Hyundai Tiburon slipping problems

Filed Jul 12, 2022 · Transmission · IL

My clutch is slipping already. Ive owned the car for six months and the previous owner repaced the cluch, and he o ly owned the car for 10 months. My previous standard transmission car went through 1 clutvh in the 15 years i owned it. Something must be defective. I do not know what the situation will be when it goes out all the way , i just really hope it does not hurt anyone. Becaus e of circumstancesthe damage to me and my life is quite great. And god please dont let it physically hurt me on top of the fact i vary well may go to prison for something i absolutlly did not do.i worked out of state and without my car i will not make it to court. Since i lost my job because of this incident i did not do, i cannot fix the car before it goes all the way out. Once again please god let no one get huet by my car, please please please

Filed Apr 27, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 70,000 miles · ID

Around 70,000 miles on my 2005 hyundai tiburon, my mechanic friend noticed that the problem I was needing a new clutch. We purchased a clutch kit from duralast/zoom manufactured these parts. The clutch change in a hyundai tiburon is pretty expensive and $1025 was the cheapest I was quoted. The car seemed to be running fine for three days and then all of a sudden my clutch pedal had no resistance against it while I was driving through an intersection and would only shift if I "hard shifted" the clutch or if I pressed down on the clutch pedal as hard as I could. Luckily, the people driving southbound while I turned into their lane had narrowly swerved around my car. I could only imagine if their was a different vehicle coming since I just so happened to be babysitting my friends daughter that day! When I took my vehicle just up the road to the local hyundai dealer, they told me the part was "mislabeled" and in the process the clutch was placed in the car backwards. This "mislabeled" clutch in turn damaged the flywheel, master cylinder, and slave cylinder and I had to pay $3000 more to get my car fixed. Auto zone and the hyundai dealer both told me to talk to the manufacturer since the part is "defective". Finally, around 6 months later of constant phone calls, I get a hold of the right people through zoom manufacturing. They offered me a check for $253. When I talked to the manufacturer about this dilemma, he told me that this is all they can do and "we have honored the claim within the terms and policy with our customer." regardless of zoom manufacturer's terrible customer service, I want to just make sure that these parts are no longer sold to the population. I asked many people in their department if the part was recalled so this didn't happen to someone else and no one gave me an answer. Also, my car is now at 82,000 miles and the clutch is already slipping.

Filed Aug 27, 2014 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · CO

I bought the car and looked at the vehicle repair records and the clutch had been replaced about 12000 miles ago and I can push the clutch in and it is slipping horrible, I can push the clutch all the way down and it will slip and grind every gear as if I'm trying to shift without the clutch. I even stopped downshifting because it wouldn't go into gear without horribly grinding! I get so worried about it sometimes, that I almost wreck trying to keep my car in gear without breaking the trans, it is like learning how to drive a manual car again and I have driven one for a long time now.

Filed Sep 27, 2013 · 79,500 miles · WA

2006 tiburon 3 clutches in 3 months time due to slipping of clutch .

Filed Jan 4, 2013 · Transmission · 101,000 miles · GA

When you are starting out or driving the engine revs up and the gears slip and hesitate going into gear, the gears are slipping bad.

Filed Sep 1, 2012 · Transmission · 1,000 miles · NC

Approximately one month after purchasing this car new (and less than 1000 miles on odometer), I started experiencing slipping in the clutch with severe lack of acceleration. The dealer replaced the clutch and flywheel under warranty, and state at that time that the had already performed similar repairs on that make/model. Now in august, 2012, (65,000 miles) the car has had a similar problem requiring replacement of the clutch and flywheel. Extreme lack of acceleration had made the car unsafe on a city street, let alone on a freeway. The mechanic has stated that he has never seen a flywheel scorched this badly. I have been driving standard transmission cars for 30 years, and have never had a transmission problem.

Filed Jul 5, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 85,000 miles · MO

Shifting gears has LED to slipping, grinding, and locking. It's gradually getting worse. Now, even when driving on the freeway shifting can lock up. Sometimes I have to force the shift into gear. Reverse is the worst. Had the master and slave cylinders replaced and still having issues with clutch.

Filed Jun 24, 2012 · Body, Electrical · 65,000 miles · NY

- the clutch is slipping - the motor for the passenger door window has failed and the driver side is failing. - the driver side interior door handle does not work, and the locking mechanism is failing.

Filed Nov 15, 2011 · Transmission · 53,000 miles · PA

After I shifted from 1st to 2nd gear, I tried to accelerate but the clutch slipped. When I completely took my foot off the accelerator I felt and heard a mild clunk as it was finally engaged. The rpms were at about 2000 and I was only traveling 5 MPH when this first occurred. I continued to shift through the gears with the same symptoms. Once engaged after a while, in each gear, I pressed down on the accelerator pedal approximately halfway to see what it would do. The rpms shot up and no power got to the wheels. The clutch slipped immediately. I could not maintain speed going up some hills without the clutch slipping. I am looking in my rear view mirror to make sure I don't get hit from behind. This happens every day but not consistently. I have to shift at a maximum 2,500 RPM for it to not slip. I don't believe the vehicle could maintain any speed above 50 MPH without the clutch slipping. There is a progressive groaning since this first started. I can feel it in the pedals and steering wheel as well. Nothing is dragging and the fluid level is at manufacturer's recommendations. I have been driving manual transmissions for over 26 years, imports and domestic. I never had a clutch fail before 150,000 miles. There are three ways to avoid an accident; hit the brakes to avoid, steer to avoid, and accelerate to avoid. I have lost 33% of my capability to avoid an accident due to pre-mature failure of the clutch. The owner's manual states "ideally, corners should always be taken with gentle acceleration." this is currently impossible because the clutch slips when I try to drive that way, on both left and right hand turns.

Filed Mar 5, 2011 · Transmission · 67,000 miles · SC

I have a 2006 hyundai, tiburon gt with the 2.7 litre v-6 and 5 speed manual transmission. I have had a recent problem with the clutch slipping. I have looked on line and read about the problems with this issue. Before I bought the car (new in 2006) I read about the clutch issues on line and thought that with the class action lawsuit settled, that the issue was resolved from the earlier model years. When you get some rpms on the vehicle (about 4000), and just before you up-shift the clutch starts slipping. The car has also started grabbing and slipping from a standstill. I guess I have been lucky, I have been driving mine since may of 2006 with very little to complain about.