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
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. While traveling at 45 mph, the driver's sun visor began to warp and fell in front of the driver's view. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the sun visor would need to be replaced. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 46,000. Updated 8/18/10 *cn updated 08/19/10*jb
ODI 10334594
Visibility
Both sun visors on 2006 honda civic lx have broken several times after hot days. The hinge separates causing the visors to don't sit in the closed position properly which causes them to be in the driver's line of sight when driving. *tr
ODI 10332738
Visibility
Normal usage of driver's side sun visor - splits apart and will honda civic 2006 ex driver side sun visor does not stay up. Failure is continuous and cannot be corrected without replacing the sun visor. *tr
ODI 10331687
Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10358831
Visibility
Thousands of late model honda civic owners, including my wife's honda have been having chronic sun visor breakage problems. When it breaks unexpectedly, it blocks the driver's view creating a very unsafe condition. Honda refuses to acknowledge this issue and instead still sells the faulty part as replacement. Some drivers have replaced 2 visors every year. Check this link of complaints:…
ODI 10334478
Visibility
The sun visor for my vehicle has had to be replaced several times which causes me many times to drive without a sun visor. Many honda civic owners have complained about this problem as it is a safety issue driving in the sun without a working sun visor. *tr
ODI 10328923
Visibility
Both driver and passenger side sun visors have broken on my 2006 honda civic. The driver side visor broke once before in 2008 and i had it fixed. It broke again in 2009 and in may 2010 the passenger side sun visor broke. It makes it difficult to get a clear view of the highway when driving and when it becomes necessary to move it to the side it creates a dangerous situation while driving. *tr
ODI 10328088
Visibility
2006 honda civic visor broken and is obstructing my line of sight while driving. *tr
ODI 10353922
Visibility
The visors in the car have a metal rotating piece in between two plastic pieces that cause the visor to snap after minimal use. My driver's side visor is now completely broken, as has happened to my friend's exact same car too. *tr
ODI 10365304
Visibility
Passenger side sunvisor came apart at the seam. *tr
ODI 10330927
Visibility
MY VISORS POP A PART WHEN USING THEM. *TR
ODI 10354520
Equipment · Visibility
The sun visors begin separating, dangling and intefere with field of vision during normal traffic conditions. Dealership replaced my visors three times prior to warranty expiration and now they are no longer willing to do it. It is a safety issue because is blocks my field of vision. *tr
ODI 10348338
Visibility
2006 HONDA CIVIC VISOR BROKE, DRIVER SIDE. *TR
ODI 10339989
Visibility
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that the driver's and passenger's side sun visors would continually fall from the closed position. In addition, the visors were also split in half exposing the metal clamps on both ends of the visors making it impossible for the visors to remain in a stationary position. The driver's side visor was previously replaced by the dealer however, the failure…
ODI 10339364
Visibility
Under normal use, the sun visor hinge breaks, causing the visor to split at the seam by its mount. The visor is difficult to put back in the upward position and will not stay in a forward position. It falls straight down impeding visibility. If forced back into the upward position, it will stay out of view, but will not function for its intended purpose; therefore, there is no usable sun visor. The car was purchased…
ODI 10348340
Visibility
My 2006 honda civic ex sedan has had many problems with both sun visors since i bought the vehicle. The visors have both melted and broke which cause them to hang down in view and will not go in the up position. While driving down the 4-lane the visor on my side fell in my view, in shock i tried to stop the car since i could not see and was rear ended and rolled into a barrier. The visor now wont go up at all and is…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10305975
Visibility
Honda civic 2006 sunvisor: it has split apart and will not fold up and out of the way, partially blocks my rear-view mirror in the "down" position. I have to push the pieces together to make it stay together. Once you put it back down it splits again. Bad design making an item so cheaply that must endure repeated use in a spot that probably has too much pressure in between the two joined pieces. *kb
ODI 10416576
Equipment · Visibility
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. *tr
ODI 10350445
Visibility
My car has a large problem with its windshield wipers, when i crank the car they come on and sometimes don't turn off, and most of the time when they do turn off they will stop in the middle of the window, causing me to loose all site of the road and being distracted trying to get them to go down, and wearing out my wiper blades with the very numerous times i have to turn them on before they will stop in the correct…
ODI 10305966
Visibility
Intermittent wipers run on longer than normal and stop in mid-windshield and not at the bottom of the windshield. Experienced this same problem last winter/spring and seems to work fine during warm months. *tr
ODI 10294612
Equipment · Visibility
I leased a new 2006 honda civic, 2-door coupe in april 2006. Twice while my car was still under the mileage warranty, the driver's side sun visor (part #88380-sna-a01za, h/c 8073496) failed. Failure in this case means the unit split apart at the seam connected to the arm that holds it to the headliner. The only way to fix the problem is to replace the visor. Each time the visor was replaced it lasted approximately a…
ODI 10294401
Visibility
Sunvisor on my 2006 honda keeps breaking causing it to fall into view creating a safety hazard. *tr
ODI 10291025
Visibility
2006 honda civic sun visor fell off. Very dangerous to not have sun visor when driving into the sun. *tr
ODI 10310199
Visibility
Both driver side and passenger side sunvisors will not operate correctly. Due to the design, the visors will come apart and you cannot position them safely. While the vehicle was under the typical 30,000 mile / 3-year bumper-to-bumper warranty, the dealership had replaced approximately 10 sets due to them coming apart. Now that i am out of the 3-year warranty period, honda refuses to replace the sunvisors. *tr
ODI 10304995
Visibility
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…
ODI 10359384
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