I am putting in a complaint about my 2006 honda civic sun visor it is cheaply made and the heat melts the plastic so it starts to wear on the spine of the visor it falls down in my face, I had to hold it up while driving, I feel as though I am as distracted while fiddling with it so its out of my way while driving is as distracting as being on cell phone, so I took it off, and I live in a sunny state and because I don't have the $70.00 to replace it, I have to hold my hand above my eyes to block the sun which is also very distracting. I called honda and complained they said it is not a safety issue so it will not be recalled but they will replace it at one of the local honda dealers and that the price can range from $70.00 to $100.00.. Which I don't have the money for currently, and either way I feel like it was a flaw in their design and I shouldn't have to replace my sun visor every summer when its too hot and decides to fall off! That is $70.00 to $100.00 per sun visor every summer.. That adds up. I love honda and it seemed like they were doing so well, they always did right by me, but now this 06 honda civic is cheaply made and wont surprise me if it doesn't last as long as my old 95 honda civic.
2006 Honda Civic visibility complaints
Page 4 of 9: complaints 71 to 100 of 239, newest first, as owners wrote them.
2006 honda civic sun visor broken (again). This is the third time my 2006 honda civic sun visor has broken. The first time it was replaced under warranty within the first year of owning the car. The second time the car was 2k miles out of warranty but they said they would replace it that one last time. Now it is broken again! If you google "honda civic sun visor" you will find thousands of people with this problem. The sun visor splits in half and can no longer be put up (stored position). When the plastic frame of the visor splits, the visor hangs straight down blocking your vision when driving. Because of this, my vision is constantly blocked and I find myself bending down while driving to see if traffic lights are green or red. It can also block my view of a pedestrian stepping off of the curb into the crosswalk. This is a major safety hazard and honda doesn't want to replace these after the warranty is up although they have a tsb on it. In addition to my view of the road being blocked by this plastic framed sun visor, I'm also afraid if I was in an accident, my face or a passengers could hit the sun visor and the visor could cause major trauma to a human.
2007 honda civic. Drivers side sun visor has cracked. Won't stay closed (retracted against the ceiling). Falls down in front of view frequently. This is a common problem with these cars since 2006 when the sun visor design was modified to its current design. Should be considered a severe safety issue. Solutions include: 1) removing the sun visor; not safe. 2) ignoring the problem; when sun visor falls down in front of eyes it's not safe. 3) replacing the sun visor; honda refuses to provide a free replacement even though there is good documentation on the nature of the problem and duration of the problem. See also: http://actionallen.blogspot.com/2010/06/honda-civic-sun-visors-not-so-good.html.
The sun visors on my 2006 honda civic ex have been breaking routinely about once a year. I have taken the car to the honda dealer for repair and they simply replace the broken visor. However, they have not redesigned the faulty visor design and they will continue breaking. This is a safety concern, as the visors break and hang off blocking the drivers ability to clearly see the road.
The plastic pieces inside the sunvisors have snapped and are now hanging down. This is a safety hazard because it is always in my face. I have a 2006 honda civic si and have read a plethora of complaints from multiple customers with the same problem; some have replaced their visors several times (out of pocket). This is absolutely a design flaw, which is wide-spread across the country. I live in ohio and the summers are quite warm, but not as hot as arizona; many complaints I've read are felt to be heat-related. However, no matter where in the country one lives, it can easily be over 110 degrees in a closed car, which should have been considered when designing these visors.
I have a 2006 honda civic ex 4 door. Both sun visors have failed and fall into the field of vision, making operation of the vehicle dangerous. Honda as of yet has not called a recall. My warranty has expired and my extended warranty does not cover this issue. Honda claims that this is "cosmetic" and does not cover this under its extended plan.
Driver's side sun visor split open in area of strong metal springs allowing visor to drop down blocking field of view when driving. Dealer says 2006 honda civic is out of warranty and I will need to buy replacement.
Visor failed on 2006 honda civic blocking vision. Apparently many many others have had the same problem. Honda will not replace the defective part and it's a huge safety issue.
Frequent honda civic sun visor failure impairs driver's vision.
Sun visors on both driver and passenger sides constantly split open causing them to hang down (unable to put sun visor up) blocking line of sight. Visors have been replaced once under warranty but continually break. Forced to drive with hanging visor blocking line of sight or driving with no visor at all risking sun blinding at certain time of the day. Upon looking at forums online I've noticed that several, several people have this same issue. Visors appear to be melting with heat from sun. Bad design since the visor will obviously be exposed to the sun.
2006 honda civic coupe - driver side sun visor split and falls down to block view while driving and hit my head getting out of the car. Seem to be a lot of complaint on the internet about the same thing. I have an extended warrant, but was told it didn't cover these type of parts.
2006 honda civic - sunvisor fell apart drivers side sunvisor fell apart and obstructed view while vehicle was in motion. Performed research and found that this is a common occurrence. Honda needs a redesigned sunvisor as this is a safety hazard. I.e. View obstructed while traveling in traffic.
1. Car was parked outside. Sun visor broke after trying to adjust it. 2. Sun visor is unusable and hangs from the roof. 3. Only repair available is to replace the sun visor at a honda dealer.
This is a 2006 honda civic .plastic shrouding around mounting section of sun visor is unnecessarily cheap and will not withstand interior summer temperatures. Eventually, the visor warps and will not remain in an upright position. The visor obstructs the driver's vision and is a potentially serious safety issue!
2006 honda civic sun visors split when adjusted in hot weather. They then hang down till replaced, obstructing vision. I have had to replace mine 6 times. This is a known defect to dealers, yet they don't improve the replacement sun visors. This is a safety issue!!
Purchased certified 2006 honda civic ex sedan last aug. 2009 after 11,200 miles of driving this the car the driver's side and passenger side sun visor broke down. Plastic cracked and went steady down. I'm in houston, tx my conclusion it needs to be recalled for safety purpose by the makers of this cheap crap visor. For 24 yrs. Driving I had a nissan, toyota, mitsubishi, volvo, bmw never had this problem..never...
2006 honda civic hybrid - on driver and passenger sun visor has been coming fall apart. It couldn't put up. I was told the part itself cost me about $70. It is very annoying when I am driving with visor down all the time until it replace.
My visors pop a part when using them.
The sun visor on my 2006 honda civic split open and now will not stay up. As a tall person this blocks my view of the road and causes a safety hazard. The sun visor split during the summer months in florida when it was about 98 degrees outside. This apparently is not uncommon with this visor in the heat.
2006 honda civic visor broken and is obstructing my line of sight while driving.
I have a 2006 honda civic with 59,700 miles. I have had to replace three sun visors during the past three years because the plastic casing splits, causing the visor to hang down (it will not stay up). This is a safety problem for the driver because it blocks the driver's vision. The dealership has told me that this is a design problem.
Own a 2006 honda civic ex. The driver's side sun visor has split under the heat of the sun and no longer stays in the upright position. It flops down and is not only distracting, but can cause the driver (especially taller individuals) to not see traffic lights. I understand that many other owners of this honda have the same problem. Honda needs to recall this vehicle and replace the existing visors with better designed ones.
Entered parked car and while preparing to begin driving, the driver side sun visor unexpectedly failed, hanging down obstructing driver's view. While an attempt to reposition the sun visor was made, the visor would not keep the position and would return to the hanging down position, making safe driving impossible. Another attempt to reposition the visor, this time squeezing the split plastic together, at the hinge, succeeded placing the visor out of the way. The visor has not been repositioned since. I have researched reports and even after replacement of the visor, the problem returns, often much less than a year later. It seems the failure is more a function of heat exposure, than time. In my case, the heat is not an issue. I drive the car back and forth to work only, and the outside temperature is usually 60 to 70 deg. F.
My driver's side sun visor on my 2006 civic came apart replaced under warranty-when the passenger side came apart they refused to fix it had to pay to get a new one. This is a safety issue because it won't stay up and blocks the vision . Crappy product on a great car. Hold honda to the fire please.
I have 2006 honda civic. It's driver side sun visor is broken. It's not broken because I was playing with it but it just pops out because of the heat. Now it does not stay at top. I have different car but I never had any issue like this.
I have a 2006 honda civic. Both of my sun visors have cracked along the seems. This causes the sun visor to not go up. The sun visor hangs in my line of vision, it will not go all the way up or all the way down. This is a safety hazard.
Driver side sun visor split open and dangles in front of driver, blocking view of traffic, signs, and signals. While looking for replacement part on-line I found that hundreds, if not thousands, of other civic owners have experienced the same issue and that honda has not even reengineered the part. Honda apparently keeps selling the same defective part to owners of 2006-2008 honda civics repeatedly. At the very least honda should be required to reengineer this part to eliminate the defect in the replacement parts.
I want to report a cracked sun visor on my 2006 honda civic lx, which causes the visor to hang and is now obstructing my view, creating a safety hazard. This appears to be a widespread problem on honda civics, judging by all the online comments to be found, for instance, here: http://www.carcomplaints.com/honda/civic/2006/accessories-interior/sun_visor_falls_apart.shtml, and here: http://www.civicforums.com/forums/181-8th-gen-honda-civic/296797-sun-visor-split-open.html.
2006 honda civic driver's side sun visor split at the top seam. It is now either stuck up or down and requires a great deal of effort to move it.
Honda civic 2006. Drivers side sunvisor fails to close, and in the failure, pops open restricting the drivers view of the road. It seems the plastic weld has popped open. Honda is aware of the defect (for years) and does not care to redesign or correct the problem.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2006 Honda Civic?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history