2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON Complaints

I INITIALLY HAD TROUBLE GETTING MY V6, 6 SPEED, 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON, TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND 1ST GEAR AFTER IT SAT OVER NIGHT. THIS PROBLEM PROGRESSED WITHIN 3 DAYS TO WHERE I COULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT GREAT DIFFICULTLY. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE ADVISED ME THAT THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL ARE BAD AND MUST BE REPLACED. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 57,500 MILES ON THE CAR. THIS IS MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING MILES. I AM BEING CHARGED APPROXIMATELY $1800 FOR THIS REPAIR BY THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I CALLED THE HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CLUTCHES ON THE TIBURON. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THIS DEFECT WAS DUE TO MY DRIVING. AFTER READING THE REPORTS ON THIS SITE, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE.

IT SEEMS ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT MY TIBURON I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY REAR WIPER. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS GRINDING AND MAKING NOISE/MOTOR. TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP (VAN DYNHOVEN IN APPLETON, WI) OF COURSE THEY COULD NOT VERIFY THE PROBLEM. A FEW MONTHS LATER DURING COLD WEATHER IT WOULD JUST STOP WORKING AND YOU COULD SEE IT WAS STRUGGLING. SHUT IT OFF 10 MIN LATER WOULD BE WORKING AGAIN. (OBVIOUS MOTOR PROBLEM). TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP, AGAIN COULD NOT VERIFY. IT CONTINUED HAPPENING DURING COLDER WEATHER, MUST HAVE TAKEN IN AT LEAST 3 TIMES. THEY COULD NEVER VERIFY. I WORK FOR A GM DEALERSHIP AND AFTER ONLY READING THE COMPLAINT I HAVE WRITTEN I WOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND REPLACED THE PART. HYUNDAI CANT TELL ME THAT THEY ARE NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE REAR WIPERS, BECAUSE THE NEW 2005'S DONT EVEN HAVE A REAR WIPER ANYMORE. APPARENTLY HYUNDAI DOESNT HAVE CUSTOMER SURVEYS LIKE GM, I NEVER GOT ONE, IF I DID THAT DEALERSHIP WOULD GET A BAD MARK. I AM NOW CONSIDERING BUYING A SUBARU-IMPREZA AND TRADING MY TIBBY IN. OF COURSE AT A DIFFERENT DEALER.

MY SON CRAIG BOWMAN OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON THAT HAS 21,063 MILES ON IT. HE BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 10,000 MILES. THE CLUTCH WENT OUT ON IT, AND THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. WHEN THIS CLUTCH GOES OUT YOU HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THE VEHICLE INTO AND OUT OF GEAR. NORMALLY, WHEN A CLUTCH PLATE GOES OUT YOU LOSE POWER DUE TO SLIPPAGE, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION BY DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH PLATE AND RELIEVING THE TENSION OF THE PRESSURE PLATE. THIS SYSTEM SEEMS TO MAKE IT HARD TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM. I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH, AND HAVE FOUND THAT A GREAT MANY OF THESE CARS EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MILES. ALSO, I HAVE FOUND THAT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TSB# 04-40-005 WAS ISSUED THAT DESCRIBES A CLUTCH REVISION FOR 2003 TIBURONS WITH V6 ENGINE AND STANDARD TRANSMISSION BUILT BEFORE APRIL 1, 2003. TO ME THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND HYUNDAI IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE COULD YOU HELP ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *AK

MY HYUNDAI TIBURON WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATER DEC 26, 2003. THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON BUT DID, NOT DEPLOY. AT 10,000 MI I WAS TOLD MY WARRANTY WAS CANCELED, EVENTHOUGH I'M STILL THE INITIAL OWNER. THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE I STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I NEED THE RECALLS TAKEN CARE OF.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER WITHOUT RESULTS. I AM STILL FIGHTING WITH THEM TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER ESPECIALLY AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS FILED CONCERNING AIR BAG MALFUNCTIONS. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE HYUNDAI MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER THE CONSUMER BUMPED A DIVIDER IN THE ROAD, AT 30 MPH WITH THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO SENT WRITTEN GUIDELINES ON AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, STATING THAT THE AIR BAG SHOULD DEPLOY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IF THAT WAS THE SIDE STRUCK. *AK *SC *JB

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON QUESTION REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH CLUTCH GOING OUT ON VEHICLE.*MR *NM

2003 NEW HYUNDAI TIBBURON CLUTCH FAILED AT 29000, THE DEALER TOLD THAT CAUSE OF RAUGH DRIVING, THE CLUTCH IS NOT INCLUDED IN WARRANTY, ESTIMATED $2000, THE CAR 'S BEEN AT DEALER'S FOR ALMOST 20 DAYS TILL NOW, THEY ARE STILL CHANGING CLUTCH NOW..WE 'VE BEEN RENTING CAR FOR ALMOST 20 DAYS TOO..AFTER I READ ONLINE, I KNOW THAT WAS JUST BULLY US, I'VE BEEN DRIVEN MANUAL CAR FOR 20 YEARS, I KNOW I AM NOT RAUGH TYPE, WHY CANNOT THEY JUST ADMIT THE CLUTCH ITSELF IS PROBLEM? ? I AM GOING TO CONTACT STATE ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS MORE DETAILS OR HAVE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE SEND ME EMAIL AT : [email protected], LET 'S DO SOMETHING TOGETHER..ONLY LEAVING COMPLAINTS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM..THANKS. *AK

IN DECEMBER 2004 WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT, THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AND I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT PROPERLY IN TRAFFIC, THIS INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSE A MULTI-CAR COLLECTION. I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF ENGINE, SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR THEN START THE CAR. I CALLED THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP FOR HELP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CLUTCH WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 12000 MILES, I COULDNT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR HIGH COSTS SO I BOUGHT A NEW CLUTCH AND HAD IT FIXED BY A MECHANIC I COULD AFFORD. IT RUNS THE SAME DUE TO THE FLYWHEEL AND THE WARRANTY COVERS UP TO 50,000 MILES --NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO FIX IT BECAUSE ANOTHER MECHANIC WORKED ON IT. THEY KNEW THIS AT THE TIME I CALLED THE FIRST TIME-----I JUST READ THE TSB #0440005 THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT FOLLLED BY THEM --IT SAYS CLEARLY THAT THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL ARE DEFORMED AND NEED TO BE REPLACE IF THE CUSTOMER CALLS IN ABOUT A CLUTCH PROBLEM LIKE I DID --THEY NEVER DID--IF THEY DID I WOULD NEVER HAD GOT IT FIXED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC AND BOUGHT THE SAME FACTORY CLUTCH AGAIN THAT WAS DEFORMED THEY NEVER TOLD ME. HELP PLEASE . *AK

HYUNDAI TIBURON 2003 CLUTCH FAILURE. *BF THE PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR. *SC