2006 Hyundai Accent problems
NHTSA has received 49 complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Accent, and 47% of them involve air bags. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (22%) and brakes (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 47% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 45 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 45 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 61,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 69,000 miles (22 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 injury reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Hyundai Accent with enough data (21 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My 21 yr.old son was driving home at aprox 2:53a.m. Lost control of his 2006 hyundi brio and crashes the front left side and later followed though to another wall impacting it sideways . The fontal airbags did not deploy and he later died at hospital of severe abdomial trauma , ribs puncturig both lungs. As a father how can I know if the first impact was strong enough to make the airbags deploy and if there have been recalls for problems concerning airbag deployment failure. The model of the car was hyundai brio.
On 3/15/11 my right side curtain airbag and passenger seat airbag deployed with no collision or impact or any kind, striking my passenger. I was driving down the road, out of town in jacksonville fl. And almost getting to our destination, and thought we were shot. I pulled into the closest gas station and tried to call jso to make a report, they said they couldn't make a report on manufacturer defect, so I called to make an insurance claim.
Dt*: the contact stated while traveling 30 MPH, the vehicle rear ended another vehicle that had suddenly stopped. Both frontal air bags failed to deploy. The service dealer was sent to tow the vehicle to the dealership. No injuries were sustained as seatbelts were worn and a police report was taken. Photos were taken of the vehicle and the manufacturer was notified.
Drivers side visor does not stay up. It seems to have broken, and also the visor light does not work. $175 to replace - not repaired, too expensive. I now extend the plastic flap and place that on top of the mirror to hold it up. Very annoying and needs to be a recall by hyundai.
The driver and passenger sun visors on the 2006 accent will no longer stay in the upright position. The visors now hang loosely and limit visibility when driving, the swinging back and forth while accelerating and braking can be distracting and is unsafe. I have looked to purchase the original oem parts to replace, but have discovered that hyundai no longer uses the original parts and that new visors was manufactured. I have found similar complaints for multiple hyundai models on this site and on arfc.org.