I bought my Veloster 6 years ago over the Internet through a Dealer just outside of Toronto. When I bought it, it had 98000KM on it so was still under warranty. I picked the car up in Toronto and drove it back to Ottawa and I loved it. It was fantastic on gas, very comfortable to drive and handled real nice. Other than oil changes I never had to do anything because it ran fine.

Then about a month ago I had an odbII meter hooked up looking for errors and everything was fine. There were old error messages there and it asked me if I wanted to delete and I decided yes! Not sure if that was a good idea. That day I started having starter problems. It wouldn't turn over so, no start. I thought the starter was finished. It would start downhill, kick start. I did this once and had to drive for about an hour. When I got back I shut the car off and tried to start it then it started right back up. I had this problem a few more times so I was going to get a new starter. Then it just started working again! it's been working fine ever since?

But then a few days later it starts to pop out of 4th gear and only 4th gear? This goes on for a few days and then it just disappears?? So it's been about a month and I am out at my Daughters new house building an office for her. It's about a 30-minute drive into the country. I leave to come home and I make it halfway and the gear popping starts again. I make 3/4 of the way home and it pops out of gear and that's it! I can't get it into any gear and I am driving 80km an hour in heavy traffic in the far left of 3 lanes. I have to somehow get into the far right lane to turn right at the next lights. I made it into the right lane but that was it and had to pull over. A cop pulls a guy over for speeding and then, of course, comes back to check me out.

When I explained what was happening she said her brother had the same problem with the same model car! So she leaves and I am trying everything possible to get it into gear. Now it's getting dark and it's getting colder. I try to get the car to move and I have to rev it up to about 4K and it starts to move but I have to keep accelerating. I had to stop for lights once and it was a real treat to get it moving again. By the time I got it home, it was smoking from under the hood and there was a smell of burning. It will not go into gear and it's stuck like that in my parking spot.

In 6 years I have put 8000km on it. When I first bought it I had the trannie checked out because I felt it wasn't shifting quite right. They came back and told Me it was fine and actually one of the better ones. Then 8000km later no transmission! I have written Hyundai but they never answer. Still got a year to pay on it. Can't afford $1400.00 on a seniors pension. 108,000 km on it 8k over the warranty and that's also all I have driven the car. I took care of that car like it was my kid. It has never spent a night at home outside, it's in underground parking. I wash it usually twice a month. Other than the grocery store it's never outside in the winter. This seems to be a major problem throughout that line. Hyundai should have to fix it!

This 2012 Veloster starts and rides perfectly... for a while. Each time after about 10 miles it just essentially goes into limp/neutral mode. I can hit the gas and the motor rev's but no movement and slows down. Each time I have to pull over somewhere. One time I was on a one lane road and was a huge problem. I have to stop, turn the car off, open the door, close it (to reset) and turn it on. 75% of the time that works. The other 25% of the time I have to let it sit for a few minutes....normally 5 minutes or so. Then it starts and moves on.

As long as I am making short trips, this car is great. Everything I am reading online is that this problem, in various similar forms happens all over the country. I don't see a definite fix. My local trans guy said it had to be a loose battery cable. Low and behold I found a loose positive cable and thought that would fix it. Nope. I don't have the time or the money to trouble shoot with local shops or the dealership. I'm at a loss.