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1996 Hyundai Excel Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
3
Latest Dec 5, 1997
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Aug 1, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Hyundai Excel. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Brakes
Filed Dec 5, 1997
Crash reported

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
819748
Suspension
Filed Jun 20, 1997

UPON MAKING A STOP NOTICED VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END, VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
812470
Incident
Jan 1, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 1, 1996
2 deaths reported

TRUNK ENTRAPPED 2 CHILDREN DUE TRUNK RELEASE LEVER, CAUSING FATALITIES.

NHTSA ID
507024
Incident
Aug 17, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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