NHTSA Complaint #11229421 — 2013 HYUNDAI VELOSTER

WHILE DRIVING, MY STEERING WHEEL WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FREQUENTLY, DURING MOMENTS WHILE I'VE DRIVEN STRAIGHT AND HAVE TURNED. REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF MY WHEEL, IT HAS INCREASINGLY BEGAN TO SHAKE, AS IF THE WHEEL IS OUT OF PLACE. THE WHEEL HAS BECOME LOOSE. I VISITED A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE, RELATING IT TO A SMALL, PLASTIC PART IN THE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT HYUNDAI ISSUED RECALLS FOR THIS EXACT PART IN OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES, JUST NOT THE VELOSTER. IT IS THE SAME PART IN OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES, ONE THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED IN THOSE MAKES AND MODELS, BUT HYUNDAI HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PART IN THE VELOSTER MODELS. THIS ISSUE HAS MADE IT INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, AS THE DEALERSHIP VERBALLY TOLD ME THAT EVENTUALLY, THE STEERING WILL MAY DISCONNECT FROM THE VEHICLE.