2013 Hyundai Veloster complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE SUN ROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED AND GLASS FELL ONTO THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BILL MARSH HYUNDAI IN TRAVERSE MI), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND ACCELERATION. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT DROVE TO THE DEALER (UNIVERSITY HYUNDAI IN DECATOR, ALABAMA) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT FOR ONE AND A HALF MONTHS WITHOUT RENDERING A DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE IN THE INTERIM; HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS CURRENTLY REQUESTING PAYMENT IN FULL FOR THE RENTAL VEHICLE BEFORE RELEASING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER A RECALL FOR THE FUEL LINE THAT, IN TURN, DAMAGED OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE RECALL DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

HAD CAR FOR AROUND A YEAR AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH SHAKES SUSPENSION AND AS OF RECENT A ROD THREW THROUGH MY ENGINE WALL THROUGH MY OIL COMPARTMENT. I KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAR REGULARLY AND FOR SOMETHING SO HUGE OF THAT NATURE TO HAPPEN IS BIZARRE. APPARENTLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF HYUNDAIS HAVE BEEN RECALLED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE (RODS BEING THROWN). I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS MANY OTHER DRIVERS WITH NO RESOLUTION. I'VE REACHED OUT HYUNDAI MULTIPLE TIMES TO HAVE THEM INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND HAVE EVEN HAD THEM JUST DRIVE IT AROUND BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL RIGHT AWAY THIS CAR DRIVES FUNNY. THEY ONLY RESPONDED WITH WELL IT'S JUST THE TYPE OF CAR. WELL I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR IF I KNEW I WOULD BE HAVING THIS MANY ISSUES. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO HAVE THE ENGINE PROBLEMS RECALLED ALONG WITH THE SUSPENSION WHEN IT JUMPS OUT OF LINE. I FEEL LIKE THE SHAKEY SUSPENSION WHEN HITTING A SMALL BUMP AND EVERY OTHER PROBLEM HAS BEEN LEADING UP TO THROWING THE ROD. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED AND WILL BE FILLING LEGAL ACTION IF THIS DOES NOT GET RESOLVED IN MY FAVOR. AS I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CLUTCH PEDAL COLLAPSED ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE STALLED DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO SWITCH GEARS PROPERLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

ONE AFTERNOON DURING RUSH HOUR IN THE BRONX MY GEAR STICK WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM P TO D SO I HAD TO USE THE OVERRIDE SHIFTIER FUNCTION JUST TO GET MY CAR TO MOVE. ALONG WITH THE GEAR SHIFT NOT WORKING NONE OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE CAR WORKED NOT MY INDICATORS/HAZARDS, MY WINDOWS WONT WIND DOWN SO I COULD AT LEAST SIGNAL MY INTENTION, MY WIND SHIELD WIPERS WERE NON OPERABLE AND MY SEAT BELT SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. IT WAS POURING OUT THIS DAY AND I HAD NO VISIBILITY BECAUSE MY WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK AND COULD NOT SIGNAL TO OTHER DRIVERS MY INTENTIONS. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE AFTERMARKET AUTO START THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD INSTALLED. SO I HAD THE AUTO START REMOVED BUT THE ISSUE STILL OCCURS, HYUNDAI IS UNSURE OF WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. HYUNDAI IS SUGGESTING A COMPLETE REWIRING BECAUSE THEY ARE UNSURE EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE AND CLAIM IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WILL COST ME UPWARD OF 7000$. I AM SURE THIS IS A DEFECT THERE IS NO WAY A CAR WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES SHOULD BE HAVING SUCH MAJOR ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE WITHOUT ANY INDICATORS OR MY GEAR SHIFTIER WORKING. WHEN MAKING A U-TURN OR PULLING INTO PARKING SPOTS IT TAKES ME TWICE AS LONG BECAUSE I NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING SHARP HANDY TO PUSH INTO THE GEAR SHIFT RELEASE BUTTON.

