Wiper problems of the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe - part 2

While I was driving on the highway at about 60 mph the driver sunvisor just broke off and fell right infront of me, because of the wires to the mirror on the sunvisor, the sunvisor was just hanging in front of me. This almost caused me to get into an accident with traffic. I took the vehicle to the dealership to get the sunvisor changed and I was told it was not covered under the warranty. I have done some research on this type of problem and have found out that Hyundai has had this problem for about 10 years in different vehicle models, one of them being the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe limited which is what I have. I believe the manufacturer should assume responsibility of fixing this problem. This needs to be corrected ASAP.

At approximately 90000 miles, the passenger side sun visor would no longer stay "up". It began hanging down, with the wires exposed. We did not take it to a dealer, but removed the visor. Now, at 150000 miles, the drivers side visor did the same thing while driving, impairing the driver's visibility. I had to hold it up out my view until I arrived home.

We flipped down the driver side visor as usual and always take good care of the vehicle but this time you could hear it crack. From that moment on we were fighting with it while driving many times. It became to oserious of a driving hazard mixed with a drain on the battery as the visor light would stay on due to the wire insulation breaking through from wear due to stress from the weight of the hanging visor and repeatedly falling. This same visor was a recall on the2007 Hyundai sonata but not the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe??? why not???.

Back in 2011, my driver's side sun visor failed (the bracket broke at the elbow where the plastic is molded around the bracket). In looking at the part, I noted that the quality/guage of the bracket was not very robust. I was an employee of first prince and then johnson controls, and am very familiar with sun visors and the brackets that support them. Based on my observations, the design is inferior and is not robust enough to last through the lifetime of the vehicle. The reason I'm writing to you now, is that my passenger side visor also failed recently, with damagae in the exact same area. I am also noting that the driver's side bracket is starting to weaken, as it will frequently not stay in a locked up position. This was the same symptom exhibited before the first driver side visor failed. In my opinion, there has to be an excessively high failure rate for this part and as the replacement is expensive (appx. $240), I feel there is a risk and perhaps already occurance of a risk of the bracket failing while driving at high speed, and/or a driver who's visor failed, having vision impaired by the sun and becoming involved in an accident. I believe you should look at the replacement rate for this part across not only this model, but all other's as I note that frequently the design of an elbow bracket crosses over multiple platforms.

I have had so many problems with my car. The first problem began years ago with the low beam headlights. I have to replace the headlights for both right and left side about 5 to 6 times per year. This can get very expensive especially if I were to get a ticket. The second problem are the rear tires. I noticed about two years ago that the tires get worn out much quicker than the others, so I'm constantly rotating them. Just recently, it has become worse. Just this year, I have replaced tires twice and have noticed that I need another set of tires. Have taken the car to a mechanic, but can not find anything wrong with the rear-end. The last issue that just happened a few months ago is the passenger visor. It suddenly fell out of its socket and eventually was hanging by its wires. After trying to put the visor back into its socket a few times, it eventually broke off. Have not ordered another yet. Didn't realize how expensive they are.