general problems of the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon

Five problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon based on all problems reported for the 2003 Tiburon.

1 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 02/28/2019

I was driving to my brother place when a wire started to smoke and cought on fire from under the steering wheel it was smokey where I could not see from the smoke and I hit a parked car front windshield shattered and my airbag did not exposed at all. It was on a city street no one got hurt just the car.

2 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 09/02/2015

Takata recall air bag light remains on door handles inside and outside constantly break off even after being replaced by factory parts leaving occupants trapped in car also replaced camshaft contoller cause wiring is melting. Contacted brandon Hyundai dealer service dept they told me handles had been already replaced before and refused to repair also they lied and told me there were no further recalls for my vehicle but when I googled there are actually around 10 recalls for my vehicle and Hyundai refuses to fix or even admit there is a recall. . My control arms need replacing also.

3 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2011

Shifting gears has led to slipping, grinding, and locking. It's gradually getting worse. Now, even when driving on the freeway shifting can lock up. Sometimes I have to force the shift into gear. Reverse is the worst. Had the master and slave cylinders replaced and still having issues with clutch.

4 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 12/15/2002

I bought this car in July 2002. It now only has alittle over 8,000 miles. Since I have had this auto I have had to have the doors realigned because they would not close. The radio would just go out. They replaced the radio but 3 months later it happened again except this time the a/c would not put out cold air properly. Come to find out if I cut the a/c off, the radio would come back on. The last few trips to the dealership I had to leave my car for the day. They checked out everything and could not find anything to cause it to be doing what it does. They did change the battery because the car was dying on me at any given time. I've had 3 different recalls sent to me.

5 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 05/24/2002

Hyundai made an error in the information published about the engine horsepower. Ph.


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