Hyundai Accent
Owners filed 2,027 complaints across 30 model years of the Hyundai Accent. The 2012 drew the most (153); the 1993 the fewest (1).
Model years30
Complaints2,027
Recalls50
Fires74
Deaths8
Every Hyundai Accent model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 19 | 1 | 4 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 9 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 7 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 69 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2014 | 79 | 1 | 9 | 12 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 141 | 1 | 9 | 16 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2012 | 153 | 2 | 8 | 13 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2011 | 38 | 1 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010 | 87 | 1 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2009 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 43 | 3 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 9 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2004 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 11 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2003 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2002 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 26 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 25 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2000 | 92 | 4 | 2 | 16 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1999 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 17 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 47 | 1 | — | 6 | Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | Routine | |
| 1997 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1996 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 17 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1995 | 142 | 5 | 1 | 31 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Suspension | Routine |
Which Hyundai Accent years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2012 is the weakest year on record, with 153 complaints concentrated in the engine. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.