ELECTRONIC GEAR MOTOR OVERHEATED AND LEFT VEHICLE IN OVERDRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY IN STOPPED/SLOWED TRAFFIC. ONCE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, TRANSMISSION IS DISABLED AND WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO HAVE TOWED. DEALER CALLED THE PART THE 'GEAR MOTOR ACTUATOR' AND THAT HE HAS DONE NUMEROUS REPLACEMENTS AND THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING.

MY VELOSTER TURBO SUNROOF RANDOMLY EXPLODED AND SHATTERED ALL ON ME AND AROUND ME LIGHTLY DAMAGING THE INTERIOR OF MY CAR AND GAVE ME A FEW SCRATCHES AND COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BLINDED ME HAD IT GONE INTO MY EYES. I TRIED TO CALL AND SEE IF HYUNDAI WOULD HELP ME OUT, BUT WAS TOLD TO GET MY CALL INSPECTED AT A DEALERSHIP, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT FOR MY SUNROOF; EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN FACTORY DEFECT ON MY CAR MAKE AND MODEL AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM OWNERS OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET WITH THAT FACT AND WANTED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE TO THE NHTSA, AND MAYBE WITH THIS HYUNDAI WILL ACT ON THIS ISSUE SOONER THAN LATER.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. I DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS NOR DID ANY OBJECT STRIKE MY VEHICLE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF IN MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY I HAD THE SHADE CLOSED SO THE GLASS LAID ON THE SHADE. HOWEVER, LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THERE WAS A LOT OF GLASS FLYING AROUND. NO ONE WAS AROUND ME AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER IS FIXING THE GLASS FOR HALF THE COST OF THE ACTUAL REPAIR PER HYUNDAI CORPORATION. I STILL WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I'M TERRIFIED IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER IT IS FIXED.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE SUNROOF EXPLODED AND SENT GLASS FLYING INTO AND AROUND CAR. THERE WAS NOTHING NEARBY THAT COULD HAVE HIT AND DAMAGED THE SUNROOF SO VIOLENTLY, AND THE INCIDENT SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER DEFECT AS 2012 HYUNDAI MODELS COVERED IN THE RECALL. THE CAR IS A 2013 TURBO MODEL THOUGH, SO IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF I WASN'T AWARE OF THE PROBLEM IN ADVANCE SO I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND REACT ACCORDINGLY. HYUNDAI WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM SINCE ITS OUTSIDE OF THE INITIAL WARRANTY DESPITE THE FACT THAT ITS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER SUNROOF RECALL. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE HAVING TO HAVE A CLUTCH REPLACED AT 45000 DUE TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER DEFECT (CAR WOULDNT ACCELERATE IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR), AND NEEDING AN ENGINE REPLACED AT 60000 FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW (DROVE OFF THE LOT WITH 12 MILES ON ODOMETER) AND HAVE HAD ALL MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING OIL CHANGES, DONE BY THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. SO FAR THE CAR IS GIVING ME MORE PROBLEMS THE LONGER I OWN IT.

ENGINE RUNS TOO LEAN TO BEGIN WITH. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 43,000 MILES, THE ENGINE FAILED. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX DUE TO "AFTERMARKET SPARK PLUGS." ISSUE BEGAN WITH OEM PLUGS AND AFTERMARKET WAS LATER INSTALLED. DEALER REFUSES TO HONOR WARRANTY AND FREQUENTLY COVERS UP THEIR MISTAKES. VEHICLE BEGAN ISSUES ON TRAVEL HOME FROM WORK. CEL WAS BLINKING. CAR TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. OWNER REPLACED SPARK PLUGS AFTER INSPECTION OF FAULTY PLUGS. ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER REFUSED WORK DUE TO AFTERMARKET PLUGS. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED A FAULTY EXHAUST VALVE IN CYLINDER 3. DEALER STILL REFUSED REPAIR.

