2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON Complaints

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON CLUTCH COMPLETELY BURNED OUT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER READ ARTICLES WHICH INDICATED THAT THE CLUTCH PLATE USED IN THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE USED ON 4 CYLINDERS NOT 6 CYLINDER VEHICLE. *NM

CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL FAILED ON VEHICLE AT 30,250 MILES. DEALER CLAIMS REPAIR COSTS ($2280) EXCLUDED FROM WARRANTY AS "WEAR ITEM." WARRANTY VAGUELY WORDED, YET ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION ON NTSB WEBSITE SUGGESTS THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. AUTOMOBILE CURRENTLY AT DEALER. VIN # AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.*AK

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDIA TIBURON. CLUTCH SLIPPING AND VIBRATION AT 13000 MILES. THEY REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FOR FREE. NOW I HAVE 17,400 MILES AND CLUTCH IS SLIPPING AGAIN. PLEASE HELP ALL THE OWNERS OF 2003 TIBURON MANUELS. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $80.00 TO LOOK AND TELL ME IF IT IS MY FAULT. I'VE BEEN DRIVING CLUTCHES WELL OVER 100,000 MILES ON CARS. HELP!!*AK

I OWN A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON WITH 30000 MILES. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED A NEW CLUTCH. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI IS CLAIMING ITS BECAUSE OF DRIVING HABITS BUT THE MECHANIC WHO FIXED MY CAR (NOT HYUNDAI DEALER) FOUND NO ABUSE SIGNS. I DONT KNOW WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS BUT I HOPE SOMEONE INVESTIGATES THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT DRIVING ONE OF THESE CARS. THE WEBSITE FOR THE CAR IS WWW.TUSCANI.BE GO INTO FORUM AND INTO THE GENERAL SECTION AND READ THE CLUTCH PROBLEM COMMENTS. *AK

LOW-SPEED COLLISION WITH THE FRONT END, DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY 2003 HYUNDAI-TIBURON RESULTED IN ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYING.*AK

35K MILES AND I AM TOLD CLUTCH/FLYWHEEL IS SHOT, NO COVERED BECAUSE IT MAY BE ABUSED. I HAVE DRIVEN A MANUAL MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE AND NEVER REPLACED A CLUTCH. THIS SHOLD COVERED UNDER HYUNDAI WARR. I HAVE A STACK OF INFO AGAINST THEM ALMOST 2INCHES HIGH AND CORP SAYS IT IS UP TO THE SERVICE GUY.*AK

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON,FAILS TO START AND WHEN STARTED ENGINE STALLS,TOWED TO DEALER 4 TIMES AND DRIVEN TO DEALER 7 TIMES FOR OTHER PROBLEMS.THIS COMPANY AND THEIR DEALER CONTINUE TO BLAME CONSUMER FOR THEIR VERY INFERIOR PRODUCT.*AK

I HAVE HAD MY CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED SINCE 9-02. THEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE TRANSMISSION, BUT IT WAS NO REPAIRED AT THE TIME. I WAS TOLD I COULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE, SO I BELIEVED THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. IN 6-03, ONCE AGAIN I THE DEFECTIVE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, FLYWHEEL, PRESSURE PLATE, CLUTCH PLATE AND THE THROW OUT BEARING WERE REPLACED, AND THE SUNROOF MOTOR WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. ON 10-03 SUNROOF WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. ON 5-04 THE SUNROOF WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. ON7-21-04 I ADVISED SERVICE DEPARTMENT MY GEARS WERE GETTING STUCK, BUT ALL THE SERVICEMAN DID WAS REMOVED STARTER AND TOLD THE REP IT WAS COVERED WITH CLUTCH DISC MATERIAL, THEREFORE IT WAS NOT COVERED BY MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. IT IS THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS NOT FIXED ON 9-02 THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THEY REFUSE TO CHECK IT. I HAVE A 2003 TIBURON!!!*AK

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT 21,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND HAD NO ANSWER FOR THIS ISSUE. *AK

CLUTCH SLIPS WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO ANY SPEED. WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ON RAMP ALMOST CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP SAYS I RIDE THE CLUTCH AND WORE IT OUT. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS IN THE PAST AND NEVER ONCE HAD A CLUTCH GO BAD. CAR ONLY HAS 29000 MILES ON IT. MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT EVEN WITH RIDING THE CLUTCH THERE IS NO WAY IT SHOULD GO OUT SO SOON. FAULTY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY??? I THINK SO. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND SEND A RECALL SO THAT ALL OF THESE "NEAR" ACCIDENTS DON'T TURN INTO FATALITIES. FATALITIES DUE TO FAULTY PARTS=LAWSUITS...LAWSUITS=MILLIONS. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER HYUNDAI. *JB