The 2021 Hyundai Veloster has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 158,493 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the lane departure. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
ENGINE21V3010002021-04-28158,493 affected
Defect
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Elantra, 2019-2021 Kona and Veloster vehicles equipped with 2.0L Nu MPI engines. The piston oil rings may not have been properly heat-treated, which could result in engine damage.
Consequence
A damaged engine may stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, oil may leak onto hot exhaust components, increasing the risk of a fire.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the engine, free of charge. In addition, Hyundai will deploy Piston Ring Noise Sensing System (PNSS) software. Owner notification letters were mailed August 24, 2021. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.
Complaints by component
LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
6
ENGINE
3
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2
STEERING
2
LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
Total complaints15
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“High pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced twice before 1k miles the car just stalled out of no where .. Now the car needs a new wheel berrings at 10k miles .”
“High pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced twice before 1k miles the car just stalled out of no where .. Now the car needs a new wheel berrings at 10k miles .”
“High pressure fuel pump needed to be replaced twice before 1k miles the car just stalled out of no where .. Now the car needs a new wheel berrings at 10k miles .”
“Around 6000 miles the steering wheel froze while coming from a long highway trip and tried to veer me across 3 lanes into a wall. Had to man handle it off the roadway up the off ramp. Turned the car off, then turned it back on, and it was like nothing happened. Took it to the dealer and they…”
“No warning lights came on during the whole time this happened ... Purchased this car with 98 miles on it.... I had the car for 7 days .. Mind you I did not use the special features of the car like launch control or ngrin shifting ... I did not take the car past 4k rpm as per the manual ... @ 1100…”
“No warning lights came on during the whole time this happened ... Purchased this car with 98 miles on it.... I had the car for 7 days .. Mind you I did not use the special features of the car like launch control or ngrin shifting ... I did not take the car past 4k rpm as per the manual ... @ 1100…”
“1. What failed - bsm monitoring fails to an always on state 2. Safety affected - visibility out of the veloster n is already quite poor, bsm also failing makes lane changes uncertain 3. Yes it's a known issue 4. No 5. The only warning is that the bsm in the mirrors stays on constantly and doesn't…”
“I recently switched on winter tires for my 2021 hyundai veloster n. This car comes with stock summer tires and they would be unsafe for winter conditions in new england. After switching on the winter tires, the blind spot monitoring system has started registering a lot of false positives,…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2021 Hyundai Veloster as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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