CAR TRAVELING AT 25 MPH IN STRAIGHT LINE ON CITY STREET, LOUD BANG AND SHOWER OF SPARKS UNDER CAR. LOSS OF POWER BUT CAR STILL RUNNING. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF HOOD. OPENED HOOD AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT ENGULFED IN FLAMES, CLOSED HOOD AND GOT AWAY FROM CAR. WITHIN 40 SECONDS ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CABIN TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES, CAR WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. 61,000 MILES.

WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. GLASS WAS EVERYWHERE. NOTHING WAS EVEN NEAR MY CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED (THANK GOODNESS) AFTER LOOKING AT SECURITY FOOTAGE. I HOPE A RECALL IS DONE SOON BECAUSE I COULD NOT IMAGINE IF I HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN. HYUNDAI HAS BEEN SEMI-HELPFUL BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE IT HAPPENS INSTEAD OF AFTER

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE CLOSED. CONSIDERING THIS MODEL VEHICLE HAS AN ALL GLASS SUNROOF THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I CALLED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD THE 2012 MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR EXPLODING SUNROOFS BUT NOT MINE IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT CAN GET CUT BY FALLING GLASS IF THIS HAPPENS. THE SUNROOF EXPLODES WITHOUT WARNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND OPENING THE SUN ROOF, THE GLASS SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

OUR 2013 MODEL HYUNDAI VELOSTER CLOSED SUNROOF EXPLODED ON FEBRUARY 27, 2016 WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 65MPH IN FAST LANE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN GOING OFF WHEN THE ROOF EXPLODED INTO PIECES ON THE BACKS OF ME AND MY HUSBAND. WE WHERE IS UTTER SHOCK, TRYING TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY SAFELY WHILE GLASS FALLING ON US. WHEN LOOKING AT THE ROOF, IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT EXPLODED BURSTING FROM INSIDE OUT; LEAVING THE FRAME BENT LIKE IT WAS FORCED OPEN FROM INSIDE OUT. THIS WAS NOT A PRESSURE ISSUE (BEFORE GETTING ON FREEWAY, THE SUNROOF WAS OPEN). IT WAS NOT A HOT OR COLD ISSUES EITHER AS IT WAS A NICE 72 DEGREES. THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 2012 VELOSTER MODELS AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH PEOPLE TO REPORT ISSUES FOR 2013 MODELS AS OF YET. WHEN CONTACTING HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, I WANTED TO FILE COMPLAINT (THEY GAVE ME AN 1800 NUMBER) THEN I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES, THEY DENIED EVER HEARING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AS MY HUSBAND AND I ARE COMMUTERS, WE HAVE ALREADY RUN OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NEED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I WILL BE FIGHTING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE $1,490.00 ($500 DEDUCTIBLE) THAT IT COST TO FIX THE SUNROOF AND FRAME THAT NEEDED REPLACED. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT I PURCHASED MY 2013 VEHICLE IN OCT. 2012, THEREFORE MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN 2012 AND THEY WERE STILL USING THE 2012 DEFECTED ROOF FOR THE EARLY 2013 MODELS AND THAT SHOULD BE HONORED TO THE 2012 RECALL.

BRAKE LIGHT WARNING INDICATOR FLASHING ON DASHBOARD WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN PARK OR REVERSING. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR PARKING BRAKE IS NOT ENGAGED.

STEREO SPEAKER SYSTEM KEEPS COMING LOOSE FROM, HARNESS, REPAIRED, BROKEN AGAIN. WAS TOLD BY DEALER RECALL ISSUE. BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND FACTORY INSTALLED FOG LIGHTS HAVE REPEATEDLY GONE OUT, COSTING SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPAIR. PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF VEHICLE IN SEVERAL PLACES, HAS BEEN SINCE APPROX 6 MONTHS AFTER BUYING CAR AND TOLD BY DEALER THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PAINT, ALTHOUGH CHIPPING IN STRAIGHT LINE

THE PROBLEM INITIALLY STARTED WITH AN ERRANT TIRE PRESSURE WARNING WHEN IN REALITY I HAD A FAULTY WHEEL SPEED SENSOR (RIGHT FRONT). THE TIRE WARNING LIGHT WOULD CLEAR WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON BUT THE PROBLEM WOULD PERSIST AND PROGRESSED TO THE ELECTRONIC STEERING DISABLING (NO STEERING), THE SPEED CONTROLS NOT FUNCTIONING (NO SPEEDOMETER OR CRUISE CONTROL), THE TRACTION CONTROL DISABLING (NO TRACTION CONTROL), AND MOST WORRISOME IS THAT THE BUILT IN KEYLESS IGNITION SAFETY SYSTEMS WERE DISABLED. THIS MEANT THAT THE KEYLESS IGNITION BUTTON (POSTIONED 2 INCHES FROM THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER!) WOULD AND DID TURN THE CAR OFF IF INADVERTATNLY BUMPED. I DOWN SHIFTED ON THE FREEWAY FROM 6TH TO 5TH AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND BUMPED THE BUTTON COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF THE ENTIRE CAR. 65 MPH AND NO CONTROL IS HORRIBLY DANGEROUS. THE DESIGN IS INHERENTLY FLAWED IF A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CAN DISABLE THE ENTIRE CAR AT FREEWAY SPEEDS.

SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING AND FELL INTO THE DRIVER COMPARTMENT. THE 2012 MODEL YEAR OF THIS VEHICLE HAD A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE 2013 MODEL YEAR. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO HAVE CROSSED THE MODEL YEARS.

VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR OFTEN. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, AND ONE DEALER DISMISSED MY COMPLAINT. HAPPENS AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1-2 BUT HAS HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTING 2-3 AND IT SLIPS OUT AND ENGINE REVS, DISENGAGED FROM WHEELS (AS IF IN NEUTRAL). THIS IS WHEN USING IT IN NORMAL MODE, NOT SPORT OR MANUAL SHIFT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE IN VARIOUS FORUMS (NOT YET ON NHSTA SITE IT SEEMS) THIS IS VERY UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC AS THE DRIVER MUST STOP ACCELERATING, SHIFT CAR INTO N AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.

VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR OFTEN. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, AND ONE DEALER DISMISSED MY COMPLAINT. HAPPENS AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1-2 BUT HAS HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTING 2-3 AND IT SLIPS OUT AND ENGINE REVS, DISENGAGED FROM WHEELS (AS IF IN NEUTRAL). THIS IS WHEN USING IT IN NORMAL MODE, NOT SPORT OR MANUAL SHIFT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE IN VARIOUS FORUMS (NOT YET ON NHSTA SITE IT SEEMS) THIS IS VERY UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC AS THE DRIVER MUST STOP ACCELERATING, SHIFT CAR INTO N AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.

I WAS DRIVING 70MPH IN THE HIGH-SPEED LANE ON I-40 EASTBOUND ON 7/7/15 AT 7:10PM WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. MY SUNROOF WAS CLOSED, AND THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSED. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND ~90 DEGREES. THE EXPLOSION CAME AS A SUDDEN THUNDEROUS BOOM CAUSING SHARDS OF GLASS TO FALL INTO MY VEHICLE ONTO MY HEAD AND DOWN MY BACK, CAUSING ONLY A FEW MINOR CUTS. I WAS SO ALARMED AS THE SUNROOF EXPLODED THAT I SWERVED ONTO THE BERM OF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME ALSO SWERVED CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS, AS I SUSPECT SHARDS OF GLASS ALSO FLEW BACKWARD AT THEIR VEHICLE AFTER THE EXPLOSION. I PUT ON MY FLASHERS AND PULLED MY VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT BERM OF THE HIGHWAY TO CALM MYSELF. THE OTHER CARS DID NOT STOP. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRIVING CONDITION, I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME SLOWLY WITH MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO RECALLS ON 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTERS. HOWEVER THERE WAS A RECALL (#12V568000) FOR 2012 VELOSTERS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THERE ARE ALSO BLOGS ON THE WEB THAT TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE LINGERING WITH 2013 MODELS, HOWEVER, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY HYUNDAI TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THIS ENORMOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I HOPE THIS NOTIFICATION TO NHTSA HELPS DRIVE SOME ACTION AND FORCES HYUNDAI TO RECALL THESE SUNROOFS CONSIDERING HOW THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED SEVERE INJURY AND/OR DEATH AT SUCH HIGH SPEEDS.

JUNE 16/2015, AT 12:40 EST, THE TOP REAR WINDOW OF MY '13 VELOSTER SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THIS HAPPENED AFTER HAVING LUNCH IN THE CAR FOR 1/2 HOUR WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN. THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE MID 70S. IT HAPPENED WITH THE WINDOWS CLOSED WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT AS I EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE REAR HATCH AND BOTH FRONT PASSENGER DOORS WERE USED TWICE EARLIER IN THE MORNING WITH NO DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE VEHICLE SAT OUTSIDE IN THE SUN FOR 4 1/2 HOURS BEFORE LUNCH. RECENTLY, THERE HAD BEEN SOME SEVERE RAIN AND HIGH WIND, BUT NO HAIL. TEMPERATURES HAD GONE INTO THE UPPER 80S IN THE LAST WEEK. THE GLASS COMPLETELY SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES AND LEFT A LARGE HOLE IN THE CENTER. THE SHAPE OF THE GLASS WHERE THE HOLE WAS APPEARED TO BE PUSHED OUT. THAT SECTION AND MUCH MORE OF THE GLASS FELL INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING HOME. I WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE MANAGER AT THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

BOUGHT A USED 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER WITH ALMOST 15,000 MILES FOR OUR SON WHO HAS LESS THAN A YEAR OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. CAR HESITATES/JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND DID NOT FIND ANY ERROR CODES. THEY STATED THAT DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR WAS MANUAL AND WAS CONVERTED TO BE AUTOMATIC (I BELIEVE THEY CALL THIS DUAL CLUTCH SYSTEM), THIS IS A NORMAL ISSUE. JERKING/HESITATION FROM A STOP COULD BE DANGEROUS, THE CAR BEHIND US STARTED ACCELERATING AND HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING US SINCE THE CAR WAS ABNORMALLY SLOW TO ACCELERATE AFTER JERKING. NOW I AM CONCERN SINCE MY SON IS A NEW DRIVER AND MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THIS OCCURS. HE COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM THE SAFETY BOARD, OR I WILL FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE AGENCY FOR ITS INACTION. BASED ON COMPLAINTS READ ON THIS SITE, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS (OR COULD BE DEADLY) ISSUE.

WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH THE SUNROOF VIOLENTLY EXPLODE AND THE COVER STARTED JUMPING UP AND DOWN DROPPING GLASS ALL OVER THE INTERIOR. IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN GOING OFF INSIDE THE CAR. I REALLY STARTLED AND LUCKILY GOT THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LIKE MOST I HAVE READ THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. WITH SUCH HIGH MILAGE OF COURSE THE WARRANTY IS OUT ON IT. SO I WILL BE STUCK OUT OF POCKET FOR FIXING IT

I HAVE A HYUNDAI VELOSTER 2013, I NOTICED MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH ON MONDAY BUT WENT OFF. TUESDAY MORNING WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT THE DRIVE WAY MY CAR GOT STUCK IN REVERSE. THE CAR THAT WAS COMING ALMOST HIT ME HE HAD TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. HE THEN GOT OUT THE CAR AND HELPED ME GET IT BACK IN TO PARK. IT TOOK US ABOUT 15 MINS TO GET IT. I TOOK IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO FIX IT HE TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND THEY WILL GIVE ME A CALL IF THEY GET A APT OPEN. SO ON MY WAY HOME MY CAR WAS JERKING I PULLED OVER AT THE STORE AND GOT STUCK MY CAR WOULDN'T GOT INTO PARK, SO I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BREAK FOR ABOUT 30 MINS UNTIL I GOT IT TO PARK. I HAVE CALLED CORPORATE OFFICE AND NOTHING STILL HAS HAPPENED I AM ABOUT TO RETURN THIS DANG CAR. *TR

