2008 Honda Civic Visibility/Wiper Problems
- 20
- 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.
What owners report
- side visor · 8 records
- passenger side · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 7 |
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
| 30–60k mi | 4 |
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Visibility/Wiper
Driver side sun visor / vanity mirror-----separation broken came apart failure. While moving it to position to block sun westerly direction afternoon!
ODI 11004699
Visibility/Wiper
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…
ODI 11001627
Visibility/Wiper
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.
ODI 10882713
Visibility/Wiper
DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE VISOR FAILURE.
ODI 10888861
Visibility/Wiper
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…
ODI 10888126
Unknown Or Other · Visibility/Wiper
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.
ODI 10885863
Visibility/Wiper
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…
ODI 10993437
Visibility/Wiper
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.
ODI 10902031
Visibility/Wiper
I have a 2008 honda civic lx and was driving down the highway when the visor suddenly fell in my point of view. Thankfully i was at a good cruising speed with no one around me. I read about the the civil suit and the supposed 100k mile extended warranty but when i took into the honda dealership they denied paying for my visor saying the vehicle was to old. I only have 92k on the car and i think this should of been a…
ODI 10735646
Visibility/Wiper
I was blinded by the sun and nearly had an accident due to being unable to adjust my sun visor. This is not the first time i have had this problem with the visor. The original visor was replaced by honda after it split apart at one of the hinges and didn't work properly. I believe that honda replaced the original visor with an identical visor, rather than having the visor redesigned to correct the flaw, because the…
ODI 10558246
Visibility/Wiper
The visor dropped down, affecting the visibility. It does not stay back up, honda refuses to replace it as a defect. *tr
ODI 10550713
Visibility/Wiper
After the recall for the sun visor melting, i got both the driver side and passenger visor replaced last year. Its been one year and they melted again. Honda repaired them but i do not want to have to go in every year for a replacement. They need to fix the underlying issue. The warranty was extended but only for 100,000 miles or 7 years. If they continue to use the same visor, then after 7 years or 100k miles, it…
ODI 10473219
Visibility/Wiper
Sun visor on the driver side was broken for no known reason. I searched this problem on web, and found many similar cases/complaints for the honda civic. Honda should do a recall for this problem. The broken sun visor blocks driver's view, and can cause safety problems. *tr
ODI 10478923
Visibility/Wiper
Right and left sunvisors both split at seems and falling down. Melted from extreme heat and the right visor has now completely come off of metal bar. Calling honda dealer in the morning to report and ask that both be replaced at no charge. This does fall under the class action lawsuit against honda for sunvisor defect. *tr
ODI 10474385
Visibility/Wiper
I had bought my car new in march 2008. It is 4+ years since and due to work commute i have accrued more than 132k miles on it. This summer, about last week, suddenly both the sun visors got cracked about 2 days apart. I was heading out for lunch, and i flipped up the sun visors to remove the sun reflecting sheet from the windscreen. And the sun visors simply cracked. Now the sun visors are not staying up and it…
ODI 10469517
Air Bags · Structure · Visibility/Wiper
I noticed that 2 days ago it was raining inside my car i bought the car brand new off of the lot in 2008. The areas that are leaking/collecting water are where the side front airbag is located, along with the windshield, and side of the door. Called the dealer they are telling me that my warranty has expired therefore i will need to replace the windshield and other components (roof, airbags,etc.) the car has never…
ODI 10466841
Visibility/Wiper
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…
ODI 10980112
Body · Visibility/Wiper
The drivers side visor stuck and crack opened the plastic assembly by which it holds itself to the visors metal rod in the ceiling. After removal the thing that makes the visor swivel front and back is in fact the thing stuck(metal clip) and seems it may not be secured to the visor which at some point will brake the visor open as it happened , the passengers side visor is starting to get tight. *tr
ODI 10462119
Visibility/Wiper
I had pulled off the freeway exit and proceeded to follow the cars ahead of me as the traffic signal light had turned green and did not necessitate me stopping, only slowing down to continue my left hand turn onto the surface street. Suddenly without warning the sun visor flipped down without being touched and hit me in the forehead. The hard plastic edge hit me relatively quickly and knocked my prescription glasses…
ODI 10464624
Visibility/Wiper
Both sun visors on our honda civic would not work and then eventually the glue melted and they cracked and fell off. We have no way of securing our visors and have recently heard of a recall. I can't find my vin number within the limitations of the recall but i don't feel like i should have to pay for the repair. *tr
ODI 10462935
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