2014 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Structurebody Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Structurebody Issues in the 2014 HYUNDAI VELOSTER
5 structurebody complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2014 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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All Structurebody Complaints
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TAKATA INFLATORS - FRONT AND READ DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTIONS, IE.: FRONT AND REAR DOOR OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LATCHES NOT RELEASING (OPENING) MANUALLY AND/OR ELECTRONICALLY WITH FOB RESULTING IN POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES. THE AUTO WAS PARKED AND DOORS LOCKED USING FOB. WHEN I RETURNED TO CAR, I PRESSED THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON FOB, HEARD THE CLICKING SOUND THE FOB MAKES WHEN THE UNLOCK BUTTON IS PRESSED; WE PULLED THE DRIVER SIDE AND BOTH PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES, THE DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS DID NOT OPEN. MY GUEST TRIED TO ENTER THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR BY PULLING THE INSIDE LATCH, IT STILL DIDN'T OPEN. NEXT I PULLED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH FROM THE INSIDE, IT OPENED. I LEANED INTO THE CAR, TURNED ON THE ENGINE TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVERS WINDOW TO ENTER THE CAR. I'VE TRIED REPLACING FUSE AND FOB BATTERIES, RESETTING THE LOCK/UNLOCK CODE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK....
MY CAR WAS STATIONARY OVER NIGHT AND MY SUNROOF BUSTED. HAD GOTTEN HOME THE NIGHT BEFORE AFTER DRIVING FOR 6 HOURS AND PARKED THE CAR. I HAD BEEN NEAR IT SEVERAL TIMES AND NEVER SAW A CRACK OR ANYTHING. WENT TO GET IN THIS MORNING AND IT HAS GLASS EVERYWHERE.
THE TAILGATE RELEASE PAD HAS TO BE PRESSED VERY HARD TO GET THE LATCH TO UNLOCK. WE BEGAN NOTICING THIS ISSUE AT CHRISTMAS WHEN WE WERE LOADING THE TRUNK FOR A TRIP HOME AND IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE TRUNK OPEN AT ALL WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE THE TRUNK COMPLETELY USELESS. I TOOK IT, TODAY, TO MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE PAD HAD COLLAPSED INSIDE OF THE SWITCH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DUE TO THE PART NUMBER FOR THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH/PAD INDICATING THAT IT WAS A RECALLED PART THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID A SEARCH FOR A RECALL OR CAMPAIGN ON THIS PART THEY DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PART ON VELOSTERS WITH A MODEL YEAR OF 2015 AND 2016. I WANT TO REPORT THIS NOW ON THE...
I PURCHASED MY VELSOTER BRAND NEW WITH 33 MILES ON IT IN NOVEMBER 2014. IF FEB OF 2015 I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE FRONT END WAS SHAKING A LITTLE. I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND GET AND OIL CHANGE. I HAD ABOUT 8K MILES ON IT. THEIR WAS A SMALL SCRATCH ON ONE OF THE RIMS ABOUT 1/2 LONG, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE AMOUNT OF SHAKING THAT WAS HAPPENING. THE SERVICEMAN SAID HE ROTATED THE TIRES AND THEIR SHOULDN'T BE ANYMORE ISSUES. WHEN I DROVE IT HOME IT WAS NOT ANY BETTER IN FACT I THOUGHT IT WAS WORSE. I TOOK IT BACK IN YESTERDAY TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT IS SHAKING AND HAVE IT FIXED. I WAS TOLD THAT THEIR WERE SEVERAL DENTS IN 2 OF MY RIMS WHICH WAS THROWING IT OFF BALANCE. I HAVE NOT HIT...
Other 2014 HYUNDAI VELOSTER Problem Areas
Engine
33 complaints
Electrical System
19 complaints
Steering
14 complaints
Unknown Or Other
10 complaints
Service Brakes
4 complaints
Power Train
3 complaints
Service Brakes Hydraulic
3 complaints
Exterior Lighting
2 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
2 complaints
Suspension
2 complaints
Visibilitywiper
2 complaints
Wheels
2 complaints
Air Bags
1 complaint
Air Bagsfrontaldriver Clockspringspiral Cassette
1 complaint
Electrical Systemwiringconnectorsplugsreceptacles
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Cooling
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust Systememission Controlcatalytic Convertor
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingheadlights
1 complaint
Fuel System Gasoline
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkagesdoorslatch
1 complaint
Vehicle Speed Control
1 complaint
Visibilitysunmoon Roof Assembly
1 complaint