Hyundai Accent Complaints (2002)

134 consumer complaints on file.

#10444553January 19, 2012
SUSPENSION, WHEELS
DRIVER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION DUE TO LOWER CONTROL ARM SEPARATING IN HALF. LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CV JOINT DRIVE SHAFT, FENDER AND ROCKER PANEL DAMAGED. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE SHOWING DEFECT. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425722September 16, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN
FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SPEED SENSORS AND OXYGEN SENSORS, SEVERAL TIMES. I WAS TAKING TO MY MECHANIC BECAUSE PARTS WERE OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT MY MECHANIC STATED THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERY TIME I HAD CHIPS REPLACED MY TRANS FLUID WAS DIRTY AND HAD TO FLUSH AGAIN AND AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, SAME CONCLUSION. HYUNDAI REFUSED TO REPLACE. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HYUNDAI. HYUNDAI STATED THEY WERE NOT CONTACTED BY DEALER, THIS STATEMENT WAS LATER RETRACTED BY THEM. THEY ARE STILL REFUSING TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. DID ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 77000 MILES AND IS ALMOST 10 YEARS. MY FUEL SYSTEM BEGAN ACTING UP EARLY 2011. CAN ONLY FILL TANK 1/4 GALLON EVERY 1MIN. THIS TAKES ME A VERY LONG TIME TO FIL1 TANK. DEALER GAVE ME A $1600 REPAIR ESTIMATE. I AM READING LITERALLY 1000'S OF COMPLAINTS ON BOTH ISSUES AND HYUNDAI REFUSES TO SPEAK ON THEM. THESE ARE DANGEROUS ISSUES: SENSOR CHIPS CAUSES CARS TO STALL, PARTICULARLY AT HIGH SPEEDS, IMAGINE BEING BEHIND SOMEONE GOING 60MPH AND THEN SUDDENLY THEIR CAR STALLS....CRASH WAITING TO HAPPEN AND THE FUELING ISSUE CAN INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CAR FIRES. IF THE GAS IS LEAKING OR SPILLING OUT DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP AND/OR DESIGN AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURS IGNITION OF GAS SPILLING OUTSIDE INCREASES, NOT TO MENTION ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. THESE CARS COULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS TESTING. THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT HYUNDAI IS MISSING IN ACTION AND REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTIES. SHAME SHAME HYUNDAI. SAYING YOU OFFER A 10 YEAR WARRANTY AND ACTUALLY HONORING IT ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10413433July 18, 2011
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THREE DOOR HANDLES, ASIDE FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE, FRACTURED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXTERIOR. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400742May 13, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397021April 21, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY HYUNDAI ACCENT 02 REFUSES TO FUEL UP CONTINUALLY SHUTTING OFF AT THE PUMP 1/4 GAL AT BEST, TWENTY MINUTES TO FILL, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM,,, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT THEY TOLD ME 850.00 TO FIX IT. I TALKED WITH HYUNDAI AND THE DEALER DIDN'T DOCUMENT THE OCCURRENCE HE AND I TALKED ABOUT, SOOOO I DON'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON.. PLEASE HELP. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW BY ME IN 03, PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED IN 07. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393561March 29, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS WITH THE VEHICLES PERG FLOW SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS A CHARCOAL CANISTER THAT FILTERS GAS VAPORS FROM THE GAS TANK. THIS CANISTER HAS BECOME CLOGGED SO ON FILL UP THE FUMES CAN NOT VENT PROPERLY AND FORCES AIR BACK UP THE FILLER NECK OF THE GAS TANK AND SPRAYS GAS ALL OVER. THIS IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF BUT ALSO DANGEROUS TO EVERY PERSON IN THE AREA. I FEEL THIS IS A DANGER TO EVERYONE AND NEEDS TO B ADDRESSED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10378030January 20, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT WITH 90,000 MILES WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE THAN A TRICKLE OF GASOLINE WITHOUT BACKING UP AND SHUTTING OFF THE GAS PUMP. THIS OCCURS DUE TO THE CHARCOAL IN THE VAPOR CANISTER EXPANDING AND BLOCKING OFF THE VENTING FROM THE GAS TANK. NOT ONLY IS THE BACK UP OF FUEL DANGEROUS, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE A POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10366710November 18, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDIA ACCENT. WHEN THE CONTACT ADDS FUEL TO HER VEHICLE IT COMES BACK OUT AND SPILLS ONTO THE GROUND. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE FUEL SPILLING OUT OF HER VEHICLE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED IN SHORT INTERVALS. THE MECHANIC AND A TECHNICIAN WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359695October 8, 2010
