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Year · Make · Model

1986 Hyundai Excel

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.

5
Open recalls
13
NHTSA complaints
10
Defect investigations
7
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

13 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    4
  • Electrical System
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR System
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    1
  • Service BRAKES, Hydraulic
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    1

Recalls

5 campaigns
93V167000·POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION1993-10-04

THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS MAY LOCK UP FROM INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION OF THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION CASE. THIS CAN CAUSE THE DRIVE WHEELS TO SEIZE AND THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP.

RiskSUDDEN STOPS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING CAN CAUSE VEHICLEOCCUPANTS TO BE THROWN AROUND IN THE CAR, AND CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROLWHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixHYUNDAI WILL PERFORM A COST FREE TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE.

91V225000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM1991-12-31

DETERIORATION OF THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY MAY LEAD TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY PORTION OF THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. THE SCREWS WHICH ATTACH THE REEDS TO THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY MAY RUST, AND IF THE RUSTING BECOMES SEVERE, THE SCREW HEADS WILL ERODE AND ALLOW THE REEDS TO SEPARATE FROM THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY. CORROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR ON THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY, DEFORMING THE REED SEATS AND PREVENTING THE REEDS FROM CLOSING PROPERLY. SEPARATION OF THE REEDS FROM THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY OR IMPROPER CLOSING OF THE REEDS ALLOW HOT EXHAUST GASES TO FLOW BACKWARD INTO THE PLASTIC SECONDARY AIR FILTER CASE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THESE HOT EXHAUST GASES MAY MELT THE SECONDARY PLASTIC AIR FILTER CASE.

RiskTHE MELTING PLASTIC AIR FILTER CASE MAY LEAD TO A FIREIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

FixREPLACE THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY WITH ONE WHOSE METAL COMPONENTS ARE FABRICATED FROM CORROSION RESISTANT STAINLESS STEEL.

89V100000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1989-06-19

IF CRUISE CONTROL MAIN SWITCH IS IN THE ON POSITION WHEN ENGINE IS STARTED, SYSTEM CAN BE AFFECTED BY A SHORT DURATION VOLTAGE DROP CAUSED BY OPTIONAL HI-POWER (H340) RADIO.

RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE ERRATIC CRUISE CONTROL OPERATION, WHICHCOULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE.

87V180000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS 1987-11-25

VEHICLE MAY FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE BRAKE FADE AND RECOVERY PORTION OF FMVSS 105.

RiskTHERE MAY BE A LOSS OF BRAKING EFFICIENCY DURINGREPEATED HARD APPLICATION OF BRAKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT PRIORWARNING.

FixREPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS WITH NEWLY DESIGNED SEMI METALLIC BRAKE PADS.

86V043000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES1986-03-17

A COTTER PIN IN THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER LINKAGE ASSEMBLY MAY BE MISSING. THIS PIN ACTS AS A RETAINER FOR THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER PUSHROD CLEVIS PIN. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE CLEVIS PIN MAY SLIDE OUT CAUSING THE MASTER CYLINDER/BRAKE PEDAL LINKAGE TO BECOME DISENGAGED. IF THIS LINKAGE BECOMES DISENGAGED THE SERVICE BRAKES CANNOT BE APPLIED, CREATING THE RISK OF A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixINSPECT AND INSTALL BRAKE LINKAGE COTTER PIN AS NECESSARY.

NHTSA investigations

10 actions
PE94043·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1994-05-27 → 1994-10-31

CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURES

PE94003·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1994-01-14 → 1994-06-10

HEATER CORE FAILURE

Led to recall94V103000

C92001·POWER TRAIN1992-09-28 → 1993-10-29

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION

EA91039·POWER TRAIN1991-09-24 → 1992-10-13

TRANSMISSION LOCK-UP

EA91024·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1991-05-03 → 1992-01-07

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall91V225000

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