Reliability & cost of ownership
Hyundai Accent Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Hyundai Accent? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Hyundai Accent problems by model year
37 recall entries and 1611 owner complaints on file across 23 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Hyundai Accent, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- air bags349 complaints
- service brakes240 complaints
- engine234 complaints
- electrical system183 complaints
- power train141 complaints
- unknown or other129 complaints
- hydraulic105 complaints
- vehicle speed control96 complaints