2004 Hyundai Tiburon

I HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT. I ONLY HAVE 33000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AND ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLUTCH. I HAVE CHECKED MANY CHAT ROOMS AND FORUMS AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH MANY TIBURON OWNERS WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILES. I DO ALSO FEEL THAT THERE IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE AT RISK, BECAUSE THERE LIES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CLUTCH WERE TO COMPLETELY FAIL AND CAUSE THE TRANS. TO LOCK UP. SO SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION TO HYUNDAI WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *JB

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

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

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

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

WHEN SHIFTING, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GEARS AND THE RPM'S REVVED HIGH. ALSO A BURNING SMELL ENTERED THE PASSENGER CABIN AND THE DRIVER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *JB THE CLUTCH POPPED AND WAS HARD TO DEPRESS. THE RPM'S WENT OVER 6K AND SMOKE HAD COME FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. *SC *JB