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES WERE FRACTURED AND COULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE VIA VOICE MAIL THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348465August 10, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THIS IS A VERY WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS FOR THE HYUNDAI ACCENT. YOU CAN CHECK SOME WEB PAGES DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM: HTTP://AUTOFORUM.CLASSIFIEDS1000.COM/HYUNDAI-ACCENT/GAS_TANK_SHUT_OFF HTTP://EN.ALLEXPERTS.COM/Q/HYUNDAI-REPAIR-815/2002-HYUNDAI-ACCENT-CHARCOAL.HTM AS SOON AS I START TO PUMP GAS, SOMETIMES IT ONLY PUMPS GAS FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN THE HANDLE SHUTS OFF AS IF THE GAS TANK WERE ALREADY FULL. I SOMETIMES HAVE SOME SUCCESS PUMPING GAS INTO THE TANK BY HOLDING THE HANDLE TO PUMP RATHER THAN USING THE PIN TO KEEP THE GAS PUMPING, HOLD THE HANDLE AT A HIGHER ANGLE AND KIND OF PUSH THE NOZZLE INTO THE GAS TANK OPENING WITH MORE PRESSURE, BUT EVEN WITH THESE MANEUVERS IT SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF AFTER A SHORT TIME AND I HAVE TO KEEP RESTARTING THE GAS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT SHUTS OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LONGER BUT IT IS VERY ANNOYING. I ASKED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $200 JUST TO CHECK IT OUT AND THEN EXTRA TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348332August 9, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CAN'T FILL GAS TANK,PUMP AND NOZZLE KEEPS CLICKING OFF EVEN AT A TRICKLE OF GAS AND TANK NEAR EMPTY. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED OR FIXED FOR FREE NOT $700-800 AT THE DEALER!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10343698July 16, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A FEW MONTHS AGO A PROBLEM STARTED WITH MY PUMPING GAS. GAS TANK/CAR WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE THAN A FEW CENTS WORTH OF GAS BEFORE CLICKING OFF AS IF FULL. TANK IS CONFIRMED AS NOT FULL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS IS A CONSTANT OCCURRENCE IE EVERY TIME GAS IS ATTEMPTED TO BE PUMPED. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM IS THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. THIS IS SCARY BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE "CLICK-OFF" IT OFTEN OVERFLOWS SPILLING/SPRAYING GAS ALL OVER ME, MY CAR AND THE GROUND. I AM STRESSED AND FEAR WALKING AROUND WITH FLAMMABLE LIQUID DRIED INTO MY CLOTHING! WHAT IF THE GAS GOT INTO MY EYES! I WISH SOMEONE COULD HELP WITH GETTING HYUNDAI TO DO A RECALL AS THIS IS MAKING ME NERVOUS TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL NOT PUMP GAS WHILE MY CHILDREN ARE IN THE CAR WHICH IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT AND IS SOMETHING I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY AND CONSTANTLY STRESS ABOUT. PLEASE HELP BECAUSE COMING IN CONTACT WITH FLAMMABLE GASOLINE IS JUST TERRIFYING AND NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO CONTINUE DOING! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10341108July 2, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
HAVING TROUBLE PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR,NOZZLE KEEPS SHUTTING OFF ABOUT EVERY COUPLE OF SECONDS. HAPPENS EVERY TIME I GET GAS. TRIED DIFFERENT STATIONS SOME ATTENDANTS WILL TRY DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT THE NOZZLE IN OR TURN IT BUT IT STILL DOES IT .FIRST STARTED AT THE END OF MAY2010. CAR IS A 2002 ACCENT WITH ONLY 52,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK TO DEALER SAID THE CHARCOAL CANISTER,DMTL MOTOR,& A VALVE ASSY-FUEL V NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD TO PREPAY FOR PARTS TO BE ORDERED. PICKED CAR UP UNTIL PARTS COME IN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10333864May 30, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
WHEN PUTTING GAS IN MY 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT, THE GAS PUMP KEEPS SHUTTING OFF AND/OR GAS LEAKS OUT OF GAS TANKS WHILE FILLING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10331962May 24, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL, SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ISSUE WITH THE FUEL BEING PUMPED IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CHARCOAL CANISTER LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 55,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10314205February 25, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. SHE STATED THAT WHILE AT A SERVICE STATION AND DRIVING IN REVERSE LESS THAN 5 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND BEGAN TO SPIN IN CIRCLES. A CRASH OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. SHE ALSO SUSTAINED A NECK INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE TOW TRUCK, IT STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AGAIN . THEY DIAGNOSED IT STATING THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,063. UPDATED 4/7/2010 *CN UPDATED 09/02/10*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10300053January 17, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FOR AT LEAST A YEAR NOW, MY GAS TANK SHUT OFF VALVE SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE TIP ON THE FUEL HANDLE GOES IN BUT THE HANDLE SHUTS OFF AFTER ONLY A FEW SECONDS AFTER STARTING TO FILL THE TANK. THE SWITCH OFF SENSOR INSIDE THE FUEL INTAKE VALVE AREA SEEMS TO INDICATE THE TANK IS FULL WHEN IT IS NOT. THE TRIGGER ON THE HANDLE HAS TO BE MANUALLY SQUEEZED AND EVEN THEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. ON MANY OCCASIONS THE GAS HAS OVERFILLED, SPIT OUT AND SPILLED OUT AND ONTO GROUND, THE CAR, THE HANDLE AND MY HAND AS THE SENSOR DOES NOT INDICATE THE TANK IS FULL. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THE HYUNDAI DEALER SERVICE REP SAID TO BRING THE CAR IN TO CHECK AND IT WOULD COST AROUND $100. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THE DEALER SHOULD COVER THIS CHECK AND CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10297566December 30, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT 2 DR SEDAN THERE IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHERE GAS BEING PUMPED INTO THE CAR IS BEING REJECTED BY THE FUEL SYSTEM AND SPITTING BACK OUT OF THE FUEL PIPE WITHOUT TRIGGERING THE GASOLINE PUMP SHUT OFF. THE FUEL HAS ON MANY OCCASIONS SPIT BACK ON THE PERSON FILLING THE CAR WITH GASOLINE. PER THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED OR REQUESTED. THE PROBLEM IS A CHARCOAL FUEL FILTER CANISTER THAT CONTAINS A BAG OF CHARCOAL THAT HAS BURST WHEREBY THE CHARCOAL PIECES ARE BLOCKING A VALVE THAT REGULATES THE FLOW OF FUEL INTO THE GAS TANK. THE COST OF THE REPAIR AT THE DEALER IS $720 PLUS TAX. GAS WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE PUT INTO THE TANK VERY SLOW IF THE PERSON PUMPING THE GAS IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, IF NOT THE GASOLINE SPRAYS EVERYWHERE WHICH IS WHERE THE DANGER OCCURS. ONE SPARK AND THE PERSON AND VEHICLE WILL EXPLODE OR BURST INTO FLAMES. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BELOW, WAS THERE A DEATH OR INJURY, WAS THERE A FIRE, WAS THERE PROPERTY DAMAGE. ALL OF THIS HAVE A GREAT POSSIBILITY OF INCURRING IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN INCURRED BY OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. I SPOKE TO HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR OR ASSIST IN PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS IN ANY MANNER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10290352October 30, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENT. WHENEVER MAKING TURNS THE VEHICLE WILL SLIGHTLY LOOSE POWER. ALSO WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE IT WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP , AND THE TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 94000, FAILURE MILEAGE WAS AT 98000. UPDATED 12/07/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 12/09/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10281116August 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
APRIL OF 2008 OUR USED 2002 HYUNDAI ACCENTS TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE WENT TO A LOCAL DEALER TO GET A REPLACEMENT AND A "REFURBISHED" ONE WAS PUT IN. THE REPLACEMENT HAS NOW FAILED 4 MONTHS AFTER THE 1 -YEAR WARRANTY DEADLINE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS COMPANY CAN MAKE SUCH BAD TRANSMISSIONS ? NO RECALLS TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN AWARDED. AS A SAFETY ISSUE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STALL AND DROP INTO 80 KM SAFE MODE THIS IS A CANADIAN BOUGHT VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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