2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT — Complaint #344129
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS filed April 22, 2002
NHTSA complaint #344129 (ODI reference 8008200) concerns a 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT and was filed on April 22, 2002. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI ACCENT cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:air suspension:lines and fittings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
CONSUMER STATES WHILE STARTING VEHICLE UP USING THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER THERE IS A POWDER SMELL THAT COMES OUT OF THE VENTS CONSUMER STATES HAVING TO NOTIFY DEALERSHIP MECHANIC STATES ITS JUST FUEL THAT NEEDS TO BURN OFF.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 344129 |
| ODI Number | 8008200 |
| Date Filed | April 22, 2002 |
| VIN | KMHCG45C51U |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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