2000 Hyundai Tiburon problems
The 2000 Hyundai Tiburon has 76 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns seat belts. After that come air bags (12%) and lighting (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 76 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 20 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 69,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 11 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Hyundai Tiburon with enough data (52 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Driver swerved to miss moose, ran into back of parked semi trailer. 2000 hyundai tiburon air bags failed to deploy. Severe crash damage to the car, frame bent, motor mounts sheared horizontally, digital photos available. Hyundai says crash was not directly on sensor so air bags did not deploy. System checked and verified error free by hyundai. This is either a design defect or someone trying to cover up a problem. Damage to car is so severe the air bags should have deployed.
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.
While driving between 35 and 40 MPH in center line had to merge to side line, reducing to about 5 MPH when was rear ended by another vehicle. Air bags did not deploy, and the driver suffered back and neck injuries. Please provide more information.
I purchased a 2000 tiburon approx.june 2001 with 9600 miles already. Since I bought it I've been finding problems and I've taken it for service about 7 times already. They've replaced the lamp above on the roof that melted and broke once, they fixed the vessel glass 3 times already because it keeps cracking, while replacing the vessel glass (the glass that protects the odometer and other needless indicators) they broke my AC, heater, cruise control, rear defrost, front defrost. The seat belt was a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 hyundai tiburon. The contact stated that there were several failures that progressed and recurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer who replaced the charcoal canisters twice and the failure recurred in which there were strong fumes that emitted into the vehicle.