2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON Power Trainclutch Assembly Problems

TSB RECOMMENDING OLD CLUTCH REPLACEMENT WHICH IS GARBAGE, CLUTCH IS GARBAGE. *TR

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CLUTCH FAILED AFTER ONLY 30000 MILES. I HAVE DRIVEN CARS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR 20 YEARS. THIS ONE WAS NO ABUSED OR USED FOR RACING. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CLUTCH GO OUT AFTER SO FEW MILES. THE PROBLEM SEEM TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE CLUTCH SYSTEM. THERE IS A RESTRICTOR VALVE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE CLUTCH TO FULLY ENGAGE UNTIL 1 SECOND AFTER THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS FULLY RELEASED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SCALE PROBLEM. THERE ARE POSTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS DEFECT. *TR

OK SO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAS SOUNDED LIKE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE I AM 18 AND JUST MADE A NEW PURCHASE OF A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT 5 SPEED IT IS THE FIRST CAR I HAVE REALLY EVER REALLY BABIED AND I HAVE ONLY HAD IT FOR 3 WEEKS I HAVE NOT DROVE THE CAR HARD OR ANYTHING AND THE CLUTCH IS SLIPPING BAD THE CAR RAN AND DROVE FINE WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR NOW IM LOOKING AT A 2,000 DOLLAR CHARGE FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE WENT WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE I LEAVE FOR THE ARMY IN JULY 2008 AND NOW I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE I AM AFRAID TO MESS ANYTHING ELSE UP ON IT SO I AM JUST KIND OF STUCK LOOKING AT AND NICE RED CAR THAT ISN'T DRIVABLE AND I CALLED HYUNDAI...

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

MY CAR IS AN 03 HYUNDAI TIBURON. IT WAS MANUFACTURED ON JULY 23, 2002. I WAS READING ON NEWTIBURON.COM THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR CARS MANUFACTURED BEFORE APRIL OF 2003, IN REFERENCE TO THE CLUTCHES GOING BAD. NOW I BOUGHT MY CAR USED AND THE OWNER BEFORE SAID THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AT 45,000 MILES. THE CAR NOW HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND THE CLUTCH GRABS REALLY HARD AND SOMETIMES IS HARD TO DRIVE. I HAVE TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH VERY SLOW IN ORDER FOR THE CAR NOT TO JERK HARD. IN THE NEWTIBURON.COM FORUM THEY WERE SAYING SOME PART WAS BAD AND CAN BE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF MY CAR HAS THE BAD PART AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. *TR

BAD CLUTCH. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT (6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION) THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. THE CAR HAS ONLY 45,000 MILES ON IT, AND I DRIVE IT QUITE CONSERVATIVELY. THE FAILURE IS NOT FROM "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". THERE ARE DESIGN DEFECTS THAT DIRECTLY LEAD TO THIS (AND MANY OTHER) PREMATURE FAILURES. I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $2100 IN REPAIRS (CLUTCH, PRESSURE PLATE, THROW-OUT BEARING, AND FLYWHEEL + LABOR) BY THE DEALER. I AM LOOKING INTO ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS--INCLUDING TRADING MY CAR IN--AS I AM NOT CONFIDENT THE DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. *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

HAZARD LIGHTS, SIGNAL LIGHTS, AIRBAG LIGHTS, POWERS WINDOWS AND CLUTCH. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON AND MY CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL BOTH FAILED AT WHAT I THINK IS A LITTLE TO EARLY. IT IS DRIVEN WITH CARE AND EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED. I HAD A NEW CLUTCH PUT IN BY A PROFESSIONAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND DID NOT REPLACE THE FLYWHEEL, JUST THE CLUTCH AND HYDRAULICS. WITHIN ONE BUSINESS WEEK, MY NEW CLUTCH HAS FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $800 JUST FOR THE FLYWHEEL SO I CAN THEN TAKE BACK TO THE SHOP AND HAVE THEM INSTALL IT WITH MY NEW CLUTCH! *TR

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 AND HAD A CLUTCH PROBLEM TWICE AND THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER IT. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHER DRIVERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. EVERYTIME WE WENT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS OUR FAULT, AND MADE US PAY OVER $1500 FOR REPAIRS. *TR

MY CLUTCH HAS TO BE REPLACED AT 39,000 MILES. I DRIVE MY CAR WELL AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS QUOTED ME 1700 DOLLARS AND ARE SAYING THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS WEAR AND TEAR. READING ALL OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS CLUTCH IT IS APPARENT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REPLACING IT FOR FREE! PRETTY SAD THAT HYUNDAI BOASTS ABOUT THEIR 10 YEAR WARRANTY BUT WON'T REPLACE ANYTHING UNDER IT! *TR

CLUTCH SLIPPING UNTIL THE BEARING EVENTUALLY BROKE, CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BUT NOW IT FEELS AS IF THE CLUTCH DISENGAGES AND ENGAGES EVERYTIME I RELEASE THE THROTTLE EVEN A BIT. THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY. *JB

CLUTCH FAILED AT 44,000 MILES AFTER BUYING CAR USED. SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT FIX , STATED IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. COST $1500 TO FIX. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON, PAST 65,000 SO SERVICE DEPARTMENT WONT FIX IT UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. HATCH BACK LATCH WONT WORK, $200 TO FIX THAT. HEADLIGHTS BURN OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH. BROUGHT CAR TO SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF CAR. SAID THEY COULDNT HEAR ANYTHING. 2000 MILES OVER MY WARRENTEE BROUGHT CAR BACK BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING WORSE, SAID IT WAS FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND WOULD COST $1000 TO FIX. DURING COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY BRAKE STICKS TOOK IT IN AND THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, GO FIGURE. SEATS WONT LATCH SOMETIMES AFTER LETTING SOMEONE OUT FROM THE BACK. IS THERE A END TO THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS HYUNDAI.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH FAILED TWICE. THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AT THE COST OF $900. SHE RESEARCHED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND DISCOVERED 180 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT MALFUNCTIONING CLUTCH ON 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON WHICH WE PURCHASED NEW, AND ALSO PAID FOR AN ADDITIONAL WARRANTY, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WOULD PICK UP THE COST OF ANY REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE MFG. STANDARD 100K BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. EACH TIME WE COMPLAINED WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS THE WAY WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. CLUTCH HAS GONE OUT AT 57K MILES AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS A WEAR ITEM AND NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND WILL COST $2000.00 TO FIX. WE WERE NEVER TOLD OF THE TSB 04-40-005 INDICATING DEFORMED/DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PARTS WHICH SHOULD BE REPLACED WHEN CUSTOMER BRINGS VEHICLE IN COMPLAINING OF CLUTCH PROBLEMS. CAR IS SITTING AT DEALERSHIP AND WE ARE WAITING FOR A WRITTEN DENIAL OF COVERAGE FROM MFG. AND A WRITTEN ESTIMATE OF COST FROM DEALER BEFORE WE PROCEED. HOWEVER, WE SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF...

I PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT WITH 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF THE ADVERTISED 100,000 MILE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. IN 2005 THE CLUTCH AND PRESSURE PLATE FAILED AND I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY SERVICE. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WAS A "WEAR ITEM", HAD PROBABLY BEEN ABUSED, AND WAS NOT COVERED. I HAVE DRIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MANUAL SHIFT MILES IN SEVERAL CARS AND NEVER HAD A CLUTCH FAILURE. IT WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF OVER $800 AND NOT REIMBURSED BY HYUNDAI. IN JULY 2007, THE CLUTCH AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CLUTCH HYDRAULICS AND FLYWHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1800. THE COMPANY AND DEALERS CONTINUE TO CLAIM THAT THE FAILURES ARE NOT THE FAULT OF THE VEHICLE'S DESIGN, BUT ARE RATHER THE FAULT OF THE DRIVER. MY RESEARCH ON THE NHTSA SITE SHOWS OVER 650 NEARLY IDENTICAL...

HI. I OWN A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT 2.7 6 SPEED. THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AT 18, 000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WITH A COPY OF THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THE TIBURON CLUTCH ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY DRIVING, AND THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO ME TO PAY FOR THIS, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT $1600-2000 OUT OF MY POCKET. I REFUSED TO PAY FOR THIS. *AK

THE CLUTCH IN MY HYUNDAI TIBURON JUST SIMPLY WON'T LAST LONG, THE CLUTCH WENT OUT ON ME COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE CAR AND THE QUALITY OF THE CLUTCH IS JUST SIMPLY NOT UP TO STANDARDS. MY CAR HAS 53000 MILES AND IS A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2003 HYUNDAI TIBRON GT, HAD SEV STALLING PROBLEMS AND CLUTCH FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 19,000 MILES THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND ALL POWER ON DASH BOARD WAS LOST. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND STATED THAT THE STALLING RESULTED DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE CLUTCH, BUT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP, AND THE VEHICLE HAD A COMPLETE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN 11/06 THE VEHICLE STARTED HAVING A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE FAILURE, AND THAT THE DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING WAS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT...

2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON CLUTCH WENT OUT AT 55,000 MILES. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON USED WITH 24,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I DROVE IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 6,000 MILES WITH NO EVIDENT PROBLEMS. SUDDENLY THE CLUTCH WENT OUT OF THE CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT THE CLUTCH HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AT 18,000 MILES DUE TO A FAILED BEARING/CEASED FLY WHEEL. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TOLD MY SALES AGENT THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER THE 6/60,000 WARRANTY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THEM. AFTER TAKING THE CLUTCH OFF, THEY DECIDED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. I CONTACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE REPAIRS. ON CARSPACE AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS, I HAVE FOUND THAT NUMEROUS 2003 TIBURON PURCHASES HAVE RESULTED IN FAILED CLUTCHES MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE EARLY LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND HYUNDAI SHOULD BE...

I OWN A 2003 TIBURON WITH THE 2.7L. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2003. AROUND 14 THOUSAND MILES OR SO MY CLUTCH BEGAN SLIPPING AND THEN EVENTUALLY FAILED. THE CAR HAD A FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH DISK, PRESSURE PLATE, AND FLYWHEEL, AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE DRIVER THE FAILURE WAS THEIR FAULT AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. A ONE TIME GOOD WILL REPAIR WAS MADE AND INSTEAD OF THE EXORBITANT $2000 ASKED INSTEAD WE ONLY PAID $500. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR ABOUT $20,000. HYUNDAI ASKS FOR $2,000, 10% OF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR IT. 40,000 MILES HAVE NOW REACHED THE ODOMETER, AND THE CLUTCH HAS NOW FAILED AGAIN. THE CLUTCH THAT IS CURRENTLY IN MY VEHICLE IS ONE REPLACED IN 2003 STILL. HYUNDAI REVISED THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS DUE TO MALFORMED CLUTCH PLATES IN 2004, YET REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR COMPENSATE THE OWNERS. TWO OF THE...

I HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE PUTTING THE CAR IN GEAR (6-SPEED MANUAL) I.E. 1ST AND REVERSE. I REALLY HAVE TO PULL OR PUSH THE STICK VERY HARD. I HAVE READ A LOT OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR ( 03 HYUNDAI TIBURON ) AND FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE PLEASE HELP US. *JB

CLUTCH FAILURE @ AROUND 22,000 MILES. *NM

I OWN A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V-6 (2.7 LITER) 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AUTOMOBILE WITH 48,900 MILES ON ODOMETER. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AND I LOST POWER AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. *NM

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 50000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. THE COMMUNITY IS NEWTIBURON.COM. MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 6 SPEED. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AS ME. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED THE CAR I STILL HAD 10000 MILES OF WARRANTY. SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROSEVILLE HYUNDAI TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE ORIGINAL CLUTCH FOR MY VEHICLE WAS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT THEY HAD A TSB OUT ON FOR REPLACEMENT. I ATTEND WYOMING TECHNICAL INSTITUTE(WHICH IS AN AUTOMOTIVE TECH SCHOOL) THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT THEY EVEN HAVE A REPLACEMENT PART FOR. I BELIEVE THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO AVOID THE $2000 REPAIR FOR THEM. SINCE I WAS SO...

I BOUGHT A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT 3 WEEKS AGO FROM A DEALERSHIP, MEDLIN MOTORS INC., IN ROCKY MOUNT, NC. I STARTED SMELLING A BURNING SMELL THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR AND ASKED THE DEALER WHAT IT WAS AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY BRAKE RUST OR RESIDUE COMING OFF FROM WHERE IT WAS SITTING UP FOR A WHILE. SO I THEN DISMISSED THE PROBLEM UNTIL ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER I SMELT THAT SMELL AGAIN AND SOON AFTER THE CLUTCH STARTED SLIPPING. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO FIX IT. THEY THEN PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THEIR SHOP. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL STATING THAT THE REPAIR BILL WOULD BE $1700.00. WITH THIS INFORMATION I TOLD THEM I COULDN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR IT SINCE I...

MY HYUNDAI TIBURON 03'S CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT, BUT I'VE BEEN DRIVING A MANUAL FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME AND BEFORE, MY TOYOTA CELICA NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I HEARD, HYUNDAI HAS DEFECTIVE CLUTCH PARTS AND THEY WON'T COVER THIS UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THE PARTS AND THE LABOR AT HYUNDAI WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. I WOULD NOT WANT MY CAR TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH EVERY 2 YEARS, FROM WHAT I HEARD. *JB

MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBRUON GT HAS A CLUTCH THAT IS SLIPPING AND THERE IS ONLY ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND IF THIS CLUTCH GOES WHILE WE ARE IN THE CAR IT COULD CAUSE INJURIES TO US BOTH. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS HARD TO SHIFT AND PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED. LATER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND AND WOULD NOT START WHEN JUMPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE CLUTCH FAILED, AND THE CLUTCH FLY WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE CLUTCH ON MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON HAS BEEN PREMATURELY SLIPPING AT ONLY 65K MILES. ACCORDING TO MEMBERS ON WWW.NEWTIBURON.COM, THIS IS APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM AND ONE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY HYUNDAI. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 6-SPEED AND AT 61,000 MILES THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER AND FLYWHEEL HAVE COMPLETELY FALLEN APART. IT HAS COST ME OVER $2,000.00 IN DAMAGE AND I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THE CONDITION OF THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE NORMAL! I HAVE ALSO HEARD MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE HYUNDAI TIBURON. ALSO, GIRARD GIBBS LLP IS INVESTIGATING CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH A PENDING LAWSUIT SEEKING CLASS ACTION STATUS AGAINST HYUNDAI AMERICA, INC. CONSUMERS COMPLAIN THAT CERTAIN HYUNDAI TIBURONS EXPERIENCE PREMATURE CLUTCH AND/OR FLYWHEEL FAILURES, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BEING INOPERABLE. CONSUMERS ALSO COMPLAIN THAT HYUNDAI DOES NOT REPLACE THE PARTS UNDER WARRANTY, RESULTING IN TREMENDOUS COST OF REPLACEMENTS TO THE CONSUMER. *JB

CLUTCH WENT OUT ON VEHICLE AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES NORMAL USE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH ALOT OF TIBURON'S/ I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE MY CLUTCH REPLACED OUT OF POCKET AT THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM STATIONED WITH THE ARMY IN GERMANY. *NM

FAULTY CLUTCH.. PER WARRANTY 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES FOR DRIVE TRAIN.. $2000.00 CLUTCH IS NOT COVERED. HAD CAR IN PREVIOUS COMPLAINING ABOUT CLUTCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY.. NOTE THAT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED PER INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET WITH TIBERON'S HAVING CLUTCH PROBLEMS. *JB

CLUTCH FAILURE WHILE DRIVING, LOST ABILITY TO USE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GEAR AFTER MOVING INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT INCIDENT FROM FIRST GEAR. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. *NM

I HAVE A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT WITH 6-SPEED STANDARD TRANSMISSION AND 46000 MILES. I LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN AND THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED IN OCTOBER OF 2002. RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLUTCH IN THIS CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FAILURE IS DUE TO MY DRIVING HABITS AND THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN ARGUING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CLAIMS ON THE WEB THAT ARE EXACTLY LIKE WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH WITH THIS SAME CAR. THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A QUOTE OF 1356 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH, PRESSURE PLATE, AND FLYWHEEL AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THIS AS "GOODWILL". THE WHOLE SITUATION SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. I HAVE DRIVEN A STANDARD TRANSMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD...

MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON V6 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR HAS HAD 2 CLUTCH FAILURES. THE FIRST OCCURRED AT 29000 MILES AND COST ME NEARLY $800 TO REPAIR. AFTER CLUTCH REPLACEMENT WITH AN IDENTICAL CLUTCH KIT, IT FAILED AGAIN ON ME 5/29/2006 JUST 3000 MILES LATER. THIS REPAIR WILL COST ME MUCH MORE, MOST LIKELY AROUND $1500. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR IS FAULTY CLUTCH THAT COMES WITH THE TIBURON GT AS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN RELATION TO EARLY CLUTCH FAILURE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE CLUTCH TO FAIL TWICE WITHIN 33000 MILES. *NM

WITH 30000 KM ON MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V-6 MY CLUTCH IS SLIPPING AND WORN. THERE IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE CLUTCHES ON THESE CARS, AND THE DEALERS UNWILLINGNESS TO WARRANTY THE REPAIR. *NM

A FEW MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE CAR, BACK IN MAY 2003, THE CLUTCH HAS BEEN HORRIBLE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES AND THEY NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT SLIPS ALL THE TIME, SOMETIMES WON'T DISENGAGE, WHICH COULD REALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALOT OF TIMES IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE CLUTCH IS PUSHED ALL THE WAY IN. *NM

CLUTCH GIVING OUT IN 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT. *NM

2003 TIBURON - GTV6 - 6 SPD. MAN.L - PURCHASED MAY 2003, NEW. DURING SUMMER'05 WITH ABOUT 20,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING WEIRD, GETTING HARDER TO SHIFT INTO LOWER GEARS, FROM UP OR DOWN. WOULD AT TIMES ACTUALLY HANG IN 2ND, (POWER TO THE WHEELS) EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH FULLY DEPRESSED! (SURPRISING, AND DANGEROUS, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP IN TRAFFIC !) HAD TO REALLY BUMP THE STICK HARD TO GET IT OUT OF GEAR. TOOK TO HYUNDAI DEALER THAT SOLD CAR, WHOSE HEAD MECHANIC DROVE CAR - SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND TRIED TO TELL ME I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A STICK. THIS WAS IRRITATING SINCE I HAVE DRIVEN MANUALS MY ENTIRE LIFE GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 70'S. THIS DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED I TAKE CAR TO THEIR SISTER-DEALER, WHICH I DID, ON 09-05, WITH 24,379 MILES ON THE CAR. AFTER DRIVING IT, THEY AGREED THERE...

I PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GTV6 - 6 SPEED IN APRIL OF 2003. 20,000 MILES LATER, THOUGHT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, MY CLUTCH WENT OUT. THE DEALER REPLACED MY CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL USING A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. NOW, AT 48,000 MILES (28,000 MILES LATER), MY CLUTCH HAS FAILED AGAIN. I AM IN NO WAY A HARD DRIVER, AND AM A VERY EXPERIENCED MANUAL TRANSMISSION DRIVER. THIS FAILURE IS COSTING ME $2000 TO REPAIR, AND HAS PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN A FINANCIAL STRAIN. CLUTCHES SHOULD NOT GO OUT THIS QUICKLY, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH NO MANUFACTURER RESOLUTION. I HOPE THAT THIS MESSAGE REACHES FAR; HYUNDAI SHOULD ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. I'M AFRAID THAT NEXT TIME MY CLUTCH WILL FAIL ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE A LOT WORSE. *JB

TWO DAYS AGO I NOTICED A WEIRD SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD, AND MY CLUTCH BEGAN TO FEEL DIFFERENT, I COULD FEEL THE SCRAPE. THE NEXT DAY, AT MID DAY THINKING ABOUT TAKING THE CAR TO HAVE IT CHECKED, THE CLUTCH GOES TO THE FLOOR AND IS JUST COMPLETELY GONE IN AN INSTANT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL ARE COMPLETELY GONE AND NEED NEW ONES. I HAVE BEEN READING THAT THE NEWER CLUTCHES AND FLYWHEEL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONES INSTALLED IN THE CARS, HOPEFULLY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH MINE. THE PARTS ARE TO BE REPLACED BUT ALL THE COST IS ON ME. *NM

I HAVE A 2.7L V6 TIBURON FROM 03 AND CURRENTLY HAVE MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR A NEW CLUTCH AT 22.5K MILES ON IT. AT FIRST I WAS SHOCKED AND CONVINCED THAT THEY WOULD FIND SOMETHING ELSE WRONG WITH THE CAR THAT CAUSED THE CLUTCH TO WEAR PREMATURELY. HOWEVER, THEIR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT I ABUSED THE CLUTCH WITH ABNORMAL DRIVING CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT. THEY ALSO COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL WEAR ON THE TIRES BUT THEY NOTICED A COLD AIR INTAKE (HATED THE SILENT WINE OF STOCK) WHICH POINTS TO HARD DRIVING. THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THE CLUTCH IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12K MILES AND THAT IT WOULD BE $2,200 TO FIX. THIS IS MY SECOND MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE IN 13 YEARS AND I DROVE MY PREVIOUS ONE AROUND 100K MILES WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. I KNOW HOW TO...

