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Hyundai Accent

Every model year 2016–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

7 Model years 2016–2022

12 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

265 Complaints owner reports, all years

C Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal

2017 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2022 Accent →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Every Hyundai Accent model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2022	Gas	C	2	17	★★★★☆	36 mpg
2021	Gas	F	4	16	★★★★☆	36 mpg
2020	Gas	F	4	12	★★★★☆	36 mpg
2019	Gas	A	1	31	—	32 mpg
2018	Gas	A	1	19	—	32 mpg
2017	Gas	A	0	68	★★★★☆	31 mpg
2016	Gas	A	0	102	★★★★☆	31 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2017

On the filed record so far, the 2017 is the cleanest Accent year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2017	A	0	8
2016	A	0	10
2018	A	0.1	2
2019	A	0.1	4
2022	C	0.5	4	2 critical
2020	F	0.7	2	3 critical
2021	F	0.8	3	3 critical

Also on file Beside the Hyundai Accent

Best year on file The 2017 Accent Recalls Every Hyundai recall on file Compare The 2022 Accent against anything

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2022: 2 → 1 EPA configurations
2020: best combined mpg 32 → 36
2018: best combined mpg 31 → 32

Common questions about the Hyundai Accent

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Hyundai Accent year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2017 Accent comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 68 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Hyundai Accent years should I avoid?

2020, 2021 have the weakest recall records in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Accent model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Hyundai Accent have?

Across model years 2016–2022, NHTSA has posted 12 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Accent. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.