Clutch problems of the 2004 Hyundai Tiburon

I have a 2004 Hyundai Tiburon gtv6 with 6-speed manual transmission. In 23rd December 2007. My car was making an odd smell. I was told by a mechanic it was the clutch going bad. I contacted Hyundai and was told due to normal wear and tear that it was my fault. At this time I had 29,500mi on my car. On the 17th January 2008 with 30,500mi on my car, the clutch is completely bad and has to be replaced. I nearly got t-boned by a truck during normal traffic because my clutch disengaged and I started slowing down. The truck stopped to help and I got my car home afterwards. Hyundai refused to honor there 10-year warranty on the car and I got stuck paying about $900 on a new clutch and flywheel for my car.

2004 Tiburon had a problem with the air condition, speakers rattle, cigarette lighter and problems when switching to first and reverse gears. The sun roof didn't close properly. The air bag light illuminated due to a loose connection under the seat. One of the taillights were out.

My transmission reverse gear failed for the second time April of this year. The clutch, flywheel, pressure plate, etc was replaced in may of this year (06). In October of this year I had my transmission replaced (my third!!) for the reverse gear failure. While the service department had the tranny out they discovered that my clutch was shot, as well as the flywheel. This would be the third clutch and flywheel. Thanks goodness the clutch was still under warranty. I have an 86 BMW with 270k miles and it has the same drivetrain!!!.

My 2004 Hyundai gt clutch went at 39,000 miles. I am not an aggressive driver and I have driven manual transmission cars for 10 years never having had a clutch problem before. This is not covered by warranty. It is clear to me that this clutch is a defect. I am a mechanic and this clutch did not fail like they typically do there was no slipping or indication of a wear issue before it failed. Just a rattling sound from what seemed to be the throw out bearing that started about 5 days before the failure. Then in the middle of a 6 hour drive there was a cluck when I shifted followed by a hard shift and then no power transfer at all. This left me in a bind I was stranded for 3 hours 4 hours from home so I had to have it towed to a dealer where they gave me an estimate of 1200 dollars for parts and labor only to find out when they got it apart that the flywheel had also been damaged and the new price would be 2100 dollars. For this kind of damage to occur in this little time I would have had to been really hot rodding it, and that's not me. I am a very competent driver. I have seen other complaints bout this issue and this is a problem that Hyundai should address with at least full reimbursement of parts total because the part is defective.

Clutch was slipping at 36,000 miles, already had clutch and tranny replacement at 15,000. Lost all drivablility, hp, torque, etc. Hyundai insisted $1,000. 00 to replace clutch plate, and bearing, without looking inside engine. After a week, they said they needed $700. 00 to pull tranny to see if flywheel is bad. Buying clutch master series 1 to fix the faulty part. Don't let them replace your parts with the stock part! their clutch is terrible and a major safety issue.

I have an 04 Tiburon gt v6 special edition and it is only at 16000 miles and the clutch is all ready going out and I will have to replace it.

2004 Hyundai Tiburon clutch and transmission.

The clutch on my 2004 Hyundai Tiburon failed at 32,000 miles. It necessitated the replacement of the clutch and flywheel, at an expense of about $2,500. 00 the clutch failed me while I was on the freeway, 1200 miles from my home.

I was informed a week or so ago that my clutch needed to be repaired due to "wear & tear" on a 30,000 mile Hyundai Tiburon. I was informed that the warranty would not cover it due to "wear & tear". I was informed by the repair consultant though that their facility has been open for 9 months and my car is the 3rd they have seen with low mile Tiburon's having the clutch repaired. I called a local transmission repair facility and they informed me that in December of '05 they had a Hyundai Tiburon with 11,000 miles and had to replace the clutch as well.

Took my car to dealership for the clutch slipping and grinding on two separate occasions, the grinding was stopped but the slipping was still a problem. I was told by service to "adjust the way I drive. " at 19557 miles my clutch went out completely, when I asked the service advisor what caused this he said "it looks like its been slipping for a long time. " the dealership informed me that the repairs would not be covered under warranty as the clutch parts are only under warranty for 12000 miles. My car was under 12000 miles both times the clutch was "repaired" before. Now I have a repair bill for over $2000 that I refuse to pay because they didn't fix the problem when they could have, under warranty.

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!.

2004 Hyundai Tiburon. 5 speed manual transmission. Clutch beginning to fail/slip at 27,000 miles. 27,000 miles for a clutch is nothing as clutches have been known to last at least 100,000 miles. This is a hazard, as premature clutch wear can result in an accident, perhaps a fatal one.

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.

My transmission got stuck into second gear towed the vehicle to the dealership they replaced the transmission under warranty but told me I had to replace my clutch it was to worn. The car only has 19000 miles on it.

2004 Hyundai Tiburon 2. 0/ 2. 7 v6. (affected years: 2003-2006?) on manual transmission models, clutch slave cylinder contains a "delay valve" that causes "slipping" and excessive wear on clutch components. Removal of said, "delay valve" in clutch slave cylinder is solution to eliminating this excessive wear. From what I have read, there has been no voluntary recall to correct this very simple issue and many people have suffered "massive" clutch failures that also include aftermarket clutch components and flywheels of superior strength over oem. Failure of the clutch could put someone at risk when driving due to total failure, or partial failure of the clutch. I currently have 19500 miles on my car, and am still within warranty, but am told that the clutch wouldn't be covered even if it was failing. That seems to be the story with 99% of many people I have read who also own the 2003-2006 Tiburon. Mine still works at this point, but I don't know how much premature damage there is currently due to the "delay valve". Please consider looking into this problem. Hyundai should be held accountable for this failed part and cover it 100 percent. All while recalling all 2003-2006 models and removing this slave cylinder"delay valve".

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.

2004 Hyundai Tiburon gt v6 16k with a blown clutch and warped flywheel! Hyundai won't cover their mistake! plus they want to charge me $71. 50 just to look at my car even though it has 16k miles and the warranty is until 60k miles.

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.

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. . .

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. . Read more...

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).

Purchased vehicle Jan 04 with 10 miles on it. At around 12k miles the clutch began to rapidly wear. At 18k mi it was impossible to drive. Driver has never had to replace a clutch before 140k mi before. Dealer (union NJ) claimed Hyundai not responsible, said would repair replace for $1200k (price reduction as a courtesy). Driver decided that not to replace with the same clutch bought a spec stage 3 aftermaket clutch for $480 and had the dealer put the clutch in. At around 32k mi suddenly the clutch went from very tight (catching about 1" - 1. 5" of the floor to loose 3"+. Clutch slowly started slipping and was replaced at 38k mi by a different dealership (nyack, NY) claimed there was a TSB for the issue and offered to fix for free with factory clutch and new fly wheel. Fly wheel must of been root cause as there has bee no more incidents as of 80k mi.