2012 Hyundai Veloster Tires & Wheels Problems

The plating on the wheels is coming off causing a safty hazzard.The dealer will not do anything about it.Wheel could break apart causing a accident.Wheels are available for inspection upon request.

The contact owned a 2012 Hyundai Veloster equipt with Lexani LXUHP207 tires size 215/40/18. The contact stated that after purchasing the new tires the daughter was driving approximately 65 mph when the rear passenger side tire experienced sidewall separation causing the daughter to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a guard rail. During the crash, the vehicle was destroyed. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. No injuries were reported. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet notified of the incident. The VIN was not available.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT WHEELS SEIZED AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TITUS-WILL HYUNDAI (888-287-9396, LOCATED AT 2255 CARRIAGE LOOP SW, OLYMPIA, WA 98502), BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON A FIVE DAY WAITING LIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

THE HYUNDAI VELOSTER COMES WITH VERY LOW PROFILE TIRES AND DOES NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE. THE THIN SIDE WALLS ON THE LOW PROFILE TIRES MAKE THEM PRONE TO BLOW OUT HITTING VERY SMALL POT HOLES. THE 'INFLATOR' THAT COMES WITH THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN USABLE FOR ANY OF THE 7 TIRE BLOW OUTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO OF NORMAL CITY DRIVING, LEADING TO FREQUENT STRANDINGS AND LONG TOWS. THE NATURE OF THE TIRE FAILURE MEANS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AT SPEED, THE TIRES GO FROM IMPACT TO BEING UNABLE TO DRIVE IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, LEAVING LITTLE ROOM TO GET TO SAFETY. THE COMBINATION OF UNSAFE TIRES FOR ANYTHING BUT PERFECT ROAD CONDITIONS AND NO SPARE AND AN ABSOLUTELY INEFFECTIVE TIRE REPAIR SYSTEM, POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK TO CONSUMERS.

FROM 9/8/2015 TO 11/14/15 I HAVE HAD THREE TIRES NEEDING REPLACEMENT DUE TO THEIR SENSITIVITY OF MINIMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND GETTING DAMAGED. EACH TIME I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE, SMALL ENOUGH TO WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIP IN THE ROAD AS I CAME UPON IT. BUT ONCE THERE I COULDN'T SAFELY MANEUVER AROUND IT TO AVOID IT. THE STYLE OF THESE TIRES ARE 18" WHEELS WHICH LEAVES NO ROOM FOR CUSHION. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY SPORTS CARS, SO I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK ABOUT TIRE ISSUES WHEN I PURCHASED THIS ONE. I CANNOT CONTINUE TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3 WEEKS, SO ON 11/18/15 I HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PURCHASE A FULL SET OF TIRES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY NOT BLOW OUT AT ANY BUMP OR TWIG IN THE ROAD. THE ROADS I TRAVEL ARE CITY ROADS AND AREN'T EVEN HAZARDOUS ROADS WITH ULTIMATELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN JULY 2015, AND TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS IS RIDICULOUS. MY PAPERWORK IS ALL THROUGH DISCOUNT TIRE IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN.

KUMHO KH25 215/40R18, TIRE BULGE. KUMHO DEALER IN GAITHERSBURG MD INSPECTED AND SAID IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. TIRE BOUGHT IN FEBRUARY 2014 FROM TIRERACK.COM. TIRERACK.COM IS REPLACING THE TIRE PENDING FURTHER INSPECTION. *TR

I HAVE HAD 3 TIRE BLOWOUTS ON MY 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. ALL FOR THE ORIGINAL HYUNDAI TIRES. 3 OF THE 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 25,000 TO DATE. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER VEHICLE WITH SUCH CONSISTENT ISSUES.. *TR

AFTER ONLY 18 MONTHS AND 28,000 MILES OF LEASING MY CAR FROM HYUNDAI I COULD HEAR THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WAS MAKING SOME KIND OF CLICKING SOUND. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRE, WHICH IS A KUMHO BRAND, I NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE HAD A LONG NARROW THREAD OF RUBBER HANGING FROM IT. I CALLED FOR THE CAR TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP (VALENCIA HYUNDAI). WHEN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT ([XXX]) TOLD ME THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE VERY WORN AND NEED REPLACING I EXPECTED AFTER SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY WOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. APPARENTLY, THEY ARE ONLY COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. I CALLED KUMHO TIRES WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERS DEFECTS AND ACCORDING TO HYUNDAI THERE WAS NO DEFECT JUST WEAR AND TARE. THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT MAYBE HYUNDAI SHOULD NOT BE USING KUMHO TIRES IN THE FIRST PLACE AS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT VERY GOOD TIRES. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO HYUNDAI AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY OUGHT TO AT LEAST GO SPLITS WITH ME ON THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT WAS TOO GENEROUS OF ME, I THINK THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEM FOR FREE. SO NOW I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CAR PURCHASED NEW IN 2011. ME - 50+ FEMALE, HAVE DRIVEN 18K MILES IN 30 MONTHS. CURRENT MILEAGE APPROX 18,800. BLOWN KUMHO FRONT PASSENGER TIRE AT 35 MPH - RIM AND TIRE REPLACED BY DEALER AT MY COST IN AUG 2013 AT 14K MILEAGE. JAN-FEB 2014, REPEATED VISITS TO DEALER DUE TO TIRES LOSING AIR. FEB 21, 2014, BACK PASSENGER TIRE REPLACED BY DEALER AT MY COST DUE TO BUBBLING AND ROTATED TO FRONT. (AUG REPLACEMENT RIM AND TIRE NOW ON BACK PASSENGER SIDE). DEALER STATES TIRE RATED FOR 60K MILES. DEALER STATES ALL TIRES THOROUGHLY EXAMINED AND GOOD TO GO. COST FROM AUG TO FEB $1000 FOR TWO TIRES AND RIMS. EIGHT DAYS LATER, HAVE DRIVEN 50-60 MILES ONLY SINCE VISIT TO DEALER. ON MAR 1, 2014 (SAT), BACK PASSENGER TIRE FLAT, CAR TOWED TO DEALER ON MAR 3 (MON). DEALER SAYS BACK RIM (REPLACED IN AUGUST) NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BUT TIRE IS FINE (????), ALSO NEED FRONT LEFT TIRE DUE TO BUBBLING. WILL COST ANOTHER $800. TOTAL OF NEARLY $2000 IN RIMS AND TIRES IN 6 MONTHS ON A CAR WITH 18000 MILES. CALLS TO HYUNDAI. THEY ARE "WORKING ON IT" BUT DEALER IS NOT RESPONDING TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. MECHANIC AT DEALER BLAMES THE ROAD. HOW CAN A RIM BE BENT IN A WEEK BUT THE TIRE IS OKAY???? CALL TO KUMHO REGARDING TIRES. TIRES ARE NOT RATED FOR ANY MILEAGE. LIE #1 FROM DEALER - SAID TIRES RATED AT 60K. CURRENTLY IN RENTAL CAR AT MY COST WHILE HYUNDAI AND DEALER PLAY GAMES. SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING GETTING AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED. I AM PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS WEBSITE AND EXPRESSLY STATE I DO NOT WISH TO BE CONTACTED WITH ANY OFFERS, INFORMATION, ETC. EITHER BY EMAIL OR PHONE AND DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO HAVE MY INFORMATION GIVEN TO ANY THIRD PARTIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE DROVE OVER A SPEED BUMP AND NOTICED A SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TIRES HAD LOST AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE RIMS WERE SCRAPED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FRONT RIMS AND THE TIRES WAS MINIMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OVER A POT HOLE, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT (TPMS) ILLUMINATED. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST AIR. THE CONTACT ADDED AIR TO THE TIRE BUT IT CONTINUED TO LOSE AIR AT LEAST THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS BENT. AS A RESULT, BOTH THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 67 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RIM EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, WHICH IMPACTED THE TIRE AND DESTROYED THE RIM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,700.