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2007 Hyundai Santa FE wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 79 complaints for the 2007 Hyundai Santa FE, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
79 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 72 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2007 Hyundai Santa FE Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 18 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 18 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 11 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 72 complaints that include mileage. 32% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles18
80k to 100k miles18
100k to 120k miles11
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 72 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

2007 hyundai sante-fe purchased new from plaza hyundai, ltd, 2740 nostrand avenue in 2006, on october 3, 2007 while sitting in vehicle I noticed smoke coming from the dashboard and then the windshield cracked. I took the vehicle to plaza hyundai, they insisted the damage was caused by a rock and said I should contact my insurance company which I did, their investigation found that the damage was caused by a "defective wiring in the defroster caused a fire which resulted in damage to windshield." this report was…

Reported at 11,141 miles, October 2007 Fire

While driving on a highway at approximately 65 MPH I flipped down the driver's side sun visor to block the sun. The visor broke leaving it dangling in my line of vision. Startled and stooping to see under the dangling visor I managed to hold it up and out of my way until I could find a store to purchase some duct tape. Taping it was quick temporary fix. High temperatures kept the tape from sticking securely and the visor continued to fall down as I was driving.

Reported at 81,000 miles, June 2014

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