SEATBELTS GET TWISTED EVERY TIME, WON'T RETRACT OR PULL OUT WITHOUT A FIGHT, OR WON'T TIGHTEN AFTER FINALLY GETTING LATCHED. THIS ALSO IS TRUE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE.*AK
2000 Hyundai Tiburon complaints
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 2000 record →
WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH TRANSMISSION REVVED AND BLEW. GRANDSON NOTICED TRANSMISSION WOULD STICK IN 1ST GEAR UNTIL REACHING 4-5K RPM BEFORE SHIFTING. TOOK TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED . CONSUMER HAD REGISTERED A COMPLAINED WITH HYUNDAI FILE # 571469 AND SPOKE TO MINDY. *AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS BECAME TANGLED, AND WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, ONCE BELTS ARE HOOKED, THEY DO NOT RETRACT TO A SNUG POSITION. *SLC
I CAN NOT GET ANYONE TO CARE ABOUT THIS SEATBELT PROBLEM...VERY DANGEROUS AND NOW I JUST HAVE TO JUST LEAVE THEM OFF FOR THEY GET TWISTED SO BAD YOU SPEND LONGER AND LONGER TIME TO UNTWIST..SICK OF IT AND PLAN TO TRADE MY CAR. *AK
WE WERE TRAVELING AT 78 MPH IN MONTANA WITH OUR CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES SLAMMED ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS, THROWING US FORWARD AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR PUSHED DOWN BRINGING US TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES AFTER SEVERAL TRIES. WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GATHER OURSELVES AND HAVE NOT USED CRUISE CONTROL IN OUR TRAVELS SINCE THIS INCIDENT. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WE WILL BE TAKING THE CAR TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER IN SPOKANE, WA TOLD US THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL OUR APPOINTMENT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON IN A COLLISION, AND PASSENGER'S/DRIVER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AK
SHOULDER BELTS FOLD OVER AND JAMS AT THE DOOR POST WHEN BEING PULLED OUT TO LATCH, 99 TIMES OUT OF 100. *AK
FRONT PASENGER'S AND DRIVER' SEAT BELTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO LATCH. THEY ALSO COME LOOSE AT WILL OR TIGHTEN UP ON THEIR OWN FOR NO REASON. *AK
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