2007 Hyundai Santa Fe visibility problems

“WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR DETACHED AND FELL, SWINGING FROM THE ELECTRICAL WIRES. WENT ON LINE TO CHECK THIS AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING. COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. HYUNDAI DEALER ORDERED A NEW VISOR AND CAN REPLACE IT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. *TR”

“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/GAUGE 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 DAMAGE 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 OCCURRENCE 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…”

“THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY DISLODGED FROM ITS PIVOT POINT AND FELL TO THE DASHBOARD. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. LAST WEEK (11/07/2014) THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR. I WAS TRAVELLING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT COLLAPSED IN FRONT OF ME COMPLETELY BLOCKING MY VISION. I NEARLY DROVE OFF THE HIGHWAY SINCE I COULD NOT SEE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS PART MUST BE DEFECTIVE BUT THE DEALER TELLS ME AS FAR AS HE KNOWS I'M THE ONLY CUSTOMER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I'VE HEARD THAT THE SAME YEAR HYUNDAI SONATA HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE SANTA FE HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED. *TR”

“A WEEK AGO MY PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN AND TODAY THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING! REALLY SCARY, BUT GRATEFUL I WAS NOT GOING FAST. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS! *TR”

“WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FELL FROM THE CEILING AND WAS DANGLING BY THE ELECTRICAL WIRE WHICH CONTROLS THE AUTOMATIC LIGHT WHEN THE VISOR IS OPENED. THIS NOT ONLY OBSTRUCTED MY VIEW, BUT ALSO CAUSED A KNEE-JERK REACTION TO BRAKE AS THE VISOR SWUNG TOWARD MY FACE. UPON INSPECTION, THE PLASTIC JOINT WHICH HOLDS THE VISOR IN PLACE HAD FAILED. THE VISOR HAD FALLEN DESPITE THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT ADJUSTING IT AT THE TIME, AND THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT BUMPS OR HAZARDS IN THE ROAD WHICH MAY HAVE JARRED IT LOOSE. *TR”

“2 COMPLAINTS: 1. MY FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I DEAL WITH A LOCAL AUTOBODY AND THEY STATED THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS. THE ISSUE CAUSES YOUR GAS GAUGE TO BE INCORRECT AND THE CAR EVENTUALLY STOPS RUNNING. EXPENSIVE TO FIX. 2. THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE OFF AND HUNG BY WIRES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS, AGAIN, SEEMS TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 SANTA FE. WHY NO RECALLS FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS?? PLENTY OF FORUMS DISCUSSING THE SAME PROBLEMS FOR SO MANY CONSUMERS. *TR”