Thomas Kamedulski

Bought this lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch assembly went out.
They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it went again, it cost me
$1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover. Says alot for their 100,000
mile bumper to bumper warranty.

Dances With Crows

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:38:58 GMT, Thomas Kamedulski staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> Bought this [2003 Tiburon] lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch
> assembly went out. They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it
> went again. It cost me $1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover
> [it]. Says [a lot] for their 100,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty.

The clutch is a "wear item", because it has to be rebuilt/replaced
periodically. Wear items are not covered under warranty. Also, in the
USA, the bumper-to-bumper warranty for the 2003 models was 5/60, not
10/100. The *powertrain* was 10/100. You've probably also noticed that
dealership managers store many excuses up their ***** and are quite fond
of pulling them out and saying, "This isn't covered by the warranty!"

You didn't say whether this car had an I4 or V6 engine. Quite a few
people complained about clutch problems with the 2003 V6 Tiburons on
this newsfroup and places like http://newtiburon.com/ . This was
apparently due to Hyundai using the same clutch on the I4 and V6
Tiburons. 4000 miles seems like way too short a time, though. The
people who complained about clutch problems said that they needed to get
the clutch rebuilt at ~15,000 miles, not 4000. The remedy suggested by
a number of people on newtiburon.com was "install an aftermarket racing
clutch". That seems to have worked for the people who tried it, at
least.

I believe they fixed this in the 2004 models. ICBW, so any 2004-2005
Tiburon V6 manual-tranny owners out there, say something.

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sportstr

"" wrote:
> Bought this lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch
> assembly went out.
> They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it went again,
> it cost me
> $1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover. Says alot for
> their 100,000
> mile bumper to bumper warranty.

how old are you and what went with the clutch they will cover defects
but wont cover the clutch disc its like brake you abuse they wear out
and how you drive may affect that

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Brian Nystrom

sportstr wrote:
> "" wrote:
> > Bought this lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch
> > assembly went out.
> > They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it went again,
> > it cost me
> > $1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover. Says alot for
> > their 100,000
> > mile bumper to bumper warranty.
>
> how old are you and what went with the clutch they will cover defects
> but wont cover the clutch disc its like brake you abuse they wear out
> and how you drive may affect that
>
Hey, there are these two *new* ideas for internet posters called
"capitalization" and "punctuation". If you use them, people can actually
read and understand your posts. Pretty cool, huh?

Reckerfox

"" wrote:
> sportstr wrote:
> > "" wrote:
> > > Bought this lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch
> > > assembly went out.
> > > They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it went
> again,
> > > it cost me
> > > $1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover. Says alot
> for
> > > their 100,000
> > > mile bumper to bumper warranty.
> >
> > how old are you and what went with the clutch they will
> cover defects
> > but wont cover the clutch disc its like brake you abuse they
> wear out
> > and how you drive may affect that
> >
> Hey, there are these two *new* ideas for internet posters
> called
> "capitalization" and "punctuation". If you use them, people
> can actually
> read and understand your posts. Pretty cool, huh?

The 10 years/100k warranty is NOT a bumper to bumper warranty and does
not cover wearable items that are not defective. Unfortunately,
clutches are considered wearable and hard to prove defective. I would
ask to speak with a Hyundai field representative and argue your point
with him/her. There has to be a problem with your clutch assembly for
it to go out so quickly. The Hyundai "Basic" warranty covered your
first clutch and am surprised the dealer didn’t the second one
considering how quickly your first clutch went out. Don’t let Hyundai
get away easily on this issue. Good luck!

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nothermark

On 25 Aug 2005 00:37:57 -0400, Reckerfox
<UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote:

>"" wrote:
> > sportstr wrote:
> > > "" wrote:
> > > > Bought this lemon brand new. At 4000 miles the clutch
> > > > assembly went out.
> > > > They replaced it at no charge. At 15000 miles it went
> > again,
> > > > it cost me
> > > > $1952.00 because the warranty didn't cover. Says alot
> > for
> > > > their 100,000
> > > > mile bumper to bumper warranty.
> > >
> > > how old are you and what went with the clutch they will
> > cover defects
> > > but wont cover the clutch disc its like brake you abuse they
> > wear out
> > > and how you drive may affect that
> > >
> > Hey, there are these two *new* ideas for internet posters
> > called
> > "capitalization" and "punctuation". If you use them, people
> > can actually
> > read and understand your posts. Pretty cool, huh?
>
>The 10 years/100k warranty is NOT a bumper to bumper warranty and does
>not cover wearable items that are not defective. Unfortunately,
>clutches are considered wearable and hard to prove defective. I would
>ask to speak with a Hyundai field representative and argue your point
>with him/her. There has to be a problem with your clutch assembly for
>it to go out so quickly. The Hyundai "Basic" warranty covered your
>first clutch and am surprised the dealer didn’t the second one
>considering how quickly your first clutch went out. Don’t let Hyundai
>get away easily on this issue. Good luck!

maybe the dealer knows the user?

;-)

Brian Nystrom

Reckerfox wrote:
> There has to be a problem with your clutch assembly for
> it to go out so quickly.

Or with the way it's being driven. I don't blame them for being leery of
replacing clutches under warranty.