Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2000 Hyundai Tiburon

Six problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 2000 Hyundai Tiburon. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Hyundai Tiburon based on all problems reported for the 2000 Tiburon.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 07/22/2004

Driver swerved to miss moose, ran into back of parked semi trailer. 2000 Hyundai Tiburon air bags failed to deploy. Severe crash damage to the car, frame bent, motor mounts sheared horizontally, digital photos available. Hyundai says crash was not directly on sensor so air bags did not deploy. System checked and verified error free by Hyundai. This is either a design defect or someone trying to cover up a problem. Damage to car is so severe the air bags should have deployed. Neither air bag driver or passenger deployed.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 07/07/2003

Consumer's vehicle rear ended another vehicle going 5 mph. Both front air bags did not deploy.

3 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 04/25/2003

I was going 45 mph trying to get onto the highway. Vehicle in front of me slammed on his brakes. . I rear-ended him. Frontal impact for me. During the impact, my head hit the steering wheel. My front end looks like an accordion. Air bag did not deploy. Hyundai will be contacted. Minor injuries. Report to police will be filed.

4 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 11/13/2001

While driving between 35 and 40 mph in center line had to merge to side line, reducing to about 5 mph when was rear ended by another vehicle. Air bags did not deploy, and the driver suffered back and neck injuries. Please provide more information.

5 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 01/08/2001

Driving at a speed of 65 mph when another car cut me off I had to brake and hit the guardrail head on, and the airbagsdid not deploy. When I called Hyundai to complain they told me that due to the cost of airbags they put it in a certain place where you have to hit it for the airbag to deploy. The odd fact was that I had a head on collision if I had not had my seatbelt on I would have gone through the windshield.

6 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 09/27/2000

While driving approximately 30 mph vehicle hit another vehicle head-on in a collision, and passenger's/driver's airbags did not deploy. Consumer sustained minor injuries.


Other Air Bag related problems of the 2000 Hyundai Tiburon

Air Bag Not Deploy problems
6
Front Air Bag problems
2
Air Bag problems
1


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