2013 Hyundai Veloster Body & Structure Problems

The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while diving 40 MPH, the front driver’s side sun visor exploded. The contact stated that the air bags warning light illuminated. There was no injury sustained. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 55,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while driving into a parking lot, a small rock fell on the panoramic sunroof and the sunroof shattered. The contact stated that the shade guard was closed at the time of the failure. There was no injury sustained. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that their location did not perform sunroof glass replacement. The dealer referred the contact to an auto glass repair shop, where the shattered glass was removed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, where pictures of the failure were taken and sent to the manufacturer. The manufacturer informed the dealer that they could not cover the sunroof glass replacement because the moving part of the sunroof glass was not shattered. The contact followed up with the warranty department and was informed that the dealer had denied repairing the vehicle under the warranty because the failure was caused by a rock. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 53,000.

BASE OF THE AFFECTED PANORAMIC ROOF, WATER FILTRATION INTO THE VEHICLE.

THE REAR PANORAMIC ROOF SECTION SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN WE CLOSED THE TRUNK.

AC KNOB STOPPED ENGAGING AND ONLY FAN ONLY RUNS ON ONE SETTING ALSO THE REAR HATCH BUTTON STOPPED WORKING

SHATTERED SUNROOF WHILE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AFTER INCIDENT FOUND THAT 2012 HYUNDAI VOLESTER WAS RECALLED FOR SAME THING.

SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. NO CONTACT MADE WITH VEHICLE, WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED, BREAKING OF BACK PART OF FRAME AS WELL. GLASS ON SUNROOF SHATTERED UPWARD, EVENTUALLY CAVING IN ON TOP OF COVER

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. I DID NOT HIT ANY BUMPS NOR DID ANY OBJECT STRIKE MY VEHICLE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF IN MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY I HAD THE SHADE CLOSED SO THE GLASS LAID ON THE SHADE. HOWEVER, LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THERE WAS A LOT OF GLASS FLYING AROUND. NO ONE WAS AROUND ME AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER IS FIXING THE GLASS FOR HALF THE COST OF THE ACTUAL REPAIR PER HYUNDAI CORPORATION. I STILL WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I'M TERRIFIED IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER IT IS FIXED.

WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. GLASS WAS EVERYWHERE. NOTHING WAS EVEN NEAR MY CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED (THANK GOODNESS) AFTER LOOKING AT SECURITY FOOTAGE. I HOPE A RECALL IS DONE SOON BECAUSE I COULD NOT IMAGINE IF I HAD BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WITH CHILDREN. HYUNDAI HAS BEEN SEMI-HELPFUL BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE IT HAPPENS INSTEAD OF AFTER

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE CLOSED. CONSIDERING THIS MODEL VEHICLE HAS AN ALL GLASS SUNROOF THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I CALLED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD THE 2012 MODELS HAVE A RECALL FOR EXPLODING SUNROOFS BUT NOT MINE IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT CAN GET CUT BY FALLING GLASS IF THIS HAPPENS. THE SUNROOF EXPLODES WITHOUT WARNING.

I HAVE A 2013 VITAMIN C VELOSTER AND I RECENTLY LOOKED UNDER MY LICENSE PLATE IN THE REAR AND NOTICED A BIG HOLE IN MY BUMPER FROM MELTING, IT SEEMS TO KEEP GETTING WORSE SINCE LAST WEEK WHEN I NOTICED IT. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND SHOWED THE SERVICE GUYS AND AT THAT POINT MY BUMPER AND PLATE MOUNT HAD FUSED TOGETHER FROM THE HEAT. I FEAR THE BUMPER STARTING ON FIRE RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS TANK. THEY TOOK 3.5 HOURS TO LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN THIS ISSUE AND WHEN THEY FINISHED, WOULDN'T TELL ME ANY INFO. THEY GAVE ME NO PAPERWORK, THEY JUST TOLD ME "TAKE THE CAR, WE HAD TO ORDER A LOT OF PARTS AND IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE WE GET THEM IN; WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN THE PARTS COME IN AND THEY CLOSED THE SHOP. *TR

AFTER ONLY HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT TIME, I STARTED TO NOTICE ON THE CENTER OF THE REAR BUMPER & RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL WERE MISSING PAINT. OVER TIME IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS OF THE CAR THAT ARE PLASTIC UNDERNEATH THE PAINT TEND TO FLEX AND CAUSE THE PAINT TO CRACK. *TR

ON FRIDAY MAY 10 I TOOK MY VELOSTER TO THE DEALER AS I WAS CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE TRADE IN. THE SALES MANAGER DID A FULL CHECK OF MY CAR AND TEST DROVE IT AS WELL IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE AN ACCEPTABLE OFFER FOR TRADE. MY CAR WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. AFTER DISCUSSING ALL THE DETAILS, I DECIDED NOT TO TRADE IN MY CAR. I LEFT AND AND DROVE TO A LOCAL THEATER. WHILE DRIVING I HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE AS IF SOMETHING HAD FALLEN/BLOWN OFF MY CAR. IT WAS DARK AND SINCE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING ON THE ROAD. WELL WHEN I GOT TO THE THEATER (ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY) AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR, MY PASSENGER ADVISED ME THAT THE STRIP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROOF THAT IS NORMALLY PRESENT AS A CLIP-IN MECHANISM WAS MISSING. I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT IT BLEW OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I FEEL FOR THE PERSON BEHIND ME WHO EITHER GOT HIT BY IT OR HAD TO DO SOME EVASIVE MANEUVERING TO AVOID IMPACT. THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS INJURED OR NOT, BUT HYUNDAI NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF ITS POTENTIAL SERIOUS HAZARD. -THE DEALER WANTS ME TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT/REPAIR OF A DEFECTIVE PART EVEN THOUGH I AM STILL UNDER MY BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL NOT BE PAYING TO HAVE IT REPLACED AS IT IS HYUNDAI'S RESPONSIBILITY. WITH LESS THAN 10000 MILES THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS TYPE OF ISSUE TO OCCUR. *TR