FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Accent

Owners have filed 2,760 complaints about the Hyundai Accent with NHTSA across model years 1991 to 2022. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Hyundai Accent

207 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2021 Hyundai Accent

22 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Accent year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 C 32 6 3 Electrical System
2021 B 22 0 1 Wheels
2020 C 17 2 1 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 37 3 1 54,000 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 23 0 7 999 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 98 10 5 48,791 Engine & Cooling
2016 F 160 14 9 48,945 Engine & Cooling
2015 D 100 9 17 54,000 Airbags
2014 D 99 15 12 71,500 Brakes
2013 F 207 27 14 42,000 Brakes
2012 F 219 18 18 63,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 53 5 0 47,549 Engine & Cooling
2010 D 119 9 0 60,000 Brakes
2009 C 128 9 1 71,000 Airbags
2008 D 135 15 2 55,000 Airbags
2007 D 113 12 1 70,000 Airbags
2006 B 49 2 0 61,000 Airbags
2005 C 76 15 4 66,000 Lights
2004 C 40 12 3 36,000 Airbags
2003 C 45 14 1 32,080 Airbags
2002 F 163 30 3 40,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2001 D 148 28 10 58,027 Transmission & Drivetrain
2000 D 115 21 2 61,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1999 C 66 17 3 72,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1998 B 72 8 0 52,500 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 82 9 3 73,900 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 142 18 2 98,000 Suspension
1995 D 197 38 1 71,725 Suspension
1993 1 0 0 Airbags
1991 2 0 0 Suspension

What breaks on a Hyundai Accent

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 444 16.1%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 350 12.7%

Worst in 2012

Brakes 279 10.1%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2000

Suspension 166 6.0%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2002

Lights 105 3.8%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2001

Steering 85 3.1%

Worst in 2016

Seat Belts 65 2.4%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Accent

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Frontal 122 27.2%
Automatic Transmission 110 24.6%
Body 48 10.7%
Front 32 7.1%
Gasoline 31 6.9%
Lower ARM 28 6.3%
Engine 21 4.7%
Windshield 19 4.2%
Manual Transmission 19 4.2%
Foundation Components 18 4.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai Accent, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 1995 peak 39 Aug 2026

Hyundai Accent problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Hyundai Accent

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.