50 problems related to visibility have been reported for the 2008 Hyundai Sonata. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Hyundai Sonata based on all problems reported for the 2008 Sonata.
The sun visor on the driver's side on one of the first 80 degree days of the year gave a few cracking sounds and then went limp. Now the sun visor doesn't retract back to the tucked away position. It also doesn't stay up against the window. It stays rather low and slightly obstructs my vision when I am driving. . Read more...
2008 Hyundai Sonata, w/sunroof, 46k miles. The drivers side sun visor position-control mechanism failed. The visor can't be parked in any position. It hangs straight down blocking the drivers view. The friction mechanism broke with a "cracking" sound.
The sun visor on the driver (and passenger) side will no longer stay up. The drivers side constantly falls down while I or my wife is driving. It hits the driver n the head or face and startles the driver, blocking the field of vision. I turn the visor to the side but it covers the side widow and I have difficulty seeing out the side window. My mother in florida has a Sonata and told me that she experiences the same problem.
My sun visor started falling down and would not stay up. I finally had to get some velcro because it kept blocking my vision.
2008 Hyundai Sonata. Both the driver and passenger sun visors do not stay in the up position. They dangle right in the line of site of driver. Not safe.
I purchased a 2008 Hyundai Sonata from the Hyundai dealership in August of 2009. The car had 27,000 miles. 7 months from the day I purchased the car the passenger side sun visor was stiff, I pulled it down and you could hear the insides crack. The sun visor never went back up, it now hangs and refuses to stay up. Now a few days ago the same thing happened to the drivers side. A year and 12,000 miles after purchase. The visor now blocks my line of sight and causes a safety concern. I did some research and have read this happens extremely often and some people have even gone through multiple sets of visors within a few months.
Our 2008 Hyundai Sonata , at around 25000 miles began to have intense screeching from rear brakes. Local mechanic informed us hydraulic piston was stuck/rusted open and was wearing brakes totally down. He was able to grease and do painstaking repairs to pistons . Had to replace shoes/rotors. Neither visor will stay up they have sagged to the point that we have esorted to industrial velcro to keep them up. This has nearly caused 2 accidents.
Driver's side visor, mechanism that holds it up has broken, visor impedes driver's vision.
2008 Hyundai Sonata sun visor keeps falling down - covered by warranty and replaced by dealer.
2008 Hyundai Sonata: driver's side sun visor falls down, blocks vision, or hits driver in head. Manufacturer should issue a recall.
The sun visor on my 2008 Hyundai Sonata keeps falling down and blocking my vision while driving. In its "up position" it hangs down to where my head would hit the hard edge in any kind of an accident.
Sunvisor will not stay up, obstructing vision.
2008 Hyundai Sonata sun visor will not hold the desired position. Same issue as NHTSA item number - 10028945 for 2007 Hyundai Sonata.
On my 2008 Hyundai Sonata GLS first my passenger side and now my driver's side sun visor does not stay in positions and falls blocking drivers view. See online that this is a problem with these cars. Hyundai USA should be required to replace these defective sun vosors regardless of milage.
Driver side visor impairs visibility significantly. The visor hangs down in drivers view and stays there. We have hit our head on the visor many times, which hurts and causes more distraction from driving. We have not had luck in fixing it and do not have money to replace it due to job loss and high monthly payments. When I sit in the front passenger side, I get the "passenger airbag off" light which comes on randomly and I am way over the limit in weight for it to happen. I have sat correctly and still do as told by my dealer. (which was told to me was the cause of the light on/off randomly). The esc light comes on right after starting to drive ex. Letting off emergency brake, and placing in 1st gear. This continues for several weeks maybe a month or more, then will randomly go away. This is a danger as we rely on our careful driving and the esc which has saved us many times in our other vehicle. The paint started wearing a month after we bought the car (which we bought off the showroom floor and it only had 32 miles on it) and "warranty" does not cover it. We now have a polka-dotted car. It continues to rust and peel and makes us extremely dissatisfied with our cars looks as we were so proud to have bought our 1st brand new car. The payments are painstaking but we said, "it has such great reviews and it is a safe car for us and our son, so it's worth it" but you can not put a price on safety and there are several things that are impairing a safe drive especially when my husband has to drive 45 minutes to work everyday-yes, one way.