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2003 Hyundai Tiburon air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 71 complaints for the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, 17% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
71 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
24 and 2
Injuries and deaths
17 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2003 Hyundai Tiburon Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 15 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 13 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles15
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles13
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 59 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 24 crashes, 2 fires, 17 injuries.

What owners wrote

Consumer stated that while driving at 45 MPH an accident occurred while trying to avoid a collision with a stalled vehicle in the highway. While avoiding the stalled vehicle consumer rolled into a ditch and rolled over several times. Consumer's seatbelt came undone, and the air bag did not deploy. After the accident something under the hood started smoking, and within ten minutes the entire car was consumed by the fire.

Reported at 1,080 miles, June 2003 CrashFireInjury

Air bag light came on on the dash of my 2003 hyundai tiburon because of a broken wire under the drivers seat. Hyundai has had recalls on other vehicles for the same problem with the wire getting broken under the driver seat. They have fixed the problem under a recall to include putting a plastic cover over the wires to protect them. They told me that there is not a recall for that problem on my VIN number vehicle, same problem. The dealer said it is a common problem with this vehicle.

Reported at 90,000 miles, December 2007 Crash

Other problems reported for the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon

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