Hyundai Veloster Complaints (2012)

296 consumer complaints on file.

#10501158March 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,000. *TR UPDATED 06/10/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498572February 19, 2013
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OVER A POT HOLE, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT (TPMS) ILLUMINATED. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST AIR. THE CONTACT ADDED AIR TO THE TIRE BUT IT CONTINUED TO LOSE AIR AT LEAST THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS BENT. AS A RESULT, BOTH THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499237February 19, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
CAR HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. OTHER TIMES IT ONLY GOES INTO FIRST GEAR. HAD TO MOVE IT TO NEUTRAL THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET IT TO WORK. OTHER TIMES, HAD TO TURN IT OFF COMPLETELY AND BACK ON TO GET IT TO WORK. THIS PROBLEM NEARLY GOT ME IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY. ALSO, SOMETIMES IN FIRST GEAR THE CAR WILL "CHUGG". IT WILL STRUGGLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAVE A JERKING/CHUGGING FEEL. AFTER A COUPLE VISITS TO HYUNDAI, THEY HAVE FAILED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498390February 17, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD AT FIRST START UP AND FOR AN HOUR OR SO, YOU PUT IT INTO REVERSE, THE "R" FLASHES AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MOVE. THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT. ALSO INTERMITTENTLY AT COLD START, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO REVERSE WITH A DELAY, THEN HARSH ENGAGEMENT. ALSO INTERMITTENTLY AFTER DRIVING 1 TO 2 MINUTES THEN COMING TO A STOP, YOU ACCELERATE AND MAKE A SLOW SPEED LEFT TURN, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498107February 14, 2013
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE DROVE OVER A SPEED BUMP AND NOTICED A SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TIRES HAD LOST AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE RIMS WERE SCRAPED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FRONT RIMS AND THE TIRES WAS MINIMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498075February 13, 2013
SEAT BELTS
THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACKSEAT OF MY BRAND NEW 2012 VELOSTER FREQUENTLY GET STUCK UNDER THE HOLDER FOR THE SEATBELT. THIS CAUSES THE SEATBELT TO NOT BE ABLE TO RETRACT AND BECOMES EXTREMELY LOOSE. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN I HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM. ANYTIME I HAVE A CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR, OR A SHORTER ADULT, THE SEAT BELT BECOMES LOOSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496981January 31, 2013
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
CPSC#I1310578A. 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT HAS AN ADJUSTABLE GUIDE. SHE WAS ABLE TO ADJUST IT TO FIT ACROSS HER SHOULDER. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE MOVED, IT WOULD CHOSE A NEW POSITION, AND NOT GO BACK, WHICH FORCED THE SEAT BELT ACROSS HER NECK. WHEN SHE HIT THE BRAKE, THE POSITIONER MOVED THE BELT ACROSS HER NECK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494924January 28, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER BOTH SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY PLANNED TO CONDUCT AN INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THE FAULTY AIR BAGS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10493481January 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN, STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES
THE CAR (HYUNDAI VELOSTER 2013, MANUAL TRANSMISSION, PRODUCTION DATE MAY 3, 2012) WAS PARKED ON A SMALL HILL, WITH THE HAND BRAKE PULLED ALL THE WAY. APPARENTLY THE HAND BRAKE FAILED, THE CAR ROLLED DOWNHILL HITTING A FENCE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10491776January 8, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN JAN OF 2012, STARTED HAVING "ISSUES" WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING. AFTER GETTING USE TO THE NEW CAR AND HOW IT DROVE, PUTTING A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THE CAR, SOMETHING WAS STILL NOT RIGHT WITH HOW IT DROVE. NOT GETTING THE SPEED IT NEEDED AND TACKING OUT THE RPMS TO CHANGE INTO THE RIGHT GEAR AND AT TIMES, WAS THE WRONG GEAR. WE HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH WE GOT THE CAR, TOLD THEM OF THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THAT IT WAS "NORMAL" WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH AND THAT WE HAD TO DRIVE IT MORE IN MANUAL MODE, WHICH MADE NO SENSE TO ME. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE CAR GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE....COULD NOT EVEN MERGE OUT INTO TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING 30-35 MPH. HAD TO ALWAYS DRIVE THE CAR IN MANUAL MODE AS OPPOSED TO AUTOMATIC, ADHERING TO THE DEALERSHIP. WELL, ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER AND NOW THE CAR IS BARELY DRIVING AND BECOMING A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE, AS WE HAVE TO USE THIS CAR TO GO TO AND FROM WORK AND THAT ONLY. WE HAD BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP, ONCE AGAIN IN DEC AND NOW... THEY ARE HAVING "ISSUES" WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH AND THAT THIS CAR WAS...A "GUINEA PIG" AND BEING MADE A COMPLETE MOCKERY OF THIS PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP. WE HAVE ESCALATED THE ISSUE TO CORPORATE OFFICE AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THIS MAKER EVER AGAIN... NOTHING BUT A HORRID EXPERIENCE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10490171December 27, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 2012, APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, I WAS DRIVING EAST ON I-90 AT ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN MY IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND NO FOREIGN OBJECT MADE CONTACT OR ENTERED MY VEHICLE. THE SUNROOF WAS CLOSED WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I WAS NOT TRYING TO OPERATE IT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. IT SOUNDED LIKE A WATER BALLOON POPPED AND THEN GLASS CAME RAINING DOWN ON TOP OF MY HEAD AND INTO MY CAR. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE DRIVER AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10487399December 5, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY, STRUCTURE:BODY
MY CAR WAS PARK AT MY WORK PARKING LOT AND IT WAS AROUND 37 DEGREES F OUTSIDE. I WENT TO MY CAR TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF MY TRUNK. WHEN I CLOSED MY TRUNK I HEARD A SPLASH AFTER THE TRUNK CLOSED. I THOUGHT I SPLASHED SOME WATER, BUT I THEN SAW AND REALIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT ON MY ROOF. I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND SAW THAT MY SUNROOF HAD BLOWN UP. GLASS DEBRIS WAS EVERYWHERE ESPECIALLY ON MY WINDSHIELD. I DROVE IT HOME THAT NIGHT AND BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND GAVE ME A RENTAL CAR RIGHT AWAY. I ASKED THEM FOR THE BEST OFFER FOR A NEW CAR BUT THEY JUST WANTED TO SELL ME A NEW CAR. I DON'T TRUST THE HYUNDAI BRAND ANYMORE AND IM HOPING IN TRADING IT IN FOR A DIFFERENT CAR. *TR..UPDATED 12/31/12 *BF PICTURES RECEIVED. 01/03/13
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485802November 22, 2012
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE SUNROOF ON MY 2012 VELOSTER EXPLODED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, SHOWERING GLASS ALL OVER THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. TEMPERATURES WERE MILD AND THERE WERE NO SIGN OF ANY OBJECTS STRIKING THE GLASS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484048November 12, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
I DROVE MY CAR HOME ON SATURDAY....AND DIDN'T MOVE IT ON SUNDAY....HOWEVER AT NIGHT I WENT TO MOVE IT IN FRONT OF MY OTHERS CARS, AND I WAS SHOCKED BY THE SCENE ....THE SUNROOF WAS TOTALLY EXPLODED.......I THINK THIS IS A MAYOR DEFECT AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IF LIKE EVERYDAY I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AND IT COULD EXPLODE IN FRONT OF OTHERS CARS.....THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, NOT HOT, NOT COLD, AND NOT TOO MUCH SUN.... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483720November 8, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ADJUSTING THE VELOSTER SIDE MIRRORS SO THEY SWING FAR ENOUGH OUT FOR TALL DRIVERS. ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE A NUMBER OF DRIVERS WITH THIS COMPLAINT. MY DEALER BASICALLY SAYS "LIVE WITH IT" BUT WITH THE BLIND SPOTS ON THIS CAR, THAT IS NOT A SAFE ANSWER. DRIVERS (5'10" AND UP) NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY SEE WHAT IS FORWARD OF THE REAR BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE AND CAN'T. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483765November 8, 2012
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE SUN ROOF GLASS EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC OR THE DEALER, AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483770November 8, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE OVER NIGHT. IN THE MORNING, WHEN LEAVING FOR WORK I FOUND THE CARS SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. GLASS WAS ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, CAR ROOF, WINDSHIELD, HOOD, AND REAR GLASS. SHARDS OF THE SUNROOF WERE HANGING DOWN INSIDE THE CAR AND THERE WAS SHATTERED GLASS INSIDE THE CAR. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED THE GLASS TO BLOW OUT, AND LEFT A LARGE HOLE WHERE THE SUNFOOF WAS LOCATED.THIS WAS A DANGEROUS EVENT AND EVEN IF FIXED I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR. IF THE SUNROOF IS REPLACED WHAT GUARANTEE DO WE HAVE THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESEARCHED, RESOLVED, AND THAT CORRECTED COMPONENETS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN OUR VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482933November 1, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE. I HEARD A NOISE AND WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE THE SUNROOF HAD SHATTERED/EXPLODED. I HAVE A CAMERA INSTALLED ON MY GARAGE THAT CAPTURED THE SUNROOF EXPLODING WITH NO ONE AROUND IT AND NOTHING FALLING ON IT. I CAN EMAIL THE VIDEO UPON REQUEST. *TR ..UPDATED 11/14/12 *BF UPDATED 12/4/2012 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482760October 31, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET, IT SOUNDED LIKE A FIRECRACKER WENT OFF ON THE TOP OF MY CAR. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND SUBSEQUENT POPS AND CRACKS. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I SAW MY SUNROOF HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED. NOTHING HAD HIT MY CAR, THE SUNROOF JUST EXPLODED INTO TINY GLASS PIECES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482561October 29, 2012
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
I WAS DRIVING AROUND 40 MPH AND I HEARD A NOISE LIKE GLASS CRACKING AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE MOONROOF EXPLODED AND FELL ON MY HEAD AND DOWN MY BACK. IT WAS RAINING SO SINCE I WAS CLOSER TO HOME THAN THE DEALERSHIP, I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME. THE GLASS BROKE UP IN SUCH SMALL PIECES, MY FINGER WAS CUT, BUT NO OTHER INJURIES THANK GOODNESS. UPDATED 11/01/12*LJ UPDATED IVOQ 11/01/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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