I was driving down a busier street in town at about 35-40 miles an hour, with family in the car, when a lady in an SUV pulled out in front of me. The front of my vehicle crushed into her driver's tire area. My car was totaled and none of the airbags deployed. Thank goodness everyone had their seatbelts on, and everyone walked away from the accident.
2008 Hyundai Accent airbags complaints
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About a year ago the air bag light came on for few days for no reason, then it came off. Now the air bag is back on for good, it started up again since july and is still on. We have not been in an accident for it to cause for the air bag light to come back on. I called to see if I can get it repair, the gentleman said it will cost more about $1,000 or more to check it and get it repair. I do not want to pay that much, but my son's safety is my concern. I feel like all the sudden everything with this car is falling apart. Sun visor and now airbag...
Noticed my airbag light on not sure why I have not been in accident nor run into anything. Only one of my breaklights (passenger side) out. Recently had stop light replaced.
Daughter was in an accident, totaled the front end of the car and the airbags never deployed. Am hiring an attorney.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,987.
Red airbag light on the dashboard is on. I had the hyundai dealership diagnose the problem, they told me that the air bag sensor pad in the front passenger seat went bad. They said the seat base would have to be replaced and that it would be $822.82 for parts + 1.5 hours labor for a total of: $985.00. It seems very odd that the passenger seat airbag sensor would go bad in my car because I hardly ever have a passenger.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. The contact stated that the front passenger side air bag warning light flickered when the seat was being occupied. In addition, the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the air bag sensor in the passenger seat failed and the front passenger seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,000.
Air bag light stays on. No reason has been identified. Concerned for all accent drivers, as this problem has been reported by many people in many places online and in the real world.
Air bag light stays on, plus passenger airbag light says off sometimes even when someone is in the passenger seat. Took in to dealer who says the passenger side sensor (ocs ) needs to be replaced charging approx $1000 for the part. There are many complaints on hyundais faulty ocs , yet only the sonata has been recalled.
Srs, airbag light stays on, passenger airbag light lights up off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. While the vehicle was undergoing maintenance by an independent mechanic, the technician noticed that the air bag indicator was illuminated. The dealer stated that the sensor mat was faulty and replaced the front passenger seat, but the repair did not remedy the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
The SRS airbag error light came up, the code reads b1448 which is the malfunction of the occupancy sensor in the passenger seat. The vehicle is out of warranty. Without the occupancy sensor working correctly, the passenger airbag will not deploy in a collision! This accent model should have recall on this issue.
The SRS warning light came on, so we took the car to the dealership. They told us it would be $900 to repair the occupancy sensor on the passenger seat, since the vehicle is no longer under warranty. Without the repair, the passenger airbag will not deploy in the event of a collision. This must be due to a faulty part or poor installation, since our vehicle has not seen any recent accidents or unusual use.
I purchased a car in colorado spring in 2008(my state of record) and currently I live in germany working for the us army. My airbag drivers seat sensor doesn't function properly, because the sensor shows red and the car wasn't even five years old when the system malfunctions. I contacted the hyundai dealership in amberg, bayern, germany and scheduled an appointment. They tested the airbag system which I already knew it, but they were not able to pin point the location of airbag sensor that was showing error on driver's side. The problem is they cannot even locate the part of the system on hyundai factory catalog with the computer data base. The hyundai specification for the us or european car airbag system shouldn't be different under consumer protection law. The company is concerns about the transmission & pollution and provides warranty; but seat belts or airbag system it's not even included in the manual.
Passenger air big light says it is off.
My 30,000 mile hyundai has a faulty airbag sensor. My warranty was about to go up and I had it fixed. The airbag light is always on because of a seat sensor that doesn't work properly. Basically a week after my warranty went up and two weeks after the dealership fixed the problem, my light went back on. Needless to say it is very concerning having your airbag light on. I have no idea if they'll work so I don't use the interstate. I think it is ridiculous something like an airbag is something I am worrying about on a 5 year old car. I have heard horror stories of the airbags randomly going off or not going off at all in similar hyundai's. It is a problem that needs to be fixed. It's a joke that I have to worry about my airbag system in 2013.
The passenger occupant sensor in the lower seat cushion failed causing the airbag light to stay on. The dealership scanned the computer and received code b1448. Passenger airbags would not inflate if there was an accident. Needed to replace the sensor to pass inspection.
The airbag light came on and would not turn off. The car was still under warranty, so hyundai fixed the problem. Now, just 4 months later ( no longer under warranty) the light is back on. Other makes and years of hyundai have the same problem. The 2008 accent should also have airbag recall. This is the 3rd time for the same problem.
The passenger air bag dash indicator was lit indicating that the air bag was off when my wife (170 lbs) was seated & buckled in. I was also able to duplicate this condition (238 lbs). The dealer planet hyundai in golden co could not detect a problem. My wife & I later duplicated the problem which was witnessed by a service associate [xxx]. The service manager [xxx] called & said that he had spoken to the hyundai engineering department and they told him that the seat sensor is placed in the middle of the seat cushion & that putting weight on the seat side bolsters would not activate the sensor. [xxx] suggested that I put a cushion on the middle of the seat to have the sensor be more responsive. He refused to replace any parts because he stated that hyundai believes that the sensor is performing "as designed". This is clearly a significant safety issue & the resolution is inadequate. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. The contact stated that while traveling 45 MPH the vehicle crashed in to the passenger side of another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. The driver and front passenger sustained back injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was unknown.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. While stopped at a light, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle causing him to crash into the vehicle positioned in front also waiting for the light. The contact sustained lower back injuries. The contact stated the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 23,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. The contact stated that the passenger air bag would not engage when the passenger seat was occupied while driving 5 MPH and up. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the passenger seat cushing was replaced but to no avail. In addition, the failure was also occurring with the driver side air bag. The dealer replaced the driver side seat belt buckle but was unable to locate a failure within the passenger air bag. The dealer test drove the vehicle with the passenger seat occupied. The passenger air bag on light was illuminated therefore, the dealer advised the contact that they were unable to make repairs to the passenger air bag. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 22,000 and the current mileage was 22,730.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai accent. The vehicle was travelling at approximately 40 MPH when the front of the vehicle crashed into the corner of another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy and there was no prior warning of potential air bag failure. There were 2 people injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle had to be towed from the scene of the accident. The current and failure mileages were approximately 21,000.
I got into a collision in las vegas, nevada. I was driving my 2008 hyundai accent, I got hit head on and none of the airbags deployed. I was turning and going approximately 5 MPH the person who hit me was going 35 to 40 MPH. The speed limit on that particular street is 45 MPH. My car is a total loss and luckily no one got hurt.
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