Hyundai Tiburon
Owners filed 762 complaints across 12 model years of the Hyundai Tiburon. The 2003 drew the most (328).
Model years12
Complaints762
Recalls27
Fires9
Deaths3
Which Hyundai Tiburon years should you avoid?
Going by 762 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Hyundai Tiburon years to avoid are 2003.
- 2003328 complaints, 7.7× a typical Tiburon year, most often about the transmission.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
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 | |
| 2003Avoid | 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 |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.