NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2008 Hyundai Accent has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Hyundai Accent. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 101
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Hyundai Accent, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 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 2006–2007, 2009 Accent, 11 other models
2008 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 101 owner complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Accent, the newest on April 14, 2023. Of these, 11 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the visibility/wiper (17%) and the exterior lighting (10%).
The 2008 Hyundai Accent's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2008 Hyundai Accent owners gave the mileage (82 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags34
- Visibility/Wiper17
- Exterior Lighting10
- Service Brakes10
- Electrical System8
- Visibility7
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 20. 24% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Hyundai Accent drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 9th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 101 complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2008 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: April 14, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted