NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Hyundai Tiburon Recalls
The 2006 Hyundai Tiburon has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Hyundai Tiburon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 64
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 Hyundai Tiburon
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Tiburon, 11 other models
2006 Hyundai Tiburon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 64 owner complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon, the newest on July 12, 2022. Of these, 6 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon, the component group named most often is the power train (66%), followed by the air bags (9%) and the tires (8%).
The 2006 Hyundai Tiburon's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2006 Hyundai Tiburon owners gave the mileage (57 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train42
- Air Bags6
- Tires5
- Equipment3
- Exterior Lighting3
- Suspension3
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 13. 50% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tiburon year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 64 complaints about the 2006 Hyundai Tiburon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tiburon by model year
Other 2006 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: July 12, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted