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2004 Hyundai Tiburon transmission problems

15 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2004 Hyundai Tiburon, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
15 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2004 Hyundai Tiburon Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 58,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 58,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

04 hyundai tiburon clutch problem.... I have had my car for three years now and have had 4 clutches replaced. Im now hearing that it is now my master slave cylinder.

Reported at 68,000 miles, March 2009 Injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 hyundai tiburon. The contact stated that the clutch was slipping when he accelerated up to 3,000 rpms. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer more than once and the clutch was replaced but the failure continued. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 82,000.

Reported at 75,000 miles, October 2010

Other problems reported for the 2004 Hyundai Tiburon

Transmission problems in other years

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Transmission problems across all Hyundai models