2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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