| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005049505 | Incident Date: Oct, 18 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CANTONMENT | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: TIBURON | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KMHHN65F53U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 12 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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 **c09 - 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. *nm |
