NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Hyundai Tiburon Recalls
The 2003 Hyundai Tiburon has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 16, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Hyundai Tiburon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 328
- Crashes reported
- 33
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
On a 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon
Suspension: front: control arm
- Campaign
- 09V125000
- Reported
- April 16, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 160,904
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 04V369000
- Reported
- July 26, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 919
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Tiburon, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 04V178000
- Reported
- April 9, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 263,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 301, fuel system integrity
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Tiburon, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 03V496000
- Reported
- December 3, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Tiburon, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 03V321000
- Reported
- August 26, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 03V290000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 03V257000
- Reported
- July 22, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 312,292
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Tiburon, 1 other model
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 02V290000
- Reported
- November 5, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,382
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon
Unknown or other
- Campaign
- 02V044000
- Reported
- February 8, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,174
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon
2003 Hyundai Tiburon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 328 owner complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, the newest on August 29, 2022. Of these, 33 describe a crash (10%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon, the component group named most often is the power train (50%), followed by the air bags (22%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon's 9 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2003 Hyundai Tiburon owners gave the mileage (264 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train164
- Air Bags71
- Electrical System34
- Seat Belts23
- Exterior Lighting14
- Suspension13
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 43 | |
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 57 | |
| 2007 | 23 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 57. 55% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon drew 6.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tiburon year in the same window: 1st highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Hyundai Tiburon years to avoid by our method.
The 328 complaints about the 2003 Hyundai Tiburon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tiburon by model year
Other 2003 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 29, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted