2017 Hyundai Veloster

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Veloster arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2017 vehicle, but with only 70 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is engine (26 complaints), typically at 5.8 yr or about 80,371 miles.

Complaints: 70
Median age at failure: 5.1 yr
Median mileage: 35,000 n=33
Crash / fire / tow: 20% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Engine 64,700 mi 2.9 yr in service

OIL LEAK LEAD TO ENGINE KNOCKING WHICH LEAD TO THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. PISTON RODS ARE DESTROYED ENGINE FAILURE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD ENGINE LOST POWER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY CAR HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE.

Engine mileage not reported 5.1 yr in service

After knock sensor recall update engine has lost all power and has a knocking and clicking sound.

Engine mileage not reported 5.0 yr in service

Engine rob has blow out the engine. Car has been at dealership since September 2021. First had to await to see if Hyundai would approve replacement. Second had to wait for engine to get to dealership. Third waiting for gaskets that are on back order to get to delership.

Other Veloster model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2017 Hyundai Veloster

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Veloster model years

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