Was in a car crash where the front end of my vehicle struck the drivers side of another vehicle. Was travling at aproximately 35mph. No airbag deploy. Filed a claim with hyundai and was told the airbags were not supposed to deploy. Then sold the car to a friend of mine. She then repaired the vehicle and aproximately 6 weeks ago, she was t-boned in the same vehicle. The jaws of life were needed to get her out of the vehicle. No airbag deploy.
1996 Hyundai Accent airbags problems
21 complaints (21% of all complaints for this car). 15 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 21
- of this car's complaints
- 21%
- crashes
- 15
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal18
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Hyundai Accent airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1996 Hyundai Accent airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Passenger air bag related
There is no summary currently available
EA00001
Passenger air bag related fatalities
Odi is aware of seven fatalities of children (excluding children in rear facing child safety seats)that were caused by the deployment of the front passenger air bags in minor or moderate severity crashes involving model year 1995 through 1997 hyundai accent vehicles.two of the seven fatalities occurred in puerto rico.this preliminary evaluation has been upgraded to an engineering analysis forfurther investigation.
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What 1996 Hyundai Accent owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Consumer was involved in an accident, and the air bags deployed, which resulted in serious injuries.
The air bag light came on twice due to the module failure. The consumer states that the dealer should fix the second failure with out charge.
During frontal collision air bag did not deploy. Nlm
Consumer was traveling about 55mph on highway and a tractor was changing lanes, and he didn't have any room. Tractor ran into consumer's vehicle, and driver's side airbag didn't go off.*ak consumer was injured in accident, manufacturer sent consumer a letter stating that the airbag system was not at fault.
While sitting at a stop light consumer was rearended and pushed into vehicle in front. Upon impact, both airbags exploded. Consumer was burned by chemicals in airbags. *ak
While driving air bag light came on, then parked vehicle. Later, tried to drive and both air bags deployed without a warning.*ak customer says the inspector and the dealer denied him the warranty for the air bag that was deployed for no apparent resion. The dealer and the inspector suspect there must have been front impact that caused the air bag to deploy.
While parked vehicle was struck in the front by another vehicle wich caused the front end to fall off. The other vehicle was traveling at about 25mph. Upon impact, air bag did not deploy. Manufacturer has not been contacted.
Consumer drove over normal steel plate hat was left in middle of intersection, and driver's airbag deployed without a collision.
Consumer was involved in 40 MPH frontal collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details.
Questions about the 1996 Hyundai Accent airbags
Does the 1996 Hyundai Accent have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 21 complaints about the airbags of the 1996 Hyundai Accent, 21% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1996 Hyundai Accent airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1996 Hyundai Accent airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Hyundai Accent have bad airbags?
The Hyundai Accent model years with the most airbags complaints are 2007 (42 complaints), 2008 (34 complaints) and 1995 (32 complaints).
Other 1996 Hyundai Accent problems
Suspension 24Transmission 22Visibility 9Body 7Brakes 7Tires 7Locks 5Seat belts 5Electrical 4Engine 4Lights 4Steering 3Acceleration 1Fuel system 1
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