Home/ Hyundai/ Tiburon/ 2005

2005 Hyundai Tiburon

Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
43
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2005-04-28 05V187000 STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY 277 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2020-03-18 ENGINE No 0 EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED IN 3 PLACES
2019-09-12 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK LEAKED FUEL PROFUSELY, ESPECIALLY WH…
2017-02-22 SUSPENSION No 0 FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM RUSTED UNTIL IT FAILED WHILE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS! 2003 HYUNDAI TUBURONS HAVE A RECALL FOR …
2015-10-02 AIR BAGS Yes 1 TAKATA RECALL, COULDN'T SEE FOR A WEEK. WAS CUT UP ON LEFT SIDE AS WAS VISION GONE ON LEFT. SUFFERED AND STILL SUFFERIN…
2014-09-10 POWER TRAIN No 0 AROUND 70,000 MILES ON MY 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON, MY MECHANIC FRIEND NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM I WAS NEEDING A NEW CLUTCH.…
2014-03-03 SUSPENSION No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING …
2013-11-07 TIRES No 0 BOUGHT TWO NEW FRONT TIRES FOR TIBURON. NEXEN N5000 215/45R17 ON 10/15/2013. WITHIN THREE WEEKS THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE DE…
2013-06-26 AIR BAGS No 0 I STARTED MY CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 8 A.M. ON 6/26/13 TO GO TO WORK. ONE SECOND AFTER THE ENGINE FIRED, THE STEERING WHEE…
2012-10-15 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHEN YOU ARE STARTING OUT OR DRIVING THE ENGINE REVS UP AND THE GEARS SLIP AND HESITATE GOING INTO GEAR, THE GEARS ARE …
2012-07-02 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY CLUTCH, DUAL FLY WHEEL ENTIRE CLUTCH SYSTEM 3 TIMES NOW IN THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS. EACH TIME COS…
2012-03-07 VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, THE INDICA…
2011-11-12 TIRES No 0 PURCHASED 4 NEW PIRELLI P4 205/55R16 91H TIRES ON 11/1/10 FROM NASHUA WHOLESALE TIRE IN NASHUA NH. AFTER 15K MILES TWO…
2011-10-15 SUSPENSION Yes 0 STEERING HAD A TWITCH WHICH MAD IT A CHALLENGE TO STEER, AS A RESULT WHICH LED TO A CRASH THE PASSENGER FRONT TIE ROD…
2011-05-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON AND ALL POWER TO THE DASH AND HEADLIGHTS HAD GONE OUT WILE DRIVING AT NIGH…
2011-04-06 SUSPENSION No 0 SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I INITIALLY TOLD THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. THEY, …
2011-03-11 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHI…
2011-01-14 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE TAC…
2010-02-23 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON SE V6 STD. - CLUTCH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 42K AND AGAIN AT 53K - 7 MOS LATER CLUTCH FAILED AG…
2009-05-15 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW Yes 3 2005 HYUNDAI TIBERON. PER DISCUSSION WITH THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER, THE DRIVER WAS GOING AROUND A SHARP CORNER TOO FAS…
2008-08-01 TIRES No 0 COOPER ZEON 2XS 215/45 R17 SIDES ARE COLLAPSING. 3 OF 4 TIRES PURCHASED JUST ONE YEAR AGO. *TR
2008-07-26 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 CLUTCH IS MY 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON IS MALFUNCTIONING, DEALER SAYS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE WEAR AND TEAR PART,…
2008-06-06 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 DROVE MY HYUNDAI TIBURON NORMALLY SINCE AUGUST 2007 WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR. BY JUNE 2008 THE CLUTCH BEGAN TO SLIP, AN…
2007-10-29 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Yes 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD…
2007-10-24 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CLUTCH WOULD STICK INTERMITTENTLY. THE M…
2007-08-17 SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 HYUNDAI TIBURON 2005 THE BACK SEAT BELTS DO NOT LOCK IN PLACE TO HOLD A CAR SEAT. *TR
2007-06-18 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 CLUTCH SLIPPAGE ON MY 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON SE WHICH I REPORTED TO MY DEALER AT LAX HYUNDAI BEFORE I REACH 60,000 MILES,…
2007-05-19 EQUIPMENT No 0 I HAVE AN 05 TIBURON THAT WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 05. THE CLUTCH WILL NOT STOP RACING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WE TOOK …
2007-05-18 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 I BOUGHT A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT MANUAL TRANSMISSION ON MAY 18, 2007. THE CLUTCH FAILED THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT THE C…
2007-04-07 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE 2005 HYUNDAI TIBRON WITH 16,837 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 35 …
2006-10-29 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 I HAVE A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON WITH LESS THAT 20000 MILES ON IT, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER ( RICK CASE HYUNDAI) ON WE…
2006-10-24 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 MY BRAND NEW HYUNDAI TIBURON'S CLUTCH FAILED. I FELT IT SLIPPING FOR A FEW DAYS, I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS SLIPPING BECAUS…
2006-06-01 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 POWER WINDOWS DO NOT WORK, DRIVERS SIDE WENT 13 MONTHS AFTER BOUGHT CAR, THEN PASSENGER SIDE, NOW BOTH DO NOT WORK. *TR
2006-05-12 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON ON MARCH 09, 2005 IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. AT ABOUT 9,000 MILES I NOTICED THE CAR W…
2006-05-07 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) No 0 AT APPROXIMATELY 9,500 MILES, MY 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON BEGAN TO HAVE CLUTCH PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS FROM ABUSE …
2006-05-05 AIR BAGS Yes 1 A CAR SPEEDING RAN A STOP SIGN CAUSING ACCIDENT WITH THE TIBURON WITH MOST DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE FRONT OF CAR. THE AIRBA…
2006-03-14 AIR BAGS Yes 0 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH A VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF A SIDE STREET HITTING THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUSING …
2006-01-26 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL No 0 I WAS FOLLOWING A HYUNDAI TIBURON AND WHEN THE REAR TURN SIGNAL CAME ON, I WAS NEARLY BLINDED BY THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT,…
2006-01-16 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION Yes 0 PURCHASED MY NEW VEHICLE IN JUN 2005. EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS <1000 MILES. CLUTCH SLIPPAGE AND TRANSMISSION NOT FULLY ENGA…
2005-10-06 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW Yes 1 MY CLIENT, LORIE KINDRAT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 6, 2005. SHE WAS DRIVING A 2005 HYUNDAI TI…
2005-08-28 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 I AM A TIBURON OWNER AND ONE OF THE MANY WHO HAVE FORKED OVER MY OWN CASH TO REPLACE WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDE…
2005-08-10 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY No 0 I DRIVE A 2005 HYUNDAI TIBURON V6 WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AFTER LESS THAN 25K MILES MY CLUTCH STARTED ACTIN…
2005-05-05 STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) No 0 PURCHASED VEHICLE ON APRIL 25, 2005. VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL FOR STEERING: GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION). CON…
2005-04-23 PARKING BRAKE No 0 I RECENTLY TOOK MY 05 HYUNDAI TIBURON INTO THE ZIMBRICK HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN MADISON WI FOR SERVICE. I AM HAVING ALIG…