Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Hyundai Accent

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
55
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
55
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

55 filed
7
Crashes
1
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    9
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    6
  • AIR Bags
    4
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    4
  • AIR BAGS:ON-OFF Switch Assembly
    3
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL Springs
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3

Recalls

2 campaigns
98V245000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS1998-10-06

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE FOLLOWING "SALT BELT" STATES: CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WISCONSIN. DURING WINTER MONTHS, THE ROAD SALT USED TO DE-ICE ROADS CAN RESULT IN CORROSION THAT CAUSES PITS TO FORM ON THE LOWER COIL OF THE FRONT SPRINGS ALLOWING CRACKS TO DEVELOP. THIS CAN RESULT IN BREAKAGE OF THE LOWER SPRING COIL.

RiskIF THE FRONT COIL SPRING BREAKS, IT CAN BECOME DISPLACED FROM ITS SEATED POSITION, AND CAN CONTACT A TIRE. TIRE DAMAGE CAN RESULT.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A SPRING GUIDE TO PREVENT A BROKEN COIL SPRING FROM CONTACTING AND DAMAGING A TIRE.

97V026000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR1997-02-26

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WERE CONTAMINATED DURING ASSEMBLY.

RiskTHIS CONTAMINATION INTERFERES WITH THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT CONTINUITY AND PREVENTS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FROM OPERATING. INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REMOVE THE CONTAMINANTS FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
RQ00017·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES2000-09-16 → 2000-10-20

FUEL TANK CRACKING

Led to recall00V095002

EA00001·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL2000-01-05 → 2001-03-09

PASSENGER AIR BAG RELATED

PE99046·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1999-07-07 → 2000-01-05

PASSENGER AIR BAG RELATED FATALITIES

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