1992 Hyundai Excel problems
Owners have filed 39 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Hyundai Excel. Transmission is the most reported problem area, at 38% of complaints. After that come brakes (10%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 39 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 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: 2 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Hyundai Excel with enough data (21 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.
There is a huge safety defect in the older hyundai automobile computers or ECU boxes. The internal capacitors (rubycon and nicycon) fail causing acid to leak out on the computer board, leading to complete computer failure. The car stalls out while driving unexpectedly with no warning, leading to a serious road hazard for all occupants of this vehicle .
Vehicle was hit by a vehicle in which the shoulder belt belt did not lock, this caused the consumer's chest to hit the steering wheel, the lap belt did not fail in the accident. *slc
While driving 40 to 45 MPH consumer went to avoid hitting a deer and the steering wheel came off, causing an accident, and totaling vehicle. Cause unknown.
Dt: the tires were leaking air. The consumer thought it was the tire, but found out it was the rim. This has happened once eight years ago, and once a year ago, and once six months ago. Each time the consumer had the rim replaced at an independent mechanic. The dealer said they did not have any complaints about this problem. The manufacturer was called after the last time, and the consumer was told that they never heard of this problem. The consumer was concerned about the forth one failing.
Defective lower control arm..1992 hyundai excel..corrodes and rusts, especially on passenger side leading to loss of control of vehicle.