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2007 tiburon
by moonlitiburon
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Jul 19, 2006 (1:28 pm)
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go here for info and new pix.
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77977&page=1&pp=25
go to www.newtiburon.com for all the tiburon info you want.
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Re: Cheap Car with Poor warenty [ederekb]
by m1miata
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Sep 03, 2006 (6:13 pm)
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Replying to: ederekb (Jul 19, 2006 1:05 pm)
Clutch will not be covered by all the other manufacturers as well. Now if it is proven that Hyundai put defective parts in the car, it should have been covered and they will lose the lawsuit. Hyundai is doing like all the rest, which is sad indeed, by not being will to just fix the 2003 model cars with this problem, is my take on this if they did have defective parts. This is assuming the complaints are valid. I am not saying one way or another, as I have no evidence. It is really bad PR, and a no win situation for Hyundai when trying to attract new - young buyers. As for clutch cars, I think possibly the BMW cover all for four years warranty may be the only one covering the clutch.
The warranty,by Hyundai, is the best in the industry. If I bought a Tiburon, I would get the automatic.
-Loren
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Re: DAUGHTER Nearly KILLED In Her 2003 Tiburon [momofteengirls]
by blessedmom
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Sep 29, 2006 (5:06 pm)
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Replying to: momofteengirls (Sep 29, 2005 2:54 pm)
Hi
Just wanted to let you know that if you are a short, small person this is a safe car in the event of an accident. We bought my daughter a 2003 Tiburon GT for her 16th birthday. This past Monday morning a deer ran out in front of her, she tried to miss the deer, overcorrected and slide 100 feet, hitting 3 trees, then taking a nose dive and the car landed on its top. She is only 5' tall. Miraculously she kick out the passengar side window and crawled out of the car. The officer said if her head was taller than head rest she would have been killed. The car is completely totaled, the is not a spot on car that is not dented. Parts flew everywhere, but amazingly she was not hurt. She is very sore but nothing is broken. Her airbag on the steering wheel did not deploy, both side seat and passenger air bags did. Although I think this is a pretty save car, I'd like to know if there was ever a recall on the driver side airbag. Have you heard of any? We had the car since Febuary and haven't had any problems at all. My daughter loved this car.
Blessed Mom
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Re: DAUGHTER Nearly KILLED In Her 2003 Tiburon [blessedmom]
by m1miata
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Sep 29, 2006 (5:57 pm)
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Replying to: blessedmom (Sep 29, 2006 5:06 pm)
Well that was a tough call hitting a deer with a low car, or trying to swerve to miss it. Normally, I run over what gets in my way on curves, and rarely steer too far off center to avoid those animals. But a deer is a problem as chopping off the legs could have sent the body into the driver and thus a real problem. Great the car gave up its life to save your daughters. As for the driver side air bag not deploying, it could be that the front was not hit that hard. Was it mostly heavy damage to sides and the roll was sideways, no doubt. The 2003 model had the most problems of the new series. The '04 on are better. HEREis a link to recalls on the Tiburon for 2003. Anyway, look at the front and try to figure out if it was a hit of say more than 15 MPH looking crash. Maybe the nose dive was more a soft rollover flip. -Loren
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Re: Auto dimming mirror w/compass and thermometer [ezwjraia]
by ezwjraia
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Oct 04, 2006 (10:19 am)
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Replying to: ezwjraia (Jul 07, 2006 1:38 pm)
Update: I bought a mirror mount digital compass at PEP BOYS. It is made in China and distributed by BELL Automotive Products. The cost, including battery was $34.99, and roughly 10% of the installed cost of the options I was exploring. Although it's not as slick as original equipment, and I must dim the mirror manually, it will satisfy my urge to know where I'm headed until my next trade. Still love my '06, so that may be a long time.
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Re: DAUGHTER Nearly KILLED In Her 2003 Tiburon [blessedmom]
by cfbd1273
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Oct 04, 2006 (4:05 pm)
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Replying to: blessedmom (Sep 29, 2006 5:06 pm)
Yeah the air bag dosn't deploy if hit under 35mph usually.
And it deffinetly won't in a roll over. No air bag will. (except Mercedes Benz)
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Re: DAUGHTER Nearly KILLED In Her 2003 Tiburon [cfbd1273]
by m1miata
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Oct 04, 2006 (10:29 pm)
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Replying to: cfbd1273 (Oct 04, 2006 4:05 pm)
Bags can deploy when hitting a solid object 12-15 MPH or another car at 25 MPH or less. Well of course, if the other car is head-on, it would depend on speed of other car, and how hard the blow is - how much give the other car has. In the case of trees that may give, or glancing blows and the car dancing in the air, who knows. Guess an examination of damage to the front would tell you something. Not going to tell you enough though to tell if the front bags should have deployed unless you are very familiar with lots of crash tests done on that model of car. The car did its thing to protect the young lady -- this is good!
What are you talking about in reference to Mercedes deploying a front bag during a roll over? One car I was considering some day and a used car was the SLK, which has those standard.
-Loren
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