1998 Hyundai Tiburon: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1998 Hyundai Tiburon. The campaign is 01V345000. NHTSA received the report on 6 Nov 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Webbing. NHTSA has 26 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 01V345000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a stopper over each front seat belt d-ring guide to assist the seat belt to smoothly extend and retract. Owner notification began december 10, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 42,782 units in total.
01V345000Received . 42,782 units.
Seat Belts / Front / Webbing
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belts may not extend and retract smoothly through the d-ring guides mounted on the body pillars aft of the doors. If the seat belts do not extend and retract smoothly, they may twist in the d-ring guides and make it inconvenient to extend and retract the seat belts.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the seat belts are inconvenient to use, the seat occupant may not be inclined to wear the seat belts properly, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install a stopper over each front seat belt d-ring guide to assist the seat belt to smoothly extend and retract. Owner notification began december 10, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact hyundai at 1-800-633-5151.
Report filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
26 complaints, 46 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 7 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 6 |
| Unknown or Other | 6 |
| Electrical System | 5 |
| Seat Belts | 4 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 3 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 3 |
| Air Bags | 3 |
| Wheels | 2 |
| Fuel System, Other | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 3
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 1
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 1 Jan 2005
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ00003 | Safety query | FUEL CAP REPLACEMENT CAMPAIGN 36 | Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly | 2 Feb 2000 | Open | 00V095001 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 Hyundai TiburonThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Hyundai Tiburon: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/hyundai/tiburon/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Hyundai Tiburon?
- 42,782 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Hyundai Tiburon have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Tiburon, model years 1997 to 2008. 1 of them names the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Hyundai Tiburon name most often?
- Power Train: 7 of 46 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Hyundai Tiburon open?
- 1 investigation has no closing date in the NHTSA file, of 1 that name this model year.