Eight problems related to windshield have been reported for the 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Hyundai Sonata based on all problems reported for the 2006 Sonata.
While driving at 70 mph, I noticed the white line on right side of road curve sharply inward toward vehicle. This startled me. At first I thought the road curved, then it made me dizzy. Those two feelings lasted about 5 seconds total, more than enough time to cause a serious accident. It turns out the windshield has visual distortions along the lower and side edges. I have noticed this effect in another Sonata as well.
The driver's side sun visor keeps falling down and will not stay up. It impairs the ability to drive the car safely by partially blocking the windshield and/or requiring the driver to drive with one hand so the other hand can hold up the visor.
The passenger side sun visor will not stay in the 'up' position or in the fully extended position (closest to the windshield). The visor blocks my vision and the passengers vision while driving.
The driver's side visor will not stay in the 'up' position or in the fully extended position (closest to the windshield). It falls over time, ending up either poking you in the head (if it was resting against the ceiling) or hanging straight down (if it had been fully extended). This really is a safety hazard!.
The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the sun visor flipped down impairing her vision while driving. The dealer was contacted and was aware of the issue. The manufacturer was notified and directed the contact to NHTSA. The vehicle was repaired by a local mechanic. The current and failure mileages were approximately 26,000. Updated 02/01/lj the consumer also stated the windshield needed to be replaced due to it having spider cracks and chips. Updated 03/21/11.
My driver-side sun visor in my 2006 Hyundai Sonata began hanging lower and lower until eventually it would neither stay up against the roof of the car or out toward the windshield. The visor now only hangs down, which obstructs my view when driving.
Both sun visors in my 2006 Hyundai Sonata broke without warning. They both flop down and won't stay up. I took them apart and found that the plastic friction-sleeve around the metal hanger has broken on each one. The flopped-down visors restrict the driver's vision and their mid-way position between the windshield and the interior of the vehicle makes re-focusing one's eyes between the outside and the inside of the car problematic. My car is out of warranty so I have not had the visors replaced. Instead, I put strips of velcro on the roof and on the visors to keep them up.
1. Events leading up to the failure: common use of rotating the sun visor up and down to block the sun. 2. The failure: the visor fails to stay in place and hangs down "free-swinging" obstructiong between 25% and 45% of the drivers view depending on height of the driver. In my case- the visor hanging down distracts 40% of my view through my windshield and I am 5'10". If left in its current condition, it is going to play a major part in vehicle accidents. This is a common problem among Sonata's for 2006. My dealership even admitted to it when I went in to see about getting it repaired 3 years ago. 3. Correction of failure- unhinge the visor and shove it into the bracket backwards hoping that it doesn't fall, but usually does on any sort of aggressive braking or accelorating. The dealership told me it would cost over $300 to repair. This happened over 3 years ago. This is a major safety hazard that is going to play a major factor in wrecks. You can find other complaints all over the internet and nothing done about it. I can provide pictures to establish evidence of the problem.