Hyundai TIBURON engine problems
19 complaint narratives mention engine terms.
Key facts
734 owner complaints analyzed
17 distinct recall campaigns
43,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1997 to 2008 model years. Data snapshot: . 537 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Engine operation evidence
19 of 734 complaints match this topic (2.6%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 756265 · 2001-12-31 (December 31, 2001)
TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING IN MAY OF 2000. CAR HAD APPROX. 40,000 MILES ON IT. DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. IN JULY OF 2001, THE NEW TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO A NEW DEALER (TOM O'BRIEN HYUNDAI OF DANVERS). THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. WE TOOK IT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2001. THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. ONE MONTH LATER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK. THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON DECEMBER 11, 2001, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SHE …
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Owner report 10039718 · 2003-09-10 (September 10, 2003)
CONSUMER STATED THAT IN HER DAUGHTER'S VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, AND WHEN IT DID, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER. AFTER LOSS OF POWER, IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO REGAIN POWER. THEN, VEHICLE RAN SLUGGISH FOR A WHILE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM KEPT REAPPEARING.*AK
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Owner report 10067348 · 2004-04-19 (April 19, 2004)
VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR, RESULTING IN STALLING. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IN TRAFFIC WHICH MAY CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. *AK
Owner-reported narrative. 84,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10067348 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 735642 · 2000-11-02 (November 2, 2000)
CAR SEVERLY JOLTS WHEN THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED AT MODERATE SPEEDS. MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A MILD TO LONG DECELERATION PERIOD, SUCH AS EXITING AN OFF RAMP. JOLTS HAVE BECOME MORE SEVERE AS OF LATE. ALREADY REPLACED TPS. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS WHAT IT WAS. PROBLEM STARTED OCCURING IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING DEALER. DEALER STATES THIS JOLTING IS NORMAL. SOMETIMES THERE IS A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER ACCOMPANIED WITH JOLT.*AK
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Owner report 10046056 · 2004-02-19 (February 19, 2004)
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLED.*AK *MR
Owner-reported narrative. 37,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10046056 at NHTSA ↗