Hyundai Accent Complaints (2006)

43 consumer complaints on file.

#10553956November 27, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAVE A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAS GONE OUT ON MY VEHICLE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2007 OR 2008 TIME FRAME. I HAD IT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WENT OUT AGAIN. WHEN I WENT ONTO PEPBOYS WEBSITE AND PUT MY CAR INFORMATION IN THE ALERT OF A BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH RECALL CAME UP. I CONTACT HYUNDAI TO SEE IF MY CAR WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL SINCE MY SWITCH HAS FAILED AND IS A 2006 MODEL. THEY CLAIM MY CAR DOES NOT MEET THE RECALL LIST. I TOLD THEM THAT MY SWITCH HAS ALREADY FAIL AND THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT. I FEEL THAT THEY PUT A BAD SWITCH ON MY CAR AND THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE COVERED MY CAR. I HAVE HAD 2 SWITCH FAIL ON THAT CAR AND THE SECOND WAS PUT IN DURING THE TIME OF THE RECALL COVERED BUT THEY STILL REFUSE TO COVER. MY CAR IS UNSAFE RIGHT NOW UNTIL I HAVE IT FIXED AND HYUNDAI CLAIMS THAT THE PROBLEM PART IS NOT THERE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499633February 22, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR WOULD NOT GO UP FOR A YEAR AND HUNG DOWN, AFFECTING MY VISIBILITY AND WAS A HUGE RISK WHEN DRIVING. DUE TO THE VISOR HANGING DOWN, IT EVENTUALLY BECAME WEAK ON THE LEFT CORNER AND WAS HANGING BY THE ELECTRICAL CORDS (FOR THE LIGHT) AND FELL OFF COMPLETELY. NOW I DO NOT HAVE A VISOR AT ALL AND IT AFFECTS MY DRIVING IMMENSELY AS I HAVE NOTHING TO KEEP THE SUN OUT OF MY EYES. I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY CLAIM TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW FOUR OTHER HYUNDAI OWNERS WHO THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483930November 10, 2012
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR BREAKS OFF ATTACHMENT- HANGS FROM CEILING UNLESS LOCKED INTO PLACE-USELESS AND POTENTIAL HAZARD. LAMP CONNECTED TO OPENING THE MIRROR COVER DOES NOT WORK. HAD IT REPLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING BREAKING. LAST MONTH- RIGHT SIDE VISOR BREAKS IN THE SAME FASHION AND ONCE AGAIN, DOES NOT STAY UNLESS LOCKED INTO PLACE, A POTENTIAL HAZARD, USELESS AND THE LAMP THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TURN ON WHEN THE MIRROR COVER IS OPENED DOES NOT WORK AGAIN. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, THIS IS APPARENTLY A DEFECT OF THE PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463439June 28, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR WOULD NOT STAY UP, IMPAIRING THE CONTACT'S VISION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE SUN VISOR AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10403089May 19, 2011
AIR BAGS
2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT GLS 4 DOOR... SRS MODULE FAILURE CAUSING AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH... MODULE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT UNDERNEATH CUP HOLDERS AND IS EXPOSED TO MOISTURE... MODULE IS NOT PROTECTED FROM MOISTURE RESULTING IN SRS SYSTEM BEING DISABLED... AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IF VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT... HYUNDAI DENIES A PROBLEM EXISTS...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392995March 27, 2011
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
ON 3/15/11 MY RIGHT SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG AND PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITH NO COLLISION OR IMPACT OR ANY KIND, STRIKING MY PASSENGER. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, OUT OF TOWN IN JACKSONVILLE FL. AND ALMOST GETTING TO OUR DESTINATION, AND THOUGHT WE WERE SHOT. I PULLED INTO THE CLOSEST GAS STATION AND TRIED TO CALL JSO TO MAKE A REPORT, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T MAKE A REPORT ON MANUFACTURER DEFECT, SO I CALLED TO MAKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. THE NEXT MORNING I CONTACTED A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD ME BRING IT IN IMMEDIATELY. UPON BRINGING IN MY CAR THEY INSISTED THEY NEEDED TO DO A DIAGNOSTICS TEST. AFTER 2 DAYS OF HAVING MY VEHICLE, AND A RENTAL AT MY EXPENSE, I HAD TO COME HOME TO CHARLESTON, SC. THE DEALERSHIP IN JACKSONVILLE, JANCK HANANIA'S HYUNDAI OF ORANGE PARK, TOLD MY INSURANCE COMPANY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO USED TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER RETURNING TO CHARLESTON, I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, HENDRICK HYUNDAI NORTH, AND FINALLY WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TO CONTACT HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA. THE DEALERSHIP STILL HAS MY CAR, HYUNDAI HAS TOLD ME NOTHING AND STILL WILL NOT EXCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10374882January 6, 2011
AIR BAGS
I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY HYUNDAI 2006 ACCENT. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. I HAVE SINCE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS UPWARDS OF A 1,000+ TO FIX. AND THE WARRANTY IS NOT LIABLE, NOR IS IT A RECALL OR THE DEALERSHIP RESPONSIBLE. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THE AIRBAGS WILL DEPLOY, AND THE COMPANY REP DID NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE, I AM CONCERNED WHY THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RECTIFIED. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CASES WHERE THERE AIRBAG HAS FAILED OTHERS, EITHER DEPLOYING MYSTERIOUSLY OR FAILING TO DEPLOY IN A CRASH. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. I HAVE NO MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT IS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE KNOWINGLY COMMITTED BY HYUNDAI MOTORS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355854September 15, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP ON 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT. SUN VISOR WILL FALL WHILE DRIVING AND WILL BLOCK VISIBILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10336144June 14, 2010
VISIBILITY
DRIVERS SIDE VISOR DOES NOT STAY UP. IT SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN, AND ALSO THE VISOR LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. $175 TO REPLACE - NOT REPAIRED, TOO EXPENSIVE. I NOW EXTEND THE PLASTIC FLAP AND PLACE THAT ON TOP OF THE MIRROR TO HOLD IT UP. VERY ANNOYING AND NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BY HYUNDAI. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330877May 17, 2010
VISIBILITY
I HAVE A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT AND THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS NOT STAYING UP. IT FALLS WHILE I AM DRIVING AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION. I RESEARCHED THIS TOPIC AND DISCOVERED THAT OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES FROM 2006 AND 2007 ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD I'D HAVE TO PAY $175 FOR A NEW VISOR AND THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE HAD IT LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10293389November 24, 2009
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2006 MANUAL TRANSMISSION HYUNDAI ACCENT (GLS 4 DR 5 SPEED) WITH 36,000 MILES. ON A TRIP TO VERMONT, I WAS DRIVING UP RT 7 MOUNTAINS AND ACCELERATING UPHILL WHEN MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, REVVED UP - I WAS IN EITHER THIRD OR FOURTH GEAR AND PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR - THIS HAPPEN AROUND 6-8 TIME WHILE GOING UP HILL AND ACCELERATING. AFTER CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN, THINGS WERE OK BUT ON A LOW GRADE HILL IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES AND THEN ONCE ON A FLAT SURFACE. THIS WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. SINCE THEN, I AM BACK HOME IN SYRACUSE, NY AND IT HAS NOT REPEATED ITSELF BUT I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DUPLICATE THE STEEP ACCENT WITH ACCELERATION. I TOOK THIS IN TO MY HYUNDAI DEALER AND OF COURSE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT - THEY INDICATED THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND BRING IT BACK IF IT RECURS. I ASKED ABOUT COMPUTER READOUTS AND THEY INDICATED IT WOULDN'T SHOW UP. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND ONLY FOUND AN ARTICLE ON PROBLEM WITH THE PULSE GENERATOR - I DID THIS SEARCH AFTER BRINGING IT HOME FROM THE DEALER (HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/HYUNDAI/ACCENT/R49906/COMMENTS/PAGE-2/) HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS BEFORE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291147November 5, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
RECALL ON MY BRAKE LIGHT (DON'T HAVE ANY)STOP WORKING 2 DAYS A GO BEEN WAITING FOR CALL BACK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10290501November 1, 2009
AIR BAGS
I HAVE A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT THAT I BOUGHT ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO BRAND NEW. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF AND WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT THAT LETS YOU KNOW WHEN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON OR OFF WILL CONTINUE TO SAY PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289358October 22, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT RIGHT REAR CALIPER ON 6/6/2009 BRAKE LOCKED UP NEW BRAKES AND PAD PUT ON AT MIDAS WINTERHAVEN, FL WITH THE MANAGER ADVISING THAT BRAKE PADS DISINTEGRATED AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT SUGGESTED I CONTACT HYUNDAI WHICH I DID. ON 10/192009 RIGHT REAR BRAKE MAKES GRINDING NOISE I TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME ON 10/20/2009 I TAKE TO MIDAS TAMPA, FL THEY ADVISE BRAKES INTO THE ROTORS AND THE CALIPER IS FACING UPWARD NEEDS REPLACED AND IS MANUFACTURING FAILURE AND TO CONTACT HYUNDAI AND WHEN I DID CALL I WAS PLACED ON HOLD FOR 20 MINUTES SO I ENDED CALL. I CONTACTED DEALERSHIP BUTLER HYUNDAI AND SERVICE MANAGER STATES IT HAPPENS. MY CONCERN IS THIS CAR 66,000 SOME ODD MILES THE FIRST TIME THE BRAKE LOCKED UP. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE CAR IS ONLY 2006 AND HAS SAT IDLE WHILE AT WORK A MINIMUM OF 40 HS A WEEK AND MOST OF THE MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES NOT STOPPING AND STARTING. THIS CALIPER IS ESSENTIAL FOR SAFETY OF THE ROAD. PLEASE REVIEW FOR RECALL ON THE ITEM OF HYUNDAI. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10274997June 25, 2009
AIR BAGS
06/17/2009 THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON 06/24/2009. THE RESULT IS THE COMPUTER MODULE TO THE AIR BAGS SHORTED OUT DUE TO A SPILL. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT THE PART IS LOCATED UNDER THE CUP HOLDERS WHERE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SPILL IS HIGH AND EVIDENTLY THERE IS NO PROTECTIVE COVERING ON THE MODULE TO KEEP IT DRY IN THE CASE OF A SPILL. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPT. AT HYUNDAI BECAUSE I WAS TOLD AT THE SERVICE DEPT. THAT THE REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THE PART FAILED DUE TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCE AND NOT A DEFECT IN THE PART. I TOLD THEM THAT THE DEFECT MAY NOT BE THE PART BUT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN BY PLACING AN UNPROTECTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BENEATH AN AREA WHERE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SPILL IS HIGH DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY DESIGNED A CUP HOLDER TO BE PLACED OVER THIS SENSITIVE COMPONENT. IF THE WARNING LIGHT WOULD HAVE FAILED THERE WOULD BE NO WARNING THAT THERE WAS NO OPERATIONAL AIR BAGS IN THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AND ALL AIR BAGS ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL AT THIS TIME. I WAS INFORMED THAT A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED IN THE ELANTRA BUT WAS NOT TOLD WHAT YEAR MODEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10264012April 2, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAIL LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. SHE IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT DUE TO THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, A CRASH COULD OCCUR OR THE CONTACT COULD BE TICKETED BY THE POLICE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,170 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10257531February 5, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY SISTER AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE STORE, FULL STOP, MY SISTER JUST GOT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, MY SISTER NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DETECTION LIGHT ON THE DASH REMAINED IN THE "PASSENGER AIR BAG DISENGAGE" POSITION EVEN IF MY SISTER WAS SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. MY CAR IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MANUAL PASSENGER AIRBAG DISENGAGE SWITCH OF SOME SORT. SO I ASSUME THAT THE LIGHT GOES ON OR OFF ONLY BY DETECTING SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10245703October 16, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI ACCENT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND OCCASIONALLY TURNS ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY NINE TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,900 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,999. UPDATED 11/10/08 *BF UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202957September 13, 2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
MY 21 YR.OLD SON WAS DRIVING HOME AT APROX 2:53A.M. LOST CONTROL OF HIS 2006 HYUNDI BRIO AND CRASHES THE FRONT LEFT SIDE AND LATER FOLLOWED THOUGH TO ANOTHER WALL IMPACTING IT SIDEWAYS . THE FONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HE LATER DIED AT HOSPITAL OF SEVERE ABDOMIAL TRAUMA , RIBS PUNCTURIG BOTH LUNGS. AS A FATHER HOW CAN I KNOW IF THE FIRST IMPACT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY AND IF THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR PROBLEMS CONCERNING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FAILURE. THE MODEL OF THE CAR WAS HYUNDAI BRIO.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10196718July 18, 2007
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
CD PLAYER MALFUNCTIONED, CDS WOULD ENTER THE PLAYER BEGAN AND THEN STOPPED BETWEEN 20-60 SECONDS AND NEVER RESTARTED. WENT TO THE DEALER, SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, AND THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE RADIO WITH A REFURBISHED ONE AT NO COST AS THE RADIO WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR 3 YEARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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