2017 Hyundai Veloster

CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, MAYBE A LITTLE LOUD ON STARTUP. UNDER A LEFT HAND TURN ON SURFACE STREETS, ADDING POWER AT ABOUT 30 MPH, ENGINE STALLED IN HIGH 3RD GEAR WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BATTERY LIGHT, AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. I PULLED OVER AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO RESTART (SOUNDED LIKE THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WERE MOVING, BUT THE MOTOR WOULD NOT TURN OVER.) GOT IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING APPROVAL FOR A NEW MOTOR. THEY CLAIM THAT THE MOTOR LOST ALL COMPRESSION, AND FAILED A BEARING TEST. IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF IT WAS A BEARING FAILURE ON THE CRANKSHAFT, LIKE OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED ON HERE. SHOULD PROBABLY BE UNDER THE RECALL THAT INCLUDED THE 2016 MODEL YEAR, AS CLEARLY THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED IN THE 2017 MODEL YEAR GAMMA ENGINES.

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

MY ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE IT DEPLOYED AFTER HITTING A CURB WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 2 ND IMPACT TO DEPLOY IT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT THEN, THE BAR IN THE HEAD REST CAME OUT WHICH CUT MY HEAD AND I RECEIVED STAPLES IN MY HEAD. WHAT THE OTHER METAL THINGS THAT FLEW OUT OF THE STEERING I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY CUT AND BURNED MY ARM VERY BAD. I WAS GOING STRAIGHT ON A TWO LANE STREET. WHEN THE CAR BACKED INTO TO THE INTERSECTION IT DID NOT COME FROM MY RIGHT OR MY LEFT. I WAS 3/4 OF THE WAY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION WHEN THIS CAR APPEARED BACKING UP. I COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND HIT IT IN THE REAR OF THEIR CAR.*DT

MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT SLIPS AT TIMES AND WON'T ALWAYS GO INTO GEAR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAPPENS RANDOMLY MOSTLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURED ABOUT FOUR TIMES DURING THE YEAR THAT I HAVE OWNED IT. IT A VERY SCARY THING TO DEAL WITH WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO DRIVE SAFELY. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO TAKE ACTION AT ALL. SINCE THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, I CAN'T EVEN GET IT REPAIRED, OR REPLACED UNTIL THE WEATHER WARMS UP. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF, I WAS TOLD BY HYUNDAI THAT THE HYUNDAI TUSCON HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY WORSE. AS OF NOW THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON ANY OF THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CLUTCH PACS AND THAT A VERIFIED PROBLEM VEHICLE GETS THOSE CLUTCH PACS REPLACED AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. MY VEHICLE HAS 54879 MILES ON IT AND IS UNDER WARRANTY THROUGH 100,000 MILES UNLESS THIS CAUSES AN ACCIDENT.

PANORAMIC SUN ROOF SHATTERED TODAY, 8 JAN 2019. MY CAR HAS 14, 200 MILES ON IT. THERE WAS SNOW ON THE TOP OF MY CAR (ON THE SUN ROOF). AFTER MY CAR WAS WARMED UP (AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT), I HEARD A STRANGE CRACKLING TYPE NOISE. I DID NOT SUSPECT IT WAS GLASS UNTIL I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THEN HEARD PIECES OF SOMETHING FALLING ONTO THE PROTECTIVE/RETRACTABLE CURTAIN OF MY SUNROOF. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE ENTIRE SUNROOF WAS CRACKED WITH PIECES FALLING ONTO THE CURTAIN.