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2015 Hyundai Accent air bags problems

26 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2015 Hyundai Accent, which is 26% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
26 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2015 Hyundai Accent Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 43% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* takata recall. The contact was a passenger in a 2015 hyundai accent. While driving on an onramp at 25 MPH, the driver swerved and crashed into a truck. None of the air bags deployed. In addition, the driver's spleen, stomach, neck, and back were injured. The front passenger sustained back, neck, and wrist pains. Medical treatment was required. The driver and front passenger side seat belts did not properly retract and were loose upon impact. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed.

February 2015 CrashInjury

Air bags didn't deploy after a wreck that affected front driver side MPH 35, signaificant damage done to front in. Car was in motion another car cut in front of that car had a small dent.

Reported at 81,000 miles, October 2018 Crash

Other problems reported for the 2015 Hyundai Accent

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Hyundai models