2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Visibility Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FAILED TO REMAIN CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,909.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO DETECT WHEN A PASSENGER WAS OCCUPYING THE SEAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V161000 (AIR BAGS) BUT FAILED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 10/2/14*CN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED BOTH SUN VISORS WOULD NOT STAY IN PLACE. UPDATED 10/07/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR BECAME DETACHED AND OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. AFTER RESETTING THE VISOR IN THE UPWARD POSITION, THE VISOR CONTINUED TO DETACH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VISOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. IT KEEPS FALLING INTO THE FIELD OF VIEW. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINS ON THE WEB FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT. SEEMS TO BE A POORLY BUILT PART. *TR

I HAVE 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA MODEL. MY PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR (INSIDE) IS NOT HOLDING AND SUNVISOR IS KEEP GOING DOWN. BUT I USED ONLY FEW TIMES BECAUSE I USED DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR LOT OF TIMES AND USUALLY USING DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR. THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR IS FINE. AND LAST YEAR MIRROR IS CRACK (INSIDE SUNVISOR AT PASSENGERSIDE). SO I HAD COMPLAIN MANY TIMES TO HYUNDAI USA HQ AND LOCAL DEALER BUT THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR AND FIX THAT. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I ONLY USED FEW TIMES THAT VISOR IS PROBLEM? THAT SUN VISOR HAS KEEP MOVING AND SHAKING WHEN I HAVE DRIVING AND BOTHER TOO. IT IS MEAN WORRY ABOUT DRIVING. BUT HYUNDAI SAID WE CAN DO NOTHING!!! *TR

1. AIR BAG IS ON CONSTANTLY. HAVE HAD IT FIXED BY DEALER BUT TO NO AVAIL; IT'S NOT OFF FOR VERY LONG. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER 12 MONTHS. 2. SUN VISOR ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE BROKEN, WON'T STAY UP. I AM USING MAKE SHIFT ALTERNATIVE TO SUPPORT THEM. IT CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THE VISOR UNEXPECTEDLY DROP WHEN DRIVING. HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER HYUNDAI OWNERS WITH THE SAME CONCERN. *TR

APRIL 2013 PASSENGER SIDE VISOR WON'T STAY UP. JAN 2014 DRIVER SIDE VISOR WON'T STAY UP. *TR

THE SUN VISORS BOTH MALFUNCTIONED. THEY DO NOT STAY IN PLACE WITHOUT BEING TIED UP. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY CAN DROOP DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE SUN VISORS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THE SUN VISORS WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE UP POSITION AND COME DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND BLOCK MY VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED AND REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR IN AUGUST 2012 . MY PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED OR REPLACED I HAVE CONTACT HYUNDAI VIA EMAIL REGARDING THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD AND THE VISOR DROPS DOWN SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AND BLOCKS THE WINDSHIELD VIEW. I HAVE REVIEWED OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS OF THIS MODEL SONATA ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY WEBSITE. WHEN WILL HYUNDAI RECALL THE SUN VISORS AND DETERMINE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE VISOR WOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE UP POSITION. THE VISOR WOULD NOT REMAIN IN A FIXED POSITION. THIS CAUSED REDUCED VISIBILITY. ON SHARP TURNS THE VISOR WOULD SWING AND HIT THE DRIVER IN THE HEAD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD FIX IT AT MY EXPENSE, BECAUSE OF MILEAGE THERE WAS NO MORE WARRANTY, AND THE PART WAS NOT IN STOCK THAT DAY. ONLINE FORUMS AND HYUNDAI'S OWN SERVICE BULLETIN TSB-09-01-003 DOCUMENT SHOW THAT IT IS KNOWN THIS PART PREMATURELY FAILS. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HYUNDAI HAD ISSUED ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT HYUNDAI HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER DO A STATE BY STATE RECALL, THIS CLAIM IS PROVED FALSE BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN 13V-354. IF HYUNDAI HAD ISSUED A RECALL WHEN THEY BECAME AWARE OF THE ISSUE, OR REPLACED THE PART PROACTIVELY WHEN MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FELL IN FRONT OF MY FACE. I SWERVED AND NARROWLY MISSED HITTING ANOTHER CAR BEFORE I GOT IT OUT OF THE WAY. THE PASSENGER SUN VISOR IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND WON'T STAY UP. MY CAR IS A HYUNDAI SONATA. I KNOW THAT HYUNDAI HAD A RECALL ON THE SUN VISORS IN THE SUNBELT STATES, BUT MY CAR WAS NOT LISTED IN THAT RECALL, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO FIX THE VISORS. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY OTHER MODELS OF HYUNDAIS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM; SO OBVIOUSLY HYUNDAI'S VOLUNTARY RECALL WAS TO SMALL IN SCOPE (PROBABLY ON PURPOSE). *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR FELL AND DISTRACTED DRIVER WHO SWERVED. THE VISOR WILL GO UP BUT CONTINUES TO FALL AT ERRATIC TIMES. THE PASSENGER VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AT ALL. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT, AS YET UNRESOLVED BY HYUNDAI, AT LEAST NOT IN MICHIGAN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR NO LONGER HAS TENSION AND IS PERMANENTLY FLOPPED OPEN, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. *TR

