Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1999 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.

1
Open recalls
61
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
41
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

61 filed
17
Crashes
3
Fires
12
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    13
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    8
  • AIR Bags
    5
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    2
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR Window
    2
  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1
  • Tires
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
99V178000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1999-07-07

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE SEALS DO NOT REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY ELASTIC, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE. THIS LEAKAGE CAN RESULT IN REDUCED PRESSURE APPLICATION TO THE CLUTCHES, BRAKE, AND KICKDOWN SERVO, ALLOWING THEM TO SLIP.

RiskSUCH SLIPPAGE CAN CAUSE PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE FRICTION ELEMENT SURFACES AND COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE, OR NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED, WHEN THE DRIVER PRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE.

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