1991 Hyundai Excel problems
Owners have filed 44 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Hyundai Excel. Transmission is the most reported problem area, at 23% of complaints. After that come electrical system (18%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 44 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Hyundai Excel with enough data (27 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.
The vehicle caught on fire while parked, fire under the dash. Fire dept. Says it was an electrical fire. Please describe.
Upon depressing the brake pedal the pedal went to the floorboard/complete loss of braking ability, resulting in an accident. Consumer has noticed the problem, the master cylinder was replaced due to a slipped pin.
Vehicles front windshield cracked. Also rear hatchback and rear passenger window exploded into pieces for no reason. Tt
Transfer shaft bearing broke, knocking a hole in the transmission case, causing fluids to leak from transmission, causing complete lock up and destruction of transmission and case. My car was only 3 years old and had 50,000 miles on it.
Car began to only do 20 miles per hour after stopping at traffic light or stop sign. Drove fin on road. Than began to drive slowly after two weeks. Had transmission fliud change and drove great for a week then failed. I am ver upset by this motor company for hiding this major defect. My car only had 68,485 original miles!