2015 Hyundai Veloster: stuck in gear or won't shift

5 of the 137 complaints about the 2015 Hyundai Veloster describe stuck in gear or won't shift.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 12 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Stuck in gear or won't shift by model year

2019
1
2017
3
2016
10
2015
5
2013
7
2012
8

What owners say

Filed Apr 20, 2023 · Engine · OR

Three times now my 2015 Veloster has been in the shop for the same issues. Loss of power while driving. They did software update first time. That was a year ago. It has been actiing sluggish since. Then two weeks ago my husband was driving it made a loud noise and the power went to limp mode and engine light came on. Took 4 hours for a tow truck to pick up him and my car. I took it to the shop again, they had it for almost 2 weeks. Told me the spark plugs were bad. They replaced them. That didn't help. Then they said the Catalytic converter was bad. So they replaced that. I picked it up today 4/20/23 at 2:00pm. I then drove 7 miles from the shop and heard a loud noise and the power reduced to 20 MPH I could not go any faster it was in limp mode and I crawled it back to the dealership. I told them I got an extended warranty 3 years ago and I got notified my car would need a new motor. They told me it would take a long time to get a motor and they were sure it was not my motor. I can't afford a tow truck bill again and I can't afford to keep fixing things it may not need they are just guessing. They told me it may take awhile this time because they have no idea what is wrong with it. But it was scary doing 45 mph with speed of traffic and just lose power. My husband was doing 65 MPH when it happened to him. I have babied my car since new and I only have 60,000 miles on it. I hardly have broken it in. I don't know what to do now. I don't want this to happen and have and accident because of it or a fire. I have grandkids in my car with me and I don't feel safe anymore.

Filed Nov 21, 2022 · Engine · 149,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2015 Hyundai Veloster. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 20V746000 (Engine). The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the recall repair was performed; however, the contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated to 15 MPH. The contact stated that the vehicle shifted into LIMP Mode and the vehicle stalled. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence and then towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was provided a case number. The failure mileage was approximately 149,000.

Filed Mar 27, 2022 · Transmission · FL

After driving my 2015 Veloster (Auto DCT) for 15-20 mins, I will come to a stop sign/stop light and the car will stall. I will try and restart my car several times (4-5) before it actually starts. When it does, my gauge cluster will not register RPM's. After several more restarts (usually 6), the RPM's will finally register but my car will not go into Drive or Reverse. Several more restarts and my car will finally go into gear. This usually occurs over a 20 minute period.

Filed Feb 15, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · 65,000 miles · AR

While driving on interstate 30 in little rock arkansas going about 70 I put the car in cruise control as were approach a hill the car shot up to 6000 RPM and would not shift, I had to take cruise control off and use manual drive. I thought it was possibly just a fluke accident but this problem continued and eventually when I put my car and drive it won't go it takes a while for it to take off and when it does take off it jerks into gear .. I has been running rough and feels like it missing.. Then on the interstate 67 /167 I was trying top accelerate and the car stalled for a good moment, enough to scare me to I had to pull off abruptly..

Filed Jan 23, 2018 · Transmission · 35,000 miles · TN

When the car is first turned on and put into reverse it periodically will not go into gear. If you put the car back into park and then into reverse it still will not go into gear. You must put the car into neutral and then into gear. This has happened twice in the past two months. We have recorded the transmission not going into gear and both hyundai of america and our dealer are doing nothing. I've been told that if they can't reproduce it themselves 'it is operating as designed'. This is a major component of any car and it having gear changing issues makes me concerned that it could escalate beyond this.