2014 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Complaints

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR DURING DAY OR NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WILL CUT OFF AND THEY WILL ALSO FLICKER ON AND OFF, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS. THE STEREO ALSO WON'T CUT ON WHEN I CUT MY CAR ON I HAVE TO OPEN TO PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FOR IT TO COME ON.

CAR MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN WELL KEPT. ROAD IN DC, HIT POTHOLE SUDDENLY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE HORRIBLE NOISE AND STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. NO TAPPING NOISE BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ALL OF A SUDDEN METAL IN OIL AND WAS TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY ENGINE SEIZED. AS A SINGLE MOM THIS IS NOT A RELIABLE OR SAFE. I WAS ONLY GOING 35MPG. IF THIS HAPPENED AT A HIGHER SPEED OR ON A HIGHWAY THIS COULD OF BEEN A FATAL INCIDENT. *TR

4 CAN SHAFTS EXPLODED AND THE OIL WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE EXHAUST. CAUSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO FAIL EARLY AS WELL.

THE AC/HEATER BLOWER MOTOR CONTROLLER IN THIS VEHICLE AND EVERY MODEL THAT SHARES THE SAME STYLE KNOB HAS A SERIOUS DEFECT. ALONG WITH THE FIRE HAZARD THIS PRESENTS IT ALSO EFFECTS THE USE OF DEFROST WHICH CAN BE A SERIOUS ISSUE IN SOME CLIMATES AND THE SWITCH MAY FAIL COMPLETELY RENDERING THE DEFROST FUNCTIONALLY UNUSABLE. ATTACHED YOU WILL SEE IMAGES OF THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SWITCH IN QUESTION AS WELL AS THE CONNECTOR FOR THE SWITCH WHICH HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAT DAMAGE. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. HYUNDAI CHOSE TO USE THE SWITCH ITSELF AS THE CURRENT PASSING CONDUCTOR INSTEAD OF A RELAY AS USED BY MOST MANUFACTURERS. THIS DECISION IS CLEARLY REFLECTED AS A NEGLIGENT ONE WITH REGARDS TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE SWITCH AND INCORRECT GAUGE OF THE WIRING USED FOR SAID SWITCH. WITH NORMAL USE IN ANY POSITION ON THE DIAL, THIS ISSUE WILL CAUSE THE WIRING OF THE CONNECTOR, AND THE INSIDES OF THE SWITCH TO OVERHEAT. THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF FUNCTIONALITY, THIS IS A MATTER OF SAFETY. WITH THESE LOW GAUGE WIRES BEING USED FOR THIS IT POSES A SERIOUS RISK OF FIRE. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS FOR EVIDENCE OF THE SWITCH AND CONNECTOR DEFORMATION CAUSED BY OVERHEATING. PLEASE BARE IN MIND THAT THE SWITCH COMPONENTS AND CONNECTOR APPEAR TO BE MADE OF PA6, A GLASS FIBER REINFORCED NYLON WHICH IS INTENDED TO STAND UP TO A GREAT DEAL OF HEAT. ADDITIONALLY THE WIRE WRAP (PICTURED BELOW) MEANT TO PROTECT THE WIRING ON THIS CONNECTOR FROM RATTLING IS MADE OF A CLOTH/COMPOSITE MATERIAL, WITH THE ABILITY TO MELT AND CATCH FIRE. THIS ISSUE IS A CONSTANT BEING DOWN TO THE WIRING. IN MOTION, STATIONARY, OR OTHERWISE HAS NO BEARING SO LONG AS THE CLIMATE CONTROLS ARE BEING USED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUT OF THE BLUE MY STEERING WHEEL SEEM TO BECOME LOOSE AND STARTING MAKING A CLICK SOUND WHEN TURNED TURNED TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. ALTHOUGH OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES HAVE RECALLS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, MY VELOSTER IS NOT. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR MAKER AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE HUGE BILL TO REPAIR IT UNLESS YOU ARE STILL UNDER A WARRANTY. IT IS NOT SAFE!

