NHTSA Complaint #10252068 — 2001 HYUNDAI TIBURON

AS THE ORIGINAL OWNER, I HAVE 4 TRANSMISSION REPAIRS FOR MY HYUNDAI TIBURON: 05/28/04 JIM BURKE HYUNDAI SERVICE INVOICE COMMENTS: ?CUSTOMER STATES TRANSAXLE WILL NOT SHIFT ? STAYS IN 3RD GEAR ? STATES HAS BEEN ADVISED NEEDS TCM REPLACED ? CHECK TRANSAXLE OPERATION AND CONTACT TECHLINE ? CHECK WITH A/T TESTER ? NOT GOING INTO GEAR ? R&R AND REPLACE TRANSAXLE WITH REMAN UNIT AND FLUSH COOLER.? THE TRANSMISSION STAYED IN 3RD GEAR. HYUNDAI REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. 10/01/2004 THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AGAIN. I HAVE AN INVOICE THAT STATES THE *?LOCKING CLIP OFF OF RIGHT DRIVE AXLE ALLOWING FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF AXLE SEAL ? ORDERED LOCKING CLIP ? FILLED TRANSAXLE TO CORRECT LEVEL ? ADVISED CUSTOMER OF LEAK ? CUSTOMER TO BRING VEHICLE BACK FOR CLIP REPLACEMENT.? *THIS INDICATES THE CLIP WAS LEFT OFF THE LAST TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON 05/28/04, WHICH SUGGESTING NEGLIGENCE. 10/4/04 THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM THE INVOICE: ?CUSTOMER STATES TRANSAXLE IS SLIPPING ? LEAKING FOUND AXLE CLIP MISSING ALLOWING AXLE TO MOVE AND FLUID TO LEAK. R&R RIGHT AXLE AND REPLACE RETAINER CLIP? 10/18/05 THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM THE INVOICE: ?CUSTOMER STATE TRANSAXLE LURCHES OR STICKS WHILE DRIVING ? PERFORM SCAN TEST ? CODE P0734 ? 4TH GEAR ERROR ? ROAD TEST VEHICLE ? CODE RESET ? CONTACT TECH LINE ? CASE #205359 R&R REPLACE TRANSAXLE WITH REMAN UNIT AND FLUSH COOLER? BECAUSE THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION RECENTLY, I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTEAD OF A MANUFACTURED ONE. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ONLY GIVE ME A MANUFACTURED ONE. 03/28/08 INVOICE COMMENTS: ?AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE FLUSH AND REPLACE FLUID? THERE ARE NO SERVICE COMMENTS REGARDING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE SERVICE COST ME $191.12. 04/10/08 INVOICE COMMENTS: ?CUSTOMER STATES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ? WAS ADVISED HAS CODES P0734 AND P1624 ? PERFORM SCAN. *TR