Manual Transmission Problems of Hyundai Veloster

The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Veloster. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph and shifting to a higher gear, he attempted to depress the clutch pedal, however the pedal was flat against the floor board. The contact had to lift the clutch pedal with his foot several times to get the pedal back to position to respond to shifting gear. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. Additionally the vehicle was slow to respond to the accelerator when the contact attempted to accelerate. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that there was no issue with the clutch pedal. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact stated that the failure of the clutch pedal is intermittent but ongoing. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

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While approaching a traffic circle, the driver slowed the car from 30 mph to about 15 mph for traffic sequencing. When the accelerator was pressed, the rpm increased to about 6000, but the car did not accelerate for 3-5 seconds, which caused oncoming cars to swerve to avoid a collision. A similar situation developed several weeks later when merging from one freeway onto another. Several mechanics have termed this situation as a "false neutral," where the computer controls attempt to determine into which gear to downshift, in order to maximize acceleration torque. Whatever it is, although Hyundai mechanics say it's "normal," I think it is unsafe and the problem must be addressed. Timely and reliable acceleration should be a given in any new vehicle. The vehicle has a dual-clutch transmission, which the service manager at the dealer stated was susceptible to the delayed acceleration, but was normal. Updated ivoq 05/22/12.

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