2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

2007 HYUNDAI SONATA DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR KEEPS FALLING INTO MY FIELD OF VIEW. EVERY FEW SECONDS. ALL DAY LONG. IT IS A DISTRACTION AND FALLS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY FACE. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING INTO MY FIELD OF VIEW WITHOUT RESORTING TO DUCT TAPE. I AM CONSTANTLY PUSHING IT UP,DOWN, SIDEWAYS. I MIGHT AS WELL BE TEXTING. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND OFFERED TO FIX IT FOR 135.00. SAME BAD VISOR WITH BAD DESIGN. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA LIMITED, PURCHASED NEW. WITHIN OUR WARRANTY PERIOD (UNDER 60,000 MILES) THE PASSENGER VISOR WOULD NOT STAY UP. AT THAT TIME THE DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER WARRANTY. NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND THEY SAY IT WILL COST US $130 TO GET IT FIXED. I GUESS BECAUSE WE ARE OVER THE 60,000 MILES THE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER IT. IT SEEMS LIKE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE SO I DOUBT THIS IS AN ISOLATED ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING BOTH VISORS ABOVE WINDSHIELD FALL, OBSTRUCTING DRIVERS VIEW AND CAUSING DISTRACTION. I HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA AND HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR REPLACED TWICE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR IS GOING TO BE REPLACED TODAY FOR THE 3RD TIME. I NEARLY WENT OFF INTERSTATE WHEN VISOR FELL DOWN, DUE TO THE DISTRACTION CAUSED. MY HYUNDAI DEALER INFORMED ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING VISORS IN STOCK. MY DEALER DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I FIND IT DISTURBING THAT THROUGH DOING A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR "HYUNDAI VISOR PROBLEMS", THERE ARE OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION OFFERED. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN INJURY, OR LOSS OF LIFE, NOT ONLY IN MY VEHICLE, BUT IN OTHER VEHICLES INDIRECTLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE PROBLEM MENTIONED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS. WHEN SHE REACHED OVER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE DRIVERS SEAT TURNED AROUND. THE DRIVER SEAT ALSO MOVED FORWARD AND TRAPPED HER IN BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SEAT. HER RIGHT RIBS WERE FRACTURED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT FUNCTIONED AS IT SHOULD. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER; HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. A LOCAL MECHANIC DISCONNECTED THE FUSE TO THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

DURING DEALER INSPECTION, REAR BRAKE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA WAS FOUND TO BE WORN DOWN ASYMMETRICALLY - ON ONE SIDE COMPLETELY - DUE TO STUCK BRAKE CALIPER. THIS WAS AT 34,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER SEAT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND PINNED THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE SEAT AND STEERING WHEEL FOR FOUR HOURS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER ADJUST SWITCH, RADIO AND PANIC BUTTON ON THE REMOTE WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE POWER SEAT SWITCH. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.

UPON STARTUP, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAR WAS PUT INTO GEAR, BUT ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT; CAR WAS IN "LIMP" MODE. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WENT BACK TO "NORMAL" MODE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE PROBLEM/COMPLAINT. SERVICE MANAGER AT TUSCALOOSA HYUNDAI SAID THEY REPLACE THE $500+ THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR ON 4-5 CARS PER WEEK. HE SAID HYUNDAI WOULDN'T ISSUE A RECALL UNTIL SOMEONE GOT HURT. I CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE TO COMPLAIN THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT SHOULD WARRANT A RECALL. AGENT CLAIMED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS; THAT MINE WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. CALLED MANAGER BACK, AND HE SAID THAT A HYUNDAI REPRESENTATIVE HAD TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT HYUNDAI SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, AS IT SEEMS IT IS WIDESPREAD, AND PERHAPS BEING COVERED UP OR HIDDEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING IDLE AT A TRAFFIC STOP BEHIND A TRUCK, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER YET THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT IF THE FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR AGAIN, THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ACCELERATION BY FOLLOWING THE DEALER'S ADVICE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL INTO THE CONTACTS LAP. SHE PULLED OVER AND LATER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AT HER EXPENSE. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 86,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED FOR AN EXTERIOR LIGHT RECALL. WHILE STOPPED, ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NON-FUNCTIONAL. WHEN THE CONTACT INSPECTED, SHE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT FUNCTION UNLESS THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON; ONE OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT FUNCTION EVEN WITH THE HEADLIGHT ON. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 47,000.