Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: HYUNDAI
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Veloster
Model Year: 2012
Plant City: Ul-san
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Company
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS(Middle grade)
Series2: FS
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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COMPONENT
Complaint
2012
VISIBILITY:SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY
ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 (APPROXIMATELY 1 PM) MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH ON I 93 NEAR EXIT 8 IN MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE. SHE DROVE OVER A NORMAL BUMP IN THE ROAD AND WITHOUT WARNING THE SUN ROOF OF MY 2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER EXPLODED INTO AND OUT OF THE CAR. MY WIFE HAD GLASS EMBED INTO HER SCALP. SHE PROCEEDED TO EXIT 9 AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY WHERE SHE MET ME. INJURIES WERE MINOR AND NO PROFESSIONAL HELP WAS NEEDED, I REMOVED THE GLASS FROM HER SCALP. WE CALLED THE NH STATE POLICE AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE INCIDENT. WE DID NOT FILE AN OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT AT THAT TIME. THE SUN ROOF GLASS WAS DESTROYED AND COVERED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. THE PAINT ON THE EXTERIOR HAS MANY SCRATCHES AND DEEP GOUGES, THE INTERIOR HAS GLASS EMBEDDED INTO THE UPHOLSTERY. TODAY (OCT 9, 2012) I WENT TO PICK UP MY CAR AT THE DEALER, THE ROOF HAS BEEN FIXED BUT THE PAINT IS DESTROYED BY THE INCIDENT AND THE INTERIOR HAS GLASS EMBEDDED INTO IT. THE CAR IS A HAZARD TO TRY AND SIT IN. I BRUSHED THE REAR SEAT AND GLASS STUCK INTO MY HAND. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER, THIS ISSUE IS STILL IN PROCESS WITH THE DEALERSHIP. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE ASKED FOR A WRITTEN DOCUMENT FROM HYUNDAI SUCH AS AN ENGINEERING REPORT STATING THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESEARCHED, RESOLVED AND THAT CORRECTED COMPONENTS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN OUR CAR & NOT JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF DEFECTIVE GLASS INSTALLED THAT WILL SHATTER ON US WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WANT MY NEW CAR PUT BACK TO NEW CONDITION LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. I ALSO FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH HYUNDAI AFTER THE INCIDENT ON OCTOBER 1, 2012. I CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH THE CASE NUMBER IF NECESSARY. *TR ...UPDATED 10/17/12 *BF UPDATED 10/19/2012 *JS
2012
ENGINE
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