2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Complaints

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHILE MY CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. MY CAR WOULD NOT BRAKE AT THE RED LIGHT CAUSING A COLLISION WITH AN INTERSECTING VEHICLE. MY FRONT IS DAMAGED AND THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE. CAR COLLIDED TWICE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

I BOUGHT MY 2013 VELOSTER IN SEPTEMBER 2012. SOMETIME BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017(NOT QUITE SURE), MY PARKING BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE PARKED. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO HYUNDAI. HYUNDAI WANTED $900 PLUS TO REPAIR. MY CAR WAS PASS THE 60K WARRANTY SO I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, WHO REPAIRED THE BRAKES BUT THEY NEVER WORKED. SO I DECIDED TO JUST DRIVE WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKES UNTIL LAST YEAR, 2019 WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I COPIED AND PASTED THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINT POSTED BY ANOTHER HYUNDAI OWNER ON THIS SITE: REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STICK CAUSING THE TIRES NOT TO TURN SINCE THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED THIS IS DUE TO THE CALIPER BEING. STUCK. THE DEALER FIXED MINE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT BECAUSE THE CAR HAS 63280 MILES ON IT (3280) OUT OF WARRANTY. THE 2012 MODEL OF THIS CAR HAD THE EXACT PROBLEM AND WAS RECALLED BUT HYUNDAI REFUSES TO FIX MY 2013 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY. LOOK UP "VELOSTER STICKING BRAKES" ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND HYUNDAI KNOWS ABOUT IT (2012) BUT REFUSES TO FIX THE LATER MODELS WITH THE PROBLEM LIKE MINE. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE THE BRAKES ON ONE OF THEM STICK AND CAUSE A WRECK. MY CAR HAS TWO HUGE WORN OUT SPOTS (MUST REPLACE) ON THE TIRE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED DUE TO INVOLUNTARY STUCK BRAKES. I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME THING, BUT MORE. LAST YEAR, 2019 MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING BUT SINCE I KNEW I HAD NO PARKING BRAKES, I DECIDED TO HAVE MY BRAKES CHECKED. BF GOODRICH CHECKED MY BRAKES AND REPAIRED MY REAR BRAKES BUT INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES. IT COST ME ABOUT $900 AGAIN. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THESE REPAIRS, BUT I AM UNABLE TO SCAN AND UPLOAD THEM NOW. PLEASE PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO I CAN SEND THEM,

ENGINE IS BURNING UP OIL. NO VISIBLE LEAKS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP TWICE BUT I'M ADDING MORE THAN A QUART EACH MONTH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS SON WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SUNROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE CONTACT CLEANED OUT THE SHATTERED GLASS AND DROVE HOME AFTER EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH WILSON PREMIER HYUNDAI LOCATED AT (450 STEED RD, RIDGELAND, MS 39157) WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,128.

VEHICLE START HAVING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT HAS ALWAYS HAS HILT HE OIL CHECK ON TIME. NEVER RUN HARD.

THE MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING (MDPS) RUBBER COUPLER HAS FAILED WHICH IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MANUFACTURE. THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE FOR THE VELOSTER WAS LEFT OUT OF THE LATEST SERVICE BULLETIN BUT OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE ARE INCLUDED.

THE STEERING COUPLER ON MY VEHICLE IS FAILING. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI AND KIA VEHICLES AND THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR OTHER MODELS, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN FOR MY VELOSTER?

I BOUGHT MY CAR MAY 2016 IT HAD AN ODD SMELL ONCE I STARTED USING MY AC UNIT BUT COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. IN AUGUST I LOST LEVEL 1 AND 2 ON MY BLOWER KNOB, AND IN OCTOBER 2018 I LOST ALL HEAT AND THE BLOWER KNOB NO LONGER WORKED. I OREDER AN OEM DASH CONTROL UNIT AND HAD A CO-WORKER INSTALL IT FOR ME. SEPT. 2019 I AGAIN LOST LEVEL 1 AND 2 OF THE FAN BLOWER. I CONTACTED THE SUPPLIER AND WAS TOLD THIS IS ONLY UNDER WARRANTY IF IT WAS INSTALLED AT A CERTIFIED SHOP AND ONLY IF I PUT ON 12K MILES AND UNDER 1 YEAR. I WASN'T ABLE TO USE MY WARRANTY DUE TO I HAD MY CO-WORKER IN STALL. FEB 14TH 2020 REMOTE STARTED MY CAR AS IT IS VERY COLD IN WI. WHEN I GOT TO MY CAR I THOUGHT IT WAS ON FIRE DUE TO THE SMELL INSIDE MY CAR. I SAW NO SMOKE OR FLAMES. I DROVE HOME FROM WORK AND THE SMELL WAS HORRIBLE I HAD TO CRACK THE WINDOW IT WAS SO STRONG AND DROVE IN THE SLOW LANE IN CASE MY CAR BURST IN TO FLAMES SO I COULD GET OUT. FEB. 16TH MY WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THE SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC WAS OVERWHELMING AND THEN SUDDENLY I LOST TOTAL HEAT AND THE KNOB FOR THE BLOWER NO LONGER WORKED. FEB. 17TH I BOUGHT ANOTHER HEATER FROM THE SAME OEM ONLINE STORE. I BROUGHT IT TO WORK WHEN IT ARRIVED ON THE 20TH. THE SAME C-WORKER WENT TO INSTALL IT AND HE SAID HE WOULDN'T INSTALL IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO DIE FROM MY CAR STARTING ON FIRE AS THE CABLE HARNESS CONNECTOR IS MELTED. I LAUNCHED A COMPLAINT WITH HYUNDAI THE SAME DAY. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD TO WAIT TO HEAR BACK WITHIN 24 HOURS DUE TO THE FIRE ISSUE/SAFETY CONCERN. I DID HEAR FROM ROBERTA FROM CORPORATE AND I WENT OVER THE DETAILS, SHE SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR TOWING AND CAR RENTAL. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND AM BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PAY $136 BECAUSE THEY NEED TO RULE OUT THAT IT'S NOT MY REMOTE STARTER CAUSING THE ISSUE THAT I HAD INSTALLED AT BEST BUY. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF THAT COMPONENT MELTING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 55-65 MPH THE VEHICLE BACKFIRED AND STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS SMOKE DETECTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED HENDERSON HYUNDAI (460 N BOULDER HWY, HENDERSON, NV 89015 (702) 800-6127) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED OF HIS VIN BEING INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V204000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER WITH 40,000 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL 2013 AND JUST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM IN JANUARY 2020. THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT HAS A FLAT SPOT AND STICKS WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THIS HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF BEING STATIONARY OR DRIVING. THE STICKING ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I INITIALLY TURN THE WHEEL. AND, WHEN I REVERSE THE WHEEL TO DRIVE STRAIGHT - IT HAS THAT MOMENTARY FLAT SPOT FEEL.