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2008 Hyundai Accent service brakes problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2008 Hyundai Accent10% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Service Brakes complaints
10%
share of all complaints
75,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • This vehicle has excessive rust underbody, and the fuel tank straps are rusted along with just about the whole frame. The brakes are now squealing and rubbing after an alleged underbody rust treatment, which sprayed over the old rust! Hyundai has offered a "wax treatment" which is basically waxing…

    filed Nov 4, 2017

  • In november 2016 the exhaust pipe from the front axle to the muffler fell off due to brackets rusting. A couple weeks later a recall notice was received from hyundai about rusting to the chassis and suspension. Repair work was done at the time of the incident. Hyundai sprayed the underside for…

    filed Sep 5, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.