Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 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.

2
Open recalls
33
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
8
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

33 filed
3
Crashes
2
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Wheels
    3
  • Tires
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • Steering
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE Shaft
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
94V090000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR1994-05-11

IN SOME VEHICLES, THE MANUFACTURER'S PROTECTIVE INTERNAL COATING OF THE ELECTRONIC CRANK ANGLE SENSOR DOES NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS, WHICH CAN CAUSE AN OPEN CIRCUIT AT HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURES. THIS CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

RiskENGINE STALLING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH IF IT OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE CRANK ANGLE SENSOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SENSOR IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL, AND REPLACE ANY SENSOR FOUND WITH THE DEFECTIVE INTERNAL COATING.

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

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

SCISSOR JACK FAILURE

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