There are 7 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2013 Hyundai Velosterin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
Connecting rod failure. A test was ran on my car and this code came up even though my check engine light was off. There is a rattling when accelerating and a decrease in speed when accelerating. The rattling began a little less than a year ago so I took it to a shop but they said it couldn’t be fixed because the engine is enclosed. Basically to fix this issue I would need an entire new engine and it is already causing major issues on my vehicle. This is a safety issue because the engine could just fail.
I have had to replace the turbo and radiator. I have replaced the coil packs and spark plugs 3 times since I received the car and now the transmission is acting up. I bought the car Dec 2020 and it has left me stranded on the side of the road 4 times already from the engine malfunctioning.
THE SPEED CONTROL PANEL IS NOT WORKING AND THE HORN IS NOT WORKING EITHER
DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, ALL LIGHTS FLASHED ON, ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND MY CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO TAKE IT OUT OF DRIVE, PUT IT IN SPORT MODE AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. IT WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY IF I WENT ABOVE 45 MILES AN HOUR, I WAS 130 MILES FROM HOME. THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, HAVE MADE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS
'TAKATA RECALL' MY VELOSTER HAS BEEN STALLING SINCE I LEASED IT THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM WHEN SPEEDING UP AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE MORE THAN 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 35 DAYS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON HIGHWAY, STATIONARY AND ON STREETS IT'S U JUST THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR A VEHICLE LIKE THIS WHEN I SHOULD BE GETTING MY MONEYS WORTH
ELECTRONIC GEAR MOTOR OVERHEATED AND LEFT VEHICLE IN OVERDRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY IN STOPPED/SLOWED TRAFFIC. ONCE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, TRANSMISSION IS DISABLED AND WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO HAVE TOWED. DEALER CALLED THE PART THE 'GEAR MOTOR ACTUATOR' AND THAT HE HAS DONE NUMEROUS REPLACEMENTS AND THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING.
DRIVER TURNED RIGHT FROM A STOP SIGN ONTO A HIGHWAY AND BEGAN ACCELERATING TO 55 M.P.H WHEN DRIVER REACHED APPROXIMATELY 35 M.P.H, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT WHICH POINT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE DRIVER COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR THROTTLE. THE DRIVER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE ACCUMULATING AND THE SMELL OF COOLANT OR ANTIFREEZE COMING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BECAME DARKER IN COLOR. THE ENGINE THEN WENT UP IN FLAMES. *TR
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Data synced from NHTSA on Apr 25, 2026