Honda Civic Visor Settlement - In the past, Honda Civic owners have posted messages on this site concerning failed sun visors. I work with one of the law firms representing the plaintiffs and class members in a case against Honda regarding Honda Civic sun visors. We have reached a settlement with Honda in the case. If you own or lease (or previously owned or leased) a Honda Civic (model years 2006 through 2008, as well as some 2009 models) you might be eligible to receive settlement benefits--including an extended warranty on the visors and reimbursement for what you paid out-of-pocket to repair your sun visor. The notice that went to the class regarding the case and the settlement is available at www.visorsettlement.com, under the "Notice" link in the left-hand column. You may review it to see if your vehicle is covered under the settlement and if you are entitled to benefits. The notice contains information on how to submit a claim for reimbursement if you paid out-of-pocket to repair or replace your Civic sun visor. If you have questions, feel free to call Brian Beasley or Steven Tindall at 415-421-1800 or log onto www.visorsettlement.com
Visor flopped down one day and then I saw that there was a suit that would pay for it but it was expired. BUMMER! In all my years of owning cars, this weird problem has never occurred. And most of the cars I've had prior to this one were used.
My car is parked in the sun 10 hours a day, and the visor separates from the heat and falls apart if you don't see it when it starts, had to have this replaced twice!
Every summer my visor breaks and I have to take it to Honda to get a new one. They need to make a better one. They have a cheap interior, my hooks fell off all the plastic inside the car, can't take the heat. The material on the doors came off, the glue and the logo on the steering wheel is peeling.
Fuller Honda Dealership of San Diego instructed me 3 years ago to get my sun visors replaced for free because of the recall. Now it is broken again and Honda will not fix it free because it is no longer under warranty. Obviously 3 years ago they used the same cheap ass defected sun visors to use as replacement instead of getting brand new high quality sun visors. I mean seriously, this is a real inconvenience for me and the least can do is fix it for free!
- Madel C.,
San Diego, CA, US
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The sun visors in the car broke subsequent to high interior heat. This has never occurred with any other car I have owned. My mechanic advised me the replacement parts cost $100 each which is an outrageous amount. I am seeking used replacement parts as one visor cannot return to the upright position and is very annoying for the passenger.
This issue was fairly minor; the casing on the driver's sun visor split on the left side. I "googled" replacement sun visors (the dealer I purchased the vehicle from wanted to charge money and I was trying to determine if it was cheaper to just replace by myself) and I discovered the extended warranty. I had to drive out to the dealer the vehicle originally came from - close to an hour away which was a major inconvenience - but I got a free wash, vacuum and sun visor. They also supplied me with the radio code that the seller had failed to give me.
I'm usually the only one in the car and as far as passenger, someone might sit there at night time so the visor is rarely used and out of blue it just split in the middle and it can't be positioned up. It just stays in the downwards position and when someone does sit in the passenger side they are stuck staring at the visor. Of course this is also annoying when I need to see something that's towards that area and the visor is in the way.
After normal use, both driver and passenger sun visors no longer lock in the up position because the mechanism that holds the visor in position gets stuck in the down position. I thought it was just my car, but after looking online, it looks like lots of people are having the exact problem I am. This issue also spans multiple model years.
These visors aren't anything special, so why are they having so many problems? My car is only 65,000 miles, so should this be acceptable? Obvious design flaw!
Dealt with the broken visor for months. Leave at least 1 hour from a Honda dealer and with my hours of work it is hard to get to the dealership to get it fixed. So finally made it today and found out there has been a recall on it for over a year and we never received word of it and since the car is over miles we are not able to get a replacement for it at no charge. THIS is a commuter car for us and the miles are high but the car has been an excellent car and since we will soon be in the market to replace it, which we wanted to get another Civic, this incident has made us rethink that. This car is not that old and if they cannot honor a customer's need especially since we never received word that there was a recall then to us customers are not important, at least their repeat business. Think we will not be replacing our Civic with a new Civic and will certainly be letting our friends know of how this was all handled. Mileage should not be an issue on the visor! Good grief, mileage didn't wear it out.
I've owned several Honda vehicles. It's very disappointing to me that Honda hasn't stepped up and contacted owners about this problem that many have experienced. I understand there might be a "settlement" in the works, but a claim must be submitted after incurring the replacement cost, and it isn't certain the settlement will not be further challenged by Honda. I haven't received a notice of the settlement. Just read about it at carcomplaints.com. Has anyone received anything from Honda concerning this problem?
This is the 5th time in five years of ownership that a sun visor has popped, twice on the driver's side and three times on the passenger's. The dealership is has always replaced readily but still, you'd think they'd figure out how to correct the part.
Having the sun visor start falling apart in a hot car wasn't a bother. Having hang down, blocking my vision while driving is extremely dangerous! This is obviously a design/engineering flaw given the number of complaints. I've driven 10+ year old crap American cars that never gave me this problem.
I drove my 2008 Honda Civic for the past year with a cracked visor. It was annoying distraction. I had it replaced at the Honda dealer in Burlington MA, in April of 2011 at a cost of $130.00. I received a letter yesterday about a class action suit over the Civic sun visor. It is so annoying because the dealer Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington, MA, robbed me of $130.00 and they knew about the problem at the time. I will be filling out the paperwork to get my money back.
My driver side visor broke in April 2011 and I replaced it and now June 2011 my passenger side visor just broke. I can't believe they would put a car part out on the market when they had to know it was junk from testing it. It is a sad day for our society when quality assurance no longer exist. I will not buy another visor!
I bought the car new. I love the car in general. But the visor was really the pain of the neck. It was tight ever since the beginning. Very inconvenient to use. Then it just broke after 2 years. It is very annoying and even dangerous when I am driving with such broken visor. It makes my car look ugly too. It is awful to know that I need to spend more than $100 to fix it. I haven't said this yet: the visor on the passenger side is very tight too and sooner or later it would break too. A complaint is really necessary. I think Honda definitely needs to have a recall in order to keep the car reputable.
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Visor flopped down one day and then I saw that there was a suit that would pay for it but it was expired. BUMMER! In all my years of owning cars, this weird problem has never occurred. And most of the cars I've had prior to this one were used.
- asami, Santa Fe, NM, US