NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2012 Hyundai Accent has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Hyundai Accent. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 153
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Hyundai Accent, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Hyundai Accent
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V651000
- Reported
- September 22, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,649,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015 Accent, 10 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 20V393000
- Reported
- July 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 272,126
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2012 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 153 owner complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Accent, the newest on August 8, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the service brakes (13%).
None of the 2012 Hyundai Accent's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2012 Hyundai Accent owners gave the mileage (90 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine36
- Electrical System24
- Service Brakes20
- Unknown Or Other19
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Air Bags17
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 18. 26% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Hyundai Accent drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 4th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 153 complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2012 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted