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Every model year 2016–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

6 Model years 2016–2022
11 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
415 Complaints owner reports, all years
B Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal
2017 Best on record cleanest filed year
Hyundai Veloster — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Hyundai Veloster · Photo: Benespit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Hyundai Veloster model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2022GasB237—25 mpg
2021GasC329—30 mpg
2020GasC229—30 mpg
2019GasC346—30 mpg
2017GasA050★★★★★31 mpg
2016GasA1224★★★★★31 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2017

On the filed record so far, the 2017 is the cleanest Veloster year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2017A06
2016A0.122
2022B0.59
2020C0.351 critical
2019C0.471 critical
2021C0.661 critical

What owners filed about the Hyundai Veloster, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2022: best combined mpg 30 → 25; 6 → 2 EPA configurations
  • 2021: 5 → 6 EPA configurations
  • 2019: best combined mpg 31 → 30; 4 → 5 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Hyundai Veloster

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Hyundai Veloster year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2017 Veloster comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 50 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Hyundai Veloster years should I avoid?

No Veloster model year carries a D or F Safety Signal or a standing advisory. The ranking page orders every year on recalls and complaints per year on the road, and says why.

How many recalls does the Hyundai Veloster have?

Across model years 2016–2022, NHTSA has posted 11 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Veloster. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.