Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Elantra, Tiburon
Model Year: 1998
Note: Tiburon model only
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger belts: active
Plant City: Ulsan
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Super Deluxe (GLS, LS or GS)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI TIBURON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT PROCEEDED ONTO A RAMP. SUDDENLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT AN IMPACT. THE INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SWAY ONTO THE CURB. IMMEDIATELY, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DRIVER REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 27,337. UPDATED 04/16/09.*JB
1998
WHEELS
THE FIRST PROBLEM HAPPENED THE FIRST WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE SEAL BROKE ON THE TIRE THEY SAID AND THE TIRE WENT FLAT WITHOUT MY ACKOWLEDGEMENT AND I HAD TO BUY A NEW TIRE BECAUSE THE INSIDE TUBE WAS RUINED. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO GET DIFFERENT TIRES RESEALED BECAUSE THE SEAL BREAKS. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY FEEL ITS A PROBLEM WITH THE RIM. ON 12/31/98 I HAD TO GET ONE RESEALED AGAIN AND SINCE THEN THE TIRE STILL LOOKS LOW AND I HAVE TO PUT AIR IN IT ONCE A WEEK.( DOT NUMBER: )