New Sun Visor??? Did Honda finally fix it?

[fern2021]

damn those crappy sun visors, my passenger side visor came loose after like a month of having my car. now i have be really carefull with it and needs to be replaced. seriously, how hard could it have been to design visors that actually worked well?

[nastynogales]

Originally Posted by audibleforce

I know this is an old thread, but im dissapointed with 1st Honda in Simi Valley, Ca because they would not replace my drivers side sun visor under warranty. Dont go there if you want some good customer service.

Seriously bro?? Over a visor? what dumb$hit$ - talk about losing customers

tell them u'll be going to a dealer who knows how to service their customers and that u'll be giving them a bad review in the next survey

go to TO Honda or Keyes Honda in Woodland Hills - no prob whatsoever.

I even got things replaced that really didn't need to but they're cool about it.

[06CivEXJon]

Maybe we should break our visors on purpose so we can get new ones! whos in!?! lol my buddy has an 07 CRV and his sunvisors are better than the ones in the Civics. I might have to replace mine with CRV visors. His CRV is more solidly built and it's built in Japan!

[DTNguyen107]

^
I'm game in breaking our sun visors. Maybe Honda will issue out new ones and replace any "defect" ones.

P.S. Part number on CRV sunvisors?

[06CivEXJon]

Originally Posted by DTNguyen107

^
I'm game in breaking our sun visors. Maybe Honda will issue out new ones and replace any "defect" ones.

P.S. Part number on CRV sunvisors?

That i would like to find out aswell. Can we find them on hondapartsdeals or collegehills?

[DuH-ReL]

I've had my visors replaced about 8 times now and the car is barely 2 years old. It's a seasonal thing.

[07mugencivic]

hey the new one i got from honda is breaking again.....

[fern2021]

holy shit!! 8 times!! If that happened to me Honda would have about 4 dead bodies on their hands, less if both visors broke at the same time.

[portabuddy]

WTF??? whats wrong with the sun visors now?


this is new to me, i really havent had any problems that i know of or care to take to the dealership... whats the preoblem with them, they come loose?


EDIT:;;;... i literly never use them... the last two years that i had the car 90% of my driving was past sundown and i had sunglasses for the weekends, thats why...

[audibleforce]

Originally Posted by nastynogales

Seriously bro?? Over a visor? what dumb$hit$ - talk about losing customers

tell them u'll be going to a dealer who knows how to service their customers and that u'll be giving them a bad review in the next survey

go to TO Honda or Keyes Honda in Woodland Hills - no prob whatsoever.

I even got things replaced that really didn't need to but they're cool about it.

Yeah, that's exactly what I told them. I took my car to the Pasadena dealership though since that's where I work and they replaced it no problem. The Pasadena dealership has always been cool like this and they always have good discounts on oil changes.

Definitely, the SIMI VALLEY HONDA dealership is the worst most greedy dealership ever. I dont know how they ever won the Honda Presidential award.

[lschwarcz]

Originally Posted by audibleforce

Yeah, that's exactly what I told them. I took my car to the Pasadena dealership though since that's where I work and they replaced it no problem. The Pasadena dealership has always been cool like this and they always have good discounts on oil changes.

Definitely, the SIMI VALLEY HONDA dealership is the worst most greedy dealership ever. I dont know how they ever won the Honda Presidential award.

I can't comment on your local dealership but Honda has now issued a TSB for this. My wife has had both of her visors replace under warranty and the driver side has broken again! I have an appt tomorrow to have it replaced.

I've attached the TSB. If any of your dealers don't know about it, you can bring them in a hard copy.

Good luck!
Larry.

[av911]

Wow, that TSB is fresh out of the oven.

Luckily, I never had any problems with my visors.

[HAQER]

Did you guys all get yours replaced during the 3yr/36k warranty? The reason I ask is because I am at 36,160 miles and my freakin visor broke today!!!! I read in another thread that extreme heat does it. Well, it was 100 degrees outside when i got in my car. I pulled the visor down and it just came apart. I tried to push it back together but that didnt work and i got some kind of silicon type substance all over my fingers. All i gotta say is they better fix this for me since its a known issue, even thought i'm (barely) out of warranty.

EDIT: Just saw the TSB. THANK YOU LARRY!!!!!!!

EDIT (Again): Just talked to my service advisor. They have the visors instock and will replace mine when I bring the car in to change the weatherstrip on both doors.

[av911]

Originally Posted by HAQER

even thought i'm (barely) out of warranty.

I'm guessing you have an '06? Your warranty is actually extended 'til 37,xxx miles.

Google: Honda mileage lawsuit

[lschwarcz]

Originally Posted by av911

I'm guessing you have an '06? Your warranty is actually extended 'til 37,xxx miles.

Google: Honda mileage lawsuit

Here's the full TSB.

Good luck!
Larry.

[HAQER]

Originally Posted by av911

I'm guessing you have an '06? Your warranty is actually extended 'til 37,xxx miles.

Google: Honda mileage lawsuit

Yes, it's an 06. Wow, I had no idea they extended the warranty to 37k. My service advisor neglected to mention that. 8thCivic comes through in the clutch once again!

[DuH-ReL]

THANK GOD THERE'S A TSB!!!

Originally Posted by fern2021

holy shit!! 8 times!! If that happened to me Honda would have about 4 dead bodies on their hands, less if both visors broke at the same time.

Yep, EIGHT FREAKING TIMES. It happened almost every other month during the hot summer last year. There was a point in time when I'd come in and they'd tell me to come back another day cause they were on backorder. Just a couple weeks ago it was really hot and I felt like they were starting to come apart again. Sucks to have a black car in 95+ degree weather.


And yup HAQER, the bumper-to-bumper warranty was expanded to ~37K

[asndragonboii]

Originally Posted by lschwarcz

Here's the full TSB.

Good luck!
Larry.

Thanks!

I just went to my dealer and ask them if there's a known problem with the new civics' sun visor. He said no. But he said bring it in anyway and they'll fix it for free under warranty.

I dont like the idea of leaving my car at the dealership. Do you think they can just order the parts and just give me the parts so i can do it myself?

[millenix]

Originally Posted by asndragonboii

Thanks!

I just went to my dealer and ask them if there's a known problem with the new civics' sun visor. He said no. But he said bring it in anyway and they'll fix it for free under warranty.

I dont like the idea of leaving my car at the dealership. Do you think they can just order the parts and just give me the parts so i can do it myself?

I seriously doubt it, the reasons for this is because they are flagged warranty time for the work, so they are payed by Honda to fix the problem.

[OrdnanceMarine]

So at just over 4,000 miles and 5 months on my FA5 my driver side visor gave up the ghost last week. It was getting stiff until I realized the metal "clip" inside the visor wasn't moving and the plastic "clamshell" was! I'm 90 miles from the closest dealership and 110 miles away from the dealer I bought my Si at so I've got to figure out what the heck to do since I live in the sunniest place in the United States! I'm going to need to drive around with a stinkin' welding mask in the morning and evening pretty soon!

The TSB doesn't even list any 2008 FA5s so I wonder if they just haven't had enough people bring them back. The plastic used on them seems similar to the plastic used on the lower portions of our dash and door panels and is VERY soft with almost a Teflon feel to it. Wish I had visors like my '00 Accord. Those bad boys would block a 230 grain .45 ACP FMJ from 5 yards! They were SOLID!!! Maybe I'll jack them from my little brother when I work on his car (my previous Accord) this weekend while he's