While driving down the highway, approximately 50 MPH, the passenger's visor suddenly came out of the stored position and hung down. It would not stay in place in the stored position. This happened months ago. Last week on 10/30/15, the driver's visor suddenly would not stay in up position and hung down, swinging back and forth while driving, obscuring my view. This should be a recall as it's a safety issue.
2007 Hyundai Elantra visibility complaints
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Sunvisor kept falling impairing view of the driver. At first I could push it back in but the hinge is broken. I have tried velcro, tape etc to keep it up. Will fall randomly while driving and dangle in front of my vision. I want to take it off but cant because of wires. This is a safety hazard. It will work for several weeks then fall again and cannot get it to stay up. Have found this is a common problem. It needs to be fixed as it is a defect on hyundai's end and is a safety hazard. This has been going on for over a year on and off. The problem is its very random when it falls again and is shocking. I am lucky to not have gotten in an accident
Driving west at sunset, I pulled my visor down on the drivers side to shield the sun and it completely fell down. The only thing holding it up somewhat are the visible wires and the support clip on the right. This is a hazard due to the fact that I cannot pull the visor completely up in place. It has one position which does not shield the sun and also blocks line of sight for side mirror on drivers side. This is a flaw in the part and should be considered for recall as it was for the 2007 hyndai sonata.
Both sun visor's would randomly fall from its hinge and would block my visibility while driving. The rear brake calipers have never worked. Especially with such low mileage. I have recently had a brake inspection and the front left caliper was the only brake that has been functional for the past 20,000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai elantra. The contact stated that the sun visor piece that connected the driver and passenger side visors to the roof of the vehicle fractured. As a result, the visors could not be used. The dealer diagnosed that the piece was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.. . .. .updated 07/21/15 *bf the consumer was driving 65 MPH when the sun visor fell into his line of vision. He couldn't remove it or put it back up. He had to hold it in the up position until he could get home and take it down with a screw driver. Updated 07/30/15*jb ...updated 08/20/15 *bf the consumer stated the first time the incident happened, he was in the vehicle with his wife. She gently pulled down the passenger sun visor and the clip that held the visor in the retaining bracket swivel broke and could not be re-attached or put back in the up position. The second time it happened, it was two months later. The consumer gently pulled the visor down in the forward position and heard a crack. The consumer had to use his hand, to hold the visor up. Updated 09/01/15
I was driving slowly, and my driver-side visor broke. This is a significant safety hazard since I cannot successfully block the sun while driving. A quick internet search reveals that this is a common problem with this specific vehicle. Please issue a recall for this safety problem!!!
The sun visors spontaneously drop out and then swing freely causing obvious accident risk. I finally had to remove them both for safety reasons. This seems to be widely reported and seems to be dangerous enough to warrant a recall but I have not seen this happen.
The driver's side sun visor support broke, causing it to hang down and obstruct visibility. I am able to push it back up into place, but it falls again after a few days on smooth roads or more quickly, if the roads are rough.
While driving the driver side sun visor fell down almost causing me to wreck. I can push it up, but it won't stay up. About a week or two later the passenger side sun visor also fell. This is a major safety hazard!!!
Broken driver side visor creating a driving hazard when it kept keeps falling down obstructing the drivers line of sight. Very flimsy plastic and you are unable to easily repair it... I have since removed the visor entirely and it is still a hazard when driving into the sun. Cost to replace is $200+ which is insane for something that should much stronger. Same issue with the 2007 sonata and I suspect the same part/durability applies to the 2007 elantra since I've heard many of the same issues. Please issue a recall for the visors for the 2007 hyundai elantra!
I was driving at a lower rate of speed in a highly residential area when the sun visor broke off from its pin from the ceiling of the trim, hit me in the face, and dangled from the electrical cord, blocking my whole line of vision. The incident scared me when it hit me in the face as well as blocked my sight and I swerved into oncoming traffic nearly hitting a car. I had to physically hold the visor out of my way until I could pull over. The visor has a plastic post which is supposed to support the whole weight and movement of the visor, within which an electrical cord for the illuminated mirror plugs into a connection (thus how it was dangling). This same piece was recalled in the sonata but not in the elantra, and this is a serious safety issue.
Both visors fell within a week of each other as I was going down the highway hindering my view and scaring the crap out of me. I see no recalls? Isn't this a safety concern for hyundai?
Problem: the driver side visor fell down from the up position when trying to put it up. For a while, I was able to get it *almost* all the way up, to preserve visibility. However, I was unable to use the visor in any other position. Upon taking apart the mount which secures the visor to the roof, I saw that a plastic ring had broken off the visor arm. Drove with the visor low. Two-three months later, the passenger side visor fell in a similar fashion. The passenger visor fell further than the driver's one, hanging only from the internal wire. Opened the mount and observed the same break at the plastic ring at the end of the visor sheath. Attempted glue repair each time, which did not fully work. Attempted fix: in both cases, super glue did not hold & the ring is still separated. However, residue from the glue on the visor arm causes enough friction to keep the plastic shafts in the ceiling mounts most of the time. The passenger visor falls down most frequently (even tho this car has a single driver, and the passenger side visor is rarely used -- usually to hold a sunshade in the windshield). It dangles from the internal wire, and it must be shoved back in the ceiling with a great bit of force and twisting. Summary: the problem with the visor arm sheath is a design flaw. The sheath narrows just before it widens out again to form a ring. The ring is the part that prevents the visor from falling out of the ceiling mount. However, the narrowing of the plastic weakens the arm at the point where it is bearing stress, which causes it to break. There's no reason that a visor should break when it's only used 5-10% of the time. It's also impossible to completely repair except by replacing the entire visor, which is around $150 each at the dealer. Hyundai has already admitted that this is a problem by recalling them on the sonata. Elantra owners should be included in this.
The driver side sun visor came down unexpectedly, hitting me in the face, and obstructed my view while traveling at 65mph. Once I pulled over, I found the plastic piece that secures the visor to the top of the car broke inside, leaving a plastic ring inside. Upon research I found this is a frequent failure for hyundai, but no recall has been issued on the elantra only on the sonata ~2006, but the parts are identical. Hyundai needs to do a massive recall and make this right!
The visor on the driver's side broke and fell into my face while driving on the freeway. The plastic piece that holds it into the roof of the car is not attached. The only thing holding the visor there is a black wire. The visor cannot be used to shield from the sun and is extremely dangerous to drive with, as it hangs low even when it is folded up towards the roof of the car. Today, 10/7, I went to check the passenger side visor to see if I could figure out how the driver's side broke, and the passenger side broke and fell also! This is extremely hazardous and I have seen several complaints about this in mainly 2007 hyundai models on other internet forums. Please investigate!!!!
I was driving down the road when my driver side sun visor suddenly dropped several inches obstructing my view. The plastic arm has apparently snapped, allowing the visor to shift from the "up" position. This has also happened on the passenger side several months ago! The visors are no longer usable since they are too low when in the "down" position and obstruct the view. This presents a hazard in three ways, first the sudden failure of the visor partially obstructing the view of the driver, second when the visor is down after failure of the arm the view is obstructed, third since the visor cannot be put down, there is no way to block the sun while driving at dusk and dawn resulting in poor field of view due to the glare. This is an issue that needs to be addressed before someone gets hurt!
Driver side sun visor broke and fell into face of driver while driving, impairing visibility. The plastic knob on the top side of the mount broke off, allowing the visor to slip out of the mount.
The sun visor especially driver side dropped suddenly while I drove on the road. When the sun visor dropped, I drove on the highway that cause a significant danger for driving safety. I even contacted with manufacturer, hyundai but they denied free replacement of the broken sun visor. They told me sun visor was not only a temporary replacement parts but it did not also cover by warranty. I researched similar issues I have and a lot of users have same problem of broken sun visor that may cause potential danger of driving experience. The sun visor is still working order whereas only holding parts broke without force. It needs to recall for this sun visor problem because it may harm both safety for a driver and potential damage of automobile. P.s. I went to local hyundai parts and services to replace this broken sun visor but they quoted me a replacement $150 for parts and around $30 for labor. It is too pricey that most of general drivers do not expect to pay for the replacement. Should recall for defective internal components like this broken sun visor.
