Second Hand Hyundai Accent Towbar

The Hyundai Accent was a compact city-focused hatchback and saloon sold in the UK, and it was not a model that Hyundai offered with a factory-fitted towbar, nor was it a vehicle for which towbars were commonly manufactured or homologated by aftermarket suppliers. The Accent's towing capacity was not rated for trailer use in most markets, making a towbar an essentially non-existent part for this vehicle. If you need a towbar for a small Hyundai, you may be thinking of a different model such as the Hyundai Tucson, Santa Fe, or ix35, which were designed with towing in mind.

Because towbars were not factory-fitted to the Hyundai Accent and no mainstream aftermarket homologated towbar was produced for it, you are very unlikely to find one in a breaker's yard for this vehicle. Breakers can only sell parts that were originally fitted to or commonly used on the cars they dismantle, and the Accent simply was not a tow-rated vehicle. We'd recommend contacting a towbar specialist directly to confirm whether any aftermarket option exists for your specific year and body style, but the short answer is that this is not a part the Accent was built to accommodate.

The Hyundai Accent was not assigned a towing capacity by Hyundai, meaning the manufacturer did not approve it for trailer towing, and no type-approved towbar was produced for it. Fitting an unapproved towbar to a vehicle with no rated towing capacity would raise serious legal and insurance concerns in the UK. If towing is a requirement, you would be better served looking at a Hyundai model that was designed and rated for towing, such as the Tucson or Santa Fe, and sourcing a used towbar for one of those through a breaker.

There is no practical basis for swapping towbars between these models, as none of them — the Getz, i20, or Accent — were vehicles for which factory or widely available homologated towbars were produced. Each model has a unique rear subframe, bumper reinforcement, and chassis structure, so parts would not be interchangeable even if they existed. More importantly, since no towing capacity was approved for the Accent, fitting any adapted towbar would not be legal or insurable for road use in the UK.