NHTSA Complaint #10876472 — 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY IN CT FOR TWO DAYS; WOULD NOT REVERSE; JUST REVVED. WAS PUSHED TO STREET. DROVE NORMALLY OVER 100 MILES TOWARD HOME IN NJ VIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. DRIVE GEAR THEN STARTED TO FREE-REV WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP ON LOCAL HIGHWAY; CONTINUED TO SLIP; LIMITED SPEED ATTAINABLE; CARS SWERVING AROUND ME. UNABLE TO REVERSE AT HOME; CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER HAD CAR FOR 2 1/2 DAYS. DID PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, COMPUTER TEST, AND A 45 MILE ROAD TEST. SAID CAR "WAS PERFECT." CALLED IT "AN INCONVENIENT COMPUTER GLITCH." "INCONVENIENT?" IT WAS TERRIBLY FRIGHTENING!