2017 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Problems & Recalls

I bought the vehicle 14 days ago and everything was going well until black smoke started to come out of the exhaust and it started to smell burnt. I brought a mechanic to my house and he told me that the engine had already died

I bought the vehicle 14 days ago and everything was going well until black smoke started to come out of the exhaust and it started to smell burnt. I brought a mechanic to my house and he told me that the engine had already died

I bought the vehicle 14 days ago and everything was going well until black smoke started to come out of the exhaust and it started to smell burnt. I brought a mechanic to my house and he told me that the engine had already died

The 2017 Hyundai Veloster- Value edition is a Lemon straight from the manufacturer. I purchased mine in July of 2024 with 27,000 miles. When I test drove it I questioned the clicking noises that could be heard while switching gears along with minor "shuddering" at acceleration. I was informed by ge...

Here is what happened I left my house about 8 am and I head towards the 101 south from union hills drive and 83rd Ave I'm on the 101 south and yhe time I am passing the Thunderbird exit I hear a loud explosion and I duck a little bit and I see a bunch of black debris in the air it happened so fast a...

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated that on three separate occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle went into LIMP Mode with the check engine warning light flashing on the instrument panel. The vehicle had been towed and driven to the dealer and an independ...

Mileage: 100,000

Paint peeling issue on hood. Filed for Hyundai to repair last 12/24, Hyundai denied claim 12/20/2024, without detailed reasons. Secondary extended warranty is suppose to be for 10 years regardless of mileage.p Hyundai case# [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FO...

Paint peeling issue on hood. Filed for Hyundai to repair last 12/24, Hyundai denied claim 12/20/2024, without detailed reasons. Secondary extended warranty is suppose to be for 10 years regardless of mileage.p Hyundai case# [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FO...

White paint peeling on hood.

I was driving on the highway; the speed limit is 70mph. I had the sunroof of my 2017 Hyundai Veloster open to the first stage. The glass in the sunroof literally exploded, (it sounded like a gun going off) blasting shattered glass down on me and all of the interior of the car, (scared the [XXX] out ...

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while manually washing the vehicle, the contact observed that there was corrosion coming from under the paint of all four rims. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where all four rims were replaced with the manufacturer's original rims. Th...

Mileage: 5,000

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal before the vehicle surged forward. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the DTC scanner determined tha...

Mileage: 160,000

I took my vehicle in to get the initial KSDS recall campaign updated (knock sensor). The car failed on my way home from the dealership and they scheduled me the next day to fix the problem (the acknowledged the knock sensor update caused the failure and is the that beginning step in obtaining a new ...

Today the vehicle was hesitant to start but did. After two stops I turned car off, went into a business. When I came out the car would start but would not go forward or backwards but rev up. I nearly slammed into a curb in the process. I have a video of this.

Today the vehicle was hesitant to start but did. After two stops I turned car off, went into a business. When I came out the car would start but would not go forward or backwards but rev up. I nearly slammed into a curb in the process. I have a video of this.

Today the vehicle was hesitant to start but did. After two stops I turned car off, went into a business. When I came out the car would start but would not go forward or backwards but rev up. I nearly slammed into a curb in the process. I have a video of this.

My cars battery continues to die with a check engine light coming on constantly. The vehicle continues to hesitate. The car door mounting lock broke while driving while my toddler was in the back of the vehicle and the door flew open on a road.

My cars battery continues to die with a check engine light coming on constantly. The vehicle continues to hesitate. The car door mounting lock broke while driving while my toddler was in the back of the vehicle and the door flew open on a road.

I own a 2017 hyundai veloster with roughly 122,000 miles on it, recently I got in my car to go to work, started the vehicle and exited my apartment complex onto a local road drove roughly a half mile to the on ramp for the highway, the car was just about up to its usual operating temperature when ...

Purchased the car as a used vehicle in October 2023, dealer claimed to have changed the oil , in May the car we no longer running, I took it to a Hyundai dealership where they told me that I need a new engine because of oil consumption… This is something that should be included in the current clas...

Occasionally when traveling at speeds under 30 mph and you depress the accelerator the engine will hesitate to respond for several seconds.

Occasionally when traveling at speeds under 30 mph and you depress the accelerator the engine will hesitate to respond for several seconds.

The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while driving at approximately 60 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated, and the vehicle lost motive power and decelerated before stalling. The vehicle was later towed to the local mechanic who diagnosed that cylinder #1 experien...

Mileage: 130,000

I was leaving work and the car lost power and it would barely move. I was able to get it to the side of the road. After that, then engine light came on and the car would not start. The engine was shaking very bad. I had to have my Veloster towed while my daughter and I were stuck on the side of the ...

Almost got into an accident with 2017 Hyundai Veloster. Car stopped accelerating. Car had service campaign to enhance knock sensor software to detect abnormal engine bearing noise before potentially "severe engine damage occurs." They did not explain engine could have issue. Engine oil keeps disapp...

Almost got into an accident with 2017 Hyundai Veloster. Car stopped accelerating. Car had service campaign to enhance knock sensor software to detect abnormal engine bearing noise before potentially "severe engine damage occurs." They did not explain engine could have issue. Engine oil keeps disapp...

While driving this vehicle, it suffered catastrophic engine failure, I had no low oil pressure or check engine warning lights until the failure occurred. I was stranded on the I-270 outer-belt of Columbus, OH during the early morning hours of July 20, 2022, That is a hazardous place to be with traff...

While driving this vehicle, it suffered catastrophic engine failure, I had no low oil pressure or check engine warning lights until the failure occurred. I was stranded on the I-270 outer-belt of Columbus, OH during the early morning hours of July 20, 2022, That is a hazardous place to be with traff...

2017 Hyundai Veloster, about 85,000 miles. Engine seized at 50 MPH on a busy three lane city street during rush hour traffic. This is a safety issue as i could have been rear ended if i did not change lanes to get off the Main Street. There was no check engine light, even after engine failure. Hyu...

The vacuum pump had an internal mechanical failure, resulting in complete failure of the airbag control module, electronic stability control system, power steering, ABS, and speedometer. These were all shown as warning lights on the dashboard, starting with the ESC, then sporadic airbag light, spora...

The vacuum pump had an internal mechanical failure, resulting in complete failure of the airbag control module, electronic stability control system, power steering, ABS, and speedometer. These were all shown as warning lights on the dashboard, starting with the ESC, then sporadic airbag light, spora...

The vacuum pump had an internal mechanical failure, resulting in complete failure of the airbag control module, electronic stability control system, power steering, ABS, and speedometer. These were all shown as warning lights on the dashboard, starting with the ESC, then sporadic airbag light, spora...

While Driving on the freeway my CEL came on and started blinking i loss power and slowly got to the first exit on the freeway. A week later i brought the vehicle to the Patriot Hyundai in Elmonte CA., i mentioned the extended powertrain warranty Ref# TXXM and the dealer held on to my vehicle for 40...

Engine rob has blow out the engine. Car has been at dealership since September 2021. First had to await to see if Hyundai would approve replacement. Second had to wait for engine to get to dealership. Third waiting for gaskets that are on back order to get to delership.

After knock sensor recall update engine has lost all power and has a knocking and clicking sound.

Vehicle makes a loud noise when shifting and sometimes will not shift at all.

Vehicle makes a loud noise when shifting and sometimes will not shift at all.

The Airbag warning light came on soon after I bought the car and I took it to the dealership. They said it was sensor under passenger seat and repaired. A week later, did it again. Said it was probably another bad sensor under seat. It intermittently goes off and on now every few months. I have no i...

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 AL...

Mileage: 51,000

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 ...

Mileage: 95,190

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) WHE...

Mileage: 80,371

OIL LEAK LEAD TO ENGINE KNOCKING WHICH LEAD TO THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. PISTON RODS ARE DESTROYED ENGINE FAILURE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD ENGINE LOST POWER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY CAR HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE.

Mileage: 64,700

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 HA...

Mileage: 78,000

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. WON'T PROPERLY DRIVE

Mileage: 44,000

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. WON'T PROPERLY DRIVE

Mileage: 44,000

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 ...

Mileage: 20,000

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 ...

Mileage: 20,000

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 ...

Mileage: 20,000

PASSENGER DOOR STARTED CREAKING UPON OPENING AND CLOSING MEANWHILE MY VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD , AS WELL AS MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW GETS STUCK AND GETS OFF TRACK WHICH I HAVE TO PULL UP MY WINDOW TO CLOSE . I KNOW A FEW MORE PEOPLE WITH A 2015-2017 VELOSTER AND THEY ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME IS...

Mileage: 50,000

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'...

Mileage: 48,523

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 A...

Mileage: 8

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 A...

Mileage: 8

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR LOSES POWER, AS IF THE TRANSMISSION STOPS WORKING AND THEN THE ENGINE REVS UP VERY HIGH, BUT THE CAR STOPS PULLING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ON STRAIGHT A WAYS, HAS HAPPENED WHEN CROSSING IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC, DOING TURNS. YOU HAVE TO LET OFF OF THE GAS AND WAIT A FEW SECON...

Mileage: 48,000

VERY SLUGGISH NO POWER IT OVER REVS THE ENGINE AND DOESN'T SHIFT RIGHT THROWS RPM WAY TO HIGH THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT NOT JUST SOME TIMES BUT EVERY TIME

Mileage: 1,000

VERY SLUGGISH NO POWER IT OVER REVS THE ENGINE AND DOESN'T SHIFT RIGHT THROWS RPM WAY TO HIGH THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT NOT JUST SOME TIMES BUT EVERY TIME

Mileage: 1,000

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...

Mileage: 61,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2017 VELOSTER IN MAY 2018. BEGINNING IN MID AUGUST I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR NOT STOPPING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. IT HAPPENED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ESCALATING EACH TIME. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE IN THE BACK...

Mileage: 3,000

I PURCHASED A NEW 2017 VELOSTER IN MAY 2018. BEGINNING IN MID AUGUST I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR NOT STOPPING AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. IT HAPPENED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ESCALATING EACH TIME. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE IN THE BACK...

Mileage: 3,000

PULLING AWAY FROM RESIDENCE AND UPON TRYING TO OPEN SUN ROOF IT SHATTERED. VEHICLE BELONGS TO GRAND DAUGHTER AND SHE WAS DRIVING.

Mileage: 7,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED; HOWEVER, THE I...

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED; HOWEVER, THE I...

Mileage: 35,000

MY BLUE LINK CONNECTED CARE HAS SENT ME 3 MONTHLY HEALTH REPORTS OF MY VEHICLE AND HAVE ALL SAID AIR BAG PROBLEM NEED SERVICE IMMEDIATELY BUT I HAVE NO LIGHT TURNED ON IN MY TACHOMETER, I BARELY GOT THIS CAR 3 MONTHS IT'S TOO SOON TO HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS AND ALSO HAVE TOOK IT TO GET IT SERVICED ...

Mileage: 1,200

MY BLUE LINK CONNECTED CARE HAS SENT ME 3 MONTHLY HEALTH REPORTS OF MY VEHICLE AND HAVE ALL SAID AIR BAG PROBLEM NEED SERVICE IMMEDIATELY BUT I HAVE NO LIGHT TURNED ON IN MY TACHOMETER, I BARELY GOT THIS CAR 3 MONTHS IT'S TOO SOON TO HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS AND ALSO HAVE TOOK IT TO GET IT SERVICED ...

Mileage: 1,200

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 JUST AFTER 7P THE SUNROOF EXPLODED - WITHOUT WARNING - WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 10 JUST EAST OF HOUSTON. IT HAD NOT BEEN STRUCK BY AN OBJECT AND THE HIGHWAY SURFACE IS SMOOTH CONCRETE. GLASS SHOWERED DOWN ON MY AND FLEW OFF THE ROOF OF MY CAR - STRIKING ...

Mileage: 2,500

I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE SAFETY-AFFECTING PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAMMING OF IT'S ENGINE CONTROL UNIT. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, MOSTLY (BUT NOT ALWAYS) WHILE THE ENGINE IS COLD OR COOL, THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT RESPOND TO INPUTS FROM THE THROTTLE PEDAL. THIS OCCURS WHILE THE ROAD...

Mileage: 2,800

I WAS TRAVELING IN A SNOWSTORM ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE BEGAN REVVING AND THE TACHOMETER WENT WAY UP. NO TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WENT ON AND I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN WITH VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I PULLED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND GOT TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS STILL IN DRIVE BUT THE WHEELS WOULDN'T TURN. I...

Mileage: 4,000