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2003 Hyundai Tiburon lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 16 complaints for the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
73,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2003 Hyundai Tiburon Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 73,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 73,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 23% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

I drove the vehicle to a football game, upon returning to the vehicle after the game the low beams were not coming on. I drove home with my high beams on. The next day I took the vehicle to my mechanic. He immediately removed my bcm (body control module). He showed me the unit and it had melted approximately 1/8 of the panel. He told me had he have left it in the car a fire would more than likely have started.

Reported at 61,857 miles, September 2010 Fire

The right hand turn signal on my 2003 hyundai tubiron turns on by its self and it can not be shut off. I had several close calls with cars that thought I was turning and pulled out in front of me. I reported this to hyundai corporate customer service department. Their solution was to remove the fuse and now I do not have any turn signals or hazard flashers. After doing some research there are alot of people having the same issue with this model. I believe this is a major safety issue.

Reported at 96,000 miles, November 2010

Other problems reported for the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon

Lighting problems in other years

  • 2008
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  • 1997

Lighting problems across all Hyundai models