1997 Hyundai Accent Service and Repair Manual

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE SLIGHTLY INJURIED.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. ALSO, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE GUIDING ARM WAS VERY WEAK. THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING.*AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN HE REAR ENDED A PONTIAC. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SLOWLY INFLATED. THE BLOCK DID NOT MOVE PROPERLY, IT WAS STUCK ON THE LEFT SIDE, ALLOWING THE AIR BAG TO INFLATE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER WAS THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD, THE PASSENGER SIDE BAG DID DEPLOY PROPERLY. ALSO, DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FIRST. DRIVER, MY DAUGHTER STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG THEN DEPLOYED BURNING BOTH ARMS OF MY DAUGHTER. NO FRONTAL CONTACT AT ALL.

WHILE STOPPING, WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUSHED FORWARD, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER INJURED AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED. *SLC

VEHICLE TOOK OFF BACKWARDS WHEN IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED ON, AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN, AND DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. REPAIR WORK WAS DONE. *AK

ON OR ABOUT MARCH 4, 2000, THE SUBJECT VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT, AT WHICH TIME THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH. BOTH THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SOON THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED. AFTER TAKING TO FARRISH IN MANASSAS, VIRGINIA, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE COMPUTER INDICATED THAT I THE ENGINE WAS OUT OF TIME. THE TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED AND DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM. I WAS THEN TOLD I NEE

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 20 MPH, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOAD. ALSO, THERE WAS A GASOLINE SMELL AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.

DEALER IS NOT HONORING MFR. RECALL NOTICE REGARDING CORROSION OF FRONT COIL SPRINGS. *AK

WHEN PUTTING GAS INTO THE TANK THERE IS A GRIDING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS MOVING IS THE GAUGE. VEHICLE ISN'T MOVING. VEHICLE WILL KICK IN AND THEN TAKE OFF. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CONSUMER IS COMING TO A STOP SIGN, HE WILL PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK JUST SO THE VEHICLE WON'T CUT OFF. THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT SIX TIMES OR MORE, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DEAR SIR I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE SURPRISING ISSUE IN FRONT OF YOU RELATED TO HYUNDAI ACCENT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. I WAS DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE 401 EAST HIGHWAY, ONTARIO, CANADA ON 16TH DECEMBER 2007 AT 2.35 P.M. MY WIFE AND MY LITTLE ONE AND A HALF YEAR DAUGHTER WERE ALSO ACCOMPANYING ME. I WAS COMING FROM WINDSOR AND HEADING TOWARDS TORONTO. SUDDENLY THE AIR BAG OF THE DRIVER SEAT BLEW UP WITHOUT ANY COLLISION OF MY CAR WITH ANY THING. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT I WA

BESIDES THE CLUTCH I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES, SUN VISOR,THE TRUNK LIGHT AND WITH THE CAR STARTING. *MJS

THE SMELL OF FUEL PROMPTED THE CONSUMER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER SINCE THERE WAS A FUEL TANK RECALL. CONSUMER LOCATED A CRACK ON THE FUEL TANK. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA RECALL 00V314000. *AK