2008 Honda Civic visibility problems

Filed Aug 20, 2025 · Visibility · SC

Driver's side sun visor defective. Visor started splitting, leading to inoperative, and finally fell off. Replaced by manufacturer a number of years ago, but design flaw not addressed causing persistent issue recurrence. Multiple complaints have been filed related to this issue. Following are some of the complaint record numbers: 110884671041796510466838 110630431041670210466343 110395371041422810462119 109831981041221710461924 109710161041170010461699 109368151041080710457914 109285781041061610456750 108965601041024110456044 108888061040930510454884 108858631040937310448984 108632171040869610432332 108462841040941710432252 107168651040740610430111 106761951040741410430141 106386011040692010428110 105211741042513210427775 104781981041925910426693 104754451042547910426377

Filed Jul 12, 2017 · Visibility · 67,050 miles · TX

Driver side sun visor / vanity mirror-----separation broken came apart failure. While moving it to position to block sun westerly direction afternoon!

Filed Jun 27, 2017 · Visibility · 173,000 miles · NM

The sun visor on the driver's side of my 2008 honda civic broke several months ago. I contacted the dealer and told this was a warranty item and the warranty had expired. I had the same problem with the passenger side about a year after I purchased the care in 2011 and was told it was a recall item, and had it replaced for free. I was told the driver's side visor would cost $70.00 plus tax to fix. I have chosen not to have it done, since I don't intend to keep the car much longer. It creates a safety issue because the visor will not stay up against the roof and interferes with line of sight at stop signs, etc. If I move it to the side window then the sun hits me directly in the eyes, creating issues also. Thank you.

Filed Jun 6, 2017 · Visibility · 78,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda civic. On several occasions, while driving, the driver and passenger side sun visors failed to stay up and would consistently drop, which blocked the contact's view. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the sun visors were cracked and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000.

Filed Apr 24, 2017 · Visibility · 120,000 miles · FL

The sun visors in this car are a severe problem as they break easily through normal average use and will not remain upright. They fall down and hang in the driver field of vision creating hazardous driving conditions posing injury to driver and anyone else nearby. The visors are not cheap to replace($50 to $100 each) and the replacements also break in a short time. I have already replaced once and both are broken again. This is a design flaw just like the alloy mixture in the lower engine block that causes cracking in the coolant passages in the block (look it up). Honda is supposed to be a quality product and it is obvious that the quality is eroding and honda's lack of taking responsibility and admitting error and taking actions to correct further reflects poor commerce and care for their customers. Please investigate this in depth because this issue has saturated the web with complaints and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Lets be proactive and recall the visors and issue updated replacements to show your customers you care and ensure these customers will be alive to purchase another honda product in the future. Do the right thing and fix this hazardous life treating issue now.

Filed Aug 28, 2016 · Visibility · 87,000 miles · IL

Left front visor cracked along spine and no longer stays in the upright position. Very unsafe, would like to know where I can go to get fixed.

Filed Jul 26, 2016 · Visibility · 88,000 miles · NV

Driver side and passenger side visor failure.

Filed Jul 25, 2016 · Visibility · 115,000 miles · NC

There was a class-action suit regarding the honda civic 2008's sun visors. I received notice of this some time ago. As I had been parking in a garage for most of the time, my visors were fine. Since I switched jobs, and now park outdoors during the days, my right, passenger side visor has broken as the suit described. This happened, however, after the deadline for the settlement of the suit. I am now missing my passenger side visor and I expect the driver side to fail at any moment. It can fall while I'm driving, which is disconcerting.

Filed Jul 19, 2016 · Visibility · 107,000 miles · MA

Driver's side sun-visor split at the rear edge while driving. This limited the motion of the visor causing it to be flipped down while driving obscuring the view of the road for the driver. This caused driver distraction.

Filed Jul 5, 2016 · Visibility · 72,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda civic. While driving 60 MPH, the visor on the driver's side became detached. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and no repairs were made. The failure mileage was 72,000.