| Issue ID | 958910 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10492161 |
| Manufacurer | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Brand | HYUNDAI |
| Model | TIBURON |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 03/09/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I love my little tiberon. It has been the only new car i ever had or probably ever will have. I am over 50 years old and been driving a manual transmission forever. So when this clutch started to act up, i started to call in to the dealers. I could not believe it. Nothing under warranty and they wanted over $2000 to even start looking at it. Then they told me that if the flywheel was damaged it would be over $900 for the part alone. I have never heard of such a thing! And none of it was under warranty. Needless to say i started looking at trade in and blue book values. But i am attached to this cute little car that my dying husband loved to tease me about, so i took it to a mechanic i trusted. Result: the clutch is fine, still shows 50000 probably still available. Valves and connectors are fine. Flywheel is unscratched and smooth but totally broken. I have the part. I can show you. In the collar where the dual mass is connected it is fractured and snapped. Mechanic says there is no reason for the part to break there unless it was bad. After researching it he told me it was a major problem and the dual mass flywheel was poorly designed. There is no way i can afford a new dual mass flywheel. The shop said there was a lawsuit out there to help with repairs due to this defect but i don¿ |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 60000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | IRVING, TX |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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