2006 Hyundai Sonata Visibility

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR DETACHED FROM THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE AND OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. MA 08/11/15 THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO LOCATION. UPDATED 8/14/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HINGE ATTACHED TO THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED THE VISOR TO REMAIN IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

SUN VISORS DO NOT REMAIN IN PLACE. THEY WILL FALL OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR STOPPED WORKING. IT DOES NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. APPARENTLY OTHER DRIVERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY FLOPPED OPEN. IT STARTLED ME AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE SUN VISOR HAS NOT STAYED UP EVER SINCE. THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IT BLOCKS MY LINE OF VISION. *TR

BOTH SUN VISORS ON MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA WILL NOT STAY UP NEAR THE CEILING OF THE CAR. BOTH SLIP DOWN WHICH IS A HUGE DISTRACTION. I HAD TO REMOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR AND ONLY KEEP THE DRIVER SIDE ONE ATTACHED IN CASE THE SUN IS IN MY EYES. PUTTING IT TO THE LEFT CREATES A BIG BLIND SPOT. IT IS UP TO $100 TO REPLACE THE VISOR AND HYUNDAI HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING DESPITE THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL, STARTLING DRIVER AND NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. SUN VISOR REMAINS DOWN (WILL NOT STAY UP), CAUSING A CONSTANT DISTRACTION AT ALL HOURS AND RESTRICTING VISIBILITY. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA DROOPING SUN VISOR, COMES DOWN WHILE DRIVING. HYUNDAI WILL NOT RECALL THE SUN VISOR ALTHOUGH THIS IS KNOW PROBLEM AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. HYUNDAI IS SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPAIR ONTO THE OWNER OF VEHICLE WHICH COSTS $80 PER SUN VISOR AND AN INSTALLATION OF $20 PER VISOR. BASICALLY, $200 FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT THE DRIVERS FAULT, BUT A FAULTY DESIGN. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING DOWN AND WILL NOT STAY UP. IT IMPAIRS THE ABILITY TO DRIVE THE CAR SAFELY BY PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE WINDSHIELD AND/OR REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO DRIVE WITH ONE HAND SO THE OTHER HAND CAN HOLD UP THE VISOR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, I NOTICED THE WHITE LINE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD CURVE SHARPLY INWARD TOWARD VEHICLE. THIS STARTLED ME. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE ROAD CURVED, THEN IT MADE ME DIZZY. THOSE TWO FEELINGS LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS TOTAL, MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT TURNS OUT THE WINDSHIELD HAS VISUAL DISTORTIONS ALONG THE LOWER AND SIDE EDGES. I HAVE NOTICED THIS EFFECT IN ANOTHER SONATA AS WELL. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS FRACTURED, CAUSING THEM TO FALL INTO THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE VISOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AND OUT OF THE WAY WHEN NOT NEEDED. VISOR FALLS DOWN INTO THE DRIVERS LINE OF VISION ALSO CREATING A CONSTANT DISTRACTION AS THE VISOR DROPS DOWN AND THE DRIVER TRIES TO MOVE IT UP OUT OF THE WAY WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO FOCUS ON TRAFFIC, SIGNALS, ETC. *TR

SUN VISOR IS NOT FOLDING UP OBSTRUCTING DRIVER VIEW AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA AND THE SUN VISOR HAS BROKEN TWICE, WHICH AFFECTS MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. THE VISOR IS UNABLE TO STAY UP AND OUT OF VIEW WHEN NOT IN USE. I'VE READ HYUNDAI ONLINE FORUMS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF THIS MODEL AS WELL AS THE 2007 MODEL. I'VE HAD TO SLIDE OUT THE VISOR EXTENSION AND WEDGE IT BETWEEN BY REARVIEW MIRROR AND ROOF OF MY CAR, WHICH IS NOT A SAFE OPTION EITHER AS IT CAN BECOME UNWEDGED DURING DRIVING AND FALL DOWN AND BLOCK MY VIEW OF THE ROAD. IT HASN'T CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHICH TERRIFIES ME. PLEASE HELP. *TR

HINGE ON DRIVER SIDE VISOR OF 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS HAS BROKE AND VISOR NO LONGER STAYS UP. WENT TO PULL VISOR DOWN TO BLOCK SUN AND IT SNAPPED AND NOW THE VISOR JUST HANGS THERE. I HAVE TO FLIP THE VISOR BACKWARDS INTO THE BRACKET TO KEEP IT OUT OF VIEW. HAVE CONTACT DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I AM 4 MONTHS OUT OF MY WARRANTY AND THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIX IT WITHOUT ME PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS. AFTER VIEWING MULTIPLE FORUMS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE. I AM REALLY SURPRISED THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL PLACED FOR THESE. THEY POSE SUCH A HAZARD IN BLOCKING ONES VIEW FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC, STOP LIGHTS, PEDESTRIANS, ETC. CONSIDERING ALL THE ISSUES THAT HYUNDAI USED TO HAVE WITH THEIR VEHICLES, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CORRECTED AND PLACED A RECALL FOR. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FALLS AND WON'T STAY UP. IT OBSTRUCTS DRIVER'S VIEW CREATING A REAL SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF SONATAS AND JUST REPLACING THE VISOR WITH A NEW ONE DOESN'T FIX IT PERMANENTLY. THERE IS A LARGE DISCUSSION AT: HTTP://WWW.HOWTOMENDIT.COM/ANSWERS.PHP?ID=157121. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP AND FALLS STRAIGHT DOWN BLOCKING MY VIEW WHILE I DRIVE. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR ON MY 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS WON'T STAY UP ANYMORE. IT FLOPS DOWN AND IMPAIRS MY ABILITY TO SEE WHILE I'M DRIVING. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE FORUMS AND FOUND THAT HYUNDAI SONATAS SEEM TO BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE AND WILL NOT STAY UP NOW, GREATLY AFFECTING DRIVING VISION AND SAFETY. I HAD TO REMOVE THE VISOR JUST TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND NOW HAVE NO SUN BLOCK WHEN DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL I GET IT REPAIRED. *TR

MY SUN VISOR IS BROKEN AND HAS FALLEN DOWN INTO MY DRIVING LINE OF SIGHT. IT HAS ALSO FALLEN DOWN ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA SUN VISOR ON PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AFTER 60,000 MILES AND APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS MAKING IT JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR NOW HANGS LOOSELY AND DOES NOT RETAIN ITS POSITION OUT OF THE WAY OF DRIVER'S VISION. VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE PROPERLY WITH THE BROKEN SUN VISOR. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD. IN A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH, THIS IS A _VERY_ COMMON COMPLAINT FOR THE HYUNDAI 2006 - 2008 SONATAS. THIS CONDITION CAUSES REDUCED VISION TO ON COMING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS. IF HYUNDAI READS THE FORUMS, THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS IS A PRODUCT DESIGN DEFECT. IF THEY TRACK THE SERVICE INCIDENT RATE OF REPLACED SUN VISORS ON THIS MODEL, THEY WOULD ALSO KNOW THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

PIECE OF PLASTIC ON SUNVISOR SUPPORT CRACKED, AND NOW IT WON'T STAY UP, IMPAIRING VISION. I ALMOST RAN THROUGH A RED LIGHT THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE IT BLOCKS THE VIEW OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I HAVE READ ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE AND OTHERS, BUT YOU ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT WILL LOOK INTO THIS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL OPEN AND WOULD NOT REMAIN SHUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE SUN VISOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR COSTS WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $100, INCLUDING LABOR. THE CONTACT DECLINED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,466. UPDATED 05/05/11*LJ UPDATED 05/16/11

RIGHT FRONT SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. FALLS DOWN AND PASSENGER CAN NOT SEE. *TR

BOTH SUNVISORS WILL NOT STAY UP AND WILL FALL. THIS CAUSES LINE OF SIGHT BLOCKAGE AND A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR