Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2017 Hyundai Accent.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have had this vehicle for 5 years and even replaced the engine in this vehicle for it to end up with the same issue. … |
| 2026-01-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepanc… |
| 2025-11-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | For the past year I keep having to replace the catalytic converter, ignition coils and spark plugs every 2/3months. I j… |
| 2025-07-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | On [XXX] driving home from Crestline to Covina. My car died to get onto the on ramp at the [XXX] I had to pull over to… |
| 2025-05-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | To preference, I have only owned this vehicle for less than six months, and that the only major issue concerning the ve… |
| 2025-04-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I purchased my car in February I was told everything was fine, my car does this jerking everytime I drive sometimes acc… |
| 2024-11-11 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 4 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated while the contact's daughter was driving at an undisclosed … |
| 2024-06-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My catalytic converter failed on my car and will eventually needed a new engine. I was driving a busy road doing about… |
| 2024-06-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Bad engine crankshaft, engine is still under 150k miles. Experiencing same issues as other models with this engine have… |
| 2024-05-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Blown engine. Hole in engine block. Defective engine. |
| 2024-02-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Side marker light in the passenger side (PS) headlight assembly IS NOT working. Headlight (high beam and low beam) and … |
| 2023-12-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My car slowly started losing power and was not able to accelerate. My car would not go over 5 miles an hour as I pushed… |
| 2023-12-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | October 2017 I purchased a 2017 Hyundai Accent. During my very first month driving this car right bumper clip broke. As… |
| 2023-11-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Like many of the other complaints, in 2 years I have now replaced 3 catalytic converters. Everything will be fine and … |
| 2023-10-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My airbag check engine light kept going on and off for a couple weeks. A diagnostic was done on it at the auto repair s… |
| 2023-09-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have already submitted a report here and never had any follow up and I don't see it in the reported complaints sectio… |
| 2023-09-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 1. The engine loses power at different random times, for no apparent or obvious reason. This loss of power has happened… |
| 2023-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | This car has a GDI engine, which is now known to be defective due to excessive oil consumption. I bought the car used, … |
| 2023-08-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The check engine … |
| 2023-08-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated that while her granddaughter was driving at an undisclosed s… |
| 2023-05-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I started burning oil and was going through a quart of oil every 150 miles, then due to the excess oil consumption my c… |
| 2023-01-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Passenger air bag dosent work. Dosent sense when someone is in the seat, the air bag light is on the dash. |
| 2022-12-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated that on several occasions while the vehicle was idling, she … |
| 2022-11-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Vehicle lost power in traffic, stalled and wouldn't restart without constant and repeated attempts. Place consumer is d… |
| 2022-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:SENSOR | No | 0 | Car got broken into and now has no wipers, bumper is falling off and mirror is cracked. Not happy that there wasn't a v… |
| 2022-08-15 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION | No | 0 | Airbag light came on while driving. Took the car to the dealer and the dealer noted PODS MAT DEFECT. Dealer recommended… |
| 2022-05-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact's mother owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated while attempting to place the vehicle into reverse(… |
| 2022-02-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I had two different mechanics I trust tell me that this car has a particular engine that had an error in manufacturing,… |
| 2021-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated that the brake pedal would intermittently depress the floorb… |
| 2021-09-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated while an independent mechanic was checking the vehicle while… |
| 2021-09-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | Car was hit in the front right broadside hard enough to break the axle, but the airbag did not deploy. |
| 2021-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My car is making a weird sound, and feel like the brakes are dragging something. But I have no lights on the dash board… |
| 2021-08-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The airbag warning light comes on and won’t go off. According to the Hyundai dealership it’s just a faulty mat on the p… |
| 2021-07-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Randomly have the passenger side airbag light go off on dashboard then an warning light in gage cluster for air bag iss… |
| 2021-06-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The vehicle made a large “pop” sound, lost power and a fire started at the engine. After the “pop” was heard, the check… |
| 2021-05-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving, the electrical system glitches, all of the lights on the dashboard flash on and off as if the car is shu… |
| 2021-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT IT USED WITH 63,000 MILES AROUND 11/8/20, EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD, AND ONE DAY I NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT WA… |
| 2020-12-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN OCTOBER OF 2020 THE CAR HAD AN OIL CHANGE. ABOUT A MONTH LATER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I STARTED TO HEAR A TI… |
| 2020-11-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WOW ENTERING THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC THE NEVER CUT OUT JUST WILL NOT DRIVE MORE THAN AB… |
| 2020-10-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WEN U LET OFF GAS N PUT BRAKE ON WHILE DRIVING N YOU GO TO PUSH BACK ON GAS PETAL IT DON'T DO ANYTHING U HAVE TO LET OF… |
| 2020-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSE… |
| 2020-08-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | AT APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES MY 2017 ACCENT'S BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NO LONGER WORK. MY TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON BUT MY BRAKE LI… |
| 2020-08-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN BUT MY 'PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF' LIGHT STARTED TO RANDOMLY APPEAR AND NEVER TURNS OFF DESPITE THERE … |
| 2020-07-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM DEFECT. MY CAR WAS ONLY 2,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THIS DEFE… |
| 2020-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ON VACATION COMING FROM FLORIDA, THE CAR LOST POWER FOR 3 SECONDS AND CAME BACK ON AGAIN. WEIRD IT H… |
| 2019-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | OCCASIONALLY WHEN YOU ACCELERATE IT HESITATES AND DOES NOT RESPOND. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND A DEALER AND T… |
| 2019-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE IN MY 2017 HYUNDAI ACCENT. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE HEADQUARTER HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP ON 3 S… |
| 2019-10-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | WHEN BRAKING I HEAR A LOUD CRUNCHING SOUND SOMETIMES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL JERKS BACK. CAUSED A SLIGHT ACCIDENT WITH BUMP… |
| 2019-09-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON (AND STAYS ON) FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. THE CAR HAS NOT SUSTAINE… |
| 2019-08-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHENEVER I START DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON AND WON'T TURN OFF UNTIL I TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BAC… |