Problems with 2008 Honda Civic VISIBILITY

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 honda civic. the contact stated that the coating on the front windshield created a glare on the window during night when the headlights of other vehicles reflected off the windshield. the contact stated the failure made it difficult to see and drive the vehicle. the contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. the contact took the vehicle to a body shop that specified in the windows on the vehicle and they informed the contact that the windshield had to be replaced. the windshield was not replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 72,000. updated 07/12/16*lj

This is a common issue. the sun visor is broken. the hinges melted. *tr

The air conditioner is no longer blowing any cold air. went to the dealership and was told that the air compressor needs to be replaced, along with the coils, and a/c clutch engagement for the air compressor. vehicle is only 5 years old and there is no extended warranty to cover the cost of replacing the air compressor. discussed with several mechanics in my area and have seen forum discussions posted that have similar issues and have listed it as a "known issue" but honda has not formally acknowledged. previously i have owned a 1997 honda civic with all original parts and it did not have such an issue. i have also submitted a direct complaint to honda regarding my defective air compressor. *tr

Driver side visor will not stay up and impairs my vision while driving. *tr

Sun visors have become loose and do not stay in upright position. distracting and disrupts view. cannot see traffic signal (lights) unless i take my hand from steering wheel to hold sun visor in upright position. not safe, not practical, especially since i have manual transmission. this is an obvious design flaw with honda civic. both visors hang in down position, will not remain up. expensive to repair sun visors, as much as $60 per visor. honda knows this is a flaw and needs to repair same at their expense. *tr

I was turning on from a left lane into a left lane separated by a cement divider; the car went over the cement divider and almost overturned. at night with normal lighting and normal speed. i have had another incident 3 months prior making a right turn. i noticed carefully by comparison of the exact position of similar make sedan cars; this car has the mirror attached to the door panels and presents a hazard (has 2 blind spots) making it especially dangerous at night with low beam lights and old painted divider lines. it needs immediate action and recall so the dealers can reposition the mirrors. *tr

The driver side visor in malfunctioning. *tr

Mirror/shade does not go up not down it is stuck unable to operate as a shade nor mirror. *tr

I flipped the sun visor down and found i couldn't return it back up. the internal pivot clip broke the visor. *tr

Sun visor split apart causing the visor to loosely stay in the line of sight of the driver. the mechanism that holds the visor up does not hold the visor up anymore because of the split. looks like the heat of the interior of the car mixed with the plastic pieces of the visor caused the defect. honda needs to not just replace the parts, they need to redesign the visors using different materials that will hold up to the extreme heat that car interiors have to face. currently they are replacing the visors with the same defectively designed visors. they need to be forced to fix the problem, instead of treat the symptom! type in honda sun visor defect in any search engine and you will see that this is a very common problem! *tr

The driver side visor seem came apart. the inside of the visor can be seen. it will fall down into the line of sight of the driver. *tr

The drivers side sun visor split open and hanging in front of my eyes. very hard to see when this is right in your vision field. i hope that i will get this fixed at no charge at the dealership.

My 2008 honda civic has a notorious problem: defective sun visors that drop down, covering more than half the vertical space of the windshield in front of the driver. the problem, which involves a metal bar that expands in hot weather and forces apart the two sides of the plastic visor, is prone to happen in hot weather. this is the fourth time it has happened to me. a california superior court ruling requires honda to replace these as needed up to 100,000 miles. however, the safety issue remains unaddressed. the replacement is the same as the failed visor, and it too will fail in about 10,000 miles (or less, in severe climates). two screws hold the visor to the roof of the car. can't honda be require to design a new visor without this defect (requires only making the channel for the metal bar wider) and replace the visors with an improved version on all affected honda civics (2006-2009)? it is not fun viewing the road ahead by peeking around and under the dropped visor. honda civics have a severely slanted windshield, and the vertical viewing space is limited without a failed visor. *tr

Driver side sun visor split at hinge along seam. gravity now drops sun visor into driver's vision to block all sight of cars or traffic lights. *tr

Driver side visor split open (at hinge) when attempting to lower visor to shield driver from sunlight while driving. the visor cannot no longer be returned to storage position. *tr