1997 Hyundai Tiburon problems
The 1997 Hyundai Tiburon has 60 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (13%) concerns air bags. After that come fuel system (10%) and transmission (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 60 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1997 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Hyundai Tiburon with enough data (43 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal crash. Front end was totalled, and there was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bag. Vehicle will be repaired at a body shop. Please provide any further information.
While driving the hood latch failed and the hood flew up onto the windshield, destroyed the hood and latches, damaged the roof, and injured driver. *nlm
When vehicle was involved in a rear end crash the air bags did not deploy. Driver was going 55 MPH. The looks like it was totalled.
Smelled gas fumes strongly upon fill-up for several days, check engine light. Took car in. Mechanic said recall #00v095002 was in effect on my vehicle. Took it to dealership to have them replace defective parts (tank & cap). Dealership only replaced cap but did not tell me at the time. Went to smog car next year and comes up with evaporative leak. Took back to dealership who told me "there is a huge leak on the top of your gas tank." will not replace for free.
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 hyundai tiburon. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they found a leak in the fuel tank as determined by a pressure check. Hyundai was informed that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The recall number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 125,000.