2009 Hyundai Accent

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

A TRIP TURNED INTO TWICE BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THIS CAR. NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE BAY AREA WITH IT. IT STARTS SKIPPING A FEW BEATS, LOSES ACCELERATION. RECOVERS ITSELF UNTIL THE NEXT TIME. BECOMES QUITE INTERMITTENT AFTER THAT POINT. I GOT TO JACKSONVILLE AFTER LEAVING HERE. LOST POWER, TOSSED WHITE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. JUST LUGS ALONG AND THEN RECOVERS. SO I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY. INTO A SHOPPING MALL. TURNED IT OFF. STARTED IT AGAIN? NOTHING BUT WHITE SMOKE OUT THE BACK END. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. HAD IT TOWED INTO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. WHERE AFTER AN HOUR? THEY HAD DONE SOME TYPE OF EMISSIONS CLEAN OUT? AND A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. OUT OF POCKET? $289. I LEAVE. I DECIDE TO COME BACK HOME INSTEAD. I JUST DIDN'T TRUST THIS CAR THE REST OF THE WAY TO VA.. I GET TO OCALA. MERGING ON TO THE 75 INTERCHANGE? TWO CARS AND A SEMI BEHIND ME. A SEMI TO THE LEFT SIDE HAD TO MOVE OVER BECAUSE I PUNCHED THE GAS TO MERGE ON? STALLED, SOMETHING WENT BOOM UNDER ME? AND SO MUCH WHITE SMOKE BEHIND ME? IT ENGULFED THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. IT LITERALLY LOST POWER AND I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER? THEN RECOVERED ITSELF. I GOT IT TO THE REST AREA A MILE UP THE ROAD. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. THESE PEOPLE REPLACED THE CAT CONVERTER AND A SENSOR. THE REST OF THE TRIP HOME. AT THE 60 MILE MARK AGAIN? IT STARTS UP AGAIN. SPITTING AND SPUTTERING.LOSING ACCELERATION.. TRUCKS BEHIND ME. I'M PRAYING BY THIS POINT. I EVENTUALLY PULLED OFF AT THE WESLEY CHAPEL EXIT *54* AND SLOWLY MADE IT HOME BACK TO CLEARWATER. HYUNDAI AMERICA IS WHO I CALLED AT THIS POINT. TOOK IT IN YET AGAIN TO A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHO AS USUAL AFTER 2 DAYS? FIND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. I GET IT BACK? AND IT SOUNDS WORSE AND RUNS WORSE THAN IT EVER DID NOW. SOUNDS LIKE A PUTTERING VOLKSWAGON. I AM SERIOUSLY AFRAID OF THIS CAR. SERIOUSLY!

THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND IT WAS FOUND THAT I HAD A FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. HYUNDAI CLAIMS THAT MY VIN WAS NOT AFFECTED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000

THE BRAKES LINES (BOTH FRONT AND REAR) FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A 4 LANE ROAD (SPEED LIMIT 35MPH) WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHEN I WAS STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY OR NEEDED TO MAKE A QUICK STOP BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR). I NOTICED DRIPPING FLUID (BRAKE FLUID) COMING FROM THE MIDDLE OF MY CAR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO AN AUTO MECHANIC'S SHOP WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE LINES. BOTH MY FRONT AND REAR BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND ROTTEN OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED AWAY WHERE THERE WAS NO COATING. MY CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND UNDER 100,000 MILES AND A PART LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED ME. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO NOT COAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR JUST FELL AS I WAS DRIVING... THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VISOR WHERE IT ATTACHED UP INTO THE ROOF OF THE CAR HAS A TUBE WITH THE WIRE IN IT FOR THE LIGHT - THE LIGHT NO LONGER WORKS, AND THE TUBE DROPPED DOWN - I CAN PUSH IT UP IN THERE, BUT FALLS AGAIN... FELL DOWN SUDDENLY AS I WAS DRIVING AND HIT ME IN THE FACE... HAD TO REACT FAST TO AVOID NOT SEEING AND GETTING IN ACCIDENT...

I WAS DONE SHOPPING AND STARTING THE CAR, THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES SO I PULLED THE SUN VISOR DOWN AND I HEARD A GRATING NOISE AND THE VISOR POPPED OUT OF THE CEILING AND HUNG BY THE WIRES, IT APPEARS THE PLASTIC PIECE IT SCREWS INTO SNAPPED IN HALF, I HAD TO HOLD THE VISOR WITH 1 HAND AS IT WAS IN MY LINE OF VISION AS I DROVE HOME. WHEN RESEARCHING FOR A NEW ONE I FOUND THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND SOME EVEN HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION, VERY DANGEROUS, THIS IS A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. *TR

TIMING BELT TENSION SPRING FAILED CAUSING SPRING TO ABRADE TIMING BELT UNTIL IT FAILED, THE TIMING BELT HAD BE REPLACED 10 MONTHS BEFORE AND ONLY HAD 12000 MILES ON IT. AUTO SHOP THAT DID THE REPAIRS INFORMED ME THAT THE SPRING WAS NOT PART OF THE REPLACEMENT PACKAGE THAT WAS INSTALLED 10 MONTHS BEFORE IT FAILED. WHEN THE BELT BROKE A VALVE DISFIGURED NUMBER ONE CYLINDER AND PISTON, TO BE REPAIRED THE HEAD WAS MILLED, REPLACEMENT OF TIMING BELT AND TENSIONERS, CAUSING ME 1700 DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. THIS SPRING SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AFTER ONLY 70000 MILES AND IF IT IS SUBJECT TO FAIL IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN NORMAL MAINTENANCE. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS WHILE THE CAR IS ON. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG OFF WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN FAULTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW- IT SOMETIMES TURNS ON WHEN THERE IS AN ADULT PASSENGER SITTING PROPERLY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WITH A SEATBELT ON. THIS IS INTERMITTENT; HOWEVER IT HAPPENS FAIRLY OFTEN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER SITTING THERE. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICING AT HOOMAN HYUNDAI NEAR LAX AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT HAS TO DO WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR AND THIS WOULD COST OVER $1000 TO REPLACE. *TR

HAVE HAD VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER SHIP SINCE WE BOUGHT USED VEHICLE FOR SWAY BARS COMING LOOSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A ISSUE THAT THEY JUST CANT GET RESOLVED . THE LAST TIME I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE OUT OF NO WHERE IT STARTED MAKING THE THUMPING NOISE IT STARTLED ME I WAS PULLING OVER TO CHECK MY STEERING I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED PULLING OFF HIGHWAY. READING SOME INTERNET SITES THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED AND STAYED LIT. HYUNDAI SERVICE ADVISED THERE WOULD BE A DIAGNOSTIC FEE MERELY TO TEST WHERE THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. REPAIR COULD COST, ACCORDING TO PAST EXPERIENCE OF THE SERVICE MANAGER,IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1,400. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION WITH A LIT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO HAD ACCESS TO A SCANNING COMPUTER. THE CODE READ: "B1448 OCS (OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM) (MAT FAILURE)." THE WARNING LIGHT WAS RESET. A REVIEW OF FILED COMPLAINTS DISCLOSES SEVERAL OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING: DATE OF INCIDENT: 05/16/2014 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10592409 DATE OF INCIDENT: 12/12/2013 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10556375 DATE OF INCIDENT: 04/29/2013 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10509961 *TR