Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ACCENT / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003043490 Incident Date: Jan, 06 2003
Consumer's City: MOUNT PLEASANT Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ACCENT Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Seat belts:front:webbing
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 19 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 09 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My son was driving a 2003 hyundai accent that was involved in a frontal crash with a full size pick-up truck. during the crash the seat belt broke and he was thrown into the passenger door resulting in injury. hyundai's investigator check the car and said the seat belts had been cut by ems. we checked with ems and they said it is their policy not to cut seat belts. they also said nobody cut our seat belt. this was a new car with approximately 2,500 miles at the time of the crash. *nm