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2002 Hyundai Accent service brakes, hydraulic problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2002 Hyundai Accent10% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
10%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • On both 9/27/2004 and 1/13/2006 the rear brake cylinders and shoes had to be replaced because of leaking from the cylinder. On the second occasion, mechanics at doug's lynnwood mazda/hyundai did not notice the problem on the original visit (12/2/2005), and I had to bring it to their attention in…

    filed May 8, 2006

  • Brakes failed at 9000 miles causing an accident with another vehicle. Front brakes were in a metal to metal condition. Pads on front disc brakes have need replacement every 8000 miles since this incident. The rotots have been replaced twice.*ak

    filed Sep 12, 2004

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.