Manual Transmission problems of the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon

I have 90,000 miles on my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. I have already had the clutch replaced 3 times. Once under warranty at 29,000 miles, the second pocket at 43,200 miles and third at 69,500 miles. Now at 90,000 miles it is going out again. The first two I made Hyundai pay for them but this is getting ridiculous two flywheels at 400. 00 dollars each and two kits at 385. 00 each. There has got to be a problem with the original design. The master cylinder and slave cylinder have never needed replacement according to the dealer. They flush and fill every time. I think this is a scam by Hyundai or ots dealers there is obviously a major defect. Are there any recalls on this car? please help thank you.

The other day I took my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon in to be serviced. I noticed the vehicle had been unable to accelerate. The next day I contacted the dealership and they told me that my vehicle needed another clutch. This would be my third clutch in three years considering I hardly drive my vehicle hard. I was shocked and couldn't believe how much they told me it would be to replace the part. In addition, when I drove my car home it was much worse than when I dropped it off the previous day. I refused to pay for the repair because Hyundai has been taking advantage of me and my wallet. In the past year I have spent over 5 thousand dollars on my vehicle. My car is kept in immaculate condition and I feel like the parts that Hyundai peddles is of low quality. I still have my vehicle under warranty , but all the malfunctions are not covered by the warranty I have. . . Coincidence? probably not.

Have had this car for less than 2 weeks, have not put 200 miles on it. Bought this used vehicle from a local dealership. Have not had any issues with this Tiburon until yesterday when I noticed that the clutch was a bit stiff and when I tried to put the car into reverse, I had a hard time finding it, it would not let me put it into reverse and I took my foot off of the clutch and retried it, managed to get it into reverse this time, never had any problems beforehand, the engine revved up and car hesitantly moved out of the garage. Stopped vehicle, put it into 1st gear and started to drive out of my driveway when I put it into 2nd gear, the car jerked as I let go of the clutch but continued to drive it. Got onto the highway and everything was going fine when the traffic started to slow down, went from 6th gear down to 5th gear and the engine revved up and smelled burning rubber, tried to give it some gas to accelerate and would not move, tachometer would show engine revving but was not accelerating at all. Managed to coast car off to the side of the road and came to a stop. Turned the engine off, waited for a couple of minutes and started engine up again and again smelled the burning rubber; tried to put in first gear, went in but would not move, tried reverse and would not move. Called the dealership from where I purchased this vehicle and they did not have a towing service so ended up calling aaa, tow truck driver informed me by the smell that it was more than likely the clutch had gone in it and had some experience with this as he has towed several of these cars for the same reason. Car is in repair shop will be worked on Monday 5-24-10. So far the dealership said that they will honor the warranty.

2003 Hyundai Tiburon gt 2. 7 l, I replaced the clutch and flywheel at 75,000 miles. Im now at 88,000 miles and the clutch is out again! I release the clutch all the way out and when I attempt to accelerate the rpm's go up and very slowly it accelerates. This is a $1800 repair and twice within 13,000 miles in unacceptable!.

For some time, I have had an issue with hard shifting in my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon gt. I have searched all over the internet going through forums and even talking to my mechanics to try and find a solution to solve a problem that has gradually gotten worse and has gone from not only hard shifting but to also grinding of gears when simply driving down the road normally. When parking and shifting into reverse after the vehicle sits over night is the worst with also having to "punch force" the shifter into reverse and then into 1st gear. After the vehicle warms up, the symptoms appear to become a little more subtle but still persist. Only after the class action lawsuit filed against Hyundai for clutch related issues in my vehicle has there been reports and solutions for the issue that was known to Hyundai. Unfortunately, I purchased the car used and was unable to find any of this information out before I purchased and I am a very thorough investigator when it comes to buying everything. And to top it off the class action suit only helps those that have paid for repairs and now I am left in the dark with this situation looking to have to dish out who knows how much money to fix a problem that Hyundai should have taken care of to begin with and I will also never get compensated for except for a technical service bulletin that admits what parts are faulty and ones I'll have to replace.

Hello, I'm 26yrs old. I own a 2003 Tiburon gt v6 6speed with less than 80,000 miles. I bought it off of the original owner with only 9,000 miles. Within the 70,000 miles I've driven it, its had three clutches. ? I've owned all manual driven cars since I was 16, I learned how to drive with one. We all know I burned that clutch up a little bit yet I still didn't burn that clutch out. The first clutch I had to replace I paid for the parts. Hyundai took care of the labor which was nice but, I still had to pay for a part that I wasn't at fault for ruining. Now I'm on my third clutch, I had to pay for this one in full because I'm the second owner and Hyundai only covers 60,000 miles. As of 01\06\09 this one is no longer working. There has to be a manufactures defect of some kind. Whether it is the hydraulic lines pumping too much or not enough fluid, the reverse dual mass clutch, or it being the first year they made the car, and this was one of the problems Hyundai had to take care of. I need help please. I've read more reviews on "2003" Tiburons than I can handle to read, and at least 90% said they had clutch problems. I started looking for a solution and the only thing I could find was consumer affairs #, e-mail, and a few other #'s. I called the consumer affairs #, and now they told me they cant help go figure. Their reason was it being to far out of warranty although it was at only 31,000 miles. Now at 77,000 it goes again, what a coincidence. This disaster of a car has cost me around $4,000 and has also put a halt on my life. I had a Jeep payment that I had to surrender back to the bank because I could no longer pay for repairs on the Tiburon and my Jeep. Im writing this in hope that there is some kind of good will, recall, ect. To help reimburse my loses. Thank you in advance.

