2017 Hyundai Veloster

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK MY CAR STALLED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WASN'T HEAVY AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER ACCIDENT FREE. MY CAR WOULDN'T CUT BACK ON SO I GOT IT TOWED TO VANDERGRIFF HYUNDAI IN ARLINGTON TX. THEY QUOTED ME $12,322.45 TO FIX MY CAR. SAID THERE WAS A HOLE I MY SHORT BLOCK. THE CAUSE OF CONNECTING-ROD BEARINGS IN THE ENGINE THAT WORE OUT AND MADE A HOLE MY ENGINE. THE CAR IS ONLY WORTH 6,000 ON KELLY BLUE BOOK AND THAT REPAIR COAST IS MORE THAN I OWE ON THE VEHICLE. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2017 MODEL AND MAKE IT RIGHT. THE SPECS ON THE 2015-2016 IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THE 2017. AND THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE ENGINE PROBLEM IS THE SAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MCGRATH CITY HYUNDAI (6750 W. GRAND AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60707 (773) 889-9090) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND DETERMINED THAT THE CONNECTING ROD BEARING WAS BENT AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V746000 (ENGINE) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,371.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK MY CAR STALLED OUT GOING THRU AN INTERSECTION. I WENT ABOUT ANOTHER HALF MILE AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO CLIMB THE HILL BY MY APARTMENT AND I HERD A LOUD BANG LOST ALL POWER AND OIL AT THE SAME TIME I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO MY APARTMENT WHERE IT IS STILL SITTING I HAD RECENTLY HAD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED AT VOSS HYUNDAI WHERE NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING PRIOR TO MY VISIT WITCH SHOWS THERE LACK OF COMPLETING A VEHICLE INSPECTION. NOW I SEE THE 2016 VELOSTER HAS A RECALL FOR EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF MY CAR CAN BE ADDED TO THE RECALL .IT WAS MADE IN OCT OF 16

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEED BEGAN TO DECREASE BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KEITH HAWTHORNE HYUNDAI (4712 WILKERSON BLVD, GASTONIA, NC) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT METAL SHAVINGS WERE PRESENT INSIDE THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.