2022 Hyundai Accent: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 16 complaints about the 2022 Hyundai Accent and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 6 of them.

16
Complaints
2
Recalls
2
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
2
Injuries
187.5
Severity index

Severity index 187.5 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 187.5p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2022 Hyundai Accent sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 6 complaints (37.5%)6 38%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 4 complaints (25.0%)4 25%Seat BeltsSeat Belts: 4 complaints (25.0%)4 25%SteeringSteering: 3 complaints (18.8%)3 19%Service BrakesService Brakes: 2 complaints (12.5%)2 12%EngineEngine: 2 complaints (12.5%)2 12%SuspensionSuspension: 2 complaints (12.5%)2 12%Air BagsAir Bags: 2 complaints (12.5%)2 12%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM637.5%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER425.0%
SEAT BELTS425.0%
STEERING318.8%
SERVICE BRAKES212.5%
ENGINE212.5%
SUSPENSION212.5%
AIR BAGS212.5%

Complaints filed per year

0252022: 52023: 52024: 22025: 32026: 1 (partial year)22523242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20225
20235
20242
20253
2026 (year to date)1
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 2.0x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
22V31100006/05/2022STEERING:COLUMNHyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Accent vehicles. A bolt in the steering column may not be secured properly, which can cause the steering column to detach from the steering rack and result in a loss of steering control.
22V35400019/05/2022SEAT BELTS:FRONTHyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Accent, 2021-2022 Elantra, and 2021-2022 Elantra HEV vehicles. In the event of a crash, the front driver-side and/or passenger-side seat belt pretensioners may explode upon deployment.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.