MODELYEARINDEX

Hyundai Veloster

536 complaints across 9 scored model years and 10 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Hyundai Veloster Full report
F
Grade 2012–2021
2012 vs model median 5.2×
Model median3× median
Lights & Visibility 56
Body & Interior 17
Airbags & Restraints 13
Avoid

2012 · 2013

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2012
5.17× 170 F
2013
3.72× 116 F
2014
0.34× 16 B
2015
0.64× 26 B
2016
3.38× 96 F
2017
1.27× 28 C
2019
1.00× 36 B
2020
0.55× 24 B
2021
0.44× 15 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG29.5
City / Highway26.5 / 33.5
Engine1.8L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,075

Recalls

10 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
23V651000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2012–2015 1,649,478
20V393000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL 2012 272,126
21V301000 ENGINE 2019–2021 158,493
20V746000 ENGINE 2015, 2016 128,948
23V132000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2012–2014 25,715
19V204000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2013 16,487
12V568000 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY 2012 13,500
19V311000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2019 12,438

+ 2 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Aveo
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Sonic
20122013
C
Chevrolet Spark
20132014
B
Fiat 500
20122014
C
Fiat 500L
2014
C
Ford Fiesta
20112013
C
Honda FIT
20132015
C
Hyundai Accent
20122013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2012 Veloster
Complaints in window
170
Severity-weighted
266
Model median (weighted)
52
vs model median
5.17×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
1
Score 6.7 F