BOTH SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY ALL THE WAY UP OR DOWN AND BLOCK MY VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. *JS

AFTER LOWERING THE SUN VISOR I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK UP BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY. IF KEPT ON FALLING BACK DOWN. NOW, THIS WEEK THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR HAS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. SOMETIMES IT STAYS UP AND SOMETIMES IT FALLS DOWN. THIS CAN BE VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

VISOR KEEPS DROPPING DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

BOTH MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA'S SUN VISORS HAVE NOW BROKE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AFTER WHICH, THE VISOR WOULD NOT STAY UP AND WOULD FALL IN THE VISION OF THE PASSENGER. JUST THIS MONTH, HOWEVER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS, ESPECIALLY IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH THE ASSEMBLY OF THE VISORS, WHICH CRACK AT THE ELBOW WHICH IS USED TO MOVE THE VISOR AROUND AS NEEDED. AFTER THIS HAPPENS THE VISOR THEN WILL NOT STAY UP WHEN RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION. *TR

I PULLED MY VISOR DOWN TO BLOCK THE SUN. PLASTIC CRUSHED AND BROKE AT THE VISOR PIVOT ARM. NOW THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! VISIBILITY OF THE ROAD IS HINDERED. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HARDLY USE MY VISOR SO WEAR AND TEAR IS NOT AN ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY HYUNDAI BUT I AM PASSED MY WARRANTY PERIOD. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP ON 2007 SONATA. *TR

MY SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DROPPED DOWN AND WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY SUNVISOR HAS BROKEN. ONE ON EACH SIDE. I HAVE SPENT 100 DOLLARS REPLACING THE OTHER SIDE. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN MY CAR, IT IS JUST MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT IT BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *TR

MY SUNVISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DROPPED DOWN AND WILL NOT GO BACK TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME MY SUNVISOR HAS BROKEN. ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND TWICE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE SPENT 100 DOLLARS REPLACING THE OTHER SIDE. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN MY CAR, IT IS JUST MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT IT BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE A 2004 HYUNDAI ELANTRA AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VISORS. *TR

MY SUNVISOR JUST FELL DOWN AND IT WILL NOT GO BACK INTO THE UP POSITION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE VISORS ARE DROOPING AFFECTING VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2007MY SONATA SUN VISOR REPLACEMENT (SERVICE CAMPAIGN T74), FEB.2009. HTTP://WWW.MYHYUNDAIFORUMS.COM/09-01-003.PDF I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ILLINOIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPLACEMENT CAMPAIGN, IT IS YOUR CAR THAT I PURCHASED AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A HYUNDAI DEFECT. I HAVE A 2007 SONATA, 60+ MILES; THE VISOR BROKE IN JUNE 2012. I CALLED THE DEALER TO GET A PRICE FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND WAS QUOTED $101.61, FOR 1 SUN VISOR! AFTER READING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD DO A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR FREE FOR ALL STATES. WHAT GUARANTEE DO I HAVE THAT THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN WITHIN 6-12 MONTHS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, WILL I HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING IT DUE TO A HYUNDAI DEFECT? THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR FUTURE BUSINESS! *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR IS DEFECTIVE AND IS CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION.THE VISOR BEGAN DROPPING FROM THE "UP" POSITION TOWARD THE CEILING. IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. ITS BOTTOM WAS RIGHT AT MY LINE OF VISION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND HAD MISSED THE BUMPER TO BUMPER 5 YR. OR 60K WARRANTY BY 3 DAYS! THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $100 TO REPLACE AND INSTALL. TODAY WHILE DRIVING MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO MOVE IT OUT OF HIS LINE OF VISION AND WE HEARD A NOISE AND THE WHOLE THING JUST LOST ALL IT'S SUPPORT. HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT OFF AND WE WERE HOPING TO FIND SCREWS WE COULD JUST TIGHTEN, BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. NOW, WITH IT JUST HANGING IT INTERFERES WITH MY VIEW AND IS A HAZARD. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE!!! I DON'T HAVE $100 TO SPEND...

THE PASSENGER VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A SAFETY HAZARD, I HAVE BEEN TOLD (BY HYUNDAI SERVICE) THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM IN THE VEHICLES FOR BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER VISOR. I LOOKED THIS UP AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VISORS AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. *TR

I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN THAT BOTH OF MY SUN VISORS IN MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA WILL NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. FROM RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM AMONG THOUSANDS OF HYUNDAI SONATA OWNERS HAVING THE VERY SAME ISSUE. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY, OR EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND THE COST WILL BE OVER $100 EACH! THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE A COVERED ITEM, OR BETTER YET, IT SHOULD BE A RECALLED DEFECT!! THANK YOU. *JS

THE SUN VISOR ON DRIVER SIDE FELL DOWN WILL NOT STAY UP. THE SUN VISOR ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS REPLACED AT LAST SERVICE AND WITHIN WARRANTY. MANUALLY HAVE THE EXTENSION SLIDE BAR HITTING REAR VIEW MIRROR IN ORDER TO HAVE VISOR STAY OUT OF DRIVING VIEW INTERFERENCE BUT DOES NOT BLOCK THE BRIGHT SUN LIGHT NOW. GOOGLE AND BING SEARCHES THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE HEAT AND DESIGN OF THE SUN VISORS. *TR

BOTH SUN VISORS ON MY 2007 SONATA BROKE WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THEY WILL NOT STAY UP. THEY BROKE AFTER 60,000 MILES SO THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FROM 2006 TO 2008, HYUNDAI SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL. KNOWING THEY HAD A PROBLEM BACK IN 2006 AND ALLOWING THIS PROBLEM TO GO ON FOR 2 MORE YEARS IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND THE HYUNDAI CAR SOMPANY SHOULD BE MADE TO REPLACE ALL THE DEFECTED SUN VISORS. *TR

SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN POITION AND DROPS WHICH BLOCKS VISION. SAFETY ISSUE. MANUFACTURER WILL CHARGE FOR REPAIR BUT THIS IS CLEARLY AN DEFECTIVE PART ISSUE,AS THERE IS A RECALL IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN STATES. *TR

WINDSHIELD VISOR DRIVERS SIDE FLOPS DOWN OBSTRUCTING VISION. WILL NOT STAY UP AND OUT OF THE WAY WHEN PUSHED FORWARD OR BACK. *TR

PASSENGERS SUN VISOR BROKE AND FELL DOWN DISTRACTING DRIVER. SEARCH ON INTERNET FINDS MANY COMPLAINTS OF SAME ISSUE AND EVEN "SERVICE BULLETINS" ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN STATES AND OF COURSE IN THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR YEARS/MILEAGE. NOT FEELING REAL CONFIDENT IN HYUNDAI FIXING IT BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE WITH DEALER AND THAT I'M OUT OF WARRANTY. SHOULDN'T BE LONG BEFORE THE DRIVERS ONE FALLS DOWN ALSO. MAYBE IT WILL CAUSE A CRASH, MAYBE NOT. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ITEM TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM ONCE THE DESIGN IS CHANGED. *TR

ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE SUN VISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WOULD NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. I CHECKED FOR ANY RECALLS, BUT THERE WERE NONE. NOW THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR NO LONGER WILL STAY IN THE UP POSITION. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING WITH MANY OTHER 2007 SONATAS. I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY CAN FILE A COMPLAINT ONLINE HERE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. VISIBILITY IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM AS THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AND MAKES DRIVING DIFFICULT. HYUNDAI HAS NOT RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO MY INQUIRIES. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE BEFORE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS RESOLVED BY HYUNDAI/ THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY 2007 SONATA DRIVER'S SUNVISOR LOCKED UP AT AROUND 58000 MILES AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO LOWER IT THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE SUNVISOR BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE SUNVISOR TO DROP DOWN IN MY LINE OF SIGHT WHILE DRIVING. IF RAISED OUT OF MY LINE OF VISION IT WOULD DROP UNEXPECTEDLY, BLOCKING MY LINE OF SIGHT LEAVING ME IN DANGER OF HITTING ANOTHER CAR OR PERSON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SUNVISOR AT NO COST TO ME. APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE SUNVISOR DID THE SAME THING. ONCE AGAIN I RETURNED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE SUNVISOR AT NO COST TO ME. AT 90000 MILES THE DRIVER SIDE SUNVISOR ONCE AGAIN LOCKED UP WITH THE SAME RESULTING MALFUNCTION OCCURRING. THIS TIME THE HYUNDAI DEALER SAID MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WOULD COST ME...

THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS FAIL TO STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING FOR THE DRIVER AND CAN BLOCK THE DRIVER'S VISION. AFTER INVESTIGATING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET, THE 2007 SONATA SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE ON THE SUN VISORS. THE PLASTIC PART (NOT METAL) THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING THE SUN VISOR UPRIGHT IS NOT DESIGNED WELL ENOUGH TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED. PASSENGER FAILED AT 40K MILES AND THE DRIVER AT 80K MILES. *KB

BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION, AND OBSTRUCTING THE VISION OF THE DRIVER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER AND HYUNDAI AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THERE IS A PRODUCT RECALL ON THE 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM, BUT NOT FOR THE 2007 SONATA. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO COVER THIS REPAIR AS IT IS OVER $100.00 PER VISOR. *TR

THE SUN VISOR FAILS TO STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING FOR THE DRIVER AND CAN BLOCK THE DRIVER'S VISION. AFTER INVESTIGATING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNET, THE 2007 SONATA SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE ON THE SUN VISORS. THE PLASTIC PART (NOT METAL) THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING THE SUN VISOR UPRIGHT IS NOT DESIGNED WELL ENOUGH TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED. BOTH OF THE SUN VISORS HAVE FAILED IN MY CAR. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR'S CONTROL ARM CRACKED AND NO LONGER STAYS LOCKED IN ANY POSITION. IT FLOPS DOWN AND HANGS LOOSELY. WE NEED TO USE A SAFETY PIN TO LOCK IT UP OUT OF THE DRIVER'S LINE OF SIGHT. AT AROUND 40,000 MILES, THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR ALSO FAILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FALL, BLOCKING HIS VISION OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE SUN VISOR AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED BOTH FRONT SUN VISORS FRACTURED AND CONTINUED TO FALL, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VISION OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE SUN VISOR UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

SUN VISOR FAILED AND NO LONGER WILL REMAIN UP. IT IS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND POINTS DIRECTLY DOWNWARD. THIS IS CAUSED BY A DESIGN AND/OR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. IT PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE VISOR OBSTRUCTS THE DRIVERS VIEW. IN AS MUCH AS THIS PROBLEM IS PREVALENT WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE AND IS COSTLY TO CORRECT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OUT-OF-WARRANTY, IT SHOULD BE RECALLED OR AT A MINIMUM BE PROVIDED WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY BY THE MANUFACTURER. MY VEHICLE IS STILL IN WARRANTY. *KB

