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The 2021 Hyundai Veloster is a compact hatchback coupé that is reasonably priced, but not very popular. Built in South Korea, the 2021 model comes in five trims as well as the high-performance N version. Due to long-term declining sales, only the Veloster N will be available in 2022. While it’s difficult to pinpoint reasons for dwindling sales, it’s worth exploring the most common complaints Hyundai Veloster owners have.
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NHTSA Complaints for the 2021 Hyundai Veloster
| Complaint Category | Number of Complaints |
|---|---|
| Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection | |
| Engine | |
| Power Train | |
| Lane Departure: Warning | |
| Fuel/propulsion System | |
| Steering | |
| Electrical System | |
| Wheels | |
| Unknown Or Other |
Most Common Problems With the 2021 Hyundai Veloster
There have only been 3 complaints to the United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about the 2021 Hyundai Veloster to date. But there are already 5 complaints about the 2022 Veloster N, which is exactly the same as the 2021 Veloster N. No changes!
All 8 of these complaints relate to lane departure issues with the Veloster N, a model first introduced in 2019. All complaints about the 2021 model are dated early December 2021. Complaints about the more recent model were all lodged with the NHTSA between 2 November 2021 and 18 January 2022.
This is a significant improvement since 2016 when there were 124 NHTSA complaints. But, it’s worth noting that the bulk of complaints are made when vehicles are at least a year old. For example, of the 12 complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Veloster, only 2 were filed in 2020. The most recent complaint was in January 2022.
That year, the most common complaints (5) relate to engine problems. In 2019, there were 15 complaints, 8 of which relate to the structure of the cars.
Of course, NHTSA isn’t the only place where car owners lodge complaints. Many Veloster N owners who don’t complain to the NHTSA air their grievances on the Veloster N forum. Complaints include excessive flat tires, horn not working after only 4 months, rear shock absorbers failing, and the air conditioner not blowing cold air.
2021 Hyundai Veloster Lane Departure Problems
The 3 complaints on record with NHTSA for the 2021 Veloster all describe blind spot detection issues with the Veloster N. All state that the lane departure problem started when they replaced the stock tires that came with the car, switching to winter or all-season tires.
All found that when they put the original tires back on the car, the lane departure problems vanished.
Complaints included the blind spot monitoring system registering lots of false positives as well as the mirror light staying on when there isn’t a car in the blind spot, and the system failing to detect when a car is in the blind spot.
None of the complainants was happy with the response they got from dealerships. One said the dealership didn’t seem willing or able to help resolve the issue. Another said after communicating with Hyundai Tech Support, the dealer claimed the radar unit was faulty. But weeks later, the part was still on backorder with no indication of availability.
“This car is not even a year old with 10,000 miles and a safety system that I depend on for safety has stopped working after replacing tires.”
You will find more information about the 2022 complaints in our 2022 Hyundai Veloster article.
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Complaint Data
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Mar 22, 2023 |
| State | OH |
| Description | When using tires other than the oem tires the blind spot warning system malfunctions by giving false negatives and positives. This only happens when using tires other than the oem tires. Sometimes it will not detect when a vehicle is in my blindspot. Other times it will detect a vehicle when there isn't one and sound an alarm when changing lanes. I have brought it to the dealer but they are not aware that it's a problem and there's been no update from the manufacturer. |
| Category | Electrical System, Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection, Wheels |
| Date | Jan 28, 2023 |
| State | KY |
| Description | Upon swapping out the factory tires for winter tires of the same factory size, the blind spot detection system started showing something in my blind spot all the time. The light won't go off. It is highly unsafe to have a feature like this that you should be able to trust that doesn't work. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Jan 11, 2023 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The blind spot warning system malfunctions and the warning always triggers when a turn signal is activated, even with no vehicle in the blind spot. This occurs more often on the driver side. It also fails to detect vehicles sometimes. One would be better off turning the system off entirely as it stands. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Dec 18, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Blind-spot collision avoidance system alerts in error without nonstandard tires and/or wheels installed on the vehicle. Canadian hyundai tsb 22-32-003 addresses this but the solution is not available to united states service departments. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Dec 13, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | The contact owns a 2021 hyundai veloster n. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22v746000 (power train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Nov 02, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | I just purchased a 2021 hyundai veloster n and I'm experiencing issues with my driver side blind spot monitoring system. The blind spot warning automatically turns on when there isn't any cars around! There are times where it doesn't come on when a car is in my blind spot! This is a very dangerous issue to have. I rely on my cars safety features to keep me safe. In the case of the blind spot monitoring system I solely rely on it to turn on when another car is in my blind spot and when it doesn't turn on I assume it's safe to change lanes when in reality a car could be sitting in my blind spot. I've come close to getting into multiple accidents now because of this faulty blind spot system. I have also talked to thousands of other 2021 hyundai veloster n owners who all claim to be experiencing the same issues! Please get hyundai to start a recall on their blind spot monitoring system asap as lives are at stake! |
| Category | Lane Departure: Warning |
| Date | Oct 30, 2022 |
| State | LA |
| Description | After changing the stock tires to all season using the stock rims, the car started giving false positive blind spot warnings on the passenger side and sometimes driver srde. This affect the use of such security feature as is not reliable anymore. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Oct 14, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Blind spot monitor system works when not intended to. Changed factory spec wheels and tires with aftermarket wheel and tires with the same specs. Bsd sometimes won't work, will work sometimes when its not supposed to, I. E. No car behind you or driving in a single lane. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Oct 13, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2021 hyundai veloster. The contact received a recall notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22v746000 (power train). However, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time to complete the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System, Steering |
| Date | Aug 08, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | High pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced twice before 1k miles the car just stalled out of no where .. Now the car needs a new wheel berrings at 10k miles . |
| Category | Lane Departure: Warning, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jun 23, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Constant false positives, already took to dealership and issue still persists |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | May 06, 2022 |
| State | CT |
| Description | This car came with summer tires(pirelli p-zero summer tires), so I decide to change to all-season continental extreme contact dws06 plus with the same size as oem tires which is 235/35/19. I got my new tires installed on the morning of feb 27, 2021, next day my blind spot system started to acting up without any error message on the dash. The indicator on both sides of the mirrors stays on while no vehicle around me, sometimes they remain off when there is a vehicle around. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Apr 19, 2022 |
| State | OK |
| Description | The first oil change, december 2020, no oil was in the vehicle, it was under the recommended miles. Second oil change, april 2021, cut the recommended miles down and again no oil was in the vehicle. May 28, 2021 leaving a parking lot, the veloster began to cut out and stall. Within 2 miles it died completely, three times. There was no oil in the veloster. No lights or warnings came on, until I was leaving the dealership. I continue to have issues with the motor dragging, not shifting properly and trying to die. The recall was closed on the veloster for the oil rings not being heat treated properly, without hyundai actually fixing the problem. I have been told the whole time the stalling and cutting out is not connected to the oil ring issue. |
| Category | Engine, Fuel/propulsion System |
