REAR ENDED WHILE DRIVING. SEAT BACKS FAILED, PASSENGER SEAT CAME OFF TRACKS, AND STEERING WHEEL BENT DUE TO DRIVER HOLDING ONTO IT DURING IMPACT. *NM
- NHTSA ID
- 10100508
- Incident
- Jul 26, 2002
- Mileage
- 60,000 mi
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 20 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 Hyundai Scoupe. 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.
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REAR ENDED WHILE DRIVING. SEAT BACKS FAILED, PASSENGER SEAT CAME OFF TRACKS, AND STEERING WHEEL BENT DUE TO DRIVER HOLDING ONTO IT DURING IMPACT. *NM
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY SLIPS INTO DIFFERENT MODES. AT TIMES IT EITHER IDLES TOO HIGH/TOO LOW OR OPERATES NORMALLY,ALSO,ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. *AK
HAD ENGINE REPLACED 5 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, 3 YEARS LATER VALVES HAD TO BE REPLACED, SEVERAL PROBLEMS W/ AC, BRAKES, INTERIOR ITEMS SUCH AS KNOBS, AC OUTLETS BROKEN. TRUNK WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY OR AUTOMATICALLY, CAN ONLY GET TO IT THROUGH THE BACK SEATS.
NO SUMMARY
BRAKES:DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND STIIL THERE WERE NO BRAKES. BROUGHT VEHICLE FOR REPAIR, AND WAS TOLD THE CALIPERS WERE GONE/BRAKE PADS WORN /BACK END SPINDLE STRIPPED AND THE REAR END WAS COMPLETELY GONE.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY, ALSO SEATBELT FAILED IN ACCIDENT.
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT, THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BEING REPLACED. *AK
WHILE AT STANDSTILL, VEHICLE REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE IS MAKING A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE AND IS BOUNCING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
SHARP EDGE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, CAUSING SCRATCHES AND CUTS. *AK
DRIVER LOST CONTROL, HIT TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVING ON HWY 85 N, NOTICE SMOKE UNDER HOOD, PULLED OFF AT NEAREST EXIT, FLAMES SHOT UP WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED, SHUT CAR DOWN, FLAMES STOPPED. *AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, BATTERY TOTALLY FAILED, ALTERNATOR ALSO BROKE. TT
WHEN SITTING AT STOP CAR ACCELERATE AND VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING THERES A HESITATION. TT
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN DRIVER FROM HITTINGN BACK OF HEAD DURING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT
ELRCTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DEACCELERATE FROM 60 TO 40 M=MPH, ALSO ERRATIC IDLING/HESITATES/BUCKS.*AK
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHEN KEY WAS REMOVED. *SKD
VEHICLE OVERHEATS EXCESSIVELY. TT
WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT
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.
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