Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Hyundai Tiburon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
2000 HYUNDAI TIBURON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEAT BELT SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HYUNDAI TIBURON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FAILURES THAT PROGRESSED AND RECURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE CHARCOAL CANISTERS TWICE AND THE FAILURE RECURRED IN WHICH THERE WERE STRONG FUMES THAT EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING WAS REPLACED, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE, AND THE KEY WAS STILL NOT COMMUNICATING TO TURN OVER INTO A START POSITION WITHOUT SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WHICH THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS FLICKERED, WERE LOW AT TIMES, AND WERE REPLACED MORE THAN TEN TIMES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V345000 (SEAT BELTS) AND RECEIVED THE RECALL REPAIR; HOWEVER, THE SEAT BELT WAS CONSTRICTING WHILE MOVING AND IT WOULD NOT RETRACT UNLESS THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS UNBUCKLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 04V369000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND 04V178000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
2000 HYUNDAI TIBURON PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELTS. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. THE BELTS GET STUCK IN THEIR HARNESSES AND YOU CAN'T PULL-OUT OR PUT IT BACK. YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE HARNESS AND THE STUCK BELT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO WORK. THE CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ONE RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2008. *TT
I PURCHASED A 2000 TIBURON APPROX.JUNE 2001 WITH 9600 MILES ALREADY. SINCE I BOUGHT IT I'VE BEEN FINDING PROBLEMS AND I'VE TAKEN IT FOR SERVICE ABOUT 7 TIMES ALREADY. THEY'VE REPLACED THE LAMP ABOVE ON THE ROOF THAT MELTED AND BROKE ONCE, THEY FIXED THE VESSEL GLASS 3 TIMES ALREADY BECAUSE IT KEEPS CRACKING, WHILE REPLACING THE VESSEL GLASS (THE GLASS THAT PROTECTS THE ODOMETER AND OTHER NEEDLESS INDICATORS) THEY BROKE MY AC, HEATER, CRUISE CONTROL, REAR DEFROST, FRONT DEFROST. THE SEAT BELT WAS A RECALL. UNTIL NOW THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP GETTING THE AC, DEFROST PROBLEM FIXED.
CONSUMER STATED THE SEATBELTS FAILED. NLM
MY SEATBELTS GET TWISTED OR WON'T EXTRACT OR RETRACT 99 OUT OF 100 TIMES. I HAVE HAD MY HEADLIGHTS BURNOUT NUMEROUS TIMES AND KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE THEM. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2-3 MONTHS AND IT IS AT MY EXPENSE AS THE DEALER STATES IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. ONE USUALLY BLOWS AND THEN A WEEK LATER THE OTHER SIDE FOLLOWS, THIS ONLY HAPPENS WITH MY LOW BEAMS. I WILL TURN MY AC ON AND IT WILL EITHER RUN HOT OR IF IT RUNS COLD AT ALL IT ONLY STAYS COLD FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE DEALER STATED IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT. I HAVE HAD MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE LOSE AIR AND BLOW OUT THE FIRST TIME ABOUT 3 TIMES NOW. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE EACH TIME AND HAVE BOUGHT DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS. THE DEALER STATED IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CAR. MY PWR WINDOWS AND PWR DOOR LOCKS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND STILL DOESN'T WORK. MY PWR LOCKS NEVER WORK AND OCCASSIONALLY MY PWR WINDOWS WILL. AS FOR THE BATTERY PORTION, THE DEALER STATED IT COULD BE THE BATTERY COMBINED WITH OTHER THINGS. MY CAR WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT START AND I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY WILL HOOK A COMPUTER UP TO IT AND SEEM TO GET CONFUSING RESULTS. THEY HAVE HAD TO CONTACT THE HYUNDAI CORPORATION NUMEROUS TIMES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IT HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES THOUGH SO IT STILL HASN'T BEEN FIXED.
CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET RECALL OF SEAT BELT REPAIRED BECAUSE DEALERS DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR THEM.*AK
DRIVER'S SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT AFTER IT'S BUCKLED MOST OF THE TIME. DEALER HAS REPLACED DRIVER'S SEAT BELT, WITH THE SAME TYPE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE NEW SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK.*YH
MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
SEAT BELTS ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN HANGER PART THATS IS CLOSE TO WINDOW, AND CONSUMER CAN NOT PROPERLY FASTEN SEATBELTS.*AK CONSUMER STATED EVERY TIME HE TRIES TO FASTEN SEAT BELTS THEY CONSTANTLY GET BOUND UP IN THE SHOULDER HARNESS.*SLC
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS FOLD IN BY ITSELF, AND JAM GUIDE, PREVENTING BELT FROM RETRACTING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
SEAT BELTS JAM AND TWIST WITH EVERY USE, BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE. ALSO STAY LOOSE AT TIMES AFTER BUCKLED...NOT MUCH PROTECTION.*AK
SEATBELTS GET TWISTED EVERY TIME, WON'T RETRACT OR PULL OUT WITHOUT A FIGHT, OR WON'T TIGHTEN AFTER FINALLY GETTING LATCHED. THIS ALSO IS TRUE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE.*AK
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS BECAME TANGLED, AND WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, ONCE BELTS ARE HOOKED, THEY DO NOT RETRACT TO A SNUG POSITION. *SLC
I CAN NOT GET ANYONE TO CARE ABOUT THIS SEATBELT PROBLEM...VERY DANGEROUS AND NOW I JUST HAVE TO JUST LEAVE THEM OFF FOR THEY GET TWISTED SO BAD YOU SPEND LONGER AND LONGER TIME TO UNTWIST..SICK OF IT AND PLAN TO TRADE MY CAR. *AK
SHOULDER BELTS FOLD OVER AND JAMS AT THE DOOR POST WHEN BEING PULLED OUT TO LATCH, 99 TIMES OUT OF 100. *AK
FRONT PASENGER'S AND DRIVER' SEAT BELTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO LATCH. THEY ALSO COME LOOSE AT WILL OR TIGHTEN UP ON THEIR OWN FOR NO REASON. *AK
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