I AM HAVING SEVERE ISSUES WITH THE MANUAL CLUTCH ON MY 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON. MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 23,000 MILES AND IS EXPERIENCING SEVERE CLUTCH SLIPPAGE. I HAD THE CLUTCH EXAMINED AT 12,000 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. NOW HYUNDAI IS TELLING ME THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE CLUTCH PLATE IS "GLAZED" AND WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE REPLACED. HYUNDAI STATED THAT THIS IS DUE TO "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON'S HAVE THIS SAME ISSUES AND MANY HAVE HAD TO BE REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL EXPERIENCE CLUTCH FAILURE. *NM

BOUGHT A USED 2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON WITH 18,484 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN RESPONSIBLY FOR 10,000 MILES AND NOW GEAR OIL COMBINED WITH CLUTCH DUST IS LEAKING FROM ONE OF THE GEAR BOX SEALS. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT HERB CHAMBERS HYUNDAI ON SOUTHBRIDGE ST. IN AUBURN, MA SAYS THIS WILL REQUIRE A CLUTCH AND SEAL REPLACEMENT WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FLYWHEEL REPLACEMENT AS WELL. FOR ALL OF THIS, THE ESTIMATED COST IS $322 PARTS AND $900 LABOR. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE FROM A CAR COMPANY KNOWN FOR ITS WARRANTY AND A SAFETY HAZARD TO OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. IT IS UNHEARD OF FOR THIS TO HAPPEN SO PREMATURELY IN A VEHICLE AND MAY BE IGNORED BY OTHER OWNERS. *JB

BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM ANY GEAR TO ANY OTHER GEAR WITHOUT "DOUBLE CLUTCHING." TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLUTCH WAS BAD. FOLLOWING THE ADVICE OF THE DEALERSHIP I ORDERED AN AFTERMARKET CLUTCH AND AN AFTERMARKET FLYWHEEL. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED DOING THIS BECAUSE OF DURABILITY ISSUES WITH THE STOCK SETUP. ONCE THE DEALER BEGAN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL ITSELF THEY THEN DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION (6 SPEED) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE HYUNDAI REGIONAL REP. WANTED TO GO AGAINST A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND SIMPLY FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANS ITSELF. THE DEALER ACTUALLY HAD TO FIGHT WITH THE REP TO FOLLOW HYUNDAI'S OWN TSB. THE DEALERSHIP ITSELF WAS GREAT AND DEFIANTLY HONEST ABOUT THE CLUTCH PROBLEMS ON THE 03 TIB V6 6SP, BUT I STILL FEEL THAT HYUNDAI NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THE ISSUE...

DEALER HAS BEEN GREAT. CORP REP=BAD. PURCHASED BRAND NEW ON DEC 31 02, AND DRIVEN 3400 MILES BEFORE CLUTCH RELATED PROBLEMS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT A MONTH LATER. THAT WAS THE EARLIEST I COULD BRING IT IN AND BE LEFT WITHOUT A CAR FOR 3 DAYS. CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 11,400 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WITH THE DEALER THEN WARRANTED THE CLUTCH DISC, FLYWHEEL, PRESSURE PLATE AND THROW OUT BEARING, BUT REPLACED THEM WITH THE SAME PARTS AS BEFORE, WHICH WAS REALLY A TEMPORARY FIX TO THE GENERAL PROBLEM BEING DESIGN FAILURE, BEING THERE ARE NUMEROUS PART NUMBER CHANGES FROM 02-04. THAT NIGHT I CONTACTED THE DEALER AGAIN, AND REPORTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS STILL NOT FIXED, AND THERE WAS STILL NOT A SMOOTH ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THE CLUTCH WAS STILL JUDDERING. THE SERVICE...

MY CLUTCH WENT OUT AT ONLY 37,000 MILES AND IT WAS NEVER ABUSED OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS IT WENT OUT WITH JUST ME DRIVING ON THE ROAD NORMALLY UNDER NO HARSH CONDITIONS AND I COULDN'T CONTROL MY CAR AND SPEED UP TO STOP AT A SAFE STOP SO I BARELY MADE IT INTO A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT WAS TOWED. *JB