This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The driver side sun visor came down unexpectedly, hitting me in the face, and obstructed my view while traveling at 65mph. Once I pulled over, I found the plastic piece that secures the visor to the top of the car broke inside, leaving a plastic ring inside. Upon research I found this is a frequent failure for Hyundai, but no recall has been issued on the Elantra only on the sonata ~2006, but the parts are identical. Hyundai needs to do a massive recall and make this right!
The visor on the driver's side broke and fell into my face while driving on the freeway. The plastic piece that holds it into the roof of the car is not attached. The only thing holding the visor there is a black wire. The visor cannot be used to shield from the sun and is extremely dangerous to drive with, as it hangs low even when it is folded up towards the roof of the car. Today, 10/7, I went to check the passenger side visor to see if I could figure out how the driver's side broke, and the passenger side broke and fell also! this is extremely hazardous and I have seen several complaints about this in mainly 2007 Hyundai models on other internet forums. Please investigate!!!!
I was driving down the road when my driver side sun visor suddenly dropped several inches obstructing my view. The plastic arm has apparently snapped, allowing the visor to shift from the "up" position. This has also happened on the passenger side several months ago! the visors are no longer usable since they are too low when in the "down" position and obstruct the view. This presents a hazard in three ways, first the sudden failure of the visor partially obstructing the view of the driver, second when the visor is down after failure of the arm the view is obstructed, third since the visor cannot be put down, there is no way to block the sun while driving at dusk and dawn resulting in poor field of view due to the glare. This is an issue that needs to be addressed before someone gets hurt!
Driver side sun visor broke and fell into face of driver while driving, impairing visibility. The plastic knob on the top side of the mount broke off, allowing the visor to slip out of the mount.
Driver's side sun visor has broken at the hinge. This causes the sun visor to drop suddenly and unexpectedly when going over a bump, thereby hindering visibility while driving.
My passenger sun visor will not stay up and it constantly falls while driving or running over a bump. It's very aggravating and it needs to be fixed before causing an accident.
Both the drivers & passengers sun visors have broken at their internal plastic mounts. When a bump in the road is encountered the visor will drop down at the mount point and obscure visibility and create a driving distraction of trying to get it back in place.
Both the drivers side and passenger side visors broke, falling down into the view of the driver causing a major visibility problem and distraction trying to get it back in place. The visor broke at a plastic junction.
Driver's sun visor detached from its pivoting hinge. This happened constantly while driving (due to normal car vibration), which caused a safe hazard. Before it was secured with adhesive, I noticed that when the cabin temperature was high (car parked under the sun), it will fall off as well while the car was stationary. Since the visor was secured with adhesive at its pivoting joint, the visor cannot be turned to shield the driver from direct sunlight coming from the side window.
Driver side sun visor fall off during driving and few months later passenger side sun visor also fell off during the driving.this is a safety hazard while driving against the sun or bright light. There is no secured fit to attached sun visor, attached only with the electric wire going inside thru visor.manufacturing/design defect.
Driver side visor kept flopping down until it came loose from the bracket which held it. This happened while driving. The dealer wants $175 to replace the visor.
While entering freeway, when trying to use sunvisor to safely navigate traffic the sun visor completely fell apart, the only thing holding it together is the electrical cord for the mirror. This would have easily caused an accident if there was any traffic on the road. Research on this issue showed that this is an issue that many people have had and that Hyundai is aware of; they have revised the sun visor to fix the issue and have recalled it in the sonata, but when I called Hyundai to discuss this issue on November 4th, they denied that their was any issue whatsoever with the Elantra sun visor. Below are some links to forums discussing this issue. www.autopartscheaper.com/2007-2010-Hyundai-Elantra-sun-visor-genuine-new-up-P/85210-2H161-4W.htmwww.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-T6382_ds464176www.city-data.com/forum/automotive/1000616-replacement-sun-visor-200-O.html.
Passenger and driver sun visors no longer lock into recesses in vehicle ceiling. They now drop down and must be secured with velcro on the cloth and super glue at the hinge. Started making a popping sound initially and eventually failed.
Just to clarify this is the limited trim package. The plastic piece that holds the visor broke while not even using it. It now hangs and flops in my line of vision while trying to drive. I have had to improvise to keep it flush with the headliner and to keep it from falling down. Obviously it can't be used to shield the sun when needed either. Only the driver's side has broken, thus far.
Sun visor fell and hit me in the eye while I was driving on the freeway. I searched the internet forums and found this is a common failure on Hyundai Elantra's. the visor no longer stays up. This part should be recalled before an injury is caused by this failure.
Both sun visors broke at about the same time. There was a poping sound, then the visors would just hang down or flop down which obstructs the driver's view. They won't stay up and when they fall it is very dangerous. I took them off and saw that a small plastic part was broken at teh same place on both of them. It is a design flaw and should be a recall for parts, at least.
Last Jan we had our passenger side visor fall without any manipulation and after taking the vehicle to Hyundai they told us that the screws which are holding them together are rusted. In July 2012 the driver side visor also fell off and we took it to Hyundai and they quoted us $380 just to have it fixed. It was Hyundai who placed unusable and rusted parts in vehicles and later stated that we are out of warranty and would need to furnish the payment for something that we are not at fault for. Also ABS light comes up and even after changing all the brake pads and rotors, does not resolve. It is the manufacturing defect which made the visors come off and hang by the wires so why should we be responsible to pay for the manufacturing defects?? please investigate.
I, too, have had my passenger side visor break at the hinge. We have tried unsuccessfully glueing it and have finally resorted to using velcro to secure it in the up position.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that both the driver and passenger side sun visors would not remain secure in the upward position. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 97,000.
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