NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2013 Hyundai Accent has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 141
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 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 2012, 2014–2015 Accent, 10 other models
2013 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 141 owner complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Accent, the newest on August 18, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (11%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 23 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (17%) and the electrical system (13%).
The 2013 Hyundai Accent's only recall also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2013 Hyundai Accent owners gave the mileage (70 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine34
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic24
- Electrical System18
- Service Brakes18
- Unknown Or Other16
- Air Bags14
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 24. 28% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Hyundai Accent drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 6th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 141 complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2013 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted