NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Hyundai Veloster Recalls
The 2013 Hyundai Veloster has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Hyundai Veloster. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 426
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
34 fires
On a 2013 Hyundai Veloster, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2013 Hyundai Veloster
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V651000
- Reported
- September 22, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,649,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014–2015 Veloster, 10 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 23V132000
- Reported
- February 28, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 Veloster
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 19V204000
- Reported
- March 14, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,487
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Hyundai Veloster
2013 Hyundai Veloster complaints by year
NHTSA has received 426 owner complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Veloster, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (1%) and 34 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Veloster, the component group named most often is the engine (40%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the steering (14%).
2 of the 2013 Hyundai Veloster's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Hyundai Veloster owners gave the mileage (274 complaints), the median was 69,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine172
- Electrical System99
- Steering59
- Unknown Or Other52
- Power Train35
- Visibility24
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 52 | |
| 2021 | 41 | |
| 2022 | 32 | |
| 2023 | 43 | |
| 2024 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 15 | |
| 2026 | 15 |
Complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Veloster peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 91. 16% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Hyundai Veloster drew 3.7× the complaints of the median Hyundai Veloster year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the Hyundai Veloster years to avoid by our method.
The 426 complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Veloster are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Veloster by model year
Other 2013 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted