1. Plastic tension coil holding up visor failed all of the sudden. 2. Plastic tension coil holding up visor failed causing the visor to fall down obstructing my vision while driving. This occurs anytime I hit a bump in the road while driving. 3. I went to toyota to have it fixed and they told me it would cost a significant amount of money since there hadn't been any recall notices involving the described failure.
2002 Toyota Highlander visibility complaints
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I have a 2002 toyota highlander and the driver's side visor will not stay up. The visor constantly falls in my line of vision. I've had the problem over two years.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota highlander. Since february of 2007, the sun visor in the vehicle does not attach tightly and comes down while driving 35 MPH and above. The vehicle has not been inspected, but the repair would cost over $300. The contact feels that this is a safety issue and the defect should be repaired by the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 95,000. Updated 07/01/09 *bf updated 07/06/09.
2002 toyota highlander drivers side visor will not stay up. Many complaints about this issue. If you hit the even a small bump the visor falls down which in turn creates a viewing problem. One day there will be an accident caused by this problem.
2002 toyota highlander drivers side visor. Will not stay in place, never reported until I saw how many people have so here I go.
Sun visor on driver's side of 2002 toyota highlander can't be used to protect driver from the bright sunlight as it cannot be ratcheted up or adjusted and just hangs loosely blocking driver's view of window and requiring driver to hold it in place with one hand. Problem has existed almost from beginning. Others have reported similar problems especially with that model year.
Sun visor problem ... My driver side sun visor will not stay up and has become an hazard. I've also notice the same thing starting to happen to my passenger sun visor, a seat in which is all most never occupied!
2002 toyota highlander limited - the driver and passenger side sun visors will not stay in upright position. Very dangerous when driving. Toyota offers no solutions but purchasing another $600 visor. Looking online, I am not the only one having this problem. At what point does a manufacture become responsible for what is obviously a design defect and safety issue.
2002 toyota highland flip visor keeps on falling down. After research from the net, apparently, there are many others that experience this issues. This is very dangerous. It will costs $700.00 to replace it. I really think this is a defect.
Failure of 55904-48210 HVAC controller on a 2002 toyota highlander. The failure of this part cause the heating and cooling control dial to become inoperative. The vehicle could only blow cold air causing my windshield to fog over. This resulted in my being unable safely operate the vehicle.
The interior heating/AC system and fan repeatedly fails to operate properly. In the spring summer when the AC would fail to blow cold and blow heat that wasn't so bad. I got the control knob fixed and all seemed to work fine. However the knob has failed again and when I needed the heat/defrost fan to work at night the frost got worse because the knob failed and the heater/fan would only blow cold air. Depending on the season and the position of the knob when it fails this should be construed as a safety issue when it affects the visual clarity of the windshield .
2002 toyota highlander driver side sun visor falls down while driving causing a possible hazard.
2002 toyota highlander - both driver and passenger sunvisors do not stay up. When placed in the upright position, the sunvisors release over any small bump in the road.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota highlander. While driving approximately 45 MPH or less, the sun visor would automatically release at any given time. The failure made visibility difficult and occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and they stated that the sun visor needed to be replaced at the cost of $700. The contact detached the sun visor from the vehicle. The vehicle has not been repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 42,000. Updated 09/10/08 *bf updated 09/11/08.
2002 toyota highlander. Sun visor with homelink keeps falling down with hitting minor bumps. Safety hazard, as vision is blocked and can lead to accidents.
2002 toyota highlander driver side sun visor will randomly fall down, completely blocking the view of the road ahead. On a busy highway, if this falls at the wrong moment, it can result in a severe multi-car accident.
The driver side sun visor (w/ lighted mirror and homelink) on my 2002 toyota highlander will not stay up and drops down when driving which is a serious hazard. I understand that this is a very common problem with this vehicle and the cost for only the replacement part is over $700.00. It is obviously a design issue and serious hazard that toyota will not address.
I have a 2002 toyota highlander. The sun visors on the driver and passenger sides no longer stay up. This started nine months ago. If the sun visor does stay up, it drops down when the vehicle hits a mild bump.
2002 toyota highlander drivers side sun visor fell down when hitting a small pothole, obscuring driver vision...narrowly averting a collision with oncoming vehicle before I could get it pushed back up into place, whereupon it fell again and I had to swing it out of the way to drive home...no friction to hold it up out of the way....called dealership...sorry...600 dollar replacement w/ homelink..no other fix available...definite design, absolute safety flaw...went online to research and noted thousands of responses to this exact problem for 2002 vehicle. I truly believe a recall is warranted.
Ac/heat temperature control switch malfunction. This is a problem that toyota is aware of and chooses to disregard, since it tends to fail after the warranty on the new part and replacement parts expires before the problem. A small, soldered wire which connects the switch to a circuit board in the dash fails. Should be an easy fix, but toyota dealers will only replace the entire panel for $800 - 1200. This has happened twice to me on this same vehicle. First time I paid $800, the second time I got a local guy to solder the wire on the old part and replaced myself. Total cost about $10. Shame on toyota.
The temperature control know in our 2002 toyota highlander is not working correctly. The vents blow cold air when the dial is set to the hottest setting. It is very hard to keep the ice from forming on our windows when we don't have hot air blowing. The ice storms in missouri occur fairly frequently and hot air blowing in the defrost position usually keeps the windshield warm enough to keep it clear. However, without the hot air, the windshield ices up immediately and makes driving very dangerous. There are many people having this problem. This is one of the sites that describes the issue and all the people with the same problem http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/highlander/32217-heater-quit-sort-of/
While driving the driver side sun visor falls down after hitting mild bump in road.
Driver's side sun visor will not stay up. I had to tie the thing into place in order to see out the windshield and now cannot use it when the sun is at a bothersome angle. Very annoying that a part like this should fail.
The sun visor on the driver side of our 2002 toyota highlander falls down when you are driving along. It is extremely dangerous since you never know when the visor will drop down and obstruct your view. There have been a few occasions when I have been driving along and reach to put the turn signal on. At that moment the visor drops down and before I can recover I am close to hitting a car from the rear. I have tried simple solutions but the dealer indicates that nothing is wrong and it will cost over $700 to fix.
The hot/cold knob in my 2002 toyota highlander is not working properly. I researched and called toyota they said there are no recalls on it and they only issue them according to how many parts are sold to repair that vehicle. I looked online and alot of people that own the same year and model of my SUV are complaining about the same issue. Toyota quoted me $805 to repair it when I went in to the service department. He said they have had alot of complaints about the same issue and had already repaired a couple. When I went in to have it looked at I had heat, when I came out I didn't. They told me I had to fix it and there was nothing else I could do. I called the manager of this particular dealership and he told me to bring my car back in and they could set it to heat. Why didn't they return my car in the same order it was in when I brought it to them in the first place.
I seem to be one of many that is having an issue with the sun visor on a 2002 toyota highlander. The driver side sun visor will no longer stay in place properly. This results in it falling down and blocking the vision of the driver. So far this has not caused a safety issue but the potential is definitely there.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 toyota highlander. While driving 30 MPH or greater, the sun visor dropped to a vertical position when the vehicle vibrated. The failure occurred without warning and made it difficult for the contact to see the road. The dealer stated that the sun visor clips were defective. As of september 4, 2007, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 40,000. The consumer stated the sun visor could drop on any vehicle movement such as bumps in the road, or applying the brakes. The sun visor in the vertical position blocks the drivers view of the road. Updated 09/18/07.
Sun visor on my driver side of my 2002 toyota highlander will stay in the up position (against the ceiling). Any slight bump in the road causes it fall and block my vision. It's quite a hazard!
Driver's side sun visor on the 2002 toyota highlander will not stay up. It falls down on a regular basis ,and sometime falls down while driving, momentarily, obstructing my view of the road ahead. Dealerships quoted me a cost upwards of $600, parts only, to replace it, and I didn't and have never used the homelink feature, which apparently was largely responsible for the relatively high cost of repair.
Drivers side sun visor fall down into drivers view without warning, blocking the drivers view and creating a serious safety issue. The drivers visor will not stay in place on my 2002 toyota highlander. There is no visible defect with the visor and no damage to the vehicle that caused this problem to start. Judging from the web site "http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/highlander/47694-sun-visor-problem/" there are a lot of people with this problem. Cost to replace the visor with home link garage door opener in it costs over $600, causing many people to try many different poor methods of fixing this safety problem.
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