Sun visor will not stay up . Stays down and blocks visibility
2007 Hyundai Sonata visibility complaints
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The driver side sun visor for my vehicle has been drooping for over a year. It would hang just low enough to obstruct my vision through the windshield, but also block view of the rear view mirror. For some time, I was able to work around the problem, shifting the visor backwards against the windshield, in order to provide clear vision. This morning, however, I entered my vehicle to find that the visor had completely broken. Now, there is no tension to hold the visor in place against the roof of the vehicle or the windshield, it merely hangs down. There is no way for me to safely drive my vehicle, as my view of the road is completely obstructed. Shifting the visor off to the side only serves to block any and all view of my blind spots.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai sonata. While driving approximately 70 MPH and going over a bump in the road, the driver side sun visor fell down into the line of sight. The failure recurred on several occasions while driving various speeds. The contact stated that the failure occurred on the passenger side on several occasions and failed to close. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.
The passenger visor broke creating a visual hazard because it will not fold up to the ceiling. It remains in the down position. It just snappef while attempting to adjust it. There are recalls on other visors that have done the same thing. This happened to the drivers side visor 5 years ago and was covered inder warranty. I feel like this is a defect in design which causes the visor to snap.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that the driver and passenger side mirrors partially detached. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that both mirrors would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.....updated 07/22/15 *bf updated 10/05/2017
This has happened on multiple, intermittent occasions. When decelerating while exiting a highway, the steering wheel "sticks" in the straight-ahead position. It becomes very difficult to turn & navigate a highway exit that curves. You have to fight with the wheel and pull hard to make it turn, at which point it feels like the wheel "unlocks" and turns freely again. This is truly a safety concern. I have only taken for service once, and they did not find anything wrong (now that I see others have had this issue, I plan on scheduling service again). I have had to replace my driver's side visor due to the spring breaking and the passenger side is slowly hanging and will probably break too. I too had issues with the ESC and jerking and pulling not long after I purchased the car, but those issues were addressed (after many trips to the shop & several highway scares) and finally repaired.
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.
Heard cracking sound when visor was put in down position. After that the sun visor doesn't stay up.
We have a 2007 hyundai sonata with two defective sun visors. One started to fall down and not stay up in position about 3 years ago. Now both are defective and stay down all the time and are not able to stay up at all greatly effecting the visibility from within this vehicle. I'm a tall person and have to constantly shift the visor on both sides in order to see oncoming traffic. Hyundai has a "campaign" notice for 2006-2008 sonata's with the same problem but only in warm states. The cost of the visors are between $90 and $100 dollars. Hyundai offered to give us $100.00 toward our next service, but we'd just like to have the defective parts replaced like in the warm states.
I was driving my car and suddenly the driver sun visor dropped to the point where it obscured my view of the road. It now wont stay up and its a danger. The same has also started to happening with the passenger side causing passengers to become annoyed with having to try and wedge an object in to the top of the sun visor to stop it dropping down. This is a risk because if there is a crash their face would be propelled towards the now propped up blunt edge of the visor, same with the driver. I went in to a dealership and was told there is no recall which I find insane as this is a big issue. I could have had it fixed for free at 60,000 miles but I am now well passed that mileage and the issue did not start until after 60,000 miles. Hyundai needs to take responsibility for this issue before someone gets hurt in an accident due to obscured road visibility.
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 the federal safety agency 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.
Sunvisors fall down blocking vision through windshield.
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.
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!!!
Sunvisor on the driver's side dropped down without a warning and will not go back to the upright position and continues to drop down. This is a safety hazard especially when driving on the road and visor drops down without a warning and blocks driver's view and can cause an accident. This should be a recall to have this fix.
A child was seated in a car seat while window was partially lowered , the window was raised and crushed child's fingers.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that both the driver and passenger's side sun visors sporadically failed to remain secure when placed in an upward position. The malfunction distorted the contact's visibility when driving. There was voluntary recall issued by the manufacturer related to the sun visor however, the vehicle was ineligible for the recall because the vehicle was not registered in a sun belt state. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
While I was driving down the highway, the driver's side visor spontaneously fell down blocking my view. The visor would no longer stay in an upright position. After doing some research, this appears to be a common issue with the model year of my vehicle. Hyundai has a technical service bulletin out for numerous states, but apparently, it doesn't cover my state and vehicle. They are refusing to repair the visor at no cost to me, even though this appears to be a safety issue. It's concerning there is no recall that has been issued for this issue.
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.
April 2013 passenger side visor won't stay up. Jan 2014 driver side visor won't stay up.
The sun visors on these cars (as well as 2006 and 2008 models, I believe) are defective. They do not stay up, which causes visibility issues. This is a well-known issue among sonata owners, and hyundai has known about this for years. They refuse to issue a recall, and dealerships want over $100 per visor to fix.
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.
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.
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 the federal safety agency 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 would have had a safer driving experience.
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).
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.
Both sunvisors have lost their tension and now flop down anytime there is movement while driving. It startled me while driving. I am having to use double sided sticky tape to hold it in place now making the sunvisor not usable.
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.
Both sun visors will not stay all the way up or down and block my view through the windshield.
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