Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2008 record →
THE 2008 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT I PURCHASED DOES NOT HAVE A REAR WINDOW WIPER. DUE TO SNOW TODAY, WHILE DRIVING I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE BACK OF MY WINDOW. I HAD TO GET OUT OF MY CAR WHILE ON A BUSY STREET TO WIPE OFF THE WINDOW. I COULD NOT BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WITH ANY CONFIDENCE THAT ALL WAS CLEAR BEHIND ME. **AT THE END OF THIS FORM, TIBURON IS NOT LISTED AS A HYUNDAI MODEL. *TR
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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