On march after leaving my daughter's house my son noticed that my daughter's 2010 hyundai accents brakes lights and 3rd light weren't working . The next day my son and I decided to check the fuse box. We changed the 15 amp fuse even though the original one didn't seem broken. After that we again tried the brake light and 3rd and again it didn't work. I'm at my wits end with this 2010 hyundai accent because all I seem to have is problems. Before 3 coil wires had to be replaced. The first 2 hyundai replaced the wires but before replacing the 3rd coil wire the service manager said that he couldn't replace the 3rd coil wire because hyundai said that I had to replace the spark plugs first. Which I feel is crazy. But I had the car in the shop(hyundai) and replaced the plugs. I feel hyundai knew about this problem as well as the current brake problem and this should be a recall on this brake light problem.
2010 Hyundai Accent lights complaints
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The brake lamp switch became defective intermittently, approximately 10,000 miles ago. It has now failed completely. Apparently I am not the only one experiencing this problem: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/03/hyundai-kia-recalling-1-6m-more-models-for-faulty-brake-switch/ this is a serious problem, so I wanted you to know.
I took the car to have the brakes done. The shop did an inspection and found all brake lights not working tracing it to the brake light pedal switch. I contacted hyundai and they stated the 2010 accent was not part of the recall campaign but 2009 are, even though it is the same part? I took it to my hyundai dealer and they replaced the defective switch with the new revised switch, since the old switches are shown to fail prematurely. I would advise any owner of a hyundai or kia to either have the switch replaced or check it weekly until the part is put on the recall campaign. This could be a serious hazard to you, your passengers and other cars on the road behind you.
Brake lights not working. Appears to be problem with brake light switch which has been recalled for other year models.
As I was stopped in a line of cars to drop my daughter off at school a woman tapped on my window and told me that I have no brake lights and that she almost rear-ended me because of it. I went home and checked the fuses and the bulbs; all were fine. After some online research I learned that there could be a problem with the brake light switch which is located near the brake pedal. When I contacted hyundai customer service I was told that my make/model/year was not covered by a recall affecting the brake light switch.
My wife left for work tuesday morning and during her commute the headlights went out, both high and low beams quit. She probably panicked a little but discovered she could pull the turn signal lever in which caused the high beam lights to work. She got to work that way and last night I looked at it. No blown fuses or bulbs. I tested the headlight bulbs and they worked. I have an appointment for friday to have it fixed. I suggested to the dealer that he should not ask me to pay for it, we'll see what happens. If you search the internet for my problem you will find many more people who've had the same problem. This should be dealt with by the manufacturer and fixed before someone dies from it. If an accident does happen the proof of electrical failure will be destroyed by front end damage. Thank you
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