1995 Hyundai Accent Problems

The contact owns a 1995 Hyundai Accent. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 98V245000 (Suspension) and 02V341000 (Suspension); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and a case was opened. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, THE LOWER FRONT CONTROL ARM CORRODED THROUGH AND BROKE. CAR WAS VERY UNSTABLE AND TIRES WORE DOWN FAST. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THIS CONTROL ARM IT WAS CAMPAIGN NUMBER 02V341000. SERVICE WAS DONE BY HYUNDAI IN 9/2003 AND PART CORRODED AND BROKE IN 1/2007. EITHER SERVICE WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY OR POOR QUALITY PARTS WERE USED. *NM

REQUEST LETTER OF APPROVAL TO HAVE AIR BAG LIGHT DISABLED AND REMOVED. (NAR) *PH *CB

AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE CLOCKSPRING AND MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DURING SUMMER MONTHS, THE HIGH TEMPATURE EFFECTS MY 1995 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND. THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE OR I HAVE TAKEN A LONG DRIVE, LIKE ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS EXAMINE THE TRANSMISSION AND TEST ALL THE SENSORS TWICE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TIE ROD BROKE/ FRONT END BROKE, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO COLLAPSE.*AK

FRONT TIRES WERE VERY UNEVENLY WORN WITH LESS THAN 18,000 MILES. ANOTHER SET OF FRONT TIRES HAD TO BE PURCHASED WITH 55,000 MILES DUE TO AGAIN, VERY UNEVENLY WORN TIRES. DRIVER'S SIDE GLASS WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP AND DOWN. REPAIR MADE BY SERVICE DEPT. OF DEALER. HEADLIGHTS SUDDENDLY COMPLETELY WENT OUT. A HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 13 )

WHEN CHANGING BATTERY, AIRBAG LIGHT WILL COME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO GET AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED OFF, ALSO IT IS IN MANUAL THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN IF CHANGING BATTERIES WITH KEY IN IGNITION, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WRONG.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY SHORTED OUT, THERFORE CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO BECOME PERMANENTLY DISABLED,THE DESIGN IS THEY BECOME ACTIVATED IF A WEAK BATTERY IS CHANGED, BUT NOT IF THE BATTERY HAS SHORTED OUT, CONSUMERS WIFE CRASHED INTO A POLE ON NEW Y EARS DAY, AND AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*SLC

CAR WAS INSPECTED AT COLLEGE PARK HYUNDAI ON 3/2/98 AND PASSED AT MILEAGE 60432 AND WAS STILL UNDER THE GRACE PERIOD OF PASSING INSPECTION WHEN I BOUGHT IT AS IS WITHOUT WORKING HEADLIGHTS, BLOWERS AND RADIO. OTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, ANOTHER REPORT WILL BE FILED. *AK

INSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE CRACKED ON ALL 4 DOORS. *AK

A FRAME COME LOOSE FROM BODY OF T VEHICLE. HAVE NO STEERING CONTROL.*AK

I HAVE A 95 HYUNDAI ACCENT AND THE DOOR LATCH HAS BROKEN 2X IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. I FIND THAT TO BEE A LITTLE TO COINCIDENTAL. *TR

HAVE OWNED THE 9195 ACCENT SINCE 2000. DRIVERS WINDOW HANDLE BROKE WITHIN 2 YEARS, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF WINDOW ASSEMBLY. OUTSIDE AND INSIDE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLES BROKE; MAKING GETTING IN AND OUT THE DRIVERS DOOR NOW IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS I PAY $300 TO HAVE THEM BOTH REPLACED AS WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE OUTSIDE (WHICH THERE IS ENOUGH HANDLE LEFT TO AT LEAST GET IN THE CAR). I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER ACCENT IN FORESEEABLE FUTURE. CHEAP QUALITY ALL AROUND. *AK

CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT. AS CONSUMER WENT THROUGH THE LIGHT MAKING A LEFT TURN,HEARD SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND LOST CONTROL. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT A FENCE . *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PUMP THE BRAKES AND BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. ALSO, NOISE IS COMING FROM THE BRAKES, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY FEEL LIKE CONSUMER IS DRIVING ON IRON. CONSUMER STATES BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. TRANSMISSION HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. IN ADDITION, SOME OF THE WINDOWS WON'T ROLL DOWN ALL THE TIME. DEALER FIXED THE WINDOWS, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. ONLY ONE WINDOW GOES DOWN, THE LEFT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL GO DOWN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 95V00300; HYUNDAI ISSUED A HIGH/LOW DIMMER SWITCH RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE LIGHTS CAME ON BY ITSELF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE HIGH BEAMS CAME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VIN WAS OUTSIDE THE REMEDY SCOPE. *JB

DASH LIGHTS AND THE DIMMER SWITCH ARE INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE REAR SEATBELT LATCHES WILL NOT LATCH. WE DARE NOT PUT OUR KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT OF THIS CAR BECASUE IF ENOUGH "PULLING' OR 'TUGGING' OCCUR THE SEATBELT UNLATCHES ON THEIR OWN. *LA

DURING A COLLISION ACCIDENT, SEAT BELT HOLDING CAR SEAT (WITH 14 MONTH IN IT) RELEASED CAUSING CAR SEAT TO BE THROWN TO OTHER SIDE OF REAR, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES. *YH

MY CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR FAILURE TO START. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED INITALLY AFTER THE CAR STALLED AND FAILED TO START IN AN INTERSECTION ON 11/12/96. AT THIS TIME THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED. SINCE THEN SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALER HAVE NOT DIAGNOSED THE CONTINUING START-UP FAILURES DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY OCCUR SPORADICALLY. THE CAR DOES EVENTUALLY START. I HAVE CONTACTED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THIS, AND NOW JUST "LIVE WITH IT." MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RELEASE FROM PARK WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE INNER OVERRIDE SWITCH. I HAVE NOT BROUGHT THIS IN DUE TO PREVIOUS DISAPOINTMENTS AND LOATH OF LEAVING MY CAR AND ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION, AGAIN. MY DRIVERS DOOR HAS BEEN ADJUSTED AND READUSTED, HOWEVER THE GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED WHEN IT BEGAN TO SAG AS THEY FELT THAT I SHOULD PAY FOR THIS ON 9/16/96 WITH 7675 MILES. NEITHER SIDE WINDOW CRANKS UP OR DOWN, RATHER MUST BE PULLED OR PUSHED. ONE WINDOW WAS ADJUSTED JUST AFTER MY PURCHASE, THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS FIXED WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS REPLACED FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT, AND THAT WINDOW NOW DOES NOT WORK! I REPLACED 4 TIRES WITHIN 20,000 MILES DUE TO UNUSUAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A "BROKEN BEAD" THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS WERE IN ADDITION TO WHEN I REPLACED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES AT @ 35000 MILES. THE TIRES THAT I REPLACED WERE HIGH QUALITY 70,000 MILE WARENTEED TIRES FROM SEARS. I HAVE 5 PAYMENTS LEFT TO CONPLETE MY SALES AGREEMENT, AND I AM UNSURE IF MY CAR WILL MAKE IT!!! I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH MY EXPERIENCES WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P17570S13 )

FRONT TIRES WERE VERY UNEVENLY WORN WITH LESS THAN 18,000 MILES. ANOTHER SET OF FRONT TIRES HAD TO BE PURCHASED WITH 55,000 MILES DUE TO AGAIN, VERY UNEVENLY WORN TIRES. DRIVER'S SIDE GLASS WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP AND DOWN. REPAIR MADE BY SERVICE DEPT. OF DEALER. HEADLIGHTS SUDDENDLY COMPLETELY WENT OUT. A HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 13 )

FRONT EXHAUST PIPE CRACKED. MJS

CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRAVELING THERE IS A FUME/ODOR ENTERING THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT, BECOMING A HAZARD TO OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TIE ROD BROKE/ FRONT END BROKE, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO COLLAPSE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE STEERING MECHANISM WAS WARPED AND CORRODED. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A VEHICLE CRASH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID AS A RESULT OF FRONT AXLE BREAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LEAKING WATER AND HARD TO OPEN AND CLOSE (MISALIGNED).

RIM RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING TIRE TO GO FLAT.

I HAVE A 95 HYUNDAI ACCENT AND THE DOOR LATCH HAS BROKEN 2X IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. I FIND THAT TO BEE A LITTLE TO COINCIDENTAL. *TR

FAULTY COMPUTER AND FUEL RELAY SWITCH REPAIRED DUE TO VEHICLE NOT STARTING PROPERLY, HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY SITUATION.

VEHICLE FAILS TO START UNTIL THIRD TRY DUE TO STARTER PROBLEMS.

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.