Problems with 2003 Hyundai Tiburon EQUIPMENT

There was a collision which involved significant front end damage to a 2003 hyundai tiberon. the speed at impact was 55mph. the driver airbag failed to deploy. *tr

I have 90,000 miles on my 2003 hyundai tiburon. i have already had the clutch replaced 3 times. once under warranty at 29,000 miles, the second pocket at 43,200 miles and third at 69,500 miles. now at 90,000 miles it is going out again. the first two i made hyundai pay for them but this is getting ridiculous two flywheels at 400.00 dollars each and two kits at 385.00 each. there has got to be a problem with the original design. the master cylinder and slave cylinder have never needed replacement according to the dealer. they flush and fill every time. i think this is a scam by hyundai or ots dealers there is obviously a major defect. are there any recalls on this car? please help thank you. *tr

Have had this car for less than 2 weeks, have not put 200 miles on it. bought this used vehicle from a local dealership. have not had any issues with this tiburon until yesterday when i noticed that the clutch was a bit stiff and when i tried to put the car into reverse, i had a hard time finding it, it would not let me put it into reverse and i took my foot off of the clutch and retried it, managed to get it into reverse this time, never had any problems beforehand, the engine revved up and car hesitantly moved out of the garage. stopped vehicle, put it into 1st gear and started to drive out of my driveway when i put it into 2nd gear, the car jerked as i let go of the clutch but continued to drive it. got onto the highway and everything was going fine when the traffic started to slow down, went from 6th gear down to 5th gear and the engine revved up and smelled burning rubber, tried to give it some gas to accelerate and would not move, tachometer would show engine revving but was not accelerating at all. managed to coast car off to the side of the road and came to a stop. turned the engine off, waited for a couple of minutes and started engine up again and again smelled the burning rubber; tried to put in first gear, went in but would not move, tried reverse and would not move. called the dealership from where i purchased this vehicle and they did not have a towing service so ended up calling aaa, tow truck driver informed me by the smell that it was more than likely the clutch had gone in it and had some experience with this as he has towed several of these cars for the same reason. car is in repair shop will be worked on monday 5-24-10. so far the dealership said that they will honor the warranty. *tr

The seat belt wiring appears to be faulty which was suppose to be fixed in 2003 when i brought my car into the hyundai dealership in bloomington, mn for this recall. the seat belt keeps dinging when i'm buckled up and driving, i noticed the air bag light also came on and hasn't come off since the seat belt dinging started. i can stop the dinging from the seat belt by moving the seat belt piece around which is located between my seat and center council. the manager at luther hyundai referred me to the hyundai consumer affairs and they made a report and conveyed that i should bring it back to the dealership. i spoke to the manager again at the dealership and he is saying that regardless he'll have to charge me $119.00 for a diagnostic fee. my vin number is very close to the vin numbers that are being recalled for this very same problem but hyundai won't look at it without charging me. i'm getting conflicting information from hyundai consumer affairs and manager at the hyundai dealership. ultimately, i'm concerned that if i am in a car accident and the air bag doesn't deploy it could cost me my life. *tr *dt

Hello, i'm 26yrs old. i own a 2003 tiburon gt v6 6speed with less than 80,000 miles. i bought it off of the original owner with only 9,000 miles. within the 70,000 miles i've driven it, it's had three clutches.? i've owned all manual driven cars since i was 16, i learned how to drive with one. we all know i burned that clutch up a little bit yet i still didn't burn that clutch out. the first clutch i had to replace i paid for the parts. hyundai took care of the labor which was nice but, i still had to pay for a part that i wasn't at fault for ruining. now i'm on my third clutch, i had to pay for this one in full because i'm the second owner and hyundai only covers 60,000 miles. as of 01\06\09 this one is no longer working. there has to be a manufactures defect of some kind. whether it is the hydraulic lines pumping too much or not enough fluid, the reverse dual mass clutch, or it being the first year they made the car, and this was one of the problems hyundai had to take care of. i need help please. i've read more reviews on "2003" tiburon's than i can handle to read, and at least 90% said they had clutch problems. i started looking for a solution and the only thing i could find was consumer affairs #, e-mail, and a few other #'s. i called the consumer affairs #, and now they told me they can't help go figure. their reason was it being to far out of warranty although it was at only 31,000 miles. now at 77,000 it goes again, what a coincidence. this disaster of a car has cost me around $4,000 and has also put a halt on my life. i had a jeep payment that i had to surrender back to the bank because i could no longer pay for repairs on the tiburon and my jeep. i'm writing this in hope that there is some kind of good will, recall, ect. to help reimburse my loses. thank you in advance *tr

Clutch failure! i am looking at replacing the clutch in this car for the third time. after doing much research on the issue, i have discovered that there are several class actions against hyundai regarding the clutch issue. i have 85k on this car and it has had clutch issues since about 1800 miles. the entire clutch and fly wheel was replaced at 27,618 miles and again at 60k and now again. the problem is the "dual mass flywheel". they know and acknowledge this is a common problem with the clutch and explain it away as the way the user drives. but, how can thousands drive so bad that a clutch last only 27k miles? my husband died 2 weeks after the car broke down out of town with the 2nd clutch replacement. due in part to the added stress that this put on us. how many other people have to go through this before hyundai takes this seriously. how many people have to injured physically, emotionally or financially before something is done. we were almost hit by a 18 wheeler when the clutch failed the 2nd time. again, how many people does hyundai have to have this happen to before someone is killed!!!!!!! the date listed below is the 3rd clutch incident date. i have proof of many more defects with this car!!!!! i attribute the death of my husband in part to this continuing problem!!!!! *tr

I am having problems with the clutch. it is having trouble engaging and disengaging. the clutch does this when the engine is cold and even at times when it is not cold. i took it to the dealership and they replaced the master cylinder due to defect but claimed that the clutch also needed to be replaced due to wear. my car had 59,800 miles when it took it in for the problem. after the fix it still has the same problem. *tr

I have a 2003 hyundai tiburon. i had to have the clutch replaced 2 times in 2004. once in dec and jan. i am now having to replace the clutch again in jan of 2008. what can i do??*cn

Tsb recommending old clutch replacement which is garbage, clutch is garbage. *tr

03 tiburon gtv6 6 speed - second clutch system broke at 15228 miles. after making a right hand turn i was unable to put the shift stick into third gear. same as the first time this happened without any warning. second, clutch system was replaced at no cost. dealer kept car for 14 days. first clutch - first time this happened, the trans locked up at 7180 miles. i was driving on the 101 freeway and broked down on the the left shoulder near the center divider. chp said that i was in an unsafe position and had to push my car via patrol car over to the right hand shoulder. the first clutch was also replaced at no charge by dealer.*ak

I bought this car in july 2002. it now only has alittle over 8,000 miles. since i have had this auto i have had to have the doors realigned because they would not close. the radio would just go out. they replaced the radio but 3 months later it happened again except this time the a/c would not put out cold air properly. come to find out if i cut the a/c off, the radio would come back on. the last few trips to the dealership i had to leave my car for the day. they checked out everything and could not find anything to cause it to be doing what it does. they did change the battery because the car was dying on me at any given time. i've had 3 different recalls sent to me.