2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

MY CAR IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND WHEN PRESS THE CLUTCH THE RPM GO UP TO 4,000 RPM AND I THINK THAT IS THE ACCELERATION PEDAL MAY STAY STOCK BECAUSE DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME.I USED MY CAR EVERYDAY TO GO TO WORK I REALLY TREAT THE CAR GOOD ONLY HAVE A 25.000 MILES ON IT.

THIS IS MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED CAR- INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY AFTER THE CAR HAS SAT OVERNIGHT OR FOR A FEW HOURS, THE THROTTLE WILL STICK EVEN AFTER THE GAS PEDDLE IS RELEASED. THIS STARTED WITH THE REVS RISING 500-1000 RPM WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS PRESSED IN AND THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED. INITIALLY THIS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS PRESSED IN, NOT WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVING IN GEAR. RECENTLY, IF THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE FORWARD WHILE IT IS IN GEAR. THE EFFECT LASTS FOR 1-3 SECONDS AND IS MOST NOTICEABLE IN CITY DRIVING IN LOWER GEARS. ON THE HIGHWAY YOU CAN "FEEL" THE THROTTLE STICK, BUT THE HIGHER GEARS PREVENT THE CAR FROM SURGING FORWARD. THE EFFECT IS LESSENED OR REMOVED ENTIRELY IF THE THROTTLE IS EASED OFF OF VERY SLOWLY. THE STICKING OF THE THROTTLE HAS NOT REDUCED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRAKING SO FAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO ANOTHER CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE ABDOMINAL AND NORMAL SORENESS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR BODY REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

I WAS TRAVELLING EAST BOUND ON MEMPHIS AVENUE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH APPROACHING TIEDEMAN ROAD IN BROOKLYN, OHIO. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES WHICH GAVE A RUBBING AND GRINDING NOISE AND CAUSED MY 2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS TO MY VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I WAS TREATED FOR CONTUSIONS TO MY RIBS, ARMS, STOMACH, SHOULDER AND FACE AS WELL AS A SPRAIN TO MY WRIST. MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS, SO WHY DIDN'T THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY!!

I SLID OF THE ROAD DURING A RAIN STORM AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE LIGHT POLE.THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND I SUSTAINED SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES.A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE,SEVERE WHIPLASH WHICH CAUSED HERNIATED DISCS IN MY NECK AND BACK INJURIES.I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON.THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.. .. .UPDATED 07/21/15 *BF UPDATED 9/22/2015 *JS

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN I HEARD A SUDDEN LOUD POP/NOISE THAT APPEARED TO HAVE COME FROM THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT A TIRE HAD EXPLODED. I PARKED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND UPON EXPECTING THE CAR , I COULD NOT VISUALLY OBSERVE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE CAR. LATER ON THAT DAY , AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR I BEGAN TO HEAR SOME GRINDING NOISE EVERY TIME I SLOWED DOWN, TURNED OR WHEN SOFTLY APPLYING MY BRAKES.I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY COULD NOT SERVICE MY CAR UNTIL 4 DAYS LATER SO I CONTACTED A MECHANIC THAT FOLLOWING DAY AND HE SAID THAT I NEEDED REAR BRAKE PADS AND NEW REAR ROTORS. THE RIGHT ROTOR HAD BEEN GRINDED AWAY ON THE UPPER PART AND THE LEFT ROTOR SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. THE MECHANIC ENDED REPLACING THE REAR ROTORS AND REAR BRAKE PADS. I USE THE CAR FOR COMMUTING FROM WORK TO HOME AND VICEVERSA (I DRIVE 50% ON THE FREEWAY/ABOUT MILES EACH DAY) HOWEVER IT WAS NOTICED THE FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. HAS ANYBODY EXPERIENCED SIMILAR BRAKE/ROTOR WITH THIS CAR? *TR

WHEN I TURN ON THE REAS\R TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT CLEAR THE WATER WHEN I LOOK THRU THE REARVIEW MIRROR THE WIPER GOES BACK AND FORT AND DOES NOT WIPE THE WATER OFF WHEN IT RAINS DOES NOT WIPE OFF THE WATER. *TR

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT A 2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT NEW, THE REAR PLASTIC BUMPER COVER, IN THE AREA BY THE EXHAUST PIPE, DEVELOPED A 2-INCH OR SO CRACK WITH NO SEEMING CAUSE. I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING, AND NOTHING HIT ME. I'M ASSUMING IT WAS RELATED TO HOT EXHAUST GASES HITTING THE COVER. HYUNDAI DID PAY FOR THE REPAIR. HOWEVER, 3 YEARS LATER, ANOTHER SIMILARLY SIZED CRACK HAS DEVELOPED IN THE SAME AREA. AS YOU KNOW, IN MANY CARS THE EXHAUST PIPE EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER. SO, IN THOSE CARS, THE REAR BUMPERS DON'T GET HIT BY HOT EXHAUST GASES. THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH THE 2012 ACCENTS. PERHAPS HYUNDAI NEEDS TO EXTEND THE EXHAUST PIPE BEYOND THE BUMPER. FOR THOSE WHO THINK MAYBE A ROCK DID THE DAMAGE IN BOTH CASES---MY FRONT PLASTIC BUMPER (LIKE YOUR FRONT BUMPER) ROUTINELY/OCCASIONALLY GETS HIT WITH LITTLE PEBBLES AND ROCKS THROWN AT IT BY OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT BUMPER HAS NO CRACKS, JUST LITTLE NICKS IN THE PLASTIC. SO I DON'T THINK ROCKS CAUSED BOTH CRACKS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S MERELY A COINCIDENCE THAT BOTH CRACKS ARE LOCATED BY THE EXHAUST PIPE. ANYBODY ELSE EXPERIENCE ANYTHING SIMILAR? *TR

AT 33,000 MILES THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE MILEAGE FOR LOW PROFILE TIRES. THEN ONE YEAR LATER AT 58,000 MILES, THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, NOW AT 77,000 MILES, THE TIRES ARE GETTING TO A POINT OF REPLACEMENT AGAIN. THE TIRE WEAR IS EXCESSIVE ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE TIRES ARE ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES AND KEPT PROPERLY INFLATED. EACH TIME THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. THE PRINTOUT I HAVE INDICATES THE REAR OF THE CAR IS OUT OF ACCEPTABLE SPECS. I LET HYUNDAI PERFORM THE LAST ALIGNMENT AND THEY DID NOT MENTION ANY REPAIRS WERE NEEDED AND WOULD NOT LET ME KEEP A COPY OF THE ALIGNMENT PRINTOUT. I RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER ALIGNMENT SPECIALIST JUST LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP TO HAVE THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE CAR REWORKED/REPLACED IN ORDER TO GET THE REAR TIRES CLOSE TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED. IN GOOD WEATHER THERE IS A CONSTANT NEED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE CORRECT LANE. THE CAR IS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE IN ANY KIND OF INCLEMENT WEATHER BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT NEED TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. IN SNOW AND ICE THE CAR CONSTANTLY "FISH TALES". WHEN A BUMP IN THE ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED AND ONE OF THE REAR TIRES BOUNCES, THE REAR OF THE CAR WILL DART TO THE SIDE THAT THE TIRE HAS LESS CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. *TR