2013 Hyundai Veloster

WITH NO WARNING, AT LOW SPEED, HAVING TRAVELLED ONLY A QUARTER OF A MILE FROMTHE PREVIOUS LOCATION WHERE IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THE ENGINE LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY, THROWING A ROD AND MULTIPLE CHUNKS OF METAL, AND POURING OIL ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN WELL-MAINTAINED, AND HAD LOW MILEAGE FOR ITS AGE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AFTER THE MOTOR REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO HEAT UP, THERE COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN A FIRE. DEBRIS FROM ALL OF THE PARTS FLYING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR COULD HAVE ALSO CAUSED INJURY.

AUTO WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN LIGHT TURN GREEN I PRESSED GAS PEDAL AUTO DID NOT MOVE. ALL LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD TURNED ON, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ,THE AUTO TRANSMISSION LEVER LOCKED, IGNITION LOCKED AND BRAKES LOCKED. SCREEN DID NOT SHOW WHAT POSITION IF AUTO WAS ON NEUTRAL, PARKED ETC., SOME GUYS HELPED ME PUSH CAR TO SIDE OF A STREET. AFTER 4-5 MINUTES OR SO I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN AFTER 5 OR 6 MINUTES IGNITION UNLOCKED AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN AUTO OFF.

WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE AND THE CLUTCH DOWN AT THE SAME TIME ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IT SEEMS THE SYSTEM LOSES PRESSURE AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL STICKS TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT RELEASE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CLUTCH UP IS TO LIFT WITH FOOT OR HAND CAUSING A DELAY IN TAKING OFF. THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THEM NOT TO REPLICATE RESULTING IN MY FAMILY DRIVING THIS CAR UNTIL SOME FURTHER ACTION IS TAKEN OR THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO THIS WHILE IN NEUTRAL SHIFTING TO FIRST WHILE HITTING THE BRAKE AND THE CLUTCH COMING TO A STOP. SOME RESEARCH ON THE NET SAYS SLAVE OR MASTER CYLINDER STICKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CLUTCH PEDAL COLLAPSED ONTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE STALLED DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO SWITCH GEARS PROPERLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

ONE AFTERNOON DURING RUSH HOUR IN THE BRONX MY GEAR STICK WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM P TO D SO I HAD TO USE THE OVERRIDE SHIFTIER FUNCTION JUST TO GET MY CAR TO MOVE. ALONG WITH THE GEAR SHIFT NOT WORKING NONE OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE CAR WORKED NOT MY INDICATORS/HAZARDS, MY WINDOWS WONT WIND DOWN SO I COULD AT LEAST SIGNAL MY INTENTION, MY WIND SHIELD WIPERS WERE NON OPERABLE AND MY SEAT BELT SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. IT WAS POURING OUT THIS DAY AND I HAD NO VISIBILITY BECAUSE MY WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK AND COULD NOT SIGNAL TO OTHER DRIVERS MY INTENTIONS. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE AFTERMARKET AUTO START THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD INSTALLED. SO I HAD THE AUTO START REMOVED BUT THE ISSUE STILL OCCURS, HYUNDAI IS UNSURE OF WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. HYUNDAI IS SUGGESTING A COMPLETE REWIRING BECAUSE THEY ARE UNSURE EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE AND CLAIM IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WILL COST ME UPWARD OF 7000$. I AM SURE THIS IS A DEFECT THERE IS NO WAY A CAR WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES SHOULD BE HAVING SUCH MAJOR ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE WITHOUT ANY INDICATORS OR MY GEAR SHIFTIER WORKING. WHEN MAKING A U-TURN OR PULLING INTO PARKING SPOTS IT TAKES ME TWICE AS LONG BECAUSE I NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING SHARP HANDY TO PUSH INTO THE GEAR SHIFT RELEASE BUTTON.

VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR OFTEN. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, AND ONE DEALER DISMISSED MY COMPLAINT. HAPPENS AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1-2 BUT HAS HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTING 2-3 AND IT SLIPS OUT AND ENGINE REVS, DISENGAGED FROM WHEELS (AS IF IN NEUTRAL). THIS IS WHEN USING IT IN NORMAL MODE, NOT SPORT OR MANUAL SHIFT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE IN VARIOUS FORUMS (NOT YET ON NHSTA SITE IT SEEMS) THIS IS VERY UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC AS THE DRIVER MUST STOP ACCELERATING, SHIFT CAR INTO N AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET IT TO WORK AGAIN.

BOUGHT A USED 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER WITH ALMOST 15,000 MILES FOR OUR SON WHO HAS LESS THAN A YEAR OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. CAR HESITATES/JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND DID NOT FIND ANY ERROR CODES. THEY STATED THAT DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR WAS MANUAL AND WAS CONVERTED TO BE AUTOMATIC (I BELIEVE THEY CALL THIS DUAL CLUTCH SYSTEM), THIS IS A NORMAL ISSUE. JERKING/HESITATION FROM A STOP COULD BE DANGEROUS, THE CAR BEHIND US STARTED ACCELERATING AND HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING US SINCE THE CAR WAS ABNORMALLY SLOW TO ACCELERATE AFTER JERKING. NOW I AM CONCERN SINCE MY SON IS A NEW DRIVER AND MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THIS OCCURS. HE COULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM THE SAFETY BOARD, OR I WILL FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE AGENCY FOR ITS INACTION. BASED ON COMPLAINTS READ ON THIS SITE, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS (OR COULD BE DEADLY) ISSUE.

I HAVE A HYUNDAI VELOSTER 2013, I NOTICED MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH ON MONDAY BUT WENT OFF. TUESDAY MORNING WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT THE DRIVE WAY MY CAR GOT STUCK IN REVERSE. THE CAR THAT WAS COMING ALMOST HIT ME HE HAD TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. HE THEN GOT OUT THE CAR AND HELPED ME GET IT BACK IN TO PARK. IT TOOK US ABOUT 15 MINS TO GET IT. I TOOK IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO FIX IT HE TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND THEY WILL GIVE ME A CALL IF THEY GET A APT OPEN. SO ON MY WAY HOME MY CAR WAS JERKING I PULLED OVER AT THE STORE AND GOT STUCK MY CAR WOULDN'T GOT INTO PARK, SO I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BREAK FOR ABOUT 30 MINS UNTIL I GOT IT TO PARK. I HAVE CALLED CORPORATE OFFICE AND NOTHING STILL HAS HAPPENED I AM ABOUT TO RETURN THIS DANG CAR. *TR

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