2003 Hyundai Tiburon: engine stalls while driving

8 of the 328 complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 12,848
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 29 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2007
2
2005
1
2003
8
2000
3
1998
2
1997
4

What owners say

Filed Dec 5, 2012 · Engine · 90,450 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 hyundai tiburon. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 MPH, he depressed the accelerator pedal and noticed something being spewed from under the pedal. Also, the oil warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact inspected the vehicle and discovered that the oil pan bolt had become detached from the vehicle, causing the failure. The contact replaced the oil pan bolt but stated that the metal in the area where the bolt was located had become stripped and the bolt was loose. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 90,450.

Filed Jan 29, 2007 · Engine, Transmission · 19,000 miles · NJ

Tl*- the contact stated that the 2003 hyundai tibron gt, had sev stalling problems and clutch failure. The contact stated that at 19,000 miles the vehicle stalled while driving 30 MPH. The pedal went to the floor and all power on dash board was lost. The contact called the dealership and stated that the stalling resulted due to a failure in the clutch, but the repair was not covered under warranty. The contact had the vehicle towed to a mechanic shop, and the vehicle had a complete clutch assembly repair. The contact stated that in 11/06 the vehicle started having a loud noise from the engine area, and the vehicle was difficult to shift. The contact took the vehicle to the dealership and was told that they couldn't reproduce the failure, and that the difficulty in shifting was because she didn't know how to drive the manual transmission. The contact stated that during the week of 1/15/07 the vehicle wouldn't drive forward or reverse. She took vehicle to a mechanic, and he told her it was the dual mass flywheel that malfunctioned. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer with file # 1031455. The contact took the old flywheel to the dealership, and the mechanic told the contact it was from owner's error.

Filed Jul 7, 2005 · Transmission · 40,000 miles · OK

Premature clutch failure on 2003 hyundai tiburon. Car has approximately 40,000 miles on it. Car stalled on interstate highway and had to be towed. Clutch is being replaced, but hyundai will not pay to fix the problem even after they have received numerous complaints about clutch failures in the same automobile model.

Filed Mar 2, 2005 · Transmission · 12,848 miles · NM

While shifting and without warning the vehicle stalled. Driver was unable to restart vehicle. Had the vehicle towed to the dealer, and mechanic determined that the clutch needed to be replaced. *ak three days after the vehicle was serviced at the dealer the clutch burned out. The tow truck operator indicated that there was not hydraulic fluid in the slave reservoir which controls the clutch.

Filed Sep 18, 2004 · Engine · 2,300 miles · WI

2003 hyundai tiburon,fails to start and when started engine stalls,towed to dealer 4 times and driven to dealer 7 times for other problems.this company and their dealer continue to blame consumer for their very inferior product.

Filed Feb 17, 2004 · Transmission · TX

While driving a loud banging noise was heard from underneath the vehicle. Then, vehicle stalled and the driver tried to restartit. Vehicle would not move, it was towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic replaced the clutch.

Filed Nov 25, 2003 · Electrical · 7,998 miles · WI

Vehicle will not start and stalls when it does start. Twice has been picked up by roadside service and towed to arrow hyundai in milwaukee for repair. Jc.

Filed Aug 1, 2003 · Airbags, Electrical · 1,080 miles · ID · crash · fire · 4 injuries

Consumer stated that while driving at 45 MPH an accident occurred while trying to avoid a collision with a stalled vehicle in the highway. While avoiding the stalled vehicle consumer rolled into a ditch and rolled over several times. Consumer's seatbelt came undone, and the air bag did not deploy. After the accident something under the hood started smoking, and within ten minutes the entire car was consumed by the fire.