2008 Honda Civic

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

FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE BUYING THIS CAR NEW THE DRIVER-SIDE VISOR HAS SPLIT IN HALF. THE SEPARATION OCCURRED AT THE SEAM WHERE TWO PLASTIC PARTS ARE JOINED. THE VISOR WILL NO LONGER SNAP INTO ITS PROPER POSITION AND HANGS DOWN, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY AND CREATING A DRIVING HAZARD. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. IT HAS BROKEN AGAIN AT 50,000 MILES. THIS APPARENTLY IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

THE VISOR ON MY 2008 HONDA CIVIC WILL NOT STAY UP. IT LOOKS LIKE A DEFECT ON THE LEFT-HAND HINGE. THE HINGE IS SPLIT OPEN AND MAKES THE SUN VISOR DROP. AFTER LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE A LOT OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SINCE THE VISOR CONTINUALLY FALLING BLOCKS MY VISION THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. IF I SWING IT TO THE LEFT, IT BLOCKS THE VIEW FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE WINDOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH REAR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE AN ALIGNMENT BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO BEND INWARD ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE VISORS SPLIT OPEN ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY. TODAY (6/5/2011) WAS FAIRLY HOT (IN SAN ANTONIO TX), WHILE DRIVING, I PULLED THE VISOR DOWN DUE TO THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN AND THE BRIGHT REFLECTION OF THE SUN FROM ANOTHER CAR'S WINDOWS. MY DAUGHTER DID THE SAME THING ALSO. ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN ADJUSTING THE VISORS BACK UP, THERE WAS THE SOUND OF A "POP" AND THE VISORS WOULD NOT STAY UP. THIS BECAME A SAFETY PROBLEM AS IT WOULD DANGLE IN THE FIELD OF VISION ALL THE TIME. THE PLASTIC APPEARS TO HAVE SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER JOINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE VISOR

I WAS DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING ON S. WASHINGTON BLVD, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA IN EXITING ONTO S. QUINN STREET/COLUMBIA PIKE EXIT AT HIGH SPEED. I SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND DROVE ONTO AN ISLAND NEAR THE INTERSECTION, DRIVING OVER A STREET SIGN AND HITTING A METAL POLE HOLDING THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE, YET AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS ONLY VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT AND HAD NO PASSENGERS. I RECEIVED HOSPITAL CARE THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR WHIPLASH AND MUSCLE PAIN IN MY NECK AND SHOULDER. THE POLICE OFFICE NOTED THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY GIVEN THE HIGH SPEED AND NATURE OF THE COLLISION. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR IS DEFECTIVE AND ONE DAY JUST SWUNG DOWN, PARTIALLY BLOCKING MY VISION. THE PLASTIC PARTS SPLIT OPEN AND THE ROD IS PARTIALLY EXPOSED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE IT WILL NOT STAY UP IN ITS CLOSED POSITION -- UNTIL I GET IT FIXED, THE VISOR IS EITHER DOWN IN FRONT OF MY FACE, OR IF I SWING IT OUT OF THE WAY, DOWN, BLOCKING MY LEFT VISION. THERE IS BASICALLY A SUN VISOR IN MY FACE ALL THE TIME WHILE DRIVING, EVEN IF IT IS NIGHT - THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SWING IT OUT OF MY FACE, OR OUT OF THE WAY - EVEN JUST TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE CAR. *TR