Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Sep 12, 2002CA
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
2001 Hyundai Excel
Routine
Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Belts › Front › Retractor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Suspension › Rear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSeat Belts › Front › RetractorCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 12, 2002CA
PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY WHILE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH. PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES TO ARM AND FACE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Sep 10, 2002CA
WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT.ALL OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE WERE INJURED.*AK
Seat Belts › Front › RetractorCrash2 injured
Filed Sep 10, 2002CA
WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS RETRACTED ON IMPACT, CAUSING ALL OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE TO BE THROWN FORWARD, CAUSING INJURIES.*AK
Suspension › Rear
Filed Jan 31, 2002MA
REAR CONTROL ARM IS BENT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Sep 6, 2001MD
TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL BY IT SELF WHEN MAKING TURNS AND WHEN GAS IS APPLIED, ENGINE KEEPS REVVING. TRANSMISSION KICKS IN GEAR CAUSING A CRASH(A GOOD POSSIBILITY) AND WHEEL SPIN WHEN IT IS EQUIPPED WITH TCS!. TCS DOES NOT OPERATE. TRANSMISSION MADE WHINEY NOISE WHEN IT WAS NEW AND CONTACTED DEALER. THEY SAY IT WAS NORMAL(THEY ALWAYS DO! AND NEVER TRY TO FIX THE CAR) I BELIEVE THAT IS TO BLAME FOR THE PROBLEM. ENGINE STALLS AT A STOP. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MANY OTHER PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH THE CAR. SEATS MADE NOISE WHEN GOING UP AND DOWN, DEALER LUBED IT 2 TIMES ALREADY AND IT'S DOING IT AGAIN. SUNROOF RATTLES AND DEALER REFUSE TO FIX.*AK
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed May 20, 2001CA
SAFETY ISSUE,THE VEHICLE IS DISABLED WHEN THIS FUEL CHIP FAILS, HOW CAN I SAFELY PULL OFF THE FREEWAY WITHOUT CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF THERE IS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE TO POWER MY VEHICLE.
7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.