2004 Hyundai Tiburon: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Nov 16, 2011 · Electrical, Steering · 60,000 miles · GA

Almost right after purchasing the vehicle, I started experiencing electrical problems. The alarm system would randomly go off and sometimes even lock the doors of the car on it's own. Whether the car was running or not, windows open or shut, did not matter. Later the windshield wiper motor burned out so only the fastest setting works and only when I hold the knob up for the one time wipe. The window motor went out on the passenger side as well. If you were to slam or hit the door, the window will roll down, but not back up unless you pull very hard on it to get it going. The power steering has also began to go out. There are times when it will not stop squealing while I turn the wheel and it is almost pulsing so I can only turn the wheel in tiny increments at a time. The steering squeaks the most when the wheel is turned all the way.

Filed Dec 5, 2007 · Brakes · 30,000 miles · NE

Car drove fine one night, next morning the rear brakes were locked up. The car has 30,000 miles on it and the rear breaks were wore down just to where the warning squeal plate was starting to rub on the rotor (so there was still some pad left). I think what caused the brakes to lock up is the automatic adjusting screw for the emergency brake is too short and the brake piston had advanced all the way off of the screw which then caused the brakes to stick in position. While this did not cause a wreck in our case, I think it is a defective design and I am worried about it causing a wreck for someone else (or for us when these brakes wear out again at 60,000 mi). I would like to have these brakes looked at by an expert to determine if there is a potential danger like I think there is.

Filed May 20, 2006 · Transmission · 19,550 miles · FL

Took my car to dealership for the clutch slipping and grinding on two separate occasions, the grinding was stopped but the slipping was still a problem. I was told by service to "adjust the way I drive." at 19557 miles my clutch went out completely, when I asked the service advisor what caused this he said "it looks like its been slipping for a long time." the dealership informed me that the repairs would not be covered under warranty as the clutch parts are only under warranty for 12000 miles. My car was under 12000 miles both times the clutch was "repaired" before. Now I have a repair bill for over $2000 that I refuse to pay because they didn't fix the problem when they could have, under warranty.

Filed Mar 26, 2006 · Transmission · 17,000 miles · NY

Drove my 2004 hyundai tiburon for 17k miles and 1 day after driving about 1 hr in traffic I noticed my clutch would not engage my first gear properly. I have a 6 spd. Brought the car to hyundai dealership and they told me that "I" had worn out my clutch and wanted 2 charge me $1800.00 to repair it. After arguing and calling corporate hyundai and having to go to the dealership and explain to these guys and I know how 2 drive standard they finally replaced my clutch as a "one time good-will repair" under 1 circumstance, that I would pay 4 the 15k mile service, which at $235.00 was better then $1800.00. Came across the problems that other are having after signing up to www.newtiburon.com and figured I would file a complaint also. The thing is that after they repaired it with what seems to be the revised clutch number per the tsb, when the car is cold it grinds going into to 2nd gear. Brought it in to the dealership and they gave me my car back stating on the invoice they gave me that they drove the car for 16 miles and had experienced no grinding and or clutch problems. That's odd because I have been since I got the car repaired. I am on my 2nd clutch after replacing my first at 17k miles and I have a feeling that my clutch is on its way because of the grinding. Im at 42,700 miles now and I don't no how much longer it will hold.

Filed Feb 22, 2006 · Transmission · 12,000 miles · MN

At about 8,000 miles on the car I noticed that the clutch would not always hold while trying to accelerate to merge with traffic. Also the synchronization gears started to allow the transmission to grind while shifting into other gears at about 10,000. Hyundai warranted the transmission for the syncros, and I am sure they would have warranted the clutch too, but for the history that the clutches have had in our community (tiburons) I knew I would have to replace the clutch in 20k miles again. So I decided to not have them warranty the clutch so I could put in a clutch that I knew would last longer than I planed on owning the vehicle. Kind of sad not to have faith in your manufactures product's...