| Date | Mar 13, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | No warning lights came on during the whole time this happened ... Purchased this car with 98 miles on it.... I had the car for 7 days .. Mind you I did not use the special features of the car like launch control or ngrin shifting ... I did not take the car past 4k rpm as per the manual ... @ 1100 miles exactly I had just filled up with gas and as I pull out the car dies on me ... I go to start it .. It keeps trying to turn over .. And over and over ... Till I smelt gas .... So I put the car into neutral and roll back to the curb I could see the trail of gas left behind it .... So I had it towed to a different dealer as the one who sold it to me .. Was not a option to take it to on the app... So the dealer calls me and tells me its the high pressure fuel pump ... But funny thing is , that it had all ready been replaced before they sold me the car..... Witch they did not disclose to me .... As soon as the dealer who sold me the after I filed a formal corporate complaint had the car towed to thier shop where it currently sits and its been over 2 weeks waiting on a part ... But the fact is this is the second time they have had to replace the pump or line and the car only has 1100 miles on it ..... |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | Mar 04, 2022 |
| State | MS |
| Description | Around 6000 miles the steering wheel froze while coming from a long highway trip and tried to veer me across 3 lanes into a wall. Had to man handle it off the roadway up the off ramp. Turned the car off, then turned it back on, and it was like nothing happened. Took it to the dealer and they couldn't find anything, because they say there was no code. Well, same thing just happened again while I'm out of state. Another icon appears on the screen and my steering wheel locked up at 65 miles per hour, surrounded by 18 wheelers. Had to grip the wheel again like superman and thread between 2 trucks to make it to the right shoulder. Hurried up to turn the car off and turn it back on quickly to avoid being hit from behind by any other vehicles. It worked. Car started and acted like nothing happened again. I continued on my long trip carefully and cautiously. This was the second time at 15,000 miles on car now. I googled it and saw on other car forums the same problem, but no one has complained yet. I have to make another appointment, but I'm sure they will say the same thing. This is a big safety issue that hyundai need to figure out and fix. I love my car, but its trying to kill me, and possibly others around me. So please investigate this issue. Thanks. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Feb 08, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | - blind spot monitoring system - it rarely works and if it does work, it warns me of vehicles when none are around. I believe this could cause an accident if someone is not warned of a vehicle in the blind spot. - yes, it was recalibrated by the dealer but it was not fixed. - no |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Feb 08, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | 1. What failed - bsm monitoring fails to an always on state 2. Safety affected - visibility out of the veloster n is already quite poor, bsm also failing makes lane changes uncertain 3. Yes it's a known issue 4. No 5. The only warning is that the bsm in the mirrors stays on constantly and doesn't respond to cars in the blindspot |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Dec 08, 2021 |
| State | MA |
| Description | I recently switched on winter tires for my 2021 hyundai veloster n. This car comes with stock summer tires and they would be unsafe for winter conditions in new england. After switching on the winter tires, the blind spot monitoring system has started registering a lot of false positives, especially at low speeds. I verified this issue is strangely caused by the tire change because if I put my stock summer tires back on the car, the false positives go away. Other 2021 veloster n owners have already submitted similar reports to nhtsa so I am helping out by highlighting this issue as well. Once a driver such as myself becomes acclimated to the blind spot monitoring system, having constant false positives is dangerous and I am getting subconsciously trained to ignore the warnings. Also turning off the system is not a good option either because I am too used to the system being on and might momentarily forget that the system is off and mistake that as nothing in my blind spot. Switching tires on my other vehicles with blind spot monitoring does not pose any such issues, I want to note that here. It seems to be exclusive to hyundai and this model also as reported by other veloster n owners. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Dec 06, 2021 |
| State | MA |
| Description | Blind spot warning system does not work correctly when using any wheel or tire other than the oem supplied wheel and tire. The mirror light will stay on when there is no car in the blind spot or will fail to detect when there is a car there. The system works correctly with the oem wheel and tire and also notably will work in rain and snow conditions. Dealership seems not especially willing or able to assist in resolving this, as also reported by other veloster n owners as well. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Dec 06, 2021 |
| State | OH |
| Description | Blind spot warning no longer works correctly after replacing stock pirelli high performance summer tires with all-season tires. The system constantly detects a vehicle on the passenger side, even when nothing is there. Numerous other veloster n owners have reported this issue on the "velostern. Com" forum site. I drive my car 300+ miles a week and depend on the blind spot warning system while driving on busy highways, especially now that it is dark out so much. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership and they also could not figure out the issue. They claim to have spoken with hyundai tech support and they said to replace the radar unit. This was on 11/16/21. The radar is still on back order with not estimated date of arrival. This car is not even a year old with 10,000 miles and a safety system that I depend on for safety has stopped working after replacing the tires. |
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