NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2006 Hyundai Accent has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Hyundai Accent. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 43
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Hyundai Accent, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Hyundai Accent
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Accent, 11 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09V280000
- Reported
- July 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007 Accent, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V122000
- Reported
- April 15, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 532,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Accent, 7 other models
2006 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Accent, the newest on September 1, 2020. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 1 injury and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the air bags (53%), followed by the visibility/wiper (14%) and the visibility (12%).
None of the 2006 Hyundai Accent's 3 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Hyundai Accent owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 61,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags23
- Visibility/Wiper6
- Visibility5
- Exterior Lighting3
- Electrical System2
- Service Brakes2
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 10. 30% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Hyundai Accent drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 16th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 43 complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2006 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted