2003 Hyundai Tiburon

I OWN A 2003 TIBURON WITH THE 2.7L. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2003. AROUND 14 THOUSAND MILES OR SO MY CLUTCH BEGAN SLIPPING AND THEN EVENTUALLY FAILED. THE CAR HAD A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH DISK, PRESSURE PLATE, AND FLYWHEEL, AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE DRIVER THE FAILURE WAS THEIR FAULT AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. A ONE TIME GOOD WILL REPAIR WAS MADE AND INSTEAD OF THE EXORBITANT $2000 ASKED INSTEAD WE ONLY PAID $500. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR ABOUT $20,000. HYUNDAI ASKS FOR $2,000, 10% OF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR IT. 40,000 MILES HAVE NOW REACHED THE ODOMETER, AND THE CLUTCH HAS NOW FAILED AGAIN. THE CLUTCH THAT IS CURRENTLY IN MY VEHICLE IS ONE REPLACED IN 2003 STILL. HYUNDAI REVISED THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS DUE TO MALFORMED CLUTCH PLATES IN 2004, YET REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR COMPENSATE THE OWNERS. TWO OF THE THREE PARTS OF THE VEHICLE THAT HAVE FAILED ARE COVERED BY HYUNDAI'S "AMERICA'S BEST WARRANTY", THE FLYWHEEL AND PRESSURE PLATE. BECAUSE THE DEFORMED COMPOUND ON THE CLUTCH DISK IS BEING BLAMED ON THE VEHICLE OPERATOR, HYUNDAI HAS THEREFORE ABSOLVED ITSELF OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY, CLAIMING IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE OPERATOR INDUCED FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH DISK, THE PRESSURE PLATE AND FLYWHEEL WOULD STILL BE OK. IF THE PARTS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY A DEALERSHIP THEN THE REGIONAL PARTS DIRECTOR INSPECTS IT AND DEEMS IT SHOULDN'T HAVE, THE DEALER MUST PAY. THIS IS WHY SO MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE TO WRONGLY PAY. IF YOU DISPUTE THE CLAIMS OF THE TECHNICIANS AT HYUNDAI THEY WILL TAKE YOUR CAR APART AND INSPECT, AND IF IT IS DEEMED ITS THE CUSTOMERS FAULT, THE COMPANY WILL NOT EVEN REASSEMBLE THE CAR FOR YOU. YOU MUST PAY THEM DO IT! THE TRANSMISSION CASE HAD MAJOR SCRAPING AND ABRASION DUE TO THE PRESSURE PLATE MOVEMENT. THE SECOND SET OF CLUTCH COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED PERSONALLY, AND THEREFORE ARE SUBMITTABLE FOR INSPECTION AND REVIEW. PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTING THE WEAR AND ABRASION INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION CASE ARE AVAILABLE. *NM

NORMAL DRIVING, 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT, 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. CAN NOT GET INTO GEAR. CAR IS UNDRIVABLE. DEALER FOUND THAT THE FLYWHEEL CAME APART AND DAMAGING CLUTCH, CAUSING CLUTCH, FLYWHEEL, AND THROUGHOUT BEARING TO NEED REPLACEMENT. HYUNDAI KNOWS THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT AND WILL NOT WARRANTY IT. I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI AND WAS NOT VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF OUR CONVERSATION. I WAS HUNG UP ON AND ACCUSED OF BEING RUDE FOR ASKING TO TALK WITH SOME ONE WHO COULD HELP ME. *NM

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 50000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. THE COMMUNITY IS NEWTIBURON.COM. MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 6 SPEED. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AS ME. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED THE CAR I STILL HAD 10000 MILES OF WARRANTY. SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROSEVILLE HYUNDAI TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE ORIGINAL CLUTCH FOR MY VEHICLE WAS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT THEY HAD A TSB OUT ON FOR REPLACEMENT. I ATTEND WYOMING TECHNICAL INSTITUTE(WHICH IS AN AUTOMOTIVE TECH SCHOOL) THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT THEY EVEN HAVE A REPLACEMENT PART FOR. I BELIEVE THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO AVOID THE $2000 REPAIR FOR THEM. SINCE I WAS SO CLOSE TO NOT BEING UNDER WARRANTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT A CLUTCH IS A WEARABLE PART, BUT WHEN THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCES A PART AND SAYS THEMSELVES THAT THERE IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT ON THERE VEHICLE AND IF ANY CARS COME IN WITH THIS PART IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE NEW PART. THE TSB NUMBER IS TSB 04-40-005. THE DEFECTIVE PART NUMBER IS 10/01/2001-02/24/2003....4110039140 THE NEW PART IS 02/24/2003-PRESENT.......4110039145 NOW WITHIN THIS, IF YOUR CAR WAS MANUFACTURED BEFORE 02/01/03 YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART AND YOU SHOULD GET IT REPLACED BY THE DEALER. MY CAR WAS MANUFACTURED ON 01/13/03. THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL COMBO DOES NOT MATE WELL TOGETHER AND CAUSES PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. WHEREAS IN MY CAR MY CLUTCH SLIPS AT ANYTHING MORE THAT 1/4 THROTTLE. *NM

I BOUGHT A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT 3 WEEKS AGO FROM A DEALERSHIP, MEDLIN MOTORS INC., IN ROCKY MOUNT, NC. I STARTED SMELLING A BURNING SMELL THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR AND ASKED THE DEALER WHAT IT WAS AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY BRAKE RUST OR RESIDUE COMING OFF FROM WHERE IT WAS SITTING UP FOR A WHILE. SO I THEN DISMISSED THE PROBLEM UNTIL ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER I SMELT THAT SMELL AGAIN AND SOON AFTER THE CLUTCH STARTED SLIPPING. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO FIX IT. THEY THEN PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THEIR SHOP. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT THE REPAIR BILL WOULD BE $1700.00. WITH THIS INFORMATION I TOLD THEM I COULDN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR IT SINCE I HAD JUST PUT A $1400.00 DOWN PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE 3 WEEKS PRIOR. THEY STILL REFUSE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT A PAYMENT OF $1700.00. IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, I PAID $1400.00 TO DRIVE A CAR FOR A MONTH AND NOW I AM OBLIGATED TO A $13000.00 LOAN FOR A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE WHICH IS STILL 30 MINUTES AWAY AT THE SHOP. *NM

MY HYUNDAI TIBURON 03'S CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT, BUT I'VE BEEN DRIVING A MANUAL FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME AND BEFORE, MY TOYOTA CELICA NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I HEARD, HYUNDAI HAS DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PARTS AND THEY WON'T COVER THIS UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THE PARTS AND THE LABOR AT HYUNDAI WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. I WOULD NOT WANT MY CAR TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH EVERY 2 YEARS, FROM WHAT I HEARD. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS HARD TO SHIFT AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND AND WOULD NOT START WHEN JUMPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CLUTCH FAILED, AND THE CLUTCH FLY WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.