2005 Toyota Highlander visibility problems

Filed Feb 6, 2016 · Visibility · 100,000 miles · PA

The driver side visor is drooping more and more. Now it is partly in my line of sight (I'm 6'3") and when I hit a bump it drops down even further and blocks about half of my vision out the windshield. Very dangerous. Before I start driving, I can gently raise it and slowly let it drop to where it stops where it only partially blocks my vision. As long as I can avoid bumps/potholes, it will stay but it doesn't take much of a bump to knock it loose to where it drops down further and becomes a safety hazard by blocking too much of my vision. This started some years ago and has steadily gotten worse.

Filed Nov 8, 2015 · Visibility · CA

Hewllo my complaint is about the drivers side sun visor.it wont stay up and hasnt for about a year. I have read that a lot of highlander owners are having this problem and it makes it very hard to see.a new costs about 175.00!

Filed Apr 4, 2015 · Visibility · CA

I have a toyota highlander 2005 .the driv err s side sun visor will not stay up.it is a safety hazard we hole driving.toyota, though this is a problem for many highland err own err 3rd will not fix or replace it.

Filed Mar 10, 2015 · Visibility · GA

Driver's side sun visor falls down, obstructing view, unpredictably, despite having nothing on it.

Filed Mar 9, 2015 · Visibility · 197,000 miles · VA

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota highlander. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the entire sunroof separated from the vehicle. The contact mentioned that the area was completely rusted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 197,000.

Filed Nov 19, 2014 · Visibility · 82,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota highlander. The contact stated that the front headlight lenses were deteriorating. There was a presence of a spot that was spreading across the plastic, which may be intermittently melting. The contact indicated that the spot was increasing on the front headlight lense and could impact the contact's visibility upon the use of the low or high beams. The vehicle was taken to the authorized dealer who diagnosed that both headlight lenses needed to be replaced. The vehicle was to be repaired by an authorized dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.

Filed Aug 9, 2014 · Locks, Visibility · HI

There are 2 malfunctions happening on this vehicle:1) the door lock on the drivers side stop working with keyless about 4 months ago, it works if you do it manually. 2) both visors-driver's and passengers visor has gotten progressively looser, there are no adjustment screws, what makes this such a hazard, if you hit a bump and you're in speeding traffic sometimes the visor just drops down and blocks your line of sight.

Filed Apr 21, 2014 · Body, Visibility · 110,113 miles · CA

Both power rear windows came out of their pwr window tracks. This allows the window to fall to the fully open position. When this happened it caused severe air buffeting inside the vehicle. It's so severe that it feels like the vehicle is vibrating apart. This extremely loud painful sound causes panic as to what happened and sever ear pain. The only way to stop the buffeting is to quickly pull off the road and stop. The open window also exposed occupants and pets in the rear seat area to falling out. According to the dealer this is a common defect as the track on the bottom of the window that connects to the power window motor arm migrates slowly along the bottom of the window each time the window is operated until the motor arm falls out of the track. Then the window is free to fall down and cannot be closed until the vehicle is stopped. There is no service bulletin covering this. I received a chuckle from the dealer as he told me about this common $250 per window fix.

Filed Mar 22, 2014 · Visibility · 100,000 miles · CA

Driver's side sun visor falls down, won't stay up, and obstructs view while driving.

Filed Sep 15, 2013 · Visibility · 115,400 miles · NJ

Drivers side sunvisor will not stay up, it just falls down and blocks drivers view any time and at the worst time! Now it will not stay up!