2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Complaints

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 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.