2007 Hyundai Sonata Visibility

DRIVING AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SPONTANEOUSLY BROKE INTO PIECES. AS I DID MORE RESEARCH OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. COULD TELL NOTHING BUT IT, DID NOT SHATTER JUST FELL ALMOST, LIKE TOO MUCH PRESSURE. *TR

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*CN

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

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

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

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 WOULD HAVE HAD A SAFER DRIVING EXPERIENCE. *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ON A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE, THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM FOR THE SONOTA. THE ONLY OTHER HYUNDAI OWNER IS MY NEIGHBOR; THEY HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN ON THEIR NEW CAR. CAN YOU HELP US???? *TR

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW BUT IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH THE WINDOW CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE WINDOW MODULE. ONE YEAR AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD RECENTLY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000. . UPDATED 07/27/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE MUST BE A DEFECT WITH THE WINDOWS. THE CONTACT WAS TWO MONTHS OVER THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY. UPDATED 08/02/2012 *JS

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