2003 Hyundai Tiburon

CLUTCH FAILED AT 44,000 MILES AFTER BUYING CAR USED. SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT FIX , STATED IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. COST $1500 TO FIX. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, PAST 65,000 SO SERVICE DEPARTMENT WONT FIX IT UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. HATCH BACK LATCH WONT WORK, $200 TO FIX THAT. HEADLIGHTS BURN OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH. BROUGHT CAR TO SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF CAR. SAID THEY COULDNT HEAR ANYTHING. 2000 MILES OVER MY WARRENTEE BROUGHT CAR BACK BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING WORSE, SAID IT WAS FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND WOULD COST $1000 TO FIX. DURING COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY BRAKE STICKS TOOK IT IN AND THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, GO FIGURE. SEATS WONT LATCH SOMETIMES AFTER LETTING SOMEONE OUT FROM THE BACK. IS THERE A END TO THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS HYUNDAI.

COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT MALFUNCTIONING CLUTCH ON 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON WHICH WE PURCHASED NEW, AND ALSO PAID FOR AN ADDITIONAL WARRANTY, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WOULD PICK UP THE COST OF ANY REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE MFG. STANDARD 100K BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. EACH TIME WE COMPLAINED WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS THE WAY WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. CLUTCH HAS GONE OUT AT 57K MILES AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS A WEAR ITEM AND NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND WILL COST $2000.00 TO FIX. WE WERE NEVER TOLD OF THE TSB 04-40-005 INDICATING DEFORMED/DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PARTS WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACED WHEN CUSTOMER BRINGS VEHICLE IN COMPLAINING OF CLUTCH PROBLEMS. CAR IS SITTING AT DEALERSHIP AND WE ARE WAITING FOR A WRITTEN DENIAL OF COVERAGE FROM MFG. AND A WRITTEN ESTIMATE OF COST FROM DEALER BEFORE WE PROCEED. HOWEVER, WE SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS CLUTCH SYSTEM AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST HYUNDAI IN ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CASE #06CC00052. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS ITEM/VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED OR KILLS SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CONTROL THEIR VEHICLE DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THIS PART. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT WITH 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THE ADVERTISED 100,000 MILE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. IN 2005 THE CLUTCH AND PRESSURE PLATE FAILED AND I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY SERVICE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS A "WEAR ITEM", HAD PROBABLY BEEN ABUSED, AND WAS NOT COVERED. I HAVE DRIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MANUAL SHIFT MILES IN SEVERAL CARS AND NEVER HAD A CLUTCH FAILURE. IT WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $800 AND NOT REIMBURSED BY HYUNDAI. IN JULY 2007, THE CLUTCH AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CLUTCH HYDRAULICS AND FLYWHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1800. THE COMPANY AND DEALERS CONTINUE TO CLAIM THAT THE FAILURES ARE NOT THE FAULT OF THE VEHICLE'S DESIGN, BUT ARE RATHER THE FAULT OF THE DRIVER. MY RESEARCH ON THE NHTSA SITE SHOWS OVER 650 NEARLY IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2003-2004 HYUNDAI TIBURONS GT'S AND NEARLY NONE ON 2005-2007. I BELIEVE THAT HYUNDAI KNOWS OF THE FAULTY DESIGN ON EARLIER MODELS AND HAS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM ON LATER MODELS BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR REBATE THE REPAIR COSTS TO THOSE OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THESE CATASTROPHIC CLUTCH ASSEMBLY PROBLEMS ON 2003 MODELS. A FULL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE MADE INTO THESE FRAUDULENT PRACTICES OF HYUNDAI USA AND RESTITUTION SHOULD BE MADE TO THE INJURED OWNERS OF 2003 HYUNDAI GT'S WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. *JB

HI. I OWN A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT 2.7 6 SPEED. THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AT 18, 000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WITH A COPY OF THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THE TIBURON CLUTCH ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY DRIVING, AND THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO ME TO PAY FOR THIS, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT $1600-2000 OUT OF MY POCKET. I REFUSED TO PAY FOR THIS. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2003 HYUNDAI TIBRON GT, HAD SEV STALLING PROBLEMS AND CLUTCH FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 19,000 MILES THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND ALL POWER ON DASH BOARD WAS LOST. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND STATED THAT THE STALLING RESULTED DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE CLUTCH, BUT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP, AND THE VEHICLE HAD A COMPLETE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN 11/06 THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE FAILURE, AND THAT THE DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING WAS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING THE WEEK OF 1/15/07 THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE TOLD HER IT WAS THE DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL THAT MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER WITH FILE # 1031455. THE CONTACT TOOK THE OLD FLYWHEEL TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONTACT IT WAS FROM OWNER'S ERROR. *AK

I PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON USED WITH 24,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 6,000 MILES WITH NO EVIDENT PROBLEMS. SUDDENLY THE CLUTCH WENT OUT OF THE CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT THE CLUTCH HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AT 18,000 MILES DUE TO A FAILED BEARING/CEASED FLY WHEEL. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TOLD MY SALES AGENT THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER THE 6/60,000 WARRANTY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THEM. AFTER TAKING THE CLUTCH OFF, THEY DECIDED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. I CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE REPAIRS. ON CARSPACE AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND THAT NUMEROUS 2003 TIBURON PURCHASES HAVE RESULTED IN FAILED CLUTCHES MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE EARLY LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND HYUNDAI SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND TRANSMISSION IN THESE VEHICLES. MECHANICS I TALKED TO BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT COMPLETELY RELEASING THE CLUTCH. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BY MY SON WHO IS A US MARINE. I THINK IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT A KOREAN COMPANY IS CHEATING OUR YOUNG SOLDIERS. *NM