Hyundai has long been a leader in safety. We were the first among our competitors to make side-impact airbags standard on all our models, and the Accent continues that tradition.
It comes with dual front, dual front side-impact, and two side-curtain airbags. Six airbags in total. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that this combination can reduce fatalities by 45%.
Those front airbags are also intelligent. They can automatically adjust their deployment speed based on impact speed and seat position.
But what good are all those airbags if they go off even a fraction of a second too late? That’s why our airbag systems are constructed with gold-plated electrical connectors—to help ensure accurate and reliable deployment. As any engineer worth his salt can tell you, gold resists corrosion in a way no other metal does. So that airbag system will have as much integrity years from now as it did the day you drove the car off the lot.
The Hyundai Accent uses a four-sensor four-channel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) to help keep you and your passengers safe.(Not available in Blue)
ABS works by rapidly pulsing the brakes of each wheel as necessary to help prevent wheel lockup during emergency maneuvers or while braking under slippery road conditions. This helps you maintain control and avoid trouble in the first place.
EBD works in tandem with ABS by balancing the braking forces of each wheel under dynamic conditions, again helping you to maintain control.
Together, they form a system of active safety (technologies that help avoid accidents in the first place, not just reduce their effects) that can offer peace of mind for miles to come.
Car safety goes beyond mere features. In the Hyundai Accent’s case, it also comes from its bones.
Its reinforced unibody is made of high-tensile steel with crumple zones that actually shunt impact forces around the passenger cabin. To that, we add bodyside reinforcements and hood-buckling creases, as well as an energy-absorbing steering column.
It only makes sense. If we’re going to offer a 10-year warranty, shouldn’t we try to make sure you’re around for all of it?
