2002 Hyundai Accent — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 187 evidence records for the 2002 Hyundai Accent, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 159 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Fuel system26 (16.4%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1998–2001.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)24 (15.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1999.
  • Brakes17 (10.7%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2012–2021.
  • Air bags (restraint system)15 (9.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2015.
  • Engine13 (8.2%)
  • Speed control & accelerator12 (7.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2000–2001.

Other / uncategorized: 5 classifications (3.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (4,048 records, model years 1995–2022) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), engine and brakes.
  • Safety recalls (75 records, model years 1995–2022) are most frequently classified under: lights, suspension and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
  • Transport Canada recalls (63 records, model years 1995–2019) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, suspension and brakes.
  • Manufacturer communications (1,825 records, model years 1995–2022) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

  • 76reports included a mileage
  • 59,333average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1995 179 records for 1995
  2. 1996 163 records for 1996
  3. 1997 118 records for 1997
  4. 1998 95 records for 1998
  5. 1999 104 records for 1999
  6. 2000 164 records for 2000
  7. 2001 174 records for 2001
  8. 2002 187 records for 2002
  9. 2003 81 records for 2003
  10. 2004 71 records for 2004
  11. 2005 86 records for 2005
  12. 2006 83 records for 2006
  13. 2007 130 records for 2007
  14. 2008 142 records for 2008
  15. 2009 143 records for 2009
  16. 2010 125 records for 2010
  17. 2011 88 records for 2011
  18. 2012 260 records for 2012
  19. 2013 220 records for 2013
  20. 2014 156 records for 2014
  21. 2015 151 records for 2015
  22. 2016 175 records for 2016
  23. 2017 137 records for 2017
  24. 2018 104 records for 2018
  25. 2019 110 records for 2019
  26. 2020 84 records for 2020
  27. 2021 70 records for 2021
  28. 2022 54 records for 2022

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 26mention a crash
  • 2mention a fire
  • 29mention an injury
  • 5mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 1
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 52
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 134

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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