NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2010 Hyundai Accent has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 8, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 87
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Hyundai Accent
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 15V566000
- Reported
- September 8, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011 Accent
2010 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 87 owner complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Accent, the newest on January 26, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the service brakes (20%), followed by the exterior lighting (18%) and the electrical system (14%).
The 2010 Hyundai Accent's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2010 Hyundai Accent owners gave the mileage (67 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes17
- Exterior Lighting16
- Electrical System12
- Visibility/Wiper11
- Air Bags10
- Visibility8
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 19. 31% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Hyundai Accent drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 7th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 87 complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2010 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: January 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted