2009 Hyundai Accent

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS A VERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE SUNVISOR TO FALL AND TOTALLY BLOCK MY VISION. NOW IT WILL NOT STAY UP. UPON INVESTIGATION, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON MANY HYUNDAI'S. THEY RECALLED SOME MODELS, BUT MOST THEY DID NOT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDESIGNED. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR VIRGINIA SAFETY INSPECTION AND IT FAILED DUE TO THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS NORMAL TO LET ME KNOW IT WAS WORKING, BUT APPARENTLY NOT. IT HAS BEEN ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM CARMAX. I HAVE RESEARCHED A LITTLE AND THERE SEEMS TO QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE AND HYUNDAI. THIS IS THE SECOND SAFETY ISSUE, THE BRAKE LIGHT RECALL BEING THE FIRST. *TR

1ST INCIDENT: CAR WAS PARKED AT STORE. WOULD NOT START AND COULD NOT MOVE SHIFT LEVER WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DOWN. CALLED FOR TOW, MECHANIC JUMP-STARTED THE CAR. 2ND INCIDENT: SINCE THE ABOVE TIME, WE HAVE HAD TO MANIPULATE THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO RELEASE SHIFTER, THEN FIRMLY MOVE SHIFTER INTO PARK, ALLOWING THE CAR TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CAR WAS NOT IN GEAR, THEN THE CAR WOULD START. 3RD INCIDENT: APRIL 24TH, 2013. ENTERED THE CAR, HEARD CLICKING SOUND FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE INSIDE FUSE BOX. TRIED TO START THE CAR, NO POWER ANYWHERE, CAR WOULD NOT START. DEPRESSED THE BRAKE TO REPEAT THE SHIFTER STEPS AS IN INCIDENT 2. THE CLICKING STOPPED. THE CLICKING ONLY STOPPED WHEN I DEPRESSED AND HELD THE BRAKE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION. STILL NO POWER AND CAR WOULD NOT START. AS I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, THE ELECTRONIC ODOMETER DISPLAY WENT TO HALF-NUMBERS. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN ON THE FLASHERS, THERE WAS A "STATIC NOISE" FROM THE DASHBOARD. FLASHERS WOULD NOT WORK. RETURNED THE KEY TO THE LOCK POSITION, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ODOMETER READING FLASHED ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES, THEN CAME BACK FULLY. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR JUMP-STARTED IN ORDER TO GET HOME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH DURING THE NIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO A LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE REAR WINDOW EDGES THAT WERE DESIGNED WITH DARKENED MATERIAL, CAUSING A BLIND SPOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,200.

I OWN TWO HYUNDAI ACCENTS, A 2008 AND THIS, A 2009. NOW BOTH HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH BECOMING INOPERATIVE. FORTUNATELY, THE LACK OF BRAKE LIGHTS WAS NOTICED BEFORE ANY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED, AND THE VEHICLES WERE TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WERE REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. IT SEEMS THAT THE RECALL FOR 2006 AND 2007 SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO THE 2008 AND 2009 ACCENT MODELS (PLUS ANY OTHERS USING THE SAME BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH). *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS ALL FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. MY DAUGHTER WAS FOLLOWING ME AND NOTICED THEY WEREN'T WORKING. I CHECKED THE FUSE AND IT IS OK, SO THE NEXT COMPONENT IS THE SWITCH. I RESEARCHED PROBLEMS WITH MY MODEL AND NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2007 MODEL YEAR FOR THE SAME MODEL CAR FOR THE STOP LAMP SWITCH. MAYBE THE SAME PARTS ARE BEING USED IN LATER MODEL YEARS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, I PULLED DOWN THE SUN VISOR TO SHIELD MY VISION FROM THE SUN. I HEARD A STRANGE CRACKING NOISE AND THE SUN VISOR BECAME VERY FLOPPY. IT WILL NO LONGER STAY IN THE UP POSITION, AND THIS POSED A VISIBILITY PROBLEM, AND SO I WAS FORCED TO REMOVE THE SUN VISOR. NOW I HAVE NO WAY TO SHIELD MY EYES FROM THE SUN, WHICH ALSO POSES A VISIBILITY PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING AT 2 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,968 UPDATED 01/13/12*LJ THE DEALER FOUND THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS FAULTY. UPDATED 01/27/12