Hyundai Tiburon Complaints

762 consumer complaints on file.

#10151630March 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR THE CLUTCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 3/17/2006 - WHEN THE FIRST REPAIR WAS MADE THE INCORRECT CLUTCH WAS INSTALLED IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ONLINE TSB WAS NOT UPDATED TO REFLECT THE NEW PART NUMBER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151497March 1, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK INTO SECOND GEAR TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY BUT TOLD ME I HAD TO REPLACE MY CLUTCH IT WAS TO WORN. THE CAR ONLY HAS 19000 MILES ON IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151431February 28, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
1. EVENTS LEADING UP: THE CAR WAS DRIVEN 2. CLUTCH FAILURE. @ 70K MILES, THE CLUTCH FAILS. 3. NEED TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151260February 26, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
NO EVENTS LEAD UP TO THE FAILURES. ALL FAILURES HAVE HAPPENED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND HAS LEFT OWNER STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE. DEALER REFUSED TO COVER 3 OF THE REPAIRS WHICH, COST US 2,000 EACH FAILURE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A RECURRING NIGHTMARE AND IS A MONEY PIT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151131February 24, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY CLUTCH WENT OUT ON MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON WITHOUT WARNING. MY CAR HAS 35000 MILES ON IT. SOMETHING HAS BROKEN OFF AND TAKEN OUT THE TRANSMISSION. I'VE BEEN READING MANY IDENTICAL CASE SCENARIOS FROM OTHER HYUNDAI TIB OWNERS. HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. THEY BLAME IT ON CLUTCH MISSUSE AND/OR DRIVING HABITS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150992February 23, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
ON DECEMBER 15, 2005 I PURCHASED A 2006 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT. AFTER ONLY 2500 MILES THE CLUTCH WENT OUT. I HAVE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SO THEY COULDN'T BLAME ME FOR RIDING THE CLUTCH. I'M NOW AT 5400 MILES AND THE CLUTCH HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS, IT JUST CAUSES ME FRUSTRATION, AND MONEY THAT I PAY FOR A CAR THAT DOESN'T WORK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150794February 22, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
AT ABOUT 8,000 MILES ON THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT ALWAYS HOLD WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. ALSO THE SYNCHRONIZATION GEARS STARTED TO ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO GRIND WHILE SHIFTING INTO OTHER GEARS AT ABOUT 10,000. HYUNDAI WARRANTED THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE SYNCROS, AND I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE WARRANTED THE CLUTCH TOO, BUT FOR THE HISTORY THAT THE CLUTCHES HAVE HAD IN OUR COMMUNITY (TIBURONS) I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH IN 20K MILES AGAIN. SO I DECIDED TO NOT HAVE THEM WARRANTY THE CLUTCH SO I COULD PUT IN A CLUTCH THAT I KNEW WOULD LAST LONGER THAN I PLANED ON OWNING THE VEHICLE. KIND OF SAD NOT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANUFACTURES PRODUCT'S...*NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150868February 22, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
1. BOUGHT A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON V6, 6-SPD (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) -- EVENT: NO EVENT. SIMPLY DROVE THE CAR AS NORMAL. 2. LESS THEN 23,000 MILES MY CLUTCH GAVE OUT. 3. I HAD TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, FLYWHEEL AND THROWOUT BEARING. PARTS AND LABOR COST ME OVER $1500 IN REPAIRS. LESS THE 23K MILES AND I HAD TO PAY OVER $1500 FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT OWNERS OF THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL ARE EXPERIENCING. YET, HYUNDAI REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT FORCE THEIR CUSTOMERS TO COMMIT TO A VERY EXPENSIVE CAR REPAIR EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. NO CAR UNDER NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH WORK DONE AS MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH. THIS NEEDS TO BE SET UP AS A RECALL BY HYUNDAI AND THOSE OF US HAMMERED BY THIS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150870February 22, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT
PURCHASED MY NEW VEHICLE IN JUN 2005. EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS <1000 MILES. CLUTCH SLIPPAGE AND TRANSMISSION NOT FULLY ENGAGING INTO GEARS 1-3. HAVE SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDED (3) COLLISIONS WITH VEHICLES, ALL TAKING PLACE IN A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE FOURTH TIME THOUGH HAD TO VEER INTO THE NEXT LANE AND SIDE SWIPED AN S10 BLAZER. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150904February 22, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA # 01V345000 RECALL CONCERNING THE SEAT BELT WEBBING, WAS RECEIVED IN 2001. THE SEAT BELTS WERE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, THE WEBBING DOES NOT RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150730February 21, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SHIFTING FROM FOURTH TO FIFTH GEAR AT 55 MPH, THE CLUTCH MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CLUTCH. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED, NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150610February 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
I OWN A 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 CAR. I AM APART OF AN ONLINE CAR FORUM FOR MY SPECIFIC CAR. A NUMBER OF MY FELLOW TIBURON OWNERS AND I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. OUR FACTORY CLUTCHES ON MANUAL CARS HAVE BEEN BREAKING AND NOT HOLDING THE HORSE POWER OF THE CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE, IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE TO THE EXTENT THAT I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT. THIS CLUTCH FAILURE PUT ME IN RISK OF AN ACCIDENT AND THANK GOD NOTHING BAD HAPPENED BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A FIX. I BROUGHT IT INTO HYUNDAI AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER A WEEK OF WARRANTY HELL WITH LAWYERS AND PHONE CALLS BACK AND FORTH THEY FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEVER FIX THIS AGAIN. THEY ALSO DID SAY THAT THE CLUTCH "PREMATURELY SLIPPED" (BROKE).*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150486February 17, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
CLUTCH ON MY '03 TIBURON BURNT OUT AT 40K MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150490February 17, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON 2.0/ 2.7 V6.(AFFECTED YEARS: 2003-2006?) ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION MODELS, CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER CONTAINS A "DELAY VALVE" THAT CAUSES "SLIPPING" AND EXCESSIVE WEAR ON CLUTCH COMPONENTS. REMOVAL OF SAID, "DELAY VALVE" IN CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER IS SOLUTION TO ELIMINATING THIS EXCESSIVE WEAR. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THERE HAS BEEN NO VOLUNTARY RECALL TO CORRECT THIS VERY SIMPLE ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED "MASSIVE" CLUTCH FAILURES THAT ALSO INCLUDE AFTERMARKET CLUTCH COMPONENTS AND FLYWHEELS OF SUPERIOR STRENGTH OVER OEM. FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH COULD PUT SOMEONE AT RISK WHEN DRIVING DUE TO TOTAL FAILURE, OR PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH. I CURRENTLY HAVE 19500 MILES ON MY CAR, AND AM STILL WITHIN WARRANTY, BUT AM TOLD THAT THE CLUTCH WOULDN'T BE COVERED EVEN IF IT WAS FAILING. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE STORY WITH 99% OF MANY PEOPLE I HAVE READ WHO ALSO OWN THE 2003-2006 TIBURON. MINE STILL WORKS AT THIS POINT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PREMATURE DAMAGE THERE IS CURRENTLY DUE TO THE "DELAY VALVE". PLEASE CONSIDER LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. HYUNDAI SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FAILED PART AND COVER IT 100 PERCENT. ALL WHILE RECALLING ALL 2003-2006 MODELS AND REMOVING THIS SLAVE CYLINDER"DELAY VALVE". *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150450February 16, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MY CLUTCH IS REALLY SLIPPING BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE HEARD MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS COMPLAINT. I THINK THE ISSUE WITH THE HYUNDAI TIBURON CLUTCHES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149312February 2, 2006
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ORIGINAL TIRES ON MY HYUNDAI TIBURON-MICHELIN PILOT, HX MXM4 RADIAL XSE 215/45/17 DEVELOPED SIDEWALL BUBBLES AT LESS THEN 1500 MILES. AUTHORIZED MICHELIN DEALERS SAID IT WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE/COMPLAINT AND COMPANY CLAIMED IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD AND NOT COVERED UNDER THE TIRE WARRANTY. TIRE DEALERS TOLD ME THAT ON THIS TYPE OF TIRE THE SIDEWALLS CANNOT STAND THE STRESS OF ORDINARY DRIVING . *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148796January 26, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
I WAS FOLLOWING A HYUNDAI TIBURON AND WHEN THE REAR TURN SIGNAL CAME ON, I WAS NEARLY BLINDED BY THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT, WHICH WAS A CLEAR BULB UNDER A CLEAR LENS. THIS CAR WAS FAIRLY NEW SO I DON'T BELIEVE THESE WERE REPLACEMENT BULBS. I SUSPECT THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS APPROVED WITH BULBS THAT HAD A YELLOW COATING AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS SUBSTITUTED CLEAR BULBS. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MODEL AND POSSIBLY OTHER HYUNDAI MODELS? THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148151January 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
I'M JOINING THE 1,000 OR SO PEOPLE ON THIS SITE ALONE WHO OWN A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 6 SPEED. MY CLUTCH WENT OUT AT 47,000 MILES AND IT'S GOING TO THE DEALER NEXT WEEK FOR WHAT I'M SURE WILL BE THEIR ATTEMPT TO SCREW ME OUT OF $2,000. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS: HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE TO FAIL BEFORE THE GOV'T DOES SOMETHING? ALL OF THEM? SECOND QUESTION: WHERE DOES THE CEO OF HYUNDAI LIVE SO I CAN STICK HIS JUNK FLYWHEEL AND CLUTCH SOMEWHERE UNPLEASANT? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147825January 16, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON 01-11-06 AND NOTICED THAT IT WASN'T CATCHING WHEN I SHIFTED. I HAD NEXT TO NO ACCELERATION. ON 01-12-06 THE PROBLEM WORSENED. I GOT MY CAR OFF THE ROAD AND PARKED IT. I CALLED SEVERAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CLUTCH WAS GOING OUT AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE A WARRANTY FIX EVEN WITH THE CAR ONLY HAVING 18,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY DRIVING. I FINALLY FOUND A SERVICE MANAGER WHO WAS WILLING TO LOOK UP THE TSB AND SAID THAT MY RESEARCH WAS CORRECT BUT THAT HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE ME A WARRANTY FIX. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO (ON 01-13-06) AND IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT AVONDALE HYUNDAI WAITING TO BE LOOKED AT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147143January 7, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I TOOK MY TIBURON INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ONE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MANIFOLD. ON THE PAPER WORK IT WAS CALLED A "EXHAUST RECALL". A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE MANIFOLD AND THIS WAS REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD BOUGHT MY CAR FROM HAD NOT SENT ME ANY INFO ON THIS RECALL. I STILL HAVE YET TO FIND ANY INFO ON THIS RECALL. WHY IS THIS? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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