FaultScore report
Owners have filed 17 complaints about the 1986 Hyundai Excel with NHTSA between 1995 and 2000. The largest single group is the electrical system.
17
Complaints
1
Crashes reported
1
Fires reported
3
Injuries reported
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
0 crashes, 1 fires
1 crashes, 0 fires
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURES
HEATER CORE FAILURE
TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION
TRANSMISSION LOCK-UP
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
PASSENGER BRAKE
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
HEATER CORE FAILURE
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A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
Canada runs its own recall programme, and its campaigns do not always mirror the American ones.
Steering
NOTE: 5 DOOR MODELS ONLY. THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN U-JOINT (COUPLER) BOLT MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT TORQUE AND COULD LOOSEN. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CORRECTION: LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER BOLT WILL BE REPLACED AND TORQUED.
Brakes
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT UNDER CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS, FRONT BRAKE FADE MAY OCCUR,THUS REDUCING BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS. CORRECTION: IMPROVED SEMI-METALLIC BRAKE PADS WILL BE INSTALLED.
Fuel System
THE FUEL RETURN TUBE CLIP MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY INSTALLED ALLOWING THE FUEL RETURN HOSE TO CONTACT EITHER THE DISTRIBUTOR HIGH TENSION CABLE OR THE E.G.R. VALVE. THIS COULD, OVER TIME, RESULT IN WEAR AND EVENTUAL LEAKAGE AT THE FUEL HOSE. THE FUEL LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE. V.I.N. RANGE S.O.P. TO KMHLA31J1GU040086
THE COTTER PIN THAT RETAINS THE BRAKE CLEVIS PIN MAY HAVE BEEN OMITTED OR INCORRECTLY INSTALLED. IF THE COTTER PIN WAS OMITTED OR IF IT WERE TO FALL OUT OF THE CLEVIS PIN,THE VEHICLES' BRAKES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING.
Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE UPON IMPACT.
NHTSA complaint #512552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #512552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT EQUIPMENT FAILURE DRIVER SEAT BELT. TT
NHTSA complaint #973326 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE A PART NO. / SERIAL NO. INPRINTED ON THE DISTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS CALLED A SPARKER. WITHOUT THE CORRECT SPARKEER PART NO. CONSUMER CANNOT START VEHICLE/IF THE WRONG ONE WAS PURCHASED IT WILL CAUSE OVERHEATING,BURNING OF THE IGNITION WIRES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. (SPARKER P/N 102271200020).
NHTSA complaint #550300 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER MAY HAVE THE WRONG SPARKER/STRICKER WITHIN THE IGNITION SYSTEM. YH
NHTSA complaint #549801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE UPON IMPACT.
NHTSA complaint #512552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #512552 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO NUT INSIDE TRANSMISSION WITHIN INPUT SHAFT, HAVINB THE ABILITY TO BACKOFF, ALLOWI NG DISCONTINUENCE OF POWER.
NHTSA complaint #501358 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS.
NHTSA complaint #489744 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY, WHEN DRIVING WILL COME OPEN. TT
NHTSA complaint #977885 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
ENGINE WOULD FLOOD BECAUSE CARBURETOR CHOKE WOULD NOT PROPERLY ADJUST. TT
NHTSA complaint #976073 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT EQUIPMENT FAILURE DRIVER SEAT BELT. TT
NHTSA complaint #973326 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
#PE94-003 THE HEATER CORE , RADIATOR WAS REPLACED WITHIN FOUR YEARS AT CONSUMER EXPENSE. TT
NHTSA complaint #972025 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
#PE94-003 THE HEATER CORE , RADIATOR WAS REPLACED WITHIN FOUR YEARS AT CONSUMER EXPENSE. TT
NHTSA complaint #972025 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAS ALWAYS HAD A CLICKING SOUND WHICH PRESENTS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM. TT
NHTSA complaint #965202 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
NHTSA complaint #965202 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
REPLACED BATTERY CABLE/WIRING.
NHTSA complaint #965202 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP PRIOR TO RECALL (93V-167).
NHTSA complaint #962940 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TRANS LOCKED UP, TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN RECALLED ONCE. TT
NHTSA complaint #962874 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT NIGHT AND BACK PASSENGER RIGHT WHEEL CAME OFF IT WAS RAINING HARD AND DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. TT
NHTSA complaint #959305 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.