Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Accent
Model Year: 2011
Plant City: Ul-san
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Company
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS
Series2: MC
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON OCTOBER 7, 2003 THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE OCCUPANT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS SEVERELY INJURED BUT THE OCCUPANT OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS NOT INJURED. *AK *NLM
2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2011 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IDLING WITH THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMALLY HIGH INCREASE IN RPMS AND BECAME EXTREMELY LOUD. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO CREEP FORWARD UNUSUALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN TWO WEEKS HE HAD POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,282 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 7,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 03/29/11 *BF UPDATED 04/27/11