2004 Hyundai Tiburon

PREMATURE CLUTCH WEAR! ADD ME TO THE LIST! IT LOOKS LIKE I MAY BE ANOTHER ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WITH CLUTCH PROBLEMS ON THEIR TIBURON. I JUST BOUGHT MY USED 2004 TIBURON 3 WEEKS AGO. IT HAD 27,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. I RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR SO I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND TOLD ME THAT THE CLUTCH WAS WORN AND WAS CATCHING HIGH. THEY ESTIMATE IT IS OVER 60% WORN AT THIS POINT BUT CAN'T TELL FOR SURE UNTIL THEY TEAR IT DOWN. NOW I HAVE DRIVEN CLUTCH FOR MANY YEARS. MY LAST CAR WAS A 98 JETTA WITH 93,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH WITH NO SLIPPAGE. BEFORE THAT I HAD A 91 NISSAN 240SX WITH WELL OVER 130,000 MILES AND THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE CLUTCH TO FAIL WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. ON TOP OF THIS, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM GOING ON. IT SIMPLY CAN NOT BE THE DRIVES FAULT IF SO MANY OF THESE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. I AM REALLY HOPING THAT MY CLUTCH LASTS FOR AWHILE, BUT I FEEL AS IF I GOT MYSELF INTO A BAD SITUATION BUYING THIS CAR. I REALLY HOPE THIS SITUATION IS REMEDIED BECAUSE I DO LIKE THE CAR BUT I SIMPLY CAN'T GO THROUGH THE COST OF REPLACING MY CLUTCH EVERY YEAR OR TWO AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO! I'VE READ THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING. HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THIS LAWSUIT AND THE NHTSA, A RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS REACHED. THIS IS AN UNFAIR AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE AMERICAN CONSUMER THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED SOON! *NM

THE CLUTCH STARTED SLIPPING WITH ONLY 16,500 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN JANUARY 2006 TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME I WAS AT FAULT DUE TO MY DRIVING HABITS. THEY OFFERED ME A DISCOUNT ON THE PARTS. THE DEALER WAS GOING TO USE EXACT REPLACEMENT PARTS BUT FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CLUTCH I PROVIDED ON MY OWN AFTER MARKET PARTS THAT COST $ 478.56 DOLLARS AND THE DEALER CHARGED $870.00 FOR LABOR. *JB

DROVE MY 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON FOR 17K MILES AND 1 DAY AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 1 HR IN TRAFFIC I NOTICED MY CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE MY FIRST GEAR PROPERLY. I HAVE A 6 SPD. BROUGHT THE CAR TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT "I" HAD WORN OUT MY CLUTCH AND WANTED 2 CHARGE ME $1800.00 TO REPAIR IT. AFTER ARGUING AND CALLING CORPORATE HYUNDAI AND HAVING TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAIN TO THESE GUYS AND I KNOW HOW 2 DRIVE STANDARD THEY FINALLY REPLACED MY CLUTCH AS A "ONE TIME GOOD-WILL REPAIR" UNDER 1 CIRCUMSTANCE, THAT I WOULD PAY 4 THE 15K MILE SERVICE, WHICH AT $235.00 WAS BETTER THEN $1800.00. CAME ACROSS THE PROBLEMS THAT OTHER ARE HAVING AFTER SIGNING UP TO WWW.NEWTIBURON.COM AND FIGURED I WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT ALSO. THE THING IS THAT AFTER THEY REPAIRED IT WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE REVISED CLUTCH NUMBER PER THE TSB, WHEN THE CAR IS COLD IT GRINDS GOING INTO TO 2ND GEAR. BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME MY CAR BACK STATING ON THE INVOICE THEY GAVE ME THAT THEY DROVE THE CAR FOR 16 MILES AND HAD EXPERIENCED NO GRINDING AND OR CLUTCH PROBLEMS. THAT'S ODD BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SINCE I GOT THE CAR REPAIRED. I AM ON MY 2ND CLUTCH AFTER REPLACING MY FIRST AT 17K MILES AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT MY CLUTCH IS ON ITS WAY BECAUSE OF THE GRINDING. IM AT 42,700 MILES NOW AND I DON'T NO HOW MUCH LONGER IT WILL HOLD. *JB

I HAVE OWNED A 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON SINCE JAN OF 2005, IT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH 2 MILES ON IT. SINCE ABOUT 10K MILES, MY CLUTCH HAS BEEN SLIPPING, HYUNDAI REFUSES TO FIX IT UNDER THEIR WARRANTY, STATING IT IS A WEARABLE PART. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS.. AND THIS IS THE FIRST CLUTCH I HAVE HAD GO OUT, LET ALONE AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT. I ONLY HAVE 33000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, AND ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CLUTCH. I HAVE CHECKED MANY CHAT ROOMS AND FORUMS AND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH MANY TIBURON OWNERS WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILES. I DO ALSO FEEL THAT THERE IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE AT RISK, BECAUSE THERE LIES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CLUTCH WERE TO COMPLETELY FAIL AND CAUSE THE TRANS. TO LOCK UP. SO SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION TO HYUNDAI WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *JB

AT ABOUT 8,000 MILES ON THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT ALWAYS HOLD WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. ALSO THE SYNCHRONIZATION GEARS STARTED TO ALLOW THE TRANSMISSION TO GRIND WHILE SHIFTING INTO OTHER GEARS AT ABOUT 10,000. HYUNDAI WARRANTED THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE SYNCROS, AND I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE WARRANTED THE CLUTCH TOO, BUT FOR THE HISTORY THAT THE CLUTCHES HAVE HAD IN OUR COMMUNITY (TIBURONS) I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH IN 20K MILES AGAIN. SO I DECIDED TO NOT HAVE THEM WARRANTY THE CLUTCH SO I COULD PUT IN A CLUTCH THAT I KNEW WOULD LAST LONGER THAN I PLANED ON OWNING THE VEHICLE. KIND OF SAD NOT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANUFACTURES PRODUCT'S...*NM

I OWN A 2004 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 CAR. I AM APART OF AN ONLINE CAR FORUM FOR MY SPECIFIC CAR. A NUMBER OF MY FELLOW TIBURON OWNERS AND I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. OUR FACTORY CLUTCHES ON MANUAL CARS HAVE BEEN BREAKING AND NOT HOLDING THE HORSE POWER OF THE CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE, IT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE TO THE EXTENT THAT I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT. THIS CLUTCH FAILURE PUT ME IN RISK OF AN ACCIDENT AND THANK GOD NOTHING BAD HAPPENED BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A FIX. I BROUGHT IT INTO HYUNDAI AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER A WEEK OF WARRANTY HELL WITH LAWYERS AND PHONE CALLS BACK AND FORTH THEY FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEVER FIX THIS AGAIN. THEY ALSO DID SAY THAT THE CLUTCH "PREMATURELY SLIPPED" (BROKE).*JB