1999 Hyundai Tiburon — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 84 evidence records for the 1999 Hyundai Tiburon, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 50 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system10 (20.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2006–2008.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)6 (12.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1999.
  • Seat belts6 (12.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1997–2003.
  • Speed control & accelerator5 (10.0%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)4 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2003.
  • Equipment & accessories4 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (2.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (1,524 records, model years 1997–2008) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
  • Manufacturer communications (774 records, model years 1997–2008) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1997 110 records for 1997
  2. 1998 80 records for 1998
  3. 1999 84 records for 1999
  4. 2000 107 records for 2000
  5. 2001 87 records for 2001
  6. 2002 38 records for 2002
  7. 2003 452 records for 2003
  8. 2004 125 records for 2004
  9. 2005 82 records for 2005
  10. 2006 98 records for 2006
  11. 2007 75 records for 2007
  12. 2008 52 records for 2008

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 5mention a crash
  • 4mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 3
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 53
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 26

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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