2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THE SUNROOF EXPLODED AND SHATTERED ALL OVER, THE DEALER AND HYUNDAI TOLD ME THAT MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS MADE IN MAY OF 2012 AND THE RECALL WAS ONLY UP TO APRIL 2012. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NEWER MODELS AS WELL. *TR

CAR PURCHASED NEW IN 2011. ME - 50+ FEMALE, HAVE DRIVEN 18K MILES IN 30 MONTHS. CURRENT MILEAGE APPROX 18,800. BLOWN KUMHO FRONT PASSENGER TIRE AT 35 MPH - RIM AND TIRE REPLACED BY DEALER AT MY COST IN AUG 2013 AT 14K MILEAGE. JAN-FEB 2014, REPEATED VISITS TO DEALER DUE TO TIRES LOSING AIR. FEB 21, 2014, BACK PASSENGER TIRE REPLACED BY DEALER AT MY COST DUE TO BUBBLING AND ROTATED TO FRONT. (AUG REPLACEMENT RIM AND TIRE NOW ON BACK PASSENGER SIDE). DEALER STATES TIRE RATED FOR 60K MILES. DEALER STATES ALL TIRES THOROUGHLY EXAMINED AND GOOD TO GO. COST FROM AUG TO FEB $1000 FOR TWO TIRES AND RIMS. EIGHT DAYS LATER, HAVE DRIVEN 50-60 MILES ONLY SINCE VISIT TO DEALER. ON MAR 1, 2014 (SAT), BACK PASSENGER TIRE FLAT, CAR TOWED TO DEALER ON MAR 3 (MON). DEALER SAYS BACK RIM (REPLACED IN AUGUST) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BUT TIRE IS FINE (????), ALSO NEED FRONT LEFT TIRE DUE TO BUBBLING. WILL COST ANOTHER $800. TOTAL OF NEARLY $2000 IN RIMS AND TIRES IN 6 MONTHS ON A CAR WITH 18000 MILES. CALLS TO HYUNDAI. THEY ARE "WORKING ON IT" BUT DEALER IS NOT RESPONDING TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. MECHANIC AT DEALER BLAMES THE ROAD. HOW CAN A RIM BE BENT IN A WEEK BUT THE TIRE IS OKAY???? CALL TO KUMHO REGARDING TIRES. TIRES ARE NOT RATED FOR ANY MILEAGE. LIE #1 FROM DEALER - SAID TIRES RATED AT 60K. CURRENTLY IN RENTAL CAR AT MY COST WHILE HYUNDAI AND DEALER PLAY GAMES. SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING GETTING AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED. I AM PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS WEBSITE AND EXPRESSLY STATE I DO NOT WISH TO BE CONTACTED WITH ANY OFFERS, INFORMATION, ETC. EITHER BY EMAIL OR PHONE AND DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO HAVE MY INFORMATION GIVEN TO ANY THIRD PARTIES. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT I NOTICED A HARD PULL FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I OPENED THE DRIVER DOOR TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS A NOTICED THE BACK DRIVER WHEEL WAS NOT ROTATING. IT WAS COMPLETELY STUCK. IT MADE A TIRE MARK ON THAT CONCRETE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THAT IS WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM THE REAR. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY LOOSE. IT HAS NO PULL TO IT. AS IF IT WERE COMPLETELY SEIZED. I HAD NOTICED THIS PROBLEM IN THE HAND BRAKE A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT I DID NOT THINK IT WAS SERIOUS. ALSO A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING AROUND 40MPH AND NOTICED A BURNING/ FIRE SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR. I PULLED OVER AND I BENT DOWN TO SMELL THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL AND THAT IS WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM. I WILL TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO GET THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM FIXED. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODELS BUT NOT YET ON DCT MODELS WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL ON ALL 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTERS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, TODAY THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF SHATTERED AND CRASHED DOWN WITH A LOUD SOUND, ,HYUNDAI HAD ALREADY DONE A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE MODEL FOR THE SAME ISSUE LAST YEAR AND I HAD CHECKED IT WITH A HYUNDAI DEALER WHO TESTED AND FOUND NO ISSUES WITH ROOF WHEN THEY INSPECTED IT ON JUNE 2013 LAST YEAR ,SUDDENLY IT CRASHED AND ALMOST INJURED ME VERY BADLY TODAY,IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY FATAL . IRONICALLY HYUNDAI HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE SAME LAST YEAR BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AS THE DEALER S R NOT REPLACING THE ROOFS ,ITS A GRAVE CONCERN AND I URGE THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES TO KINDLY LOOK INTO THE MATTER AS IT COULD BE A FATAL ISSUE ON ROADS SOMETIME SOON IF THIS CONTINUES. *TR

VEHICLE FAILS TO ENGAGE STARTER DURING START SEQUENCE. TRIED BATTERY BOOSTER JUMP BUT NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. CAR HAS FULL POWER TO ALL LIGHTING AND GAUGES BUT WILL NOT ENGAGE STARTER, ALL YOU HEAR IS A "CLICK" SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT SINCE CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERS ON 11/25/13 FOR NO START CONDITION. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT PERFORMED TECHNICAL SERVICE UPDATES TO ECM & INFO CTR. HEAD UNIT. FREQUENCY OF PROBLEM HAS ACCELERATED OVER PAST 4 DAYS AND NOW HAVE TO "POP START" THE CAR BY ROLLING IT AND LETTING OUT CLUTCH IN GEAR TO START ENGINE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE CAR CAN LEAVE YOU STRANDED WITH NO WARNING. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN OUR SUNROOF EXPLODED. ALL OF THE GLASS SHATTERED AND FLEW EVERYWHERE SOME OF IT HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE PANORAMIC SUNROOF IS MISSING.THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE WERE ON THE INSIDE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND HAD TO CAREFULLY MAKE OUR WAY ACROSS TRAFFIC AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE AS GLASS WAS STILL FLYING OFF OF OUR ROOF. WE CALLED HYUNDAI IMMEDIATELY TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WERE TOLD WE NEEDED TO SPEAK TO SERVICE, WHEN TRANSFERRED, NOBODY ANSWERED. WE WERE TOLD TO EITHER DROP OFF OUR CAR TONIGHT OR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. *TR

WHILE DRIVE ON HIGHWAY AT POSTED SPEED OF 70 MPH THE SUNROOF IMPLODED ON ME. THE ROOF WAS IN CLOSED POSITION. THE GLASS SHATTERED EVERYWHERE. I HAD VERY MINOR SCRAPES ON MY FACE AND NECK. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF IMPLOSION I PULLED INTO IT. I HAD TO LIFT MYSELF OUT OF MY SEAT AS THE GLASS WAS ON MY CLOTHING, ALL OVER THE SEATS, IN MY PURSE AND SOME PIECES WERE STILL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROOF. DEALERSHIP IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY WELL BEING. THEY OFFERED TO CALL FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. I HAD MINOR SCRAPES AND DID NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY. THE IMPLOSION MADE ME THINK SOMEONE HAD SHOT ME BECAUSE OF THE SOUND WHEN IT IMPLODED. I WAS EXTREMELY SHAKEN, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF LIGHTHEADEDNESS! I HAD THIS CAR CHECKED IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 FOR THE SUNROOF. I HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. I HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT BY MY CUSTOMERS WHERE I WORKED. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT IN MARLTON, NJ CHECKED IT AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE DEALERSHIP THERE SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALL FOR A SUNROOF PROBLEM! I HAVE NO PAPERWORK FROM THAT DEALERSHIP STATING THAT THEY HAD CHECKED IT FOR ME. *TR

WHEN DRIVING UNDER ANY ROAD CONDITIONS AND AT SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 65, THE CAR SEEMS TO TRACK TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT OF CENTER BUT DOES NOT WANT TO TRACK STRAIGHT AHEAD. WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE WHEEL TO CORRECT THIS, THERE IS A LOT OF RESISTANCE, WHICH FORCES THE DRIVER TO OVER-CORRECT AND AT TIMES NEARLY LOSE CONTROL. AT TIMES THE WHEEL ALSO TRIES TO TURN ON ITS OWN (QUICK SLIGHT JERKS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT) AND CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN COMPLETE CONTROL. THIS IS ESPECIALLY BAD UNDER ICY CONDITIONS AND COULD EASILY SEND THE CAR INTO A SPIN. I HAVE HAD THE WHEEL ALIGNED AND TIRES CHECKED AND NO MECHANICAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN FOUND. I ALSO TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER FOR THIS ISSUE AND EVEN THOUGH I MADE IT CLEAR THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROADS, THE CLAIM THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE AND SUGGESTED REPLACING MY TIRES WITH SNOW TIRES. THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE WHEN THE ROADS ARE DRY. I HAVE ALSO SEEN SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS OF THIS ON SEVERAL WEB SITES AND THEY ARE DESCRIBING EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS THAT I AM SEEING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS ISSUE CAN BE ESCALATED AND RESOLVED BEFORE THIS CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *TR

SUNROOF SHATTERED/EXPLODED WHEN PARKED. GLASS FLEW UP TO TWO FEET AWAY. OUTDOOR TEMP WAS NEAR 70 F. *TR

2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER THE SUNROOF EXPLODED SENDING GLASS 20' OUT AND INTO THE VEHICLE SINCE THE SUNROOF WAS OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE TIME NO STRESS TO THE GLASS. THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE WARRANTY ON THE SUNROOF AND WAS GIVEN A PASS ON THE GLASS NOT BEING THE KIND THAT WOULD EXPLODE. THAT WARRANTY TEST WAS OBVIOUSLY INACCURATE. *TR