Total Complaints
9 filings
HYUNDAI SCOUPE · model year
9 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1992HYUNDAISCOUPE carries 9 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1992 SCOUPE is power train:automatic transmission with 3 filings, followed by electrical system:wiring:front underhood (1) and equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 37 investigation files overlapping the 1992 SCOUPE, and 1 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
9 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 3 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE | 1 |
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | 1 |
| STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | 1 |
| TIRES | 1 |
CONSTANT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. TIRE BLOW OUT.
CONSTANT VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. TIRE BLOW OUT.
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO GEARS. TO KEEP IN A LOW GEAR, CONSUMER HAS TO DO THIS MANUALLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATLY 30 MPH HOOD UNEXPECTEDLY UNLATCHED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO BEND AROUND ROOF OF VEHICLE AND HIT WINDSHIELD. HOOD HAS UNLOCKED BY ITSELF WHEN HITTING BUMPS. *AK
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARSHLY.
BRAKE PROPORTIONING VALVE FAILED.
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE WAS CHANGING THE TIRE WHEN THE JACK BROKE. *AK
TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM DOWN SHIFT MODE. *SKD
CK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE STALLED, REPLACE WATER PUMP/WIRING HARNESS/HARNESS FUSE TWICE. TT
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.