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Hyundai Accent Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 17 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Accent, across 19 model years from 2000 to 2022. The 2021 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2019 (1).

Hyundai Accent years to avoid by our method: 2001 (2.8× the median year) and 2002 (2.5× the median year).

Model years
19

2000–2022, with a recall

Recall campaigns
17
Most recalls
2021

4 recalls

Owner complaints
1,623

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,623 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Accent across 23 model years; the most, 153, concern the 2012.

Owners marked a crash on 209 of the Hyundai Accent complaints (13%) and a fire on 68.

Across all Hyundai Accent model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 351 complaints), then the engine (218).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Accent in 2014: 117, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Accent is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 9 model-year listings.

The newest Hyundai Accent recall, 23V651000, was reported on September 22, 2023 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2003, 2004, 2016 and 2017 Hyundai Accent, model years owners have filed complaints about.

Hyundai Accent years to avoid

The 2001 Hyundai Accent stands out most: 86 complaints between 2000 and 2004, 19% of them naming the air bags.

The 2001 also carries 2 recalls, against a median of 1 for the ranked Hyundai Accent years.

The best-measured Hyundai Accent years are 2014 (0.4×), 2022 (0.5×) and 2021 (0.6×).

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Hyundai Accent, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202221715
0.5×
202141614
0.6×
20204127not ranked
20191316not ranked
20181197not ranked
201706827
1.0×
2016010239
1.5×
201527019
0.7×
201417910
0.4×
2013114140
1.5×
2012215340
1.8×
201113815
0.7×
201018727
1.3×
2009210116
1.1×
2008110124
1.1×
200738820
0.8×
200634313
0.6×
20051498not ranked
200403318
0.7×
200303723
0.9×
2002avoid113477
2.5×
2001avoid211286
2.8×
200049263
1.8×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Accent years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Accent

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH9
  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT6
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE4
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS3
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH3
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES2
  • STEERING:COLUMN2
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL1

Hyundai Accent model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Hyundai Accent recall campaign (17)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Hyundai Accent, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
23V651000September 22, 2023service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module2012–2015fire and injurypark outside1,649,478
22V354000May 19, 2022seat belts: front2020–2022injury230,233
22V311000May 6, 2022steering: column2021–2022crash2
22V218000April 1, 2022seat belts: front2020injury6,240
22V069000February 9, 2022seat belts: front2020–2021injury354
21V937000December 2, 2021service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder2021crash76
21V619000August 6, 2021latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch2018–2020injury348,158
20V393000July 2, 2020equipment: electrical2012fire272,126
15V566000September 8, 2015exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2009–2011crash99,500
15V218000April 13, 2015air bags: frontal2015crash and injury2,580
13V113000April 1, 2013exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2006–2009crash1,712,336
09V280000July 21, 2009exterior lighting2005–2007crash3,011
09V122000April 15, 2009exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2006–2007crash532,633
02V167000June 25, 2002structure: frame and members2000–2002crash and injury67,565
01V346000November 6, 2001vehicle speed control2000–2001—49,371
00V096001July 7, 2000visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages2000—400
00V096000March 28, 2000visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages2000—16,264

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Accent. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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