3 recalls and 422 owner complaints on record for this model year.
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Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2015 Elantra, Genesis Coupe, Sonata Hybrid, 2012-2015 Accent, Azera, Veloster, 2013-2015 Elantra Coupe, Santa Fe, 2014-2015 Equus, 2010-2012 Veracruz, 2010-2013 Tucson, 2015 Tucson Fuel Cell, and 2013 Santa Fe Sport vehicles. The Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module may leak brake fluid internally and cause an electrical short, which can result in an engine compartment fire while parked or driving.
Remedy: Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will replace the ABS fuse, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024 through October 11, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 251.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2012-2014 Veloster vehicles. High conductive liquid may leak into the Reverse Park Aid Sensor (RPAS), which can result in an electrical short circuit.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the RPAS fuse and sensor, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 28, 2023. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 242.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2013 Veloster vehicles that are equipped with 1.6 liter turbo engines. The engine management software may cause premature ignition (pre-ignition) of the air/fuel mixture in the engine. The resulting excessive cylinder pressure may damage the engine.
Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will update the engine management software, free of charge. The recall began May 14, 2019. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 182.
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Vehicles may develop an electrical short in the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) module, increasing the risk of an engine compartment fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
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I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHILE MY CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. MY CAR WOULD NOT BRAKE AT THE RED LIGHT CAUSING A COLLISION WITH AN INTERSECTING VEHICLE. MY FRONT IS DAMAGED AND THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE. CAR COLLIDED TWICE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND TOWED FROM THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR BRUISES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
RIDING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND HEARD A LOUD POP ALOMOST LIKE A GUN SHOT, NEXT THING I KNOW GLASS WAS FALLING ON ME, ON MY SEATS AND FLOORS. I LOOKED UP AND SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED, NOTHING CAUSED IT TO SHATTER NOTHING HIT IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS AND HYUNDAI IT'S A DEFECT AND HYUNDAI ISN'T DOING FIX THE PROBLEM OR RECALL CAR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE CLOSED. CONSIDERING THIS MODEL VEHICLE HAS AN ALL GLASS SUNROOF THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I CALLED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD THE 2012 MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR EXPLODING SUNROOFS BUT NOT MINE IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT CAN GET CUT BY FALLING GLASS IF THIS HAPPENS. THE SUNROOF EXPLODES WITHOUT WARNING.
I WAS DRIVING 70MPH IN THE HIGH-SPEED LANE ON I-40 EASTBOUND ON 7/7/15 AT 7:10PM WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. MY SUNROOF WAS CLOSED, AND THE WINDOWS WERE CLOSED. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND ~90 DEGREES. THE EXPLOSION CAME AS A SUDDEN THUNDEROUS BOOM CAUSING SHARDS OF GLASS TO FALL INTO MY VEHICLE ONTO MY HEAD AND DOWN MY BACK, CAUSING ONLY A FEW MINOR CUTS. I WAS SO ALARMED AS THE SUNROOF EXPLODED THAT I SWERVED ONTO THE BERM OF THE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME ALSO SWERVED CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS, AS I SUSPECT SHARDS OF GLASS ALSO FLEW BACKWARD AT THEIR VEHICLE AFTER THE EXPLOSION. I PUT ON MY FLASHERS AND PULLED MY VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT BERM OF THE HIGHWAY TO CALM MYSELF. THE OTHER CARS DID NOT STOP. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN DRIVING CONDITION, I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME SLOWLY WITH MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO RECALLS ON 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTERS. HOWEVER THERE WAS A RECALL (#12V568000) FOR 2012 VELOSTERS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THERE ARE ALSO BLOGS ON THE WEB THAT TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE LINGERING WITH 2013 MODELS, HOWEVER, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY HYUNDAI TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THIS ENORMOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I HOPE THIS NOTIFICATION TO NHTSA HELPS DRIVE SOME ACTION AND FORCES HYUNDAI TO RECALL THESE SUNROOFS CONSIDERING HOW THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED SEVERE INJURY AND/OR DEATH AT SUCH HIGH SPEEDS.
I WAS DRIVING, DOING APPROX 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HEARD A POP AND THEN IT STARTED TO RAIN GLASS FROM MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF THAT WAS SHATTERING ALL OVER ME. I HAD GLASS IN MY HAIR, CUTS ON MY FOREHEAD AND I HAVE A HUGE LUMP ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM WHERE I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BIGGER PIECE OF GLASS. WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HAVE A CONCUSSION, WHICH I DO NOT, HOWEVER, I AM VERY SORE FROM MY NECK UP TO THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THE SERVICE ADVISER ACTED SURPRISED THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED AND SAID TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO FILE A COMPLAINT SINCE HE STATED IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ON ITS OWN, THAT SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE HIT IT. HOW SAD IT IS TO COME HOME TO SEE THAT THE 2012 MODEL OF MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME CHALLENGE AND WAS UNDER RECALL AND NOW I AM SEEING THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2013 OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR SUNROOF AS I AM. *JS
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING MY SUNROOF EXPLODED, SENDING GLASS ONTO ME, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. I SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES TO MY SKIN. *TR
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 83 IN PHARR, TX, I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION SUDDENLY AND WIND HOWLING; I IMMEDIATELY SET MY HAZARDS TO ALERT THE VEHICLES NEAR ME AS I THOUGHT I WAS IN A WRECK. I LOOKED UP TO DISCOVER THAT MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED AND SHARDS OF GLASS WERE FLYING BOTH BEHIND MY VEHICLE AND INSIDE MY VEHICLE. I ENDED UP WITH MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES AS A RESULT. I CALLED HYUNDAI, BUT THEY STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT LIKELY PART OF AN EARLIER RECALL IN 2013 FOR SHATTERING PANORAMIC SUNROOFS. FOR THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE DONE, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY I COULDN'T HAVE HEARD A ROCK OF THAT SIZE HIT MY VEHICLE DIRECTLY ON MY SUNROOF STRONG ENOUGH TO SMASH THROUGH THE LAYERS OF MY SUNROOF AND POP THE FRAME OUT OF PLACE. LUCKILY, THIS DIDN'T RESULT IN A COLLISION, BUT THIS RECALL NEEDS A SECOND LOOK AT EXPANSION- WHAT HAPPENED IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEALERSHIP IS IN PROCESS OF REPLACING THE SUNROOF BUT I'M CONCERNED THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM IS BEING MISSED. *TR
I OWN A 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER THAT I PURCHASED IN MAY. WHILE DRIVING OVER THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE, THIS MORNING, MY SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS IN SHOCK, COVERED IN GLASS AND UNABLE TO PULL OVER UNTIL I REACHED THE TOLL PLAZA, THE THERE IS NO STOPPING ON THE BRIDGE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS A "KNOWN ISSUE" BUT THAT MY CAR HAD NOT BEEN RECALLED AND THEY WERE NOT SURE WHY. THE TOW-SERVICE THAT IS USED FOR THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY COULD NOT TAKE ME TO MY DEALER AND ONLY TO THE NEAREST ONE, WHICH IS WHITE PLAINS HYUNDAI. THEY ALSO ADVISED ME THAT IT IS A "KNOWN ISSUE" AND HAS TO DO WITH THE GLASS. AGAIN, THEY CONFIRMED THAT MY VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. IT IS (OBVIOUSLY) COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, I AM NOW TERRIFIED OF MY SUNROOF AS NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED AND ASSURE ME THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I'VE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 MONTHS! AT THE DEALER'S SUGGESTION, I CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR ANSWERS AND RECEIVED VERY LITTLE INFORMATION. I HAVE PHOTOS AVAILABLE AND AM HAPPY TO DO AN INTERVIEW. *TR
The contact's daughter owns a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, it caught on fire. The vehicle became engulfed in flames, and the authorities were called to the scene. The Fire Department extinguished the fire. The vehicle was later towed to an impound lot where it was deemed a total loss. No injuries were reported. A police report was filed. A nearby roadside electrical box was damaged due to the heat from the fire. Prior to the fire, the vehicle was taken to the dealer to be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V132000 (Electrical System). The contact was informed by the dealer that the vehicle did not have a parking sensor, and the recall repair would not apply to the vehicle. Upon investigation, the contact later discovered that the vehicle was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V651000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the owner was not made aware of the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
On or about May 1, 2025, I was operating my 2013 Hyundai Veloster when flames were observed emanating from under the hood. I immediately pulled into the median and, upon opening the hood, observed an active fire beneath the plastic engine cover. I contacted 911. Before the fire department arrived, a passerby extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher. Firefighters from a nearby station arrived shortly thereafter and fully doused the engine compartment. The vehicle was subsequently towed to a Hyundai dealership. At that time, I was aware of an active recall related to potential brake line issues that could result in an engine compartment fire. After the vehicle remained at the dealership for an extended period, I was informed that Hyundai Motor America (“HMA”) would send an inspector. Approximately 30 days later, I was contacted by HMA’s corporate office and asked to provide documentation, including a copy of the title and insurance information. During this call, I was advised that while repair or replacement of the vehicle was unlikely, HMA would “make me whole.” Shortly thereafter, I received written correspondence from HMA stating that, following its review of the inspection results, documents, and other information, no product defect was identified as the cause of the incident. The letter concluded that HMA would not accept responsibility and denied my request for assistance or compensation.
Smoke, burning smell came from ac control unit. Ac wiring unit, knob completely burned/melted. Reported to Hyundai local and corporate office no resolution other then I just have to replace the unit. Please note this happened in 2022 (40,000 miles today vehicle had 58,000miles) and I paid in full for the replacement the 1st time.
Car started smoking on cabin while driving. Risk of hazard dueto bad A/C control switch. Wiring harness and plug melted too. Several Hyundai Veloster are suffering same issue. Started to think blower wiring is to small for load too. Pleaae see attached pictures. Time and miles provided is an approximate. Do not remember when exactly happened but was reported previously. In the pictures you are going to be able to see the faulty part P/N for your review.
The contact's god-daughter owns a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated that the ABS warning light and other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the recall repair of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V651000(Service Brakes, Hydraulic) was performed; however, the failure persisted. The contact stated that while inspecting the vehicle at the residence, the contact noticed that the ABS fuse was blown. The contact replaced the ABS fuse; however, the ABS motor made an abnormal whining and humming sound. The ABS motor then blew up and caught on fire. The contact stated that he was able to extinguish the 12 inch high flames with a bottle of water. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was determined that the ABS unit and the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the recall remedy failed to fix the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened; however, the manufacturer later sent a letter to the contact advising that the claim was denied. The failure mileage was approximately 87,700.
1. 2013 Veloster 1.6 turbo motor fire. Motor blew and fire burned everything.Inspection is time framed as I was sent lein and storage fees. In was asset and not one as far as insurance or Gap giving me the run around. my family ,myself and those near grocery store potentially could of gotten hurt. Had no warning at all on dashboard. I loved my car sad to honestly say scared to drive a Hyundai ever again. Only a adjuster came out actually can't even say she did . Wanted picture and Vin from me said she was hired as third party and never heard from her again . Fire dept . Just put fire out. Police said since I was legally parked no need if report. Which I thaught was wierd .
Filed by owners of this model year and unverified by NHTSA — one person’s account, not an established fact.