Driving 2007 hyundai santa fe on busy freeway with husband as passenger. Suddenly the driver side sun visor drops into my face from its corner attachment, dangling by only electrical wire. Husband grabbed sun visor and lifted up, preventing potential serious accident with surrounding vehicles. Talked to hyundai service dealership; they refused free replacement due to being out of warranty. Gave estimate $185 plus to replace. Online complaint websites detail dozens of same defect with 2007 hyundai santa fe driver side sun visor dropping from exact same location, and dealers admitting factory use of cheap plastic assembly as cause. We contacted hyundai corporate in fountain valley, ca. They refused to initiate defective driver side sun visor recall. Said they needed more complaints to justify recall. Told them it's been 4 years, and there are already dozens of complaints. Advised them it's very dangerous not to do recall. Serious liability issues. Hyundai corporate refused to consider recall as of 02/15/11. Currently propping up sun visor until recall is initiated. Filing complaint with state attorney general office of consumer affairs.
2007 Hyundai Santa Fe visibility complaints
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While driving on the highway, the driver's side sun visor fell, and blocked the vision of driver. Along with blocking the driver's vision, the driver was startled causing the driver to swerve. This almost caused a crash. The driver had to hold the sun visor until reaching home (~15 minutes). Upon reaching home, the owner examined the visor. The visor has a very small and fragile plastic component holding the visor in place. It appears that the visor is destined to break. The component that broke is on the arm that swings the visor down and to the left, and is embedded in the interior ceiling I.e., not accessible to anyone without taking the visor apart with screw drivers. There was 64,250 miles on the vehicle at time of the incident. There was a passenger at time of incident, who can testify to the facts.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH, the rubber housing around the windshield came off. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership to have the strip replaced. The contact was concerned that because of the failure, the windshield could have become separated while the contact was driving. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.
2007 hyundai sante-fe purchased new from plaza hyundai, ltd, 2740 nostrand avenue in 2006, on october 3, 2007 while sitting in vehicle I noticed smoke coming from the dashboard and then the windshield cracked. I took the vehicle to plaza hyundai, they insisted the damage was caused by a rock and said I should contact my insurance company which I did, their investigation found that the damage was caused by a "defective wiring in the defroster caused a fire which resulted in damage to windshield." this report was given to the dealership and still they refuse to repair my vehicle. Due to serious health issues, I have not been able to pursue this issue and the vehicle has been in storage. I have resumed my attempts to get hyundai to take responsibility for the damages and fix the faulty wiring, as of 2/22/10 they still refuse to even inspect the vehicle. The vehicle is defective and I was advised not to drive it again until the problem was solved. I paid over $30,000 for the vehicle and have been unable to use it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. The driver-side sun visor support mechanism attached to the roof had fractured. The defective sun visor obstructed the driver's visibility. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection. The mechanic stated that the sun visor required replacement. No repairs were made. The failure and current mileages were 43,000. The vehicle identification number was unavailable.
Front glass has a cracked line in it from the right front pillar. No indication of anything hitting glass. No pits. It is on glass about halfway up went like a uturn 6-12 inches from pillar. No repairs done. Suv purchased 2007. No issue till now.
The washer fluid does not squirt onto the window. At best, the fluid sometimes dribbles out and hits the lowest part of the window, but only after holding the washer fluid button for up to 30 seconds. The dealership told me that the line was probably frozen and there was nothing they could do. They recommended I check the fluid line for blockage or heat it up with a hair dryer. I have the same problem on two different cars from the same manufacturer, and the problem exists in all types of weather. During light snow and rain, the window gets dirty and I have to pull off the road to clean the window in order to continue driving. I think that's a significant safety issue.
A crack appeared in my windshield. It looks to have originated from the base of the windshield and nothing has damaged my windshield prior. It looks like it's cracking from the inside of the glass. I have to get an estimate on how much it's going to cost to repair from my insurance company today. The same thing happened to my friends 2007 hyundai sante fe a while after she bought it last year.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. The contact started the ignition in the vehicle and smoke erupted from the front windshield and instrument panel. There was no warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact immediately exited the vehicle and inspected underneath the hood, but there was no smoke or flames. The windshield was damaged. There were no injuries. The fire department was not called to the scene. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer, but they could not detect the cause of the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 10,000 and current mileage was 12,000. Update 09/10/08 *cw updated 09/16/08
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