DRIVER TURNED RIGHT FROM A STOP SIGN ONTO A HIGHWAY AND BEGAN ACCELERATING TO 55 M.P.H WHEN DRIVER REACHED APPROXIMATELY 35 M.P.H, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT WHICH POINT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE DRIVER COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR THROTTLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE ACCUMULATING AND THE SMELL OF COOLANT OR ANTIFREEZE COMING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BECAME DARKER IN COLOR. THE ENGINE THEN WENT UP IN FLAMES. *TR

I HAVE A 2013 VITAMIN C VELOSTER AND I RECENTLY LOOKED UNDER MY LICENSE PLATE IN THE REAR AND NOTICED A BIG HOLE IN MY BUMPER FROM MELTING, IT SEEMS TO KEEP GETTING WORSE SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN I NOTICED IT. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND SHOWED THE SERVICE GUYS AND AT THAT POINT MY BUMPER AND PLATE MOUNT HAD FUSED TOGETHER FROM THE HEAT. I FEAR THE BUMPER STARTING ON FIRE RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS TANK. THEY TOOK 3.5 HOURS TO LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN THIS ISSUE AND WHEN THEY FINISHED, WOULDN'T TELL ME ANY INFO. THEY GAVE ME NO PAPERWORK, THEY JUST TOLD ME "TAKE THE CAR, WE HAD TO ORDER A LOT OF PARTS AND IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE WE GET THEM IN; WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN THE PARTS COME IN AND THEY CLOSED THE SHOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SUNROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING GLASS TO FALL INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V568000 (VISIBILITY). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000....UPDATED 05-26-15 *BF UPDATED 6/30/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE PANORAMIC SUN ROOF GLASS SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

I WAS DRIVING, DOING APPROX 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HEARD A POP AND THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN GLASS FROM MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF THAT WAS SHATTERING ALL OVER ME. I HAD GLASS IN MY HAIR, CUTS ON MY FOREHEAD AND I HAVE A HUGE LUMP ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM WHERE I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BIGGER PIECE OF GLASS. WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HAVE A CONCUSSION, WHICH I DO NOT, HOWEVER, I AM VERY SORE FROM MY NECK UP TO THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THE SERVICE ADVISER ACTED SURPRISED THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED AND SAID TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO FILE A COMPLAINT SINCE HE STATED IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ON ITS OWN, THAT SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE HIT IT. HOW SAD IT IS TO COME HOME TO SEE THAT THE 2012 MODEL OF MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME CHALLENGE AND WAS UNDER RECALL AND NOW I AM SEEING THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2013 OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR SUNROOF AS I AM. *JS

HELLO, THIS REPORT IS NOT FOR A PARTICULAR INCIDENT, HOWEVER IT IS WIDESPREAD AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS ARTICLE: HTTP://WWW.NETWORKWORLD.COM/ARTICLE/2871485/MICROSOFT-SUBNET/HACKERS-COULD-EXPLOIT-SECURITY-HOLES-IN-PROGRESSIVE-INSURANCE-SNAPSHOT-DEVICES.HTML THIS TELLS OF HOW THE PROGRESSIVE SNAPSHOT VULNERABLE TO HACKERS AND TRANSMITS THE DATA IT COLLECTS UNENCRYPTED. SINCE THE PROGRESSIVE SNAPSHOT IS PLUGGED DIRECTLY INTO THE OBD-II PORT, IT HAS ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER, WHICH COULD ALLOW A HACKER TO CONTROL THE CAR. AFTER READING THIS, I HAVE OPTED-OUT OF THE SNAPSHOT PROGRAM AND THEREFORE, MY CHANCE TO GET A DISCOUNT. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT PUTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AT RISK. THANK YOU *TR

DRIVING TO WORK AT 45MPH AND THE REAR HATCH WINDOW SHATTERED. NOTHING HIT IT, NO PREVIOUS CRACKS, ETC. BACK GLASS JUST SHATTERED, THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE GLASS FROM FALLING INTO THE BACK SEAT WAS MY TINTING. *TR

