general problems of the 2006 Hyundai Sonata - part 1

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. The VIN was not available.

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.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the driver¿s side sun visor remained in the downward position and obstructed the view of the road. The sun visor was unable to be secured in the upward position. The visor was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Two weeks ago I had to replace the power window operator on rear passenger side door. Today the power window on the rear passenger side window is not working and needs replacement. The bad solenoids on three door locks were replaced. Both sun visors on the car were replaced due to malfunction. The cover on automatic car seat operators keeps on falling down. The cassette player in the car was replaced due to bad design of the original player.

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.

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.

Sun visor is not folding up obstructing driver view and potentially causing an accident.

I own a 2006 Hyundai Sonata (82k mileage). The driver side seat belt warning light came on and now stays on constantly. Based on a web search this issue appears to be a common problem with this model and one that is a major safety hazard. [the reason for the visibility complaint, this vehicle also had both driver side and passenger side sunvisor fail (another safety issue for another time)] I took the car to a Hyundai dealer who did not consider the problem within warranty. The dealer did note that the cost to repair could be as much as $1500. 00 since the entire seat and safety belt system may require replacement. Follow up calls to Hyundai found that, though there are hundreds and possibly thousands of similar complaints, they have elected not to issue a recall related to the problem as they did for the passenger side. This is a very popular car model with a major safety issue that needs investigation. I strongly suspect your investigation will arrive at the same conclusion and with your help maybe Hyundai will issue a recall before someone is fatally injured. . Read more...

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.

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.

2006 Hyundai Sonata visors both failed one at a time replaced one for free charge me for other recall on passenger seat air bag sensor I have recall paper they mailed me they refuse to repair it.

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.

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.

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 occurance in this make of vehicle. I am really surprised that there hasnt 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.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the sun visor broke and would not stay up. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The VIN was not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 90,000.

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?.

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.

The driver side sun visor will not stay up and falls straight down blocking my view while I drive.

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/lj updated 05/16/11.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Sonata with a webasto hollandia sunroof, model number 6230137. The contact spoke with the manufacturer in December and was informed that they would be contacted within thirty days to have the sunroof on the vehicle repaired according to recall 10e038000 (visibility: sunroof assembly. The contact never received a call back. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph or more the drivers side sun visor would not stay in place and it continued to fall down. The vehicle was taken to the dealer previously who replaced the sun visor and the replacement visor also failed. The previous sun visor was repaired under warranty and the recent repair will cost over $100. The manufacturer advised the contact to take the vehicle back to the dealer for the repairs and they would reimburse her after the repairs were made. The contact stated that she will not pay the repair cost. The failure mileage was 61,000. Updated 04/15/lj.

2006 Hyundai Sonata the driver and passenger sun visor falls straight down blocking your view of the road. Going 65 mph you tend to panick when this happens. If this is not a safety issue I don't know what is. I know of two other owners with the same problem. I removed my visor which causes another safety problem (the sun).

Dec 22 2010 both my airbag lights came on drive side stays on the passenger side flashes off and on and the passenger side visor doesn't not stay up already had the drive side visor replaced because of the same reason it wouldn't stay up.

The passenger side sunvisor cracked during normal usage, this is a few years after the same thing happened with the driver side sunvisor. Both visors had very little usage and were never used other then to block the sun when it was in the passengers or drivers eyes which was at most 2 or 3 times a month. The broken sunvisor no longer will fold up flush with the roof and stays drooping and when going over any bumping motion will lower itself. This is a distraction to the driver at unexpected times and causes the driver to reach over and place it up as far as possible so that visibility isn't reduced. The sunvisor had to be replaced as it could not be repaired nor was it safe to drive knowing that it might drop down.

When the sun visor was pulled down the plastic attachment cracked. The sun visor does not stay up anymore.

Right front sun visor will not stay up. Falls down and passenger can not see.

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.

Both sun visors have cracked in the area that holds them stable they will not stay up on their own. 2006 Hyundai Sonata.

I have a 2006 Hyundai Sonata that has sun visors that do not stay in place. It just recently started. At first the visors would slip and I would move them back into place. Then a week or so ago both visors have started this. This is a huge driving/safety hazard. The roadside issues are too numerous to name. I cannot believe Hyundai will not recall the cars with this problem. There are too many cars with the identical problem. I have since applied liberally super glue to the rollers on the visor itself. For now, the visors stays in place. I will have to lift each visor out to move it into another position,even the slightest move would seem to break the seal the glue has made. I will carry some super glue with me for now. But for now, the visors are up and out of the way. I am very disappointed in Hyundai corp for not addressing this problem.

2006 Hyundai Sonata lx. Broken driver side sun visor. Plastic cracked where the metal rod on the visor mounts into the swivel arm. Cracked when raising the visor. Now visor slowly falls and obstructs view whenever driving. Faulty plastic component on the visor.

Sun visor on 2006 Hyundai / Sonata does not stay up. It is keep on falling. I had it replaced while it was under warranty and it's broke again and it's not under warranty any longer. I see many other similar issue with same model. This would be safety issue when the visor falls while driving. Hyundai should do a recall on this right away.

I was driving my 2006 Hyundai Sonata in early morning. Sun was bright so pulled down sunvisor. Heard a cracking sound, a piece of plastic fell on my lap, and now the sunvisor will not stay in position. It just hangs straight down, blocking view.

2006 Hyundai Sonata sunvisor - I just replaced my fourth sunvisor at $81 a piece and $20 to install it has become very costly. There should be a recall on this item it is dangerous because it does block the view of the driver.

Driver's side sun visor broke/cracked and will not stay up anymore, blocks my vision.

Lights across instrument cluster will not go off including: esc off, check engine, airbags and abs. There is also a visibility issue regarding the sun visor on the driver side. These are all issues that I have seen many other people are having as well and are potentially dangerous.