You can verify your engine size and exact year of tiburon using this VIN decoder taken from the Hyundai Maintenance site. Just get the VIN from the driver's side dashboard near the windshield.

 

Fascinating! Help me out here though. First part of my VIN is: KMHJG35F61U
I take this to mean:
KMH - Hyundai Korea (Passenger vehicle)
J - Tiburon, 1997-2001
G - 2-door coupe
3 - GLS, LS, LX or GS
5 - depowered airbags (question!)
F - 1975cc etc
6 - check digit
1 - 2001

Question is, what does that 5 mean? Says depowered airbags, does that mean mine won't work? I thought I would have had a 4 - dual power airbag, manual belts. Any ideas?

 

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Shoppers/D...S172.A5027.html

How are "depowered" airbags different? Designed to reduce the number of injuries due to airbags while still providing enough protection in conjunction with seatbelts, "depowered" airbags have been used by many automakers in the past few years. Most of these depowered bags provide a softer deployment for those not wearing seatbelts. In turn, the occupants will not be as likely to sustain injuries from the airbag, though the force of deployment might not be adequate enough to protect the occupant. This enforces the idea that buckling up is more important than ever. Dual-stage, or "smart" airbags systems use more factors such as the weight and apparent size of the occupant, and the force and direction of the crash impact, to apply these two different degrees of deployment.

 

This has been posted in the past, but i couldn't find it so it stays and I'll add it to the approved list so we don't lose it again as it's definitely useful.

 

great info!!!

thanks for posting it up DTN