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2010 Hyundai Accent electrical system problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2010 Hyundai Accent14% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Electrical System complaints
14%
share of all complaints
50,092 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The wiring connection between the blower motor into the hvac resistor is melting. There looks to be burn marks on the plastic female plug that goes into the resistor. I sometimes smell like plastic is burning. I have to keep fan at MAX speed to not use the resistor at all. I believe this could be a…

    filed Jan 11, 2023

  • While my vehicle was in motion, driving straight after 2 right turns, after approximately 5 minutes of driving, a thin wisp of smoke rose up from my steering column, or near my steering column, on the left side. From my general google research, this appears to be an electrical problem. *tr

    filed Dec 29, 2016

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.