Clutch problems of the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon - part 2

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 close to not being under warranty. I understand that a clutch is a wearable part, but when the company that produces a part and says themselves that there is a defective product on there vehicle and if any cars come in with this part it needs to be removed and replaced with the new part. The TSB number is TSB 04-40-005. The defective part number is 10/01/2001-02/24/2003. . . . 4110039140 the new part is 02/24/2003-present. . . . . . . 4110039145 now within this, if your car was manufactured before 02/01/03 you definitely have the defective part and you should get it replaced by the dealer. My car was manufactured on 01/13/03. The clutch and flywheel combo does not mate well together and causes premature clutch failure. Whereas in my car my clutch slips at anything more that 1/4 throttle.

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.

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.

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.

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 drive stick and I don't ride the clutch or drive like a maniac so I went online looking for similar problems other people may have had. Sure enough there is an abundance of threads about the 03 clutch problems with many of them wearing out around the same mileage as mine. As I continue to read up on it I find that they did change the clutch they were putting into the 03 Tiburon's very quickly and yet they maintain that there is nothing wrong with the old ones. It is a dangerous situation with these clutches going out so often and early. Hyundai knows there was a problem with the clutches they put in the 03 Tiburon and refuses to accept responsibility for it. After researching this clutch I'm convinced it is a bad part, not bad drivers causing this problem. There is even a class action lawsuit in the making over this issue.

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.

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.

Clutch failure at 60000 miles 2500$ to repair. Warranty will not cover.

: the contact stated while driving 15 mph shifting from first to second gear the clutch failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealership for inspection. They replaced the clutch however the problem still exists. The manufacturer was alerted. Updated 3/17/2006 - when the first repair was made the incorrect clutch was installed in the consumer's vehicle because the online TSB was not updated to reflect the new part number.

I am having to replace the clutch and flywheel on my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon for the 2nd time in under 3 years. The dealer will not cover this under warranty. Upon researching the number of complaints about this problem, there has got to be something that can be done.

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.

My clutch went out on my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon without warning. My car has 35000 miles on it. Something has broken off and taken out the transmission. I've been reading many identical case scenarios from other Hyundai tib owners. Hyundai will not cover under warranty. They blame it on clutch missuse and/or driving habits.

Normal adult driving of vehicle. Pre-mature failure of clutch at 40k miles. Had to have independent transmission shop replace clutch at my expense.

Clutch on my '03 Tiburon burnt out at 40k miles.

I'm joining the 1,000 or so people on this site alone who own a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon gt v6 6 speed. My clutch went out at 47,000 miles and it's going to the dealer next week for what I'm sure will be their attempt to screw me out of $2,000. I have two questions: how many of these have to fail before the gov't does something? all of them? second question: where does the ceo of Hyundai live so I can stick his junk flywheel and clutch somewhere unpleasant?.

My clutch is really slipping bad and needs to be replaced. I have heard many people with this complaint. I think the issue with the Hyundai Tiburon clutches needs to be looked at.

3rd clutch failure at 60,000k mi on 2003 Hyundai gt 6 spd finally will install "updated" parts myself dealers have refused assistance any clutch work after 12000k miles. I am a skilled mechanic and know there is a defect in the clutch assembly, Hyundai needs to take responsibility and buy back or repair the problem. Would like any info on a class action suit against Hyundai for this issue. Jessetxguy20@yahoo. Com.

Purchased a 2003 Hyundai tiuron, 2 door hatchback from allen turner automotive on 12/13/02. Cluch failed after approximately 18,000 miles and Hyundai dealership in MD,ourisman Hyundai 3516 ft. Meade rd. Laurel ,MD 20724,(301) 725-4400 would not cover repair because the car had an after market air intake. Paid $2,000 for repair. After repair, cluch failed again at approx 45,000 miles (mostly interstate driving) and allen turner automotive refused to cover the repair stating normal wear (after only 28,000 miles) and said it would cost $2,200. 00 to repair. I performed reasearched the internet, e. G. National highway traffic safety administration (nhts), mycarstats. Com, etc. , and found hundreds of consummer complaints concerning pre-mature failure of cluch assembly in 2003 Tiburon from 5k to 28k miles. All denied. Also located Hyundai technical service bulletin number 04-40-005, that discusses 2003 Tiburons clucth failure with cause code * - deformed. Spoke with allen turner maintenance rep, keith whittington and he took this up his chain of command and they still refused to repair the clutch. I have already paid $2,000 for a clutch that failed at 18k and feel it is criminal, or at least immoral, for me to have to pay another $2,200 to have the cluch replaced again. Seems like an excellent case for a class action suit since hundreds of people are being taken advantage of, but would rather resolve this through arbitration. Any assistance/guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.

There was a defect in the vehicle, they used deformed clutch part. The clutch was slipping. Vehicle is at the dealership now. When shifting gears and pushing the gas pedal it takes it a few minutes to kick into gear and it jerks the vehicle. There is a technical service bulletin 0440005. Noticed this problem on September 11, 2005, and should be getting a call from the dealer today. It has done this everyday since noticing noticed the problem.

Since we purchased this vehicle new we have replaced the battery twice, the clutch, fly wheel, slave cylinder,three times, a coolant leak fixed, the window motor and it is currently at the repair shop. We also have had to replace all four tires and have the vehicle aligned. The air bag light is also on at this time. The thing that makes me angry is that a service technician has seen or vehicle twice and said our vehicle was fine. So, why did the clutch go out 10 days later?.

Hyundai 2003 Tiburon clutch assembly failed with only 17,000 miles on the vehicle. The dealership and Hyundai has told many people that the defect is driver induced even though their TSB #04-04-005 indicates problem with that clutch and to replace it with an improved model.

The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. The clutch was bad, and it took out the flywheel/clutch/transmission and the transfer case. The dealer told the contact that she took an electric saw to the transmission case and the clutch did not do it. Furthermore, it was not covered under the warranty because it was a clutch, and the clutch was normal wear and tear. She had two warranties, and they will not cover it under either one. She bought the vehicle on 6-15-05 , and it failed on 8-25-05. The vehicle has 39,600 miles on it. When she bought the car it had 36,200 miles on it. The contact found approximately 30 pages of complaints on the web about the clutch. Updated 04/17/06.

Clutch slipped on occasion - began to emit odor when driving in slow traffic (rush hour) conditions. . . Slippage gradually got worse to the point the car became unreliable. Went to dealership - tech determined clutch & flywheel needed to be replaced - gave me a 1700 estimate and said warranty wouldn't touch it (result of operator error). I went ahead and ordered an oem clutch from the dealer & an aftermarket flywheel (and rented a car for 2 weeks while I waited for my parts to arrive) and had my own mechanic install my parts. Total cost out of my pocket was 1400. Turns out the clutch the dealer gave me was not the 'new' part (TSB 04-40-005) and now my clutch is rattling and has now began to show signs of failure.

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 was a problem, but needed to disassemble it to find out what. While there, another customer told me she was on her 3rd new clutch in her '03 gtv6 - the last one at her expense. Later at my office, I did a web search to find the tib clutch problem was alarmingly common. The service mgr called later to say the clutch/flywheel was burned up, because of the way I'd driven it, and that I'd have to pay $2,000+ to fix it. I said bullc--p, and after stating my knowledge of the ongoing tib clutch problems, he relented and said they'd do it under warranty - but only once. Next one would be on me if it happened again. Parts replacement list for this work: 41100-39140 disc assy clutch *** 41300-39115 cover assy clutch 41421-39000 bearing clutch release 23260-37311 flywheel assy note *** : this is not the part# recommended by Hyundai's TSB, which is 41100-39145. They put the old part# back in my vehicle. Have had no similar problems yet (now at 32,500 miles), but when (not if) the clutch fails again, I'm want Hyundai to make good to replace again - so anything you can do to help folks like us would be appreciated.

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 and reimburse people for aftermarket clutches because the stock system is not built to handle the kind of stresses that the engine exerts on it. I have only owned manuel trans cars and drive mainly highway miles. I have never had to replace a clutch before 130,000 miles. . . My Tiburon's required clutch, flywheel and trans replacement at about 40,000 miles. . . Even though the trans itself was covered by warranty, it still cost over $1000 for parts and labor to the clutch itself (far cheaper than the $2000 or so it costs to buy the stock setup). Having a clutch and trans go at 40,000 miles is unacceptable, knowing that this is not unusual for the tibby only makes the issue more unacceptable.

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.

10,700 miles clutch is slipping. TSB #04-40-005 defective clutch installed in Tiburons produced before 4/1/03. New parts for clutch/flywheel in stock at dealership. The threshold of the clutch is right at the edge of what the performance of the engine can handle. There is a clutch delay valve installed to the master cylinder, this slow engage may cause premature wear on the clutch. Customer fraud, Hyundai has not released this info to owners and in most cases refuses to pay for it. I bring my tib in this Monday to the dealership and they said expect to leave the car for a week because corp office will fight it. My car is 2 1/2 years old with 10,750 miles.

