2012 Hyundai Veloster: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Apr 10, 2018 · Wheels · 60,000 miles · MA

The hyundai veloster comes with very low profile tires and does not have a spare tire. The thin side walls on the low profile tires make them prone to blow out hitting very small pot holes. The 'inflator' that comes with the vehicle has never been usable for any of the 7 tire blow outs that have occurred in the last year or so of normal city driving, leading to frequent strandings and long tows. The nature of the tire failure means it is very dangerous at speed, the tires go from impact to being unable to drive in less than 30 seconds, leaving little room to get to safety. The combination of unsafe tires for anything but perfect road conditions and no spare and an absolutely ineffective tire repair system, poses a significant safety risk to consumers.

Filed Nov 17, 2015 · Wheels · 33,000 miles · MI

From 9/8/2015 to 11/14/15 I have had three tires needing replacement due to their sensitivity of minimal road conditions and getting damaged. Each time I hit a small pot hole, small enough to where I thought it was a dip in the road as I came upon it. But once there I couldn't safely maneuver around it to avoid it. The style of these tires are 18" wheels which leaves no room for cushion. I have never had a problem with my sports cars, so I didn't think to ask about tire issues when I purchased this one. I cannot continue to purchase a new tire approximately every 3 weeks, so on 11/18/15 I have to pay another significant amount of money to purchase a full set of tires that will hopefully not blow out at any bump or twig in the road. The roads I travel are city roads and aren't even hazardous roads with ultimately dangerous driving conditions. I purchased this car in july 2015, and to have to go through all this in less than 6 months is ridiculous. My paperwork is all through discount tire in auburn hills, michigan.

Filed May 10, 2014 · Tires, Wheels · 23,000 miles · VA

I have had 3 tire blowouts on my 2012 hyundai veloster. All for the original hyundai tires. 3 of the 4 tires have been replaced. The car only has 25,000 to date. I have never had any other vehicle with such consistent issues..

Filed Nov 8, 2012 · Visibility · 6,000 miles · TX

The car was parked in my garage over night. In the morning, when leaving for work I found the cars sunroof had exploded. Glass was on the garage floor, car roof, windshield, hood, and rear glass. Shards of the sunroof were hanging down inside the car and there was shattered glass inside the car. The explosion caused the glass to blow out, and left a large hole where the sunfoof was located.this was a dangerous event and even if fixed I do not want to drive this car. If the sunroof is replaced what guarantee do we have that the problem has been researched, resolved, and that corrected componenets are being installed in our vehicle.

Filed Oct 12, 2012 · Visibility · 2,000 miles · CA

I purchased the veloster in early december 2011. It was at school in the parking structure in february of 2012 when I got a call from the campus police department saying my car had damage. When I arrived at the scene, I found the sunroof completely exploded. At the scene and after the incident, there were no witnesses of someone physically breaking in the window. There is a decent amount of traffic through the area so the idea of someone being able to break the sunroof in the middle of the day without being seen is unlikely. There was no damage to any other of the windows or any other parts of the car...there was just an exploded sunroof. There was no attempt to get into the car from the sunroof and nothing was stolen from inside of the car. The police report states that it must have been vandalism or attempted robbery, but from the shrapnel patterns from the glass seeming to blown outward from the inside, finding no objects to break into the car, and the lack of stolen property. I whole heartedly believe that the glass had spontaneous blowout which cost $7000 in repair costs. *tr updated 10/19/12 *cn updated 10/23/2012