NHTSA Complaint #11398726 — 2015 HYUNDAI VELOSTER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS PRESENT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES STALL. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER GENESIS OF FORT MYER LOCATED AT 2850 COLONIAL BLVD, FORT MYERS, FL 33966 WHO REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THE ENGINE GASKETS. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V746000 (ENGINE) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.