2008 Hyundai Accent
This year drew an ordinary 101 complaints for a Hyundai Accent — the model's median is 88. What they were about is the unusual part: 20.8% of them mention warranty, against 5.3% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Hyundai Accent, which began in 2006 and ran to 2011. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 101 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 88 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 28.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- warranty — 20.8% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the other years of this generation (3.9×).
- required — 9.9% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the other years of this generation (6.3×). Owners wrote it as: required, medical, attention, file.
- him — 9.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.4% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: him, wanted, front end, after vehicle.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT IGNITED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. THE VEHICLE W…
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE [VIN] INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BURNS ON LEFT ARMS AND TWO BONES IN THE RIGHT F…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 13V113000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Accent was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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