Hyundai Excel
Owners filed 182 complaints across 10 model years of the Hyundai Excel. The 1991 drew the most (38).
Which Hyundai Excel years should you avoid?
No Hyundai Excel year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 36), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
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 Excel model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | — | 4 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor | Routine | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Trunk Lid › Lock | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | Routine | |
| 1994 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 1993 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1992 | 34 | 1 | — | 2 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1991 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1990 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.