2011 Hyundai Accent problems
NHTSA has received 53 complaints about the 2011 Hyundai Accent, and 19% of them involve electrical system. Next are engine (19%) and air bags (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 37 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 | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 37 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 48,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2011 ranks 18th most-complained-about out of 25 model years of the Hyundai Accent with enough data (35 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
At approximately 1:00am, the car slid on ice going 35MPH, hitting a sidewalk and a steel gate. Both individuals in the car blacked out head on dashboard, no airbags were deployed from either the driver or passenger side. Once the police came 2minutes later. Both individuals stepped out of the vehicle both were bleeding nonstop, had to be taking to the hospital. The front of the car was damaged badly, 2500.00 worth of repair damage.
I merged on to the freeway on ramp increasing my speed as normal. Witness states I was driving in the center of the street. All of a sudden my vehicle lost traction and starting swerving right and left as if a tire had blown out. I try to get control of the vehicle by letting off of the gas and steering straight when my steering wheel locked up and I was unable to move the steering wheel. I tried to hold the steering wheel straight as my car veered off the side of the freeway and rolled over once.
I bought my sedan almost 2 yrs ago and I have replaced all four coils randomly since then. Yesterday my engine light came on again as I was stuck in traffic and coil 2 was misfiring again. Now that I am out of warranty I am having to argue with hyundai corporation on this matter that should be labeled a recall. Not to mention I just recently sold our 2011 hyundai accent hatchback that only had 30000 miles on it, after having it's first coil malfunction.
It all began in january when I had to have all four coils replaced. Suddenly for the past few months my car began bumping in idle, or not accelerating fast enough. Thought it was the AC since it's been so hot lately. Took it to hyundai dealer, they had no idea what was going on (didn't stop them from tacking on 5 diff service recommendations which had nothing to do with the problem). Now I'm having random false starting issues. Sometimes my car starts, sometimes it doesn't.