Hyundai Tiburon
Owners filed 762 complaints across 12 model years of the Hyundai Tiburon. The 2003 drew the most (328); the 2002 the fewest (2).
Model years12
Complaints762
Recalls27
Fires9
Deaths3
Every Hyundai Tiburon model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 19 | 1 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 42 | 1 | — | 9 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2006 | 64 | 1 | — | 6 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2005 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Power Train › Clutch Assembly | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 82 | 0 | — | 11 | Power Train › Clutch Assembly | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 328 | 9 | 7 | 33 | Power Train › Clutch Assembly | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2001 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2000 | 58 | 1 | — | 10 | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine | |
| 1999 | 26 | 3 | — | 5 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1998 | 26 | 1 | — | 3 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 1997 | 36 | 4 | — | 5 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine |
Which Hyundai Tiburon years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2003 is the weakest year on record, with 328 complaints concentrated in the power train › clutch assembly. It carries 9 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.