MY STEERING WHEEL WAS DRAMATICALLY CLUNKING WHENEVER I TURNED IT. AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC, HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE STEERING COUPLER ISSUE, WHICH IS APPARENTLY A PROBLEM ON MULTIPLE VEHICLES WHICH ARE BEING COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT NOT MINE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PART, WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY FAILED IN THE PAST, IS BEING COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ON OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE PROVIDED A PICTURE OF THE PART ONCE IT WAS REMOVED. IT IS QUITE CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD HAVE HAD FATAL CONSEQUENCES. AFTER BEING CHARGED ROUGHLY $250 IN LABOR, I FOUND OUT THE PART WAS $1.53. IT IS SICKENING THAT A 2014 VELOSTER WITH 56,000 MILES ON IT SHOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

CLACKING NOISE WITHIN STEERING WHEEL (DEFECTIVE COUPLER) VEHICLE MAKES NOISE WHILE IN MOTION DURING ANY TRAFFIC SITUATION AND INCLUDING TURNING.

THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE CLUTCH. I WAS DRIVING IN CHARLOTTE, NC CITY TRAFFIC AND THE CLUTCH STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND MADE MY CAR STALL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT UP WITH MY FOOT AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BAD. IT WASN'T SLIPPING AT ALL AND I HAD NO DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. THE NEXT ISSUE WAS THE ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT LOST POWER. IT WOULDN"T ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE TURBO WENT FIRST AND THEN METAL FROM THE TURBO WENT INTO THE ENGINE AND RUINED THE ENGINE. THEY SAID THE CLUTCH NEEDED REPLACING. THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 71,000 MILES ON IT. I WOULDN'T EXPECT AN ENGINE TO BE RUINED AT LESS THAN 71,000 MILES. I WAS TERRIFIED BEING IN TRAFFIC IN THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE WONDERING IF I WAS GOING TO BE HIT. THE ENTRANCE BELOW ASKS FOR A SPECIFIC DATE, HERE ARE THE OCCURRENCES AND DATES: JUNE 2019 CLUTCH STICKS TO THE FLOOR AND STALLS IN TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES. TAKE TO AAA AUTO SERVICES AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS AND THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. CONTINUES TO HAPPEN APPROX. ONCE A WEEK. SEPT 12 THE ENGINE STARTS WHINING, REVVING AND LOSING POWER ALL AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED WHILE IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY SEPT 13 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND NAV SCREEN STOPPED RESPONDING AND DOESN'T HAVE MUCH POWER SEPT 14 EVEN FURTHER POWER LOSS, SMOKE COMING FROM EXHAUST, CAR STALLS AND STOPS WHILE IN CHARLOTTE CITY TRAFFIC. TAKE TO DEALER. DIAGNOSED WITH STATED ABOVE.

TAMARA RECALL: THE DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER DO NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF.

SO IBOUGHT. MY VOLSTER OCT 11TH 2018 NOT QIUTEA YR AGO. AND IM DRIVING MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR A VERY ODD NOIS I THOUVHT MY TURBO WAS GOING OUT .I TAKEIT TO DEALERSHIP THEY AND I ASKED FOR A LOANER CAR WHILE THEY WERE CHECKING IT OUT .IT WAS SOME WHAT DRIVABLE RPM REVED UP HIGH I COULD. ONLY GO 30 MAYBE MILES A HOUR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON STATED ON. THEY SAID THEY DIDNT HAVE A LOANER CAR . SO I DRIVE MY CAR HOME WELL I HAD TO GO TO WORK SO OF COURSE IM HAVING TO DRIVE MT CAR LIKE THIS IT STARTS POORING BILLOWING OUT WHITE THIK SMOKE FROM BACK N ENGINE TEMPS GOES SKY HIGH. I ENED UP HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. ITS THERE NOW I THINK MY CAR ENGINE HAS SEIZED OR BLOCK IS CRACKED .