I was driving down the freeway and my driver's side sun visor flopped down. As it was attached by wires to light the mirror, it dangled in the way. So, with one hand I kept it out of my way so I could continue to drive and pull over to safety. The visor broke from within the ball joint that lets it rotate down and to the side. Nothing I could do would hold it in place, duct tape, velcro, etc..., so I had to cut the wires and remove the visor so I could drive. The same exact thing happened two weeks later to my passenger side visor. I had to remove it too. Now to get one visor replaced it would cost me $150.00 of which I could not, and have not been able to afford since it happened. I am driving around in a car that does not have sun visors in southern california where the sun shines long and hard.
I was driving along at about 35 miles per hour and suddenly the passenger side sun visor broke and was left hanging by the wire that connects the vanity light. It was very distracting. I'm just glad it didn't happen in heavy traffic at freeway speed. I contacted my local dealer in mesquite, tx. But was told there was nothing they could do because the mileage was low enough. But due to the age of the vehicle it was out of warranty. I know from browsing the internet that this problem is widespread across the entire line of hyundai vehicles. And $200 to replace the sun visor is too expensive for such a simple part that was badly designed. It is a simple rod going into the mounting bracket that breaks. The entire sun visor is in perfect condition except for this simple piece. They should have made a replacement part just for the mounting and leave the rest of the existing sun visor reusable. Because of the wide spread problem I think hyundai should have done a recall. Thank you.
While driving the drivers side sun visor fell down into view. I was not touching or adjusting it at the time. It is now hanging halfway down blocking my line of vision. I have tried everything possible to push/hold it up but it seems to be missing whatever mechanism kept the visor arm in the ceiling. I would just remove it accept the lighting wires are anchoring it. It is a hazard while driving, blocking my view so I have resorted to using velcro to hold it up, but in the heat it doesn't stay, and keeps falling down and blocking my vision. I have seen various forums filled with people having the same issue with models in the 2007-2009 range. Here is one: http://howtomendit.com/answers.php?id=157121 seems like a faulty equipment issue. A recall should be issued.
Both sun visors will not stay up and come down when going over a bump. They can be maneuvered back in place, but will fall down again.
Driver's side sun visor has broken at the hinge. This causes the sun visor to drop suddenly and unexpectedly when going over a bump, thereby hindering visibility while driving.
My passenger sun visor will not stay up and it constantly falls while driving or running over a bump. It's very aggravating and it needs to be fixed before causing an accident.
Both the drivers side and passenger side visors broke, falling down into the view of the driver causing a major visibility problem and distraction trying to get it back in place. The visor broke at a plastic junction.
Both the drivers & passengers sun visors have broken at their internal plastic mounts. When a bump in the road is encountered the visor will drop down at the mount point and obscure visibility and create a driving distraction of trying to get it back in place.
Sun visors won't stay up, I live in las vegas where it is extremely hot & sunny. The visor won't stay in place so I can't place it in a position where I can see around it and it won't hold a window visor in place to keep the sun out of the interior of the car.
The passenger side visor broke while driving. It fell half-way down blocking my line of view. The driver's side broke 4 years ago in the same fashion.
Driver's sun visor detached from its pivoting hinge. This happened constantly while driving (due to normal car vibration), which caused a safe hazard. Before it was secured with adhesive, I noticed that when the cabin temperature was high (car parked under the sun), it will fall off as well while the car was stationary. Since the visor was secured with adhesive at its pivoting joint, the visor cannot be turned to shield the driver from direct sunlight coming from the side window.
Driver side sun visor fall off during driving and few months later passenger side sun visor also fell off during the driving.this is a safety hazard while driving against the sun or bright light. There is no secured fit to attached sun visor, attached only with the electric wire going inside thru visor.manufacturing/design defect.
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