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2021 Hyundai Accent Problems & Owner Complaints
Age-normalised, this year draws ~2.7 complaints per year on the road — ranking 10 of 13 Hyundai Accent years we track (1 = most complaints per year).
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What owners report
Seat Belts is the most-reported problem area on the 2021 Hyundai Accent, cited in 6 of 16 filed complaints (38%).
Wheels is next (5 complaints, 31%), followed by Engine (4), Electrical System (2), Service Brakes (1).
Across all complaints, 1 report a fire, 1 report injuries.
The most safety-critical cluster is Wheels: 1 injury report(s).
Complaints by vehicle system
Owner complaints filed with the U.S. NHTSA for the 2021 Hyundai Accent, grouped by the vehicle system each cites. A single complaint can name more than one system, so the group totals can add up to more than 16.
Seat Belts 6
“The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Accent. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V354000 (Seat Belts) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.”
NHTSA complaint #11503411, 2022
“The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Accent. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V354000 (Seat Belts) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. The consumer stated the dealer fixed the recall.”
NHTSA complaint #11495320, 2022
“The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Accent. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V354000 (Seat Belts) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.”
NHTSA complaint #11487215, 2022
Wheels 5 1 injury
“The car seems to have sort of an alignment problem. Steering keeps going to the left and I constantly have to pull steering to the right. Even with both have on steering wheel the car goes to the left lane. If I make a left turn the steering seems to want to stay to the left and I get the feeling the car is going to flip over. It's like there is a gap in the steering wheel. A miscommunication between the steering and front axle kind of. They tried to fix it three times without any success, and now they are ignoring me, they don't answer my calls. I only drive it to work because I have to. The…”
NHTSA complaint #11431287, 2021 · 1 injury(ies)
“During a tire swap, another lug nut broke off while trying to remove it. This issue has occurred before, and it seems that the faulty lug nut problem is still present. The car has only been serviced at Hyundai dealerships, and the tires were last rotated during a service at an authorized Hyundai dealership before this incident. The affected lug nut this time was on the front passenger side.”
NHTSA complaint #11588250, 2024
“This is the fourth lugnut/stud that has failed. This time it was during routine maintenance at an authorized dealership during tire rotation.”
NHTSA complaint #11518462, 2023
Engine 4 1 fire
“Engine compartment fire. Vehicle towed to Hyundai dealer in Bremerton wa”
NHTSA complaint #11456438, 2022 · fire
“The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Accent. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at 40 MPH, the vehicle lost automotive power. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed; however, the contact was informed there was no fault found with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.”
NHTSA complaint #11670511, 2025
“The contact leased a 2021 Hyundai Accent through Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power for about 5 seconds while accelerating and decelerating through traffic. The contact stated that he was able to duplicate the failure five times and related the failure to the engine; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The contact returned the vehicle to Enterprise Rent-A-Car and `informed them about the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown…”
NHTSA complaint #11617490, 2024
Electrical System 2
“Hard time stopping and controlling the vechile”
NHTSA complaint #11656989, 2025
“My 2021 Hyundai accent has randomly not started a in more than 10 different times. The lights go on and you can hear it trying to start but it never catches to actually start. It’s under warranty but the dealer says if they can’t see it when it’s happening then they can’t fix anything. I bought a new battery with dealer recommendations but I still hace they problem. I only have 25,300 miles on this 2 year old car.”
NHTSA complaint #11556330, 2023
Service Brakes 1
“Hard time stopping and controlling the vechile”
NHTSA complaint #11656989, 2025
Steering 1 1 injury
“The car seems to have sort of an alignment problem. Steering keeps going to the left and I constantly have to pull steering to the right. Even with both have on steering wheel the car goes to the left lane. If I make a left turn the steering seems to want to stay to the left and I get the feeling the car is going to flip over. It's like there is a gap in the steering wheel. A miscommunication between the steering and front axle kind of. They tried to fix it three times without any success, and now they are ignoring me, they don't answer my calls. I only drive it to work because I have to. The…”
NHTSA complaint #11431287, 2021 · 1 injury(ies)
How we read this (methodology)
How to read this: raw complaint totals are not a clean reliability score — a model year with more cars sold, or simply more years on the road, accumulates more complaints regardless of how good it is. So this page leans on two signals that are not distorted by sales volume: the share of complaints falling on each vehicle system (the breakdown above) and NHTSA's own crash / fire / injury / death flags. When we compare model years of the same model, we normalise by years on the road (complaints ÷ vehicle age) rather than comparing raw totals. Age-normalised, the 2021 Hyundai Accent draws about 2.7 complaints per year on the road, ranking 10 of 13 among the Hyundai Accent model years we have ingested (1 = most complaints per year on road).
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