Premature clutch failure on 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. Car has approximately 40,000 miles on it. Car stalled on interstate highway and had to be towed. Clutch is being replaced, but Hyundai will not pay to fix the problem even after they have received numerous complaints about clutch failures in the same automobile model.

I own a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon gt v6 ,6 speed manual 29000 miles original tires. The problem started when I had difficulty putting my car into reverse. This normally happened when the engine was cold. Once the vehicle was placed into gear, a low wining sound would be noticed with my foot on the clutch, this would eventually go away as the car would warm up. After the car warmed up, the gears would shift normally and I could shift into any gear. After about a month the problem progressed to having difficulty putting the car into first gear and reverse. After another month the car would not go into first or reverse with the engine on. Again as soon as the car warms up the gears shift normally and the noise will go away, this only occurs with a cold car. I finally took the car into the Ford dealer (Hyundai service center) and they told me that the clutch would have to be replaced and that this was due to my diving practices. They also claimed that the clutch was not covered under warranty and that it would cost me $1800 to repair. I argued that I have been driving manual transmissions for over 25 years and that I only use this car to go to work and back. They insisted that it was a wear-out item and that I was at fault. Finally after some argument, they contacted the Hyundai regional manager in georgia and he agreed to pay for the replacement of the fly wheel, but that I would still have to pay for the clutch and labor to replace that. I took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and he confirmed that indeed the clutch had some wear, but he also pulled up a service bulletin (04-40-005) that claimed that the flywheel was deformed and that if the vehicle was produced before April 2003, (which mine was as I purchased it in February of 2003); verify the condition reported by the customer as clutch related; replace the dual mass flywheel, clutch disk, clutch cover and clutch release bearing.

I initially had trouble getting my v6, 6 speed, 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, to shift into reverse and 1st gear after it sat over night. This problem progressed within 3 days to where I could not shift into any gear without great difficultly. This occurred while driving in heavy traffic but I was able to get it back to the dealership. They have advised me that the clutch and flywheel are bad and must be replaced. I have approximately 57,500 miles on the car. This is mostly highway driving miles. I am being charged approximately $1800 for this repair by the dealership. When I called the Hyundai customer service number they advised me that they were unaware of any problems with the clutches on the Tiburon. The service department told me that this defect was due to my driving. After reading the reports on this site, that is obviously not true.

My son craig bowman owns a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon that has 21,063 miles on it. He bought it when it had 10,000 miles. The clutch went out on it, and the dealer says it is not covered under the warranty. When this clutch goes out you have a hard time getting the vehicle into and out of gear. Normally, when a clutch plate goes out you lose power due to slippage, but you can always disengage the transmission by depressing the clutch plate and relieving the tension of the pressure plate. This system seems to make it hard to disengage the system. I have been doing research, and have found that a great many of these cars experience the same problem with the same amount of miles. Also, I have found that technical service bulletin TSB# 04-40-005 was issued that describes a clutch revision for 2003 Tiburons with v6 engine and standard transmission built before April 1, 2003. To me this is an indication that there is a definite problem with this vehicle, and Hyundai is doing nothing about it. Please could you help address this issue.

Clutch started to slip while driving at low rpms at 39000 miles. Then progressively got worse to where it would slip in 6th gear. I had to replace my clutch with a new one that all in all cost me 1700 dollars. I replaced the clutch, throwout bearing, and flywheel. I do have the old parts if you would need them.

Complete failure of clutch.

2003 new Hyundai tibburon clutch failed at 29000, the dealer told that cause of raugh driving, the clutch is not included in warranty, estimated $2000, the car 's been at dealer's for almost 20 days till now, they are still changing clutch now. . We 've been renting car for almost 20 days too. . After I read online, I know that was just bully us, I've been driven manual car for 20 years, I know I am not raugh type, why cannot they just admit the clutch itself is problem? ? I am going to contact state attorney about this, anyone out there knows more details or have same problem please send me email at : mandytorrales@hotmail. Com, let 's do something together. . Only leaving complaints is not the best way to solve this problem. . Thanks.

I own a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon and when the weather is cold it was difficult to shift the car into any gear. Since the company advertises a bumper to bumper warranty I wasn't to worried about this. Finally I had the chance to drop the car off at the dealership for a check engine light. When I picked the car up the service manager told me that the clutch was worn out and not covered under warranty. He also told me that the flywheel would need to be replaced alos not covered under the warranty because the failed clutch caused the problem. I was told that to repair them both would be around seventeen hundred dollars .