Hyundai bulletin 23-BE-008H
What it saysCertain 2018~19MY Accent (HC) vehicles may experience an inoperable horn that may be caused by internal contact alignment and corrosion. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Hyundai filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Jul 20, 2023, received Aug 2, 2023, about the electrical system — 2 documents under this number. It names 2 model years (2018–2019). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationPicked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.
What it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
Certain 2018~19MY Accent (HC) vehicles may experience an inoperable horn that may be caused by internal contact alignment and corrosion. Hyundai is extending the warranty coverage for the horn replacement to 10 years or 120,000 miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use (whichever occurs first) and is valid for original and subsequent owners. This bulletin provides information on how to fix the inoperative horn.
One of the 357 warranty extensions and special-coverage programs on file — every make, with the term each runs to.
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-BE-008H | Service bulletin | Jul 20, 2023 | 10240091 | PDF, 236 KB |
| 23-BE-008H | Service bulletin | Jul 20, 2023 | 10240090 | PDF, 237 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
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Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 2 model years this bulletin names have filed 50 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 5 of them name Electrical System — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
I am reporting a severe and hazardous failure involving my 2019 Hyundai Accent. On August 8, 2025, between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., while driving on Mopac (Loop 1), a heavily traveled highway in Austin, Texas, the vehicle abruptly experienced an overheating issue without any prior warning.
2019 Hyundai Accent · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Sep 2, 2025
My 2018 Hyundai Accent caught fire in motion on the way to get gas on June 21, 2021. The car had no recalls and no electrical issues prior to the explosion. Fire department ruled the accident as electrical, I had the vehicle for 6 months.
2018 Hyundai Accent · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Feb 8, 2022
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the electrical system
Source: same model, same component group12 other manufacturer communications filed against the Hyundai Accent under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Hyundai list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z01 | Warranty extension | May 23, 2026 | Some vehicles listed below may exhibit an intermittent airbag warning light and DTC(s) B1763 (OCS ECU Defect), and/or B1764 (OCS Mat Defect)… |
| P33 | Other | Dec 19, 2025 | In response to this trend, we engineered a software upgrade that addresses the social media theft method and made it available to owners of… |
| 25-01-089H | Other | Dec 15, 2025 | In addition to the Anti-Theft software provided under Service Campaign 993 (TSB 24-01-009H-1), a zinc reinforced ignition cylinder protector… |
| 9C1 | Service campaign | May 8, 2025 | Some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using Bluelink Service functions. This may be due to an i… |
| 993, 9A5, P32, 9A8 | Service campaign | May 10, 2024 | A class settlement against Hyundai Motor America (“HMA”) that had alleged that certain 2011 – 2022 model year Hyundai vehicles that were not… |
| 24-01-018H | Service bulletin | Feb 23, 2024 | Certain 2020-2021MY Accent (HC) vehicles may experience an illuminated warning light due to the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) lis… |
| 24-01-014H | Service bulletin | Feb 21, 2024 | Certain 2020-2021MY Accent (HC) vehicles may experience an illuminated warning light due to the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) lis… |
| 24-01-009H | Service bulletin | Feb 12, 2024 | Hyundai has launched an anti-theft software upgrade and window decal campaign (Campaign 993), combined with an anti-theft steering wheel loc… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Hyundai 23-BE-008H a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the 23-BE-008H repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way.
Which vehicles does 23-BE-008H cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 2 model years: 2019 Hyundai Accent, 2018 Hyundai Accent. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: 2018-2019 Accent (HC): built 1 Sep 2017 – 27 May 2019 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.