NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Hyundai Accent Recalls
The 2021 Hyundai Accent has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 19, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Hyundai Accent. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 16
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Hyundai Accent, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2021 Hyundai Accent
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 22V354000
- Reported
- May 19, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 230,233
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022 Accent, 1 other model
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 22V311000
- Reported
- May 6, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Accent
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 22V069000
- Reported
- February 9, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 354
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Accent
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 21V937000
- Reported
- December 2, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Hyundai Accent
2021 Hyundai Accent complaints by year
NHTSA has received 16 owner complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Accent, the newest on July 1, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Accent, the component group named most often is the seat belts (38%), followed by the wheels (31%) and the engine (25%).
2 of the 2021 Hyundai Accent's 4 recalls also concern the seat belts.
Component groups named in complaints
- Seat Belts6
- Wheels5
- Engine4
- Electrical System2
- Service Brakes1
- Steering1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Accent peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 7. 88% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Hyundai Accent drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Accent year in the same window: 17th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Accent years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 16 complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Accent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Accent by model year
Other 2021 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: July 1, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted