Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: XG300
Model Year: 2001
Other Engine Info: displacement depends on model; Elantra=2.0L & 1975cc; XG300=3.0L & 2972cc
Other Restraint System Info: Depowered Airbags
Plant City: Asan
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
2003 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT V6 2.7 LITER PURCHASED USED WITH APPROX. 40,000 MILES ON IT. PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM DEALERSHIP. 2 1/2 WEEKS LATER THE CLUTCH WENT OUT. TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP. TOLD THAT CLUTCH, PRESSURE PLATE, AND FLYWHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED $1900 NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TOLD THAT WAS DUE TO DRIVING HABITS. FOUND OUT THROUGH RESEARCHING LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT THERE IS A TSB 04-40-005 RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM WITH A "CAUSE CODE" OF "DEFORMED". OUR CAR FALLS UNDER ALL THE CONDITIONS ON THIS BULLETIN, HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP WILL STILL NOT REPAIR THE CAR. CALLED HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM; HOWEVER, HAD NOT DECIDED TO DO A RECALL OR TO OFFSET ANY COSTS OF REPAIRING THESE PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. THERE WERE "LOOKING INTO" THE PROBLEM. FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF OTHER CONSUMERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS IDENTICAL VEHICLE. *JB
2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FROM ANY SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED AND RE SURFACED THE ROTOR, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK