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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2005 Hyundai Tiburon Recalls

The 2005 Hyundai Tiburon has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 28, 2005.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Hyundai Tiburon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
43

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
8

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2005 Hyundai Tiburon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon

Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly

Campaign
05V187000
Reported
April 28, 2005
Vehicles affected
up to 277
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

05V187000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2005 Hyundai Tiburon complaints by year

NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon, the newest on March 18, 2020. Of these, 8 describe a crash (19%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries and 1 death.

In complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon, the component group named most often is the power train (42%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the suspension (12%).

The 2005 Hyundai Tiburon's only recall does not concern the power train.

Where 2005 Hyundai Tiburon owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Power Train18
  • Air Bags7
  • Suspension5
  • Steering4
  • Equipment3
  • Tires3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20051
200610
20077
20082
20093
20101
20117
20135
20141
20152
20172
20191
20201

Complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 10. 47% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tiburon year in the same window: 5th highest of the 7 ranked years.

That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Tiburon years.

Hyundai Tiburon years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 4/5

The 43 complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Hyundai Tiburon by model year

Other 2005 Hyundai models

Newest record on this page: March 18, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted