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2009 Hyundai Sonata wipers, windshield & visibility problems

20 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2009 Hyundai Sonata, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2009 Hyundai Sonata Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 62,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 50% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I purchased a 2009 sonata for my wife's safety, driving the roads of texas to and from work. I notified hyundai about a serious and dangerous instrument panel control design flaw.. The sonata manual is self-explanatory starting at page 1-101 - addressing known and frequent fogging all windows issues. Briefly, it is unconscionable to ask the driver, while driving, take one hand off the wheel, look down, find, read and manually reset multiple exact positions in temperature, A/C and fan speeds to defog all windows.

Reported at 13,000 miles, February 2010

Lowering the driver side sun visor made a crackling noise then the visor would not stay in a fixed position up or down. Currently, I taped it up to old it out of my field of vision for driving until I can get it to the dealer. I certainly hope this is covered under the 5 yr bumper to bumper warranty.

Reported at 47,000 miles, June 2013

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