1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2011 Hyundai Accent. Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Hyundai dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2011 Hyundai Accent. Check your Accent by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Hyundai Accent, reporting 3 crashes, 3 injuries. Hyundai has issued at least 48 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Hyundai Accent. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00AM, THE CAR SLID ON ICE GOING 35MPH, HITTING A SIDEWALK AND A STEEL GATE. BOTH INDIVIDUALS IN THE CAR BLACKED OUT HEAD ON DASHBOARD, NO AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED FROM EITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE. ONCE THE POLICE CAME 2MINUTES LATER.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10575181
“I MERGED ON TO THE FREEWAY ON RAMP INCREASING MY SPEED AS NORMAL. WITNESS STATES I WAS DRIVING IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE LOST TRACTION AND STARTING SWERVING RIGHT AND LEFT AS IF A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 10531981
“The vehicle is subject to Safety Recall 13V-113 (Campaign 131) for problems relating to the brake light switch.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11755267
“Upon opening my driver side door the handle came off in my hand. I went to open the rear driver passenger side door and that handle came off in my hand. A repair shop went to open the rear passenger side door that handle came off.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11644779
“My car is experiencing the same issue as the recall on the engines for sonatas and Elantra in my year. My vehicle experienced a stall while in a drive thru the oil light illuminated and ever since then I have a ticking sound in the engine.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11584706
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2011 Hyundai Accent is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Hyundai dealer.