2012 Hyundai Veloster
Complaints about this year name sunroof far more often than the model's other years — 21% of them, about 8× the usual rate of 2.7%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 295 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 86 |
| Involving a crash | 15 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 30.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- roof — 14.6% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the model's other years (4.8×). Owners wrote it as: roof, sun, sun roof, visibility.
- parked — 13.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: parked, vehicle parked, parking brake, roof shattered.
- coupler — 9.8% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: coupler, steering coupler, sonata, play.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- glass — 20% of complaints, 5× usual
- exploded — 16% of complaints, 7× usual
- roof — 12% of complaints, 10× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING 45MPH THE SUNROOF EXPLODED THROWING GLASS AND A PORTION OF THE SUNROOF ON MY HEAD.
While driving on I-85 near Atlanta, GA on 12/16/2022 at approximately 5:30 pm the sunroof exploded. The sunroof cover was closed so there was not an injury due to the shattering glass.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 12V568000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 12V567000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 13V051000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 20V393000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 23V132000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V651000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Veloster was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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