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2009 Hyundai SONATA Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	764262
Internal NHTSA #	10308249
Manufacurer	HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2009
File date	05/02/10
Component	VISIBILITY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	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. At 70 miles, or any mph--this is a disaster waiting to happen. Sonata hyundai windows fog quickly, completely and frequently blinding the driver necessitating distracting changes to be made to balance multiple changes in outside to inside temps along roads. Defogging is achieved--only-- with outside air intake vents open. Life threatening maneuvers to drive safely are distractions designed into the hyundai instrument control system. In all my years i have not found such an incompetent, unsafe, unreasonable and life threatening design in any automobile, or over the road rig i owned. If hyunda's answer is they cannot fix or reprogram the system, i am selling the car as quickly as they say no. This design is a death trap, unsafe to drive, and a threat to others on the road as well.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	13000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DALLAS, TX
VIN pattern	5NPEU46F09HXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Hyundai SONATA Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Hyundai SONATA Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects

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