Hyundai Accent
Owners filed 2,034 complaints across 30 model years of the Hyundai Accent. The 2012 drew the most (153).
Which Hyundai Accent years should you avoid?
Going by 2,034 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Hyundai Accent years to avoid are 2015 and 2002.
- 20152.8× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (11 fires, 7 crashes).
- 20022.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (2 fires, 26 crashes, 5 deaths).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Hyundai Accent model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 16 | 4 | 1 | — | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 19 | 1 | 4 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 9 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 103 | 0 | 4 | 7 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015Avoid | 70 | 2 | 11 | 7 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2014 | 79 | 1 | 9 | 12 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 142 | 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 | |
| 2002Avoid | 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 |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.