Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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.

1
Open recalls
34
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
7
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

34 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    13
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    1
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
93V192000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1993-11-23

THE VEHICLES FAILED THE LATERAL MOVING BARRIER IMPACT TEST REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY." THE FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE GAS TANK EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF SPILLAGE.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE FUEL SPILLAGE CAN RESULTIN A FIRE IF EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixHYUNDAI HAS DEVELOPED AN APPROPRIATE COUNTERMEASURE THAT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 301.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE95060·EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT1995-12-09 → 1996-03-21

SCISSOR JACK FAILURE

EA92032·POWER TRAIN1992-10-13 → 1993-10-29

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION

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