In Aug of 2008, with 90k miles on the car, we had noticed that the clutch was becoming hard to in-gage in order to switch gears. We had the vehicle inspected and it was indicated that the clutch master cylinder seals were failing. During this repair the slave cylinder was also replaced . Because of the location of these components the clutch assembly was physically inspected during disassembly. The clutch, flywheel and pressure plate appeared burned and at a point of failure, when disassembled a ring on the flywheel was no longer in evidence. If the flywheel does not have this ring there is not anyway for the clutch to work so it was deduced that it decomposed in use and with no evidence of it in disassembly. This is a dual mass flywheel which has been shown to be problematic in other brands of vehicles. The cost of this repair was $2300. The company and dealers continue to claim that the failures are not the fault of the vehicle's design but are the fault driver abuse. Believe me, my wife and I have driven dozens of cars with manual transmissions some of which were high performance sports cars and have never had to replace a clutch in any car, three of which were used for amateur racing (others have been driven over 180k miles and sold without the need for a clutch replacement. ) research on the nhsta site and others show over 700 identical complaints from owners of 2003-2004 Hyundai Tiburon gt's and almost zero on 2005-2007. The replacement flywheel assembly (put in the car in Aug. 2008) had a totally different flywheel retaining device than the original. These two things would indicate that Hyundai made corrective actions to fix this problem with later model vehicles and will not acknowledge or rebate repair costs to those owners of the 2003 and early 2004 6 speed clutch assemblies. A full investigation should be made in regards to this problem and restitution should be made to the owners and former owners of the affected vehicles.

I have a 2003 Tiburon gt with a 6 speed transmission. I've had to replace the clutch twice in under 30k miles. I've checked with other Tiburon owners and they said it's a defect in the clutch assembly. Hyundai won't admit a problem even though a lot of people are having this issue apparently.

Have been having clutch problems. I took it to the dealer last July 2007,. Dealer couldn't find anything wrong, and charged me labor to look. The problems are getting worse. . . Jumping into gear, sticking in reverse, etc. I've read everywhere this is very common in this model. Can I get any help?.

Driving on the highway with 50,000 miles on the car and the clutch and flywheel both failed. Hyundai refused to cover the repairs under warranty. Even though there is a technical service bulletin out for my vehicle model year saying there are "deformed clutch components", Hyundai quoted me over 2,000 to fix the problem. I took it to an independent service shop where I paid 1,700 instead. Repeated attempts to contact the company have yielded no results.

1. Bought a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon v6, 6-spd (manual transmission) -- event: no event. Simply drove the car as normal. 2. Less then 23,000 miles my clutch gave out. 3. I had to replace the clutch assembly, flywheel and throwout bearing. Parts and labor cost me over $1500 in repairs. Less the 23k miles and I had to pay over $1500 for transmission repair. This is a common problem that owners of this year, make and model are experiencing. Yet, Hyundai refuses to do anything about it except force their customers to commit to a very expensive car repair early in the life of the vehicle. No car under normal wear and tear should have as much work done as myself and many others have had to deal with. This needs to be set up as a recall by Hyundai and those of us hammered by this should be reimbursed.

In December 2004 while driving my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon gt, the clutch went out and I was unable to shift properly in traffic, this incident almost cause a multi-car collection. I had to coast to the side of the road and turn off engine, shift into 1st gear then start the car. I called the Hyundai dealership for help and they told me that the clutch warranty ran out at 12000 miles, I couldnt afford to pay their high costs so I bought a new clutch and had it fixed by a mechanic I could afford. It runs the same due to the flywheel and the warranty covers up to 50,000 miles --now the dealership is refusing to fix it because another mechanic worked on it. They knew this at the time I called the first time-----I just read the TSB #0440005 the procedure was not follled by them --it says clearly that the clutch and flywheel are deformed and need to be replace if the customer calls in about a clutch problem like I did --they never did--if they did I would never had got it fixed by another mechanic and bought the same factory clutch again that was deformed they never told me. Help please .

Clutch went out three xs before 40,000 miles. If anyone has the same problems please respond in detail. Thanks.

I have a 2003 gt v6 Hyundai Tiburon with 20440 miles on it. The clutch and gear have gone out. The dealer will not replace and wants to charge $1800. 00 for repairs.

On July 04 2003, we purchased a 2003 new Hyundai Tiburon from philpott motors in nederland. The VIN # is kmhhn65f13u099465. It started on Dec 19, 20031 when the passenger window motor had to be replaced under warranty. Then, on Dec. 22, 20031 the vehicle had a coolant leak that was repaired under warranty. On February 16, 2004 the clutch went out all of a sudden with any warning. To April of 2003. In which all the parts they replaced have a production date of April 2003. In August of 2004 seven months later the clutch went out again on ih10 during noon traffic they would not cover it. The mechanic at transmission exchange told him that was not the case and that he stated that the slave cylinder was probably bent prior to their repairs six months ago. My complaint to philpott that if they agreed to cover the slave cylinder why would they not cover all the charges due to the fact this is a pull/push and if the salve cylinder was bent that it would cause this type of damage to the clutch. They refused to cover it costing $1,920. 85. On September 16, 2005 the battery went out. . In August of 2005 the battery went out again. On the last week of August my daughter brought the vehicle to be serviced and asked why the air bag light was on and the technician told her the car was fine that he did not note any problems and that the light was on because it was telling her that everything was working. On September 05, the clutch started slipping again and we have parked the vehicle. Everyone has been told the exact line. It was the driver and it's a wear and tear item. Like the dealers have been told what update: the Hyundai rep stated that there was not any abnormal wear on my clutch that the flywheel was the problem and that we would have to pay to have it fixed because, the flywheel is not covered under the warranty.

Faulty clutch resulting in unsafe operating conditions.