This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I heard something drop and then the car started smoking. I pulled to the side of the highway, turned off the car, and went to open the hood, but saw flames. The entire front half was engulfed in flames. A couple years ago I had to get an engine replacement due to oil over consumption. The same issues started happening again and the dealership was not helpful with getting the situation figured out.
I had a knocking in my engine before my connecting rod bear had punctured 3 large holes in my engine block. I had no check engine light and my vehicle never even hit 120,000 miles. A similar problem had been reported on Hyundai vehicles that are being recalled.
I was losing oil without an obvious oil leak. The psi in the 3rd cylinder was 90 and when spark plugs were replaced the new ones were covered in oil. I was told I needed a new engine. I contacted Hyundai and they told me to take it to a certified Hyundai mechanic and have them diagnose it and submit a repair assistance request as I was the second owner and the car is 8 years old with 80,000 miles. It cost $700 for the diagnostic and I was told I needed a new engine. Hyundai denied the repair assistance request and I had to pay $700 for the diagnostic. Neither the repair shop or Hyundai thought to tell me that I should do an oil consumption test because doing so would have likely made Hyundai responsible like many of the other engine recalls they are dealing with. I have since had to replace the engine myself.
Vehicle engine making knocking sound while idle and while in gear. Check engine light never came on. Low oil light never came on. Oil was low, shouldn't have been due to just having oil change, but no leak under car.
On Friday, 1/31/19, my son as driving home from work and his check engine light and oil indicator light went on. He took the car (MY12 Hyundai Veloster) to pep boys for service the following morning, sat. 2/1/20, and described what happened. They inspected the car and advised the oil seemed to be burning faster than normal, but did an oil change. They advised if the warning lights came on again, to take it to Hyundai. They also advised we would need to bring the car in for oil changes approx. Every 3K miles, rather than 5-7K miles. No concern was communicated to keep driving the car. The next day, Sunday, 2/2/20, he was entering the 605 fwy (South) at Firestone blvd in norwalk, ca and he heard a rattling in the engine, then saw black smoke coming from the engine. He pulled the car over on the shoulder, then saw flames coming from the engine. He exited the vehicle safely and called 911. The car became engulfed in blames and was totaled. The fire dept put out the fire. The chp officer pointed out the trail of oil on the shoulder where my son had driven and pulled over. Upon doing some internet research after the fire, we saw that MY13 Hyundai Velosters had a recall for an issue that could lead to engine fires. We have had all regular service done on the car at pep boys and had not had any prior engine issues.
Engine is making a very loud knocking noise the car has already broken down on the interstate and had to have it towed home when I got to the repair facility they had to change the spark plugs the knocking noise is even louder now
On Saturday 2-28-2015, I was driving on a major interstate highway when all of a sudden my car stopped responding. I attempted to accelerate, but the vehicle would not respond. Thankfully, I was in a construction zone so the surrounding cars were already alert and slowing down. However, I was rapidly losing speed and could not keep up or accelerate. I drifted the car into the emergency lane, where then the car died. I called road side assistance but was not able to get through. A police officer arrived. He could not get the car to start either. We had my car towed since I was interfering with a major highway's traffic flow. The Hyundai dealership I was towed to was just beginning to close. They said they could start the paperwork and store my car there, but they would not be able to work on it until Monday. Come Monday morning, the dealership said they could not duplicate the error and therefore there was nothing wrong with my car. However, since I was still within my warranty, they would reimburse me for the hotel and tow. In summer 2018, I took the same car into the shop to get serviced for a separate issue (the car's clock was constantly either too fast/slow despite taking it to a dozen dealerships to get 'fixed'). at that time I also said the car jumps and doesn't respond smoothly. I was worried I was going to have another issue like the highway stall. After many conversations, the dealership & Hyundai corporate said there was nothing wrong with the car. However, research shows that there is clearly something wrong with the Veloster dual clutch transmission. A quick google/youtube search shows hundreds of other owners having similar issues with the car randomly revving or acting up. Attached is the phone call recording of my initial conversation with Hyundai as well as the receipts they reimbursed me for. (which took 2 and a half years)
The car started to rattle and started to not be able to accelerate. I pulled the car to the side of a semi busy road and let it sit for a moment while turned off and then after 30 seconds turned the car back on. I started to drive the car and turned down a residential road (rothrock circle copley, oh) and that is when things got really bad.the car was in motion and started to act even stranger. It had issues accelerating again and then while driving down the road the lunged forward and then white smoke and flames came from under the cars front end. I jumped out of the car after turning it off, grabbed my personal items and ran off incase of an explosion. I called 911instantly and while on the phone with copley police my car was engulfed in flames. Firefighters came out and started to extinguish the flames but it was too late and the whole front of the car was melted, burned, and destroyed.
I was driving home then started hearing a knocking noise coming from the engine. That's when I felt my car to lose power and start to decelerate. Once it stopped it shut off, and all of my light on my dash board was on. The battery light, oil light, eps light. I went to open the hood and it smelt like something was burning. After about an hour of waiting the engine still wasn't turning over. I left my car on the side of the road at an apartment complex.
My car has code of P0420 catalyst system efficiency below threshold. The mechanic I have had look into the cause has suggested replacing the exhaust manifold catalytic converter assembly due to catalytic converter failure. It's a 2012 Hyundai Veloster 1.6 liter non-turbo, the same engine that is included in one of the largest recalls on your site. My vehicle though is not included and I feel it probably should be due to having catalytic converter failure, likely due to design flaw if others are having similar failures.
While parked, car starts hard then will not shift, despite the dash saying it's in drive. Have to shut off, wait, then restart. At stop signs, car will stall then not restart. Once restarted, car will not shift. Need to shut off then restart repeatedly until it shifts. While in motion going straight on the highway, car will act as if it's lost engine power and then stall completely. Again, car will not start, and once it starts it will not shift. Again repeat the turn on/off process until it shifts. Has happened more and more frequently but dealer cannot give me an answer. This car is very unsafe to me and others on the road with it's unpredictability.
Complete car fire. I was driving on the free way going between 70 and 75mph and I went to change lanes and when I looked back in the rearview mirror all I see is smoke so I pull off the freeway onto the shoulder and I see a flame from under the hood. So I pop the hood latch and I open it and there was a fire coming from the engine compartment. So I shut the hood and go and grab necessities out from the vehicle and wait for the fire department to show up and put out the car. Well when they showed up, they were not able to salvage any usable part of the vehicle. Again I was on the freeway/highway traveling between 70mph and 75 mph
My car is having issues describing what is happening in the recall, the engine is louder than when I go out it sounds like you're knocking noise and I just got it in September. I need to speak with somebody about this since it's not listed on the recall
I've always had my vehicle well maintained and can get records or oil changes/regular vehicle maintenance. I had my oil changed at a dealership and couple of weeks later the oil light was back and the engine light was on with almost 2,000 miles left until my next oil change and when they checked they said there were no oil leaks and the fluids were topped off. They said the engine light had something to do with my emmisions. 2 weeks later I'm driving and my engine starts knocking so I pull over immediately and open my hood and check my oil and it's gone. I put 3 quarts in and drove it home where I parked it until January 16th when I had it taken to Hyundai to be diagnosed and they told me I had recalls and that I needed a new gasket seal and oil change. When I picked up the car after they said it was fixed it still had noise and I was told the recalled parts werent available and that it was safe to drive home and drive back on the interstate. Hyundai just recalled alot of 2012 cars that were manufactured in 2011 and I'm hoping this can get looked into and I can get some help because I have all my service records and everything showing where I kept up the car and this just started happening out of no where. Also if this affects me in any way my car is barely over 100,000 so Hyundai said I was out of luck as far as warranty and I've already spent 600 dollars for them to fix the wrong thing.
My daughters car which we bought 2 years ago, with about 41.000 miles on it. This problem has been going on for the last 9 months. It starts and runs. But when you put it in gear will run while taking off. Then all of sudden chugg or dies or no power, starts right back up and does it again. It will do this evening slowing down or at a light to stop.it does this several times and will run rough.then comes out of it and runs ok or takes 10 mins to start.then when you start it you have to hold accelerator to the floor. No codes goes into limp mode.just spent $1000.oo for engine mechanical fuel pump 3 months ago.no codes.dealership can't find anything wrong, after driving it 3 times. Then as soon as we leave the dealership it runs rough again. Of course they closed after we left.replaced couple other engine parts for same problem prior to this. I guess there is no one that works on cars without just using a computer only. You would think Hyundai would do something about this !!! I can work on older cars no problem. This is becoming a lemon law car in my opinion.!!! you would think our government would do something about this. This is and accident waiting to happen on the road to someone.
While in motion on a city street, the car suddenly made a loud noice, smoke came out of the engine and all the trouble lights came on. The car stopped and oil was everywhere. There was no warning. The engine seized and is now worthless. It only had 97,000 miles on it. The car had to be towed and needs a new engine. Over 1.2 million Kia and Hyundai models were recalled because of this happening with low mileage but Veloster was not included. It should have been!! Hyundai refuses to take responsibility for it.
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- Baltimore, MD, USA