highest-rated vehicles.