2007 Hyundai Tiburon problems
The 2007 Hyundai Tiburon has 49 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (29%) concerns drivetrain & axles. After that come air bags (27%) and transmission (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 49 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 44 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 | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 44 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 48,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 54,000 miles (14 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% 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 2007 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Hyundai Tiburon with enough data (25 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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai tiburon. While approaching a stop sign at 7 MPH, the front driver's side of the vehicle was struck. The vehicle spun around and struck the vehicle that was at fault. None of the air bags deployed in the contact's vehicle. The driver sustained injuries to her back and neck, and the passenger sustained injuries to her knees. The inspection of the vehicle has not yet been completed, but the contact believes it is destroyed.
My son had a accident in a 2007 hyundai tiburon. He hit a pole going approx. 40 MPH. He bent both frame rails and did major front end damage to the car. On impact his air bag did not deploy. The car is currently in the body shop waiting on the insurance company. Hyundai told us both front sensors must be hit to deploy airbag. The frame is bent and that wasn't enough to deploy the airbags. I have been reading on the internet that many hyundai vehicles have been in severe accidents and the airbags didn't deploy.
I hit a cement barrier my car flipped I hit the steering wheel and hit my head my air bag did not deploy. I already had the airbag fixed once in this car. I was wearing my seat belt. I had just called hyundai two days before to tell them I had read numerous things on line with problems with the air bag in my year and make of car. They told me if I wanted it fixed they would charge me another 100 dollars. They knew of this defect and never told anyone. They could have prevented some of my injuries.
Clutch on vehicle failed, will not catch gears to pick up speed and constantly slips gears when attempting to shift. 2nd time this has happened, 1st being at 17,000 miles, hyundai stated warranty would not cover the clutch repair due to "user error", I was charged $2500 to repair it. After talking to numerous other 2007 tiburon owners, same clutch issues are happening to owners of the same vehicle.
I am the sole driver of a 2007 tiburon se. Two years ago, with only 25,685 miles on it, the car had clutch failure, was jerking when going into 1st gear, and not gliding when switching through the other gears. I took it to a dealership week and was told that they would have to take it down to the transmission which would take about 7 hours to do, and then there would be about a 10-30% chance that the problem would be due to driver error, in which case, I would be responsible for the cost of diagnosis (about $700)…