2020 HYUNDAI ACCENT

4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints17
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 4 of 4

22V3540002022-05-19

SEAT BELTS:FRONT

An exploding seat belt pretensioner can project metal fragments into the vehicle, strike vehicle occupants, and result in injury.

22V2180002022-04-01

SEAT BELTS:FRONT

Exploding seat belt pretensioners can project metal fragments into the vehicle, strike vehicle occupants, and result in injury.

22V0690002022-02-09

SEAT BELTS:FRONT

An exploding seat belt pretensioner can project metal fragments into the vehicle, striking vehicle occupants and resulting in injury.

21V6190002021-08-06

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH

A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 4ENGINE
  • 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 2AIR BAGS
  • 1SEATS
  • 1STEERING
  • 1STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:EXTERIOR
  • 1STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
  • 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2020 HYUNDAI ACCENTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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