2006 Honda Civic Visibility Problems
- 195
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 195 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- side visor · 40 records
- passenger side · 19 records
- visor split · 16 records
- under warranty · 16 records
- both visors · 15 records
- safety hazard · 12 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 88 |
| 1–30k mi | 38 |
| 60–100k mi | 26 |
| 100–150k mi | 7 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Visibility
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…
ODI 10353720
Visibility
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…
ODI 10360007
Visibility
Frequent honda civic sun visor failure impairs driver's vision. *tr
ODI 10357883
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10351803
Visibility
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,…
ODI 10353711
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10351702
Visibility
Sun visor hinge fails and visor then hangs down in the line of sight of the driver, potentially causing impairment to visibility. Honda will no longer replace as vehicle is out of original warranty. *tr
ODI 10349543
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10350414
Visibility
Sun visors on 2006 honda civic fail when they get hot and start to come apart. Eventually the visor is no longer able to stay up in either the full forward or full rear position and just dangles in the top half of the driver's field of view. This happened last summer on both visors and just happened again on the driver's side. Honda replaced the first set under warranty, but they replaced them with the visors of…
ODI 10349118
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10354365
Visibility
Sun visors have a defect where they will not retract and hang in your face while driving. Dangerous driving visabilty. The visor either melted or has a defect which the dealerships know about but honda will not recall or fix. *tr
ODI 10349258
Visibility
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:…
ODI 10351068
Visibility
The sun visors in my 2006 honda civic are defective. I have had the visors replaced once already and just one year later, the sun visor cracked open from heat exposure again. The sun visors are obstructing both the driver's and passenger's view and pose a safety hazard. I had to apply force to keep the visors closed and when there is too much sun light, the visors are useless in blocking the sun. Honda needs to…
ODI 10379176
Visibility
This will be the third time i've had to have my sun-visor replaced on my 2006 honda civic. The visor clip breaks, leaving the visor to hang down into your face. The visor will neither stay up or all the way down. It poses a safety hazard during both day time and night time driving. The first time the part was replaced when i bought the vehicle at 9 months old; the second time it was replaced was a year and a half…
ODI 10347232
Visibility
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! *tr
ODI 10356240
Visibility
2006 honda civic driver's side sun visor is fallen off completely. The plastic casing holding the visor together split at the seam. Mileage was approx. 30,050. *tr
ODI 10345377
Visibility
The driver side visor in my 2006 honda civic is again breaking. It wont stay up and is splitting down the middle. I had both visors replaced by honda about a year ago for the same problem. *tr
ODI 10345339
Visibility
Sun visors on driver's side and passenger side split open near the pivot point and do not stay up. Cost to replace at honda dealer is $78 each plus $17 each to install. Problem began when i started using a sun shield purchased from the honda dealer and used the sun visors to hold it in position. The heat softens the plastic, and the visors split apart when i attempted to rotate them back toward the roof. *tr
ODI 10343983
Visibility
Honda 2006 civic lx sun visors split open with heat. *tr
ODI 10349903
Visibility
My '06 honda civic's sun visors split open after a hot day this summer. They do not stay up and keep hanging in front of my face while i drive posing a safety hazard. I found that there are complaints from hundreds of people with the same issue, claiming that it is a design flaw when subjected to car's interior heat. This is a critical visibility issue and may cause an accident, injury and possibly lost of life. *tr
ODI 10344490
Visibility
The drivers, and passengers side sun visors are defective , they flop down and don't stay in place , they went bad after the first year i had the car , and since i don't use them , i didn't bother complaining since they stayed in place and didn't pose a hazard , but now the passenger side visor just fell off when i used it the other day , and the drivers side is just as bad .... They were always hard to use so i…
ODI 10344080
Visibility
The sun visor in my 2006 honda civic lx has broken twice now, where the visor will hang down in my line of sight. I am unable to secure it up or down. Both incidents occurred in the warm weather months when the car is very hot. First incident occurred within the warranty, ~20k miles and fixed by the dealer. Second incident began around 70k miles and worsened until the visor has completely broken. I have not fixed…
ODI 10384751
Visibility
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…
ODI 10351113
Visibility
Sun visor on the 2006 honda civic won't stay up or go completely down. When putting the visor down it just split open. This is the second time it's happened. Honda replaced the part about 2 years ago, but the exact same thing happened again. It is very distracting and dangerous when driving. *tr
ODI 10345248
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10354598
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2006 Honda Civic.
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