Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-06-25 | 02V167000 |
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | 67,565 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Repair shop did not perform alignment requested on 2001 Hyundai Accent. One reason was: "Cradle is rusted through… |
| 2020-04-05 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IN APRIL 2020 MY 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE SUB FRAME HAS DECAYED UP TO … |
| 2015-01-12 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | BOTH CONTROL ARMS AND DRIVERS SIDE OF SUB FRAME COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 2001-2003 ELANTRA AND… |
| 2014-04-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEP… |
| 2013-12-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRONT SUB FRAME IS SEVERELY CORRODED BETWEEN DRIVERS LOWER CONTROL ARM AND SUB FRAME MOUNT AT RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT. C… |
| 2013-11-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT FRAME HAD BECOME SEVERELY CORRODED. THE V… |
| 2013-09-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUB FRAME AND CONTROL ARMS WERE COMPLETELY CORR… |
| 2013-08-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRONT CONTROL ARM CORRODED AND BROKE APART. UNABLE TO STEER. TOWED TO AND CONFIRMED BY MECHANIC. *TR |
| 2013-04-11 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED DOT TREADWEAR, TEMP. RATES LISTED ON THE SIDEWALL. THIS TIRE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMAT… |
| 2013-02-26 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT NO LONGER FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. AN UNUSUAL NOISE IS HEARD FROM TH… |
| 2012-09-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE … |
| 2012-06-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURES MENTIONED… |
| 2012-06-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT FRAME WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICL… |
| 2011-05-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. CONSUMER STATES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DESTROYING THE WINDSHIELD A… |
| 2009-10-20 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 3 | MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT IN WHICH ANOTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH OURS EXCEPT THE DASH BOARD AIR BAG… |
| 2009-08-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS ENGAGED AND WHEN HE S… |
| 2009-01-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AFTER HAVING A 60,000 MILE SERVICE INVOLVING REPLACEMENT OF ALL BELTS, INCLUDING TIMING BELT U… |
| 2008-04-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR DOESN'T CATCH FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE FOR A FEW SECONDS. ALSO FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. *TR |
| 2007-11-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 4 | MY CLIENT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE CAR HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON AND THE AIRBAGS FA… |
| 2007-03-22 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 1 | TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON A VERY NICE DAY THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRIFTING O… |
| 2006-12-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE HESITATED, AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE V… |
| 2005-11-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR WOULD NOT REVERSE, AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2-3RD GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETE… |
| 2005-06-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT: CONTACT STATES HIS CAR WAS LUNGING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING… |
| 2005-06-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR PULLEY NOT ALIGNED WITH CRANK PULLEY. TRIED SHIMMING, TIGHTENING AND NOTHING WORKS. CAUSES BELT TO SLIP OF… |
| 2004-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | PLUSE GENERATOR FAILED, REPLACED THREE TIMES, CLUNKING NOISE WHEN BRAKING. *BF CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHILE… |
| 2004-10-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | AFTER STRIKING A DEER ON THE ROAD AT 55 MPH TAIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED . VEHICLE WAS TO… |
| 2004-08-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE TAKING A TRIP VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING. THE RPMS KEPT GOING UP. CONSUMER CONTROLLED THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKE… |
| 2004-08-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND REAR-ENDED THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXPRESSWAY. … |
| 2004-07-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE STALLED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED IT … |
| 2004-04-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE | No | 0 | WENT ON A TRIP OUT OF THE STATE. I NOTICED THAT I WASN'T GETTING MY NORMAL MILEAGE. I FILLED MY GAS TANK WHEN I ARRIV… |
| 2004-04-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2001 HYUNDAI/4DR SDN/ACCENT/26777MILES,DEMO FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN PHX AZ.,THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DEALERSHIP, IN N… |
| 2004-03-02 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER TURNED ON THE DEFOGGER AND AIR CONDITIONING MIXED IN WITH THE HEAT. THIS CAUSED THE WINDOW TO FOG UP. ALSO… |
| 2004-02-03 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER HAD TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AFTER IT CAUGHT FIRE. *PH THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE BRAKE… |
| 2003-12-31 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | UPON MERGING INTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A YIELD SIGN AT 30 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT,… |
| 2003-12-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR HAS SUDDEN JERKS CHANGING GEARS AND DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TRYING TO GET PAST 40MPH. HAS BEEN TO THE DE… |
| 2003-11-30 | TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A HYUNDAI ACCENT 2001 NEW AT CAR PROS IN LACEY (NOW SOLD). ON THE INCIDENT DATE I HAD A FLAT TIRE FROM A SCRE… |
| 2003-10-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT GL 1.6L ENGINE THE PULSE GENERATOR SWITCH HAS BROKEN 4 TIMES ALREADY EACH TIME I TAKE IT T… |
| 2003-09-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | Yes | 1 | WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 50 MPH. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A APARTMENT BUILDING. DRIVER… |
| 2003-09-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT THE FRONT AIR B… |
| 2003-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S HAD A HIGH IDLE, WHICH CAUSED UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE DEFECTIVE PART, BUT PROBLEM ST… |
| 2003-06-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS APPLIED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVLY. *NLM |
| 2003-06-05 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2003-06-04 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK |
| 2003-04-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH THE CONSUMER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND SLID AT 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER… |
| 2003-03-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I WAS GOING 60 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WHEN I TRIED SLOWING DOWN TO 50 MPH THE RPM'S KEPT GOING UP AS WELL AS THE SPEED.… |
| 2003-01-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DECELERATE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH |
| 2002-11-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | ALL WERE WARRANTY REPAIRS. THE IGNITION COIL WENT OUT FIRST. THEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE BODY WAS JUST A MINOR TH… |
| 2002-11-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER IS TAKING TO LONG TO PERFORM THE RECALL#01V346000 POWER VALUE HOSE. FORT MEYER HONDA 23… |
| 2002-10-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | Yes | 0 | I HAVE HAD MY HYUNDAI ACCENT 2001 FOR A YEAR NOW, SO FAR..I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY BRAKES CHANGED 4 TIMES, NEW ROTORS 2X, … |
| 2002-10-25 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE LET OFF THE ACCELERATE AND SURGE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWAR… |