2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Engine Problems

DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS STARTING. WHEN TURNING KEY IN IGNITION, USUALLY IN COLDER WEATHER IN THE MORNINGS, VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THERE IS JUST A 1-CLICK SOUND PER IGNITION CYCLE, BUT NO IGNITION OCCURS. ALL LIGHTS COME ON DASH, RADIO TURNS ON, ETC. REPLACED BATTERY DUE TO FAILED BATTERY TEST, BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE STARTER PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE STARTER ASSEMBLY IS STARTING TO FAIL BUT THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY UNHELPFUL. I DRIVE A LOT FOR WORK, ESPECIALLY TO REMOTE AREAS, AND I'M GOING TO GET STRANDED EVENTUALLY WITHOUT ANY CELL SERVICE.

MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING A "CHUGGING" FEELING AROUND 20-40MPH FOR A WHILE ALMOST LIKE ENGINE IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUEL. I WAS STOPPED AT INTERSECTION AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND CAR DIED AS IF I RAN OUT OF GAS OR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON AND AFTER A FEW MIN. IT DID START ONLY FOR THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN ABOUT A MILE LATER. TOOK IT TO BE LOOKED AT THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY FOUND SOME CHEWED WIRES FIXED THAT. THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 70-75MPH ON HIGHWAY SUDDENLY SPEED RAPIDLY DECREASED TO 20MPH WAS REVVING ENGINE AT OVER 4K RPM AND CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 20MPH! AFTER A FEW MILES DRIVING AT 20MPH SPEED KICKED BACK IN AND GOT HOME SAFELY. WENT TO DRIVE IT THE FOLLOWING DAY AND CAR WENT INTO "LIMP...

FOR THE 4TH TIME, MY 2012 VELOSTER LITERALLY SHUT OFF WHILE BEING DRIVEN. IT DOES NOT STALL. IT SHUTS OFF ENTIRELY. NO ELECTRIC. NO POWER. NO NOTHING. LUCKILY, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN DOING UNDER 15MPH OR STOPPED AT A LIGHT. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY OR AT HIGH SPEEDS, IT IS QUITE CERTAIN THAT I WOULD BE IN AN ACCIDENT AS THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO ALERT OTHER MOTORISTS THAT MY VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN - THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING WHEN IT SHUTS OFF. WHEN IT SHUTS OFF, IT IS IN DRIVE. IT CANNOT BE PUT BACK INTO PARK. I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART IT. IT DOES RESTART WITHOUT HESITATION. I DID TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER ONCE AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS AND SEE THAT HYUNDAI...

WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TODAY, AFTER HAVING AN ECM UPDATE AT THE DEALERSHIP 2 DAYS PRIOR, THE CAR WENT BACKWARDS DOWN AN INCLINE AND WOULD NOT PROCEED FORWARD. *TR

VEHICLE HAS ENTERED INTO LIMP HOME MODE MULTIPLE TIMES, LAST TIME RESULTING IN NEAR COLLISION FROM BEHIND AS THROTTLE AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING BECOME INOPERABLE. VEHICLE DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY CODES OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. OTHER SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS CONDITION WERE AN ENGINE MISS WHILE DRIVING AND COMPLETE STALL IN PARK. *TR

PURCHASED CAR ON 5/5/2012 WITH 6 MILES ON IT. WITHIN LESS THAN A WEEK AND 200 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN CLICKING. TOOK IT INTO HYUNDAI AND THEY STATED IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER 2 1/2 WEEKS THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AS HYUNDAI REFUSED TO GIVE ME A DIFFERENT CAR. SINCE THEN THE CAR CANNOT ACCELERATE, SOUNDS "CLUNKY" AND WHEN GOING AT LOW SPEEDS SOUNDS LIKE THE GEAR ISN'T ENGAGING AND SOUNDS/FEELS LIKE IT WOULD IF YOU RELEASED A CLUTCH TOO EARLY. CAR LOSES POWER AND SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO DIE. A HISSING AND RATTLING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD HAPPENS AS WELL. AFTER TAKING IT IN TO DEALER, DEALER STATES THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOUNDS OR NOISES OR LOSS OF POWER I WAS HAVING. RPMS REV REALLY HIGH BEFORE ENGAGING IN FIRST GEAR. DEALER STILL WON'T DO ANYTHING SINCE THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE IT. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN...

BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN JAN OF 2012, STARTED HAVING "ISSUES" WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING. AFTER GETTING USE TO THE NEW CAR AND HOW IT DROVE, PUTTING A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THE CAR, SOMETHING WAS STILL NOT RIGHT WITH HOW IT DROVE. NOT GETTING THE SPEED IT NEEDED AND TACKING OUT THE RPMS TO CHANGE INTO THE RIGHT GEAR AND AT TIMES, WAS THE WRONG GEAR. WE HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH WE GOT THE CAR, TOLD THEM OF THE ISSUE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THAT IT WAS "NORMAL" WITH THE DUEL CLUTCH AND THAT WE HAD TO DRIVE IT MORE IN MANUAL MODE, WHICH MADE NO SENSE TO ME. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE CAR GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE....COULD NOT EVEN MERGE OUT INTO TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING 30-35 MPH. HAD TO ALWAYS DRIVE THE...

THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. WHEN AT A FULL STOP AND I PRESS ON THE GAS THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE HOWEVER, THE RPMS ARE HIGH BUT THE CAR TAKES 5-6 SECONDS TO GO AND IT DOESN'T GO VERY FAST AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I WAS ALMOST HIT. MY CAR JERKS WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW SPEED, IT IS THE SAME MOVEMENT AS IF YOU WERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND ACTUALLY JERKS MY NECK. MY REAR DRIVER'S WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. IT WAS IN THE DRIVE WAY AND WHEN I WENT OUT TO WORK IN THE MORNING, IT WAS SHATTERED. THERE IS NO IMPACT SIGHT AS EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING HAD HIT IT. I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE CAR AND WISH I NEVER BOUGHT IT. *TR

VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS TO FIFTH GEAR WHEN PASSING BUT DOES NOT RETURN TO SIXTH GEAR UPON RELEASING ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE CONTINUES AT SAME RATE OF SPEED WHEN RELEASING ACCELERATOR AS IF IT WERE ON CRUISE CONTROL. WHILE PASSING AN 18 WHEELER ON HWY 169 NORTH, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER 18 WHEELER APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN FRONT OF THE ONE I WAS PASSING. WITH AN ONCOMING VEHICLE I COULD NOT PASS BOTH TRUCKS, SO I PASSED THE FIRST ONE AND PULLED IN BEHIND THE OTHER ONE. WHEN I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR CONTINUED AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED FORCING ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID REAR-ENDING THE OTHER TRUCK. THIS VEHICLE (AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DEALERSHIP LOT) EXHIBITS THIS CHARACTERISTIC EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE GOES INTO PASSING MODE. HOWEVER, IF YOU BACK OFF THE ACCELERATOR SLIGHTLY, AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS, THE CAR WILL SHIFT...

ORIGINAL EMAIL SENT TO HYUNDAI MOTORS USA "DEAR HYUNDAI MOTORS USA, I HAVE VISITED THE DEALERSHIP WITH MY NEW VELOSTER FOR TWO ISSUES ON THE CAR. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT YOU TO OPEN A CASE AS THE DEALER WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX THE ISSUES AS THERE IS NO RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS. HERE ARE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS I HAVE NOTIFIED THE D EALER OF AND THOSE THAT NEED TO BE FIXED. 1) SERIOUS ISSUE! WHEN BRAKING UNDER HEAVY CONDITIONS, BOTH ABS AND NON ABS CASES, THE CAR SWERVES AND/OR LOSES IT'S 'REAR' TO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. I'VE BRAKED HARD SEVERAL TIMES AND IT FEELS LIKE THE REAR END IS GIVING OUT. DURING ABS CONDITIONS, THE CAR SWERVES LIKE IT'S A RWD DRIVEN VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT ONLY SCARY AS A CONSUMER BUT DANGEROUS TO OTHERS. IF THERE IS ANY CONDENSATION ON THE ROAD WHILE BRAKING AND THE...