Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / TIBURON / 2005

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005073372 Incident Date: Aug, 09 2005
Consumer's City: CHARLOTTE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: TIBURON Model Year: 2005
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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 30 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 02 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I drive a 2005 hyundai tiburon v6 with a 6 speed manual transmission. after less than 25k miles my clutch started acting up by not disengaging the engine when pressing the clutch down. this happened suddenly one day when i was at a light and when it turned green i put it into first and the car lunged forward and stalled. i took it to the dealer and they told me that i needed a complete new clutch and the plate was completely worn (which it is still not worn and i now have 73k on it because i use it for a delivery car.) however, the clutch pedal is still a growing problem. as i let out the clutch in any gear it is not a smooth engagement, but a very harsh and abrupt engagement causing the car to leap at any gear with the petal almost fully to the floor. i have been pulled over 2 times at a stop light for "unnecessary acceleration" because i barked 1st gear. each time i was able to get out of it by letting the officer test drive the car in the parking lot. also for the past 20k miles i have had trouble changing gears, it has been random but has been happening more frequently, when ever i would change gears while moving with clutch fully pressed the gears have ground and i sometimes can not get the car into any gear unless i match the rpms to the correct speed for the gear. i might as well be driving with out a clutch. the worst problem: when the jumpy clutch and the non-disengagement combine in stop and go traffic or in reverse. the car will lunge forward when i only intend it to go about a foot and i have to slam the brakes on to fight the car from pulling forward with the clutch pressed down as i ripped the gear out of first... which takes a modest amount of strength. this car is not safe to drive but i have to for work. i am an easy driver on the car too, 73k miles and there is no clutch slip. *jb