2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT Complaints

MY DAUGHTER, [XXX] , WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHERE SHE REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR HEAD ON GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR' WHICH PROBABLY TOTALED HER CAR AND NO AIRBAGS DELPOYED NOT EVEN THE FRONT ONES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT(NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS; THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OVER RESPONSIVE. THERE WAS DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO WANDER OUT OF THE LANE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE MADE A 360 DEGREE TURN WHICH CAUSED IT TO ROLL OVER INTO A DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 10,000. UPDATED 10/13/09.*LJ THE CONSUMER DOES NOT OWN THE VEHICLE. IT WAS A RENTAL. UPDATED 10/15/09.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE LOOKING OVER HER LEFT SHOULDER SHE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO HAVE A VIEW OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE REAR DRIVERS DOOR SEAL AND THE BACK WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND INSPECTED WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH THE FEATURE AND NO REPAIRS WOULD BE MADE. SHE THEN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH THE FEATURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 1,050. BL