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2 WEEKS EARLIER TOOK CAR IN AND THEY CLAIM THEY MADE AN ADJUSTMENT AND I WAS ALSO TOLD MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE VALVE 4 OR CYLINDER 4 NOT SURE WHICH THEN I WAS DRIVING HOME DOWN THE BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN MAJOR NOISE IN ENGINE AND ALL LIGHTS CAME ON ENGINE SHUT OFF HAD TO PUSH CAR HOME... HAD TOWED TO DEALER NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME ROD WENT THRU THE RENGINE AND NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS HAD MY CAR NOW FOR 6 WEEKS AND THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHEN IT WILL BE REPAIRED (PREFER TO BE REPLACED) I AM NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AT ALL. *TR

AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS (60 MPH AND ABOVE),THE VEHICLE'S STEERING BECOMES UNEXPECTEDLY HEAVY, AND IT SEEMINGLY TAKES AN UNUSUAL (AND POSSIBLY, MOMENTARILY ALARMING) AMOUNT OF STEERING EFFORT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE "CENTERED" ON THE ROAD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING MY SUNROOF EXPLODED, SENDING GLASS ONTO ME, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. I SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES TO MY SKIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I-26 (NO OTHER PASSENGERS) TRAVELING AT AROUND 4:15 PM FROM WORK TO HOME, THERE WAS A LOUD CRACK OR POP SOUND AND MY PANORAMIC ROOF EXPLODED AND SHARDS AND CHUNKS OF GLASS FLEW INSIDE AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

DURING MODERATE BRAKING ON ROUGH ROADS THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD BANG. AT THIS TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THIS VEHICLE SUFFERED FOUR FLAT TIRES DURING THE 2013/2014 WINTER IN MICHIGAN DUE TO POT HOLES. TWO OF THE WHEELS HAD TO BE REPLACE DURING ONE INCIDENT. TIRE PROFILE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ROADS IN THIS AREA. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR A WEEK BUT DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *TR

SUNROOF SHATTERED SPONTANEOUSLY. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SUNROOFS ON THESE VELOSTERS. I FOLLOWED UP WITH HYUNDAI AND THEY SAID THAT MY PARTICULAR CAR WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL, THOUGH IT IS THE SAME EXACT SUNROOF ON THE CARS THAT WERE EFFECTED. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AS I WAS DRIVING TO MICHIGAN FROM INDIANA, ON A COLD BUT CLEAR DAY. HALF WAY INTO MICHIGAN I RAN INTO A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW, AND BEFORE I KNEW IT MY REAR END STARTED SLIDING TO THE RIGHT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HIT A PATCH OF ICE, BUT I SOON REALIZED I'M THE ONLY ONE SLIDING ALL OVER THE ROAD. MY TOP SPEED 40 TO 45 MPH. EVERYONE WAS PASSING ME WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I GOT TO MY PARENTS HOUSE, I WENT TO DISCOUNT TIRE AND BOUGHT NEW RIMS AND SNOW TIRES. THE RESULT NO DIFFERENT. LAST WEEK I WAS HEADING TO CHICAGO, AND RAN INTO RAIN AT 70 MPH. SAME SITUATION AS BEFORE. THE REAR STEPPED OUT AND I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I'M TERRIFIED DRIVING THIS CAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DURING THE WINTER LAST YEAR APPROX. JANUARY AND HAD HALF THE MILES LISTED ABOVE. MY INTERIOR HEAT CONTROL WAS ON FULL BLAST AND IT CUT OUT. I TRIED TO ADJUST AND IT WOULD TURN ON IF THE KNOB WAS PERFECTLY ALIGNED....SLIGHT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT. TOOK INTO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE INTERIOR BLOWER SWITCH, THE CONNECTION HAD SCORTCH MARKS ON IT SO THEY REPLACED THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS ALONG WITH THE SWITCH/CONTROL KNOB. 6 MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM WAS RECURRING EXCEPT THIS TIME I WAS RUNNING AIR CONDITIONING AS THE TEMP OUTSIDE WAS 36 DEGREES CELSIUS OUTSIDE.... THIS TIME MUCH WORSE. IT SMELT LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. ,,,I TOOK THE COVER PLATE OFF THAT HELD THE HEATER CONTROLS IN PLACE AND THE CONNECTIONS ON IT LITERALLY MELTED OFF INTO MY HAND. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, MANY OTHER HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME FOR ME. HERE ARE LINKS TO OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES ---------------------- HTTP://WWW.VELOSTER.ORG/FORUM/37-HYUNDAI-VELOSTER-ISSUES-TSBS-RECALLS/8177-HVAC-FAN-SPEED-SWITCH-ISSUE.HTML ---------------------- HTTP://WWW.VELOSTER.ORG/FORUM/8-HYUNDAI-VELOSTER-GENERAL-DISCUSSION/7729-WEIRD-PROBLEM-AC-SHUTS-DOWN-WHEN-FAN-SETTING-MOVED-4-HIGHEST.HTML ---------------------- PICTURE OF SAID ISSUE/MELTING --------------------- HTTP://INSTAGRAM.COM/P/QH-QUCIF2K/ *JS

