2004 Hyundai Tiburon

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

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

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

DT: CONTACT STATES DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF HIS VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER; THEY TOLD HIM TO CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. UPON EXAMINATION, THE MICHELIN DEALERSHIP STATED THE REAR END WAS OUT OF ALIGN CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AS OF YET. THE CONTACT IS GOING TO CALL ON WEDNESDAY TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. *NM THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. DEALER FIXED; BUT THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. *TT

2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THAT THE AIR BAG OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER AND REPAIRED. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. THE MECHANIC WILL NOT RELEASE THE CAR BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE REPLACEMENTS THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM ON THIS CAR. *BF *NM

I REAR-ENDED SOMEONE ON AN ICY ROAD GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER'S DID, WITH NO ONE IN THE SEAT. HYUNDAI CLAIMS THAT THIS IS NORMAL- DESIGNED TO DEPLOY AT SLOWER SPEEDS WITHOUT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLED, BUT BASED ON THE RESEARCH DONE ON INJURIES WITHOUT A SEAT BELT WORN, I FIND THIS DESIGN TO BE FAULTY, OR I MUST WONDER IF THEIR CLAIM IS TRUE.*AK

MY 2004 HUNDAI TIBURON WAS HIT HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON 11/16/04. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH. MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH NO ONE WAS IN THE SEAT. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE IMPACT WAS MOSTLY ON THE DRIVER FRONT. I SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES IN THE COLLISION. THE CAR IS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS BUT I AM NOT SURE I WILL EVER HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A LOW SPEED, AND WHEN THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *SC