On june 17 2008 at 445pm, my daughter was returning home from school in her 2000 hyundai onj the new york state thruway190 north,she was involved in a chain reaction accident,her car rearended a vehicle,and the impact totaled her car. The airbag didn't deploy she was injured bruising and whiplash,I called hyundai headquarters and asked if they wanted to inspect the vehicle to establish why the airbag did not deploy. The consumer affairs rep carolyn b harvey sent me a form letter saying they were interested I n examining the vehicle , I asked if the vehicle could be sent to a dealer , I was informed they would but there would be a charge of 40 dollars a day, and the process would take 4 to 6 weeks, please add my complaint to your files.
2000 Hyundai Accent: airbags did not deploy in a crash
8 of the 92 complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Accent describe airbags did not deploy in a crash.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 9%
- typical mileage
- 66,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Airbags did not deploy in a crash by model year
What owners say
Front end car accident at 70 MPH driver and passenger air bags did not deploy.
Consumer's vehicle was traveling 20 MPH and was struck by a truck, causing the vehicle spin around, and was struck again. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained multiple injures, and was taken to the emergency room. Vehicle was totaled.
Consumer hit another vehicle head on, resulting in major front end damage. Upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. Driver sustained injuries vehicle was towed and totaled. *ak.......
While driving at 30 MPH vehicle was involved in a front end collision. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Dealer notified.
Consumer was approaching an intersection and applied the brakes but the vehicle continued to move forward, as a result the vehicle collided with another vehicle, during this accident the air bags failed to deploy, the seat belt also failed to properly restrain the driver and as a result the drive was thrown into the windshield shattering it, the driver sustained injuries to the head. *ak
While driving vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. Consumer was travelling approximately 35mph ,and both driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy. Vehicle is currently being checked by dealer.
Was driving approximately 35mph & started to apply brakes. Had no brakes & rearended another vehicle at stop light. Upon impact with other vehicle, air bags failed to deploy. Also, pretensioner in the seat belts failed to restrain driver whose head hit windshield. Driver was hospitalized.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Hyundai Accent no deployment
Is airbags did not deploy in a crash a common problem on the 2000 Hyundai Accent?
8 of 92 owner complaints about the 2000 Hyundai Accent (9%) mention airbags did not deploy in a crash. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Hyundai Accent?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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