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1998 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.
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Latest Oct 28, 2002
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.
0
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 Oct 9, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 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 1–2 of 2

Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 28, 2002

CONSUMER STATES HER FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS MAKING A NOISE AND WHEN SHE CHECKED SHE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. THE TIRE SIZE IS A P175R 70 R13. TS

NHTSA ID
8021757
Incident
Oct 28, 2002
Engine
Filed Oct 9, 2002

VEHICLE FIRE. PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NHTSA ID
8020569
Incident
Oct 8, 2002

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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