2007 HYUNDAI SONATA VISOR FALLS INTO VIEW AT RANDOM TIMES BLOCKING VISION. *TR

PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE CAUSING VISUAL OBSTRUCTION AT RANDOM TIMES. THE VISORS WILL FALL WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND CAUSES A SIGNIFICANT DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SUNVISOR ON MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA RANDOMLY FALLS DOWN FROM DOWN FROM ITS RETIRED POSITION. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN THIS PAST WEEK AND OBSCURED MY VISION WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 50MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD NEAR MY HOME. I MOMENTARILY WAS NOT IN FULL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH DUE TO MY VISION OBSTRUCTION. ONCE I FLIPPED THE VISOR BACK UP I REGAINED CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE WITH MY HEART IN MY THROAT. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE DEFECTIVE VISOR ALMOST KILLED ME BECAUSE IT RANDOMLY FLOPPED DOWN, BLOCKING MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. THIS VISOR ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND THIS TIME IT REALLY ALMOST KILLED ME. I WILL BE GETTING THIS FIXED NEXT WEEK, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE PART. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT STAY IN THE PREVIOUS LOCKED POSITION. INTERNET SEARCHES SHOW MANY OTHER DRIVERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE AND ALL BEING TOLD THAT A REPAIR OUT OF WARRANTY IS OVER $200 FOR A VISOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING FROM VELCRO (WORKS UNTIL IT GET HOT AND THEN FALLS OFF) TO BUNGEE CORDS, RUBBER BANDS, AND EVEN A MAGNET. WHEN YOU DO NEEDS THE VISOR TO PROTECT FROM THE SUN ALL OF THESE TEMP FIXES PREVENT THE SAFE SWITCH TO FLIPPING DOWN THE VISOR. AT FIRST YOU COULD POSITION THE VISOR TO BLOCK THE SUN NOW IT JUST HANGS STRAIGHT DOWN.

BOTH VISORS ON MY 2007 SONATA DO NOT STAY IN PLACE, I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND THEY ARE UNSYMPATHETIC TO MY SITUATION DUE TO THE MILEAGE, 72,000, OUT OF WARRANTY. ALSO, BOTH OF MY REAR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN. I HAVE TO REACH AROUND TO INSIDE OF DOOR TO OPEN REAR DOOR. *TR

THE SUN VISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA JUST STARTED DROPPING ON ITS OWN AND WON'T GO BACK TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED SINCE IT WAS BLOCKING SITE. WE HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO A HYUNDAI DEALER TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

SUN VISOR BROKEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP, THE GLASS OF MY MOON ROOF "EXPLODED" SPONTANEOUSLY. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT (APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM EST), THE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 30 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND THERE WERE NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, I WAS TRAVELING UNDER NO OVERPASSES, AND THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. I NOTICED NO OBJECTS STRIKING MY CAR BEFORE OR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MY PASSENGERS AND I ONLY HEARD A NOISE THAT WE AGREED SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT COMING FROM ABOVE THE VEHICLE. SINCE I HAPPENED TO HAVE THE SUN SHADE CLOSED OVER THE MOON ROOF, NO GLASS ENTERED THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE MOON ROOF (APPROXIMATELY 2/3) BLEW TOWARDS THE BACK OF MY CAR AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY RAMP. SINCE I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE, MOTHER, 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND 2 YEAR OLD SON,...

USING SUN VISOR AS DESIGNED WHEN THE COMPONENT THAT HOLDS THE VISOR IN A FLAT POSITION ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AUDIBLY FAILED (MADE A BREAKING NOISE). SUN VISOR NOW WILL NOT STAY IN A SECURE FLAT POSITION (THE POSITION YOU WOULD PUT THE SUN VISOR IN WHEN YOU ARE NOT USING THE SUN VISOR). THE SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN BLOCKING SOME VIEW AHEAD (AS IT IS MEANT TO DO ONLY WHEN YOU ARE BLOCKING THE OCCASIONAL GLARE FROM THE SUN). THIS IS THE SECOND SUN VISOR FROM HYUNDAI THAT I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO. *TR