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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005064299 | Incident Date: Aug, 08 2005 |
| Consumer's City: KATY | Consumer's State: TX |
| 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#: KMHHN65F13U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 03 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2003 tiburon - gtv6 - 6 spd. man.l - purchased may 2003, new. during summer'05 with about 20,000 miles, transmission started acting weird, getting harder to shift into lower gears, from up or down. would at times actually hang in 2nd, (power to the wheels) even with the clutch fully depressed! (surprising, and dangerous, when attempting to stop in traffic !) had to really bump the stick hard to get it out of gear. took to hyundai dealer that sold car, whose head mechanic drove car - said there was no problem and tried to tell me i didn't know how to drive a stick. this was irritating since i have driven manuals my entire life going back to the early 70's. this dealers service manager advised i take car to their sister-dealer, which i did, on 09-05, with 24,379 miles on the car. after driving it, they agreed there was a problem, but needed to disassemble it to find out what. while there, another customer told me she was on her 3rd new clutch in her '03 gtv6 - the last one at her expense. later at my office, i did a web search to find the tib clutch problem was alarmingly common. the service mgr called later to say the clutch/flywheel was burned up, because of the way i'd driven it, and that i'd have to pay $2,000+ to fix it. i said bullc--p, and after stating my knowledge of the ongoing tib clutch problems, he relented and said they'd do it under warranty - but only once. next one would be on me if it happened again. parts replacement list for this work: 41100-39140 disc assy clutch *** 41300-39115 cover assy clutch 41421-39000 bearing clutch release 23260-37311 flywheel assy note *** : this is not the part# recommended by hyundai's tsb, which is 41100-39145. they put the old part# back in my vehicle. have had no similar problems yet (now at 32,500 miles), but when (not if) the clutch fails again, i'm want hyundai to make good to replace again - so anything you can do to help folks like us would be appreciated.*jb |