4 TIMES I HAVE HIT A POTHOLE OR A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND HAVE HAD A "LOUD BANG", THE CAR JERKS VIOLENTLY AND THEN THE WIPERS CAME ON - ONE TIME I HAD THE "LOUD BANG" THE CAR JERKED VIOLENTLY THE WIPERS CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL. THE COMBINATION OF THE SUSPENSION, TIRES AND RIMS MAKE THIS CAR VERY DANGEROUS ON ROADS THAT HAVE ANY KIND OF POTHOLES OR BUMPS. PLEASE HELP. *JS

WE STARTED TO NOTICE OUR RADIO RECEPTION WAS GOING IN AND OUT. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED AND WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC SAID THEY RAN A TEST AND IT PASSED "HYUNDAI" REQUIREMENTS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. SO WE ARE STUCK WITH A RADIO THAT HAS POOR RECEPTION AND STATIONS CROSS EACH OTHER, ITS A NIGHTMARE! WHAT A CAR WITHOUT THE RADIO? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR ACTUATOR AND TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS OR START THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY AND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER OVER 32 TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

AFTER ONLY HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT TIME, I STARTED TO NOTICE ON THE CENTER OF THE REAR BUMPER & RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL WERE MISSING PAINT. OVER TIME IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS OF THE CAR THAT ARE PLASTIC UNDERNEATH THE PAINT TEND TO FLEX AND CAUSE THE PAINT TO CRACK. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON SURFACE STREETS. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR. SHE KEPT THE CAR RUNNING AND CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 60 SECONDS OF THIS ACTIVITY THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT NO DIAGNOSIS WAS DETERMINED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,427 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,005.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE WITH THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN FIRST GEAR, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR ALSO WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE TO HIGHER GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT AROUND 7:10 IN THE MORNING TRAVELING AT 60MPH WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLODED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. A SHOWER OF GLASS FELL ON ME AND ALL OVER MY CAR DAMAGING THE SEATS AND CUTTING MY RIGHT ARM AND FOREHEAD. I MANAGED TO GET TO WORK WITH A BLOODY ARM AND FRONT HEAD AND THANK GOD I HAD NO OTHER CARS CLOSE TO ME WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR

TUESDAY THE 22ND, MY STEREO STOPPED COMING ON START-UP. SATURDAY THE 26TH CAR WOULD NOT START. AFTER CAR WAS JUMP STARTED, STEREO CAME ON, BUT CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT. HAD TO MANUALLY OVERRIDE SHIFTER TO DRIVE CAR, AT WHICH POINT I DISCOVERED ALL ELECTRICAL PARTS HAD STOPPED FUNCTIONING, INCLUDING TAIL LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, POWER WINDOWS, ETC. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BATTERY AND ENTIRE JUNCTION BOX, BUT ISSUE REAPPEARED 1 MONTH LATER. *TR