2004 Hyundai Tiburon: transmission slipping

Filed Feb 24, 2011 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 hyundai tiburon. The contact stated that the clutch was slipping when he accelerated up to 3,000 rpms. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer more than once and the clutch was replaced but the failure continued. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 82,000.

Filed Oct 22, 2010 · Transmission · 42,000 miles · PA

My 2004 hyundai tiburon has an ailing clutch problem that I've learned is very common among other owners. The other morning I was leaving for work and as I began to pull out onto the main street, my car (while in gear) slipped and the rpms revved as I sat crossing the two lanes of traffic! Was not a fun time. This is not the first time the car has put me into a uncomfortable scenario. Keep in mind the car has 40,000miles.

Filed Sep 30, 2010 · Transmission · 97,000 miles · CA

Just got the car.. Its already slipping the clutch.. I am mad.

Filed Oct 9, 2006 · Transmission · 39,800 miles · VA

My 2004 hyundai gt clutch went at 39,000 miles. I am not an aggressive driver and I have driven manual transmission cars for 10 years never having had a clutch problem before. This is not covered by warranty. It is clear to me that this clutch is a defect. I am a mechanic and this clutch did not fail like they typically do there was no slipping or indication of a wear issue before it failed. Just a rattling sound from what seemed to be the throw out bearing that started about 5 days before the failure. Then in the middle of a 6 hour drive there was a cluck when I shifted followed by a hard shift and then no power transfer at all. This left me in a bind I was stranded for 3 hours 4 hours from home so I had to have it towed to a dealer where they gave me an estimate of 1200 dollars for parts and labor only to find out when they got it apart that the flywheel had also been damaged and the new price would be 2100 dollars. For this kind of damage to occur in this little time I would have had to been really hot rodding it, and that's not me. I am a very competent driver. I have seen other complaints bout this issue and this is a problem that hyundai should address with at least full reimbursement of parts total because the part is defective.

Filed Sep 11, 2006 · Transmission · 36,641 miles · CA

Clutch was slipping at 36,000 miles, already had clutch and tranny replacement at 15,000. Lost all drivablility, hp, torque, etc. Hyundai insisted $1,000.00 to replace clutch plate, and bearing, without looking inside engine. After a week, they said they needed $700.00 to pull tranny to see if flywheel is bad. Buying clutch master series 1 to fix the faulty part. Don't let them replace your parts with the stock part! Their clutch is terrible and a major safety issue.

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 May 3, 2006 · Transmission · 18,000 miles · NH

Purchased vehicle jan 04 with 10 miles on it. At around 12k miles the clutch began to rapidly wear. At 18k mi it was impossible to drive. Driver has never had to replace a clutch before 140k mi before. Dealer (union nj) claimed hyundai not responsible, said would repair replace for $1200k (price reduction as a courtesy). Driver decided that not to replace with the same clutch bought a spec stage 3 aftermaket clutch for $480 and had the dealer put the clutch in. At around 32k mi suddenly the clutch went from very tight (catching about 1" - 1.5" of the floor to loose 3"+. Clutch slowly started slipping and was replaced at 38k mi by a different dealership (nyack, ny) claimed there was a tsb for the issue and offered to fix for free with factory clutch and new fly wheel. Fly wheel must of been root cause as there has bee no more incidents as of 80k mi.

Filed Mar 29, 2006 · Transmission · 16,500 miles · MD

The clutch started slipping with only 16,500 miles on it. I took it to the dealer in january 2006 to have the clutch replaced. They told me I was at fault due to my driving habits. They offered me a discount on the parts. The dealer was going to use exact replacement parts but from what I found out about the clutch I provided on my own after market parts that cost $ 478.56 dollars and the dealer charged $870.00 for labor.

Filed Mar 23, 2006 · Transmission · 10,000 miles · TX

I have owned a 2004 hyundai tiburon since jan of 2005, it was purchased brand new with 2 miles on it. Since about 10k miles, my clutch has been slipping, hyundai refuses to fix it under their warranty, stating it is a wearable part. I have been driving manual transmission cars for almost 25 years.. And this is the first clutch I have had go out, let alone at such low mileage.

Filed Feb 17, 2006 · Transmission · ID

2004 hyundai tiburon 2.0/ 2.7 v6.(affected years: 2003-2006?) on manual transmission models, clutch slave cylinder contains a "delay valve" that causes "slipping" and excessive wear on clutch components. Removal of said, "delay valve" in clutch slave cylinder is solution to eliminating this excessive wear. From what I have read, there has been no voluntary recall to correct this very simple issue and many people have suffered "massive" clutch failures that also include aftermarket clutch components and flywheels of superior strength over oem. Failure of the clutch could put someone at risk when driving due to total failure, or partial failure of the clutch. I currently have 19500 miles on my car, and am still within warranty, but am told that the clutch wouldn't be covered even if it was failing. That seems to be the story with 99% of many people I have read who also own the 2003-2006 tiburon. Mine still works at this point, but I don't know how much premature damage there is currently due to the "delay valve". Please consider looking into this problem. Hyundai should be held accountable for this failed part and cover it 100 percent. All while recalling all 2003-2006 models and removing this slave cylinder"delay valve".