Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / ACCENT / 2005

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007093501 Incident Date: Jan, 28 2007
Consumer's City: HILLSIDE Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: ACCENT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:glass, side/rear
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The car is a 2005 hyundai accent 4-door. while driving after having warmed the car up for approx 5 minutes (the outside temperature was approx. 5 degrees fahrenheit), the rear window completely shattered, from top to bottom, side to side. no foreign object struck the window prior to it shattering. the shattered glass, then, as bumps were hit, began to fall into the car and would have struck any rear seat passengers, had there been any. this was obviously due to a manufacturing defect in the window, although hyundai service refused to replace the window. my own research on this topic revealed that this is not by any means an isolated incident. *jb