Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / TIBURON / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004036541 Incident Date: Jul, 06 2004
Consumer's City: HOLLAND Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: TIBURON Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:sensor/control module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: KMHHN65F13U Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 07 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving 35+ miles per hour and rear ended a large truck. the air bag on the passenger side deployed (no one in passenger side),mine (driver side) did not deploy. 2003 hyundai tiburon,causing almost $9,000 damage. dealership towed to,elhart in holland mi.,had no concern. vehicle towed to denooyer chev. and the body shop manager,steve batts showed a great deal of concern. i contacted hyundai complaint dept.,and that person was non chalant about the episode. i still do not know if i have a deployable air bag on drivers side. hyundai would not fix it! or pay to have one either put in or to even test to see if it was defective. . i am paying for a vehicle in which i am not confident regarding its safety factor. perhaps this could be a recall. i have gotten no where at this time,and am filing a formal complaint against hyundai and the dealership,elhart, who sold me this vehicle,sept 2002. if you cannot help,please direct me to an agency that will. elise knapp. *jb