NHTSA Complaint #10425132 — 2008 HONDA CIVIC

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE VISOR'S PLASTIC RINGS THAT SECURE IT INSIDE ON THE PLASTIC POST THAT HANGS DOWN FROM THE CEILING BROKE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VISOR ITSELF OFF THE POST, AND HAVE DISASSEMBLED IT. IT IS APPARENT TO ME THAT THE GRADE OF PLASTIC USED TO SECURE THIS PART CANNOT WITHSTAND THE FLEXING REQUIRED WHEN FOLDING IT DOWN TO BLOCK OUT THE SUN WHILE DRIVING. NOT ONLY AM I NOW DRIVING WITH MY HEAD NEAR THE ROOF TO BLOCK OUT THE SUN IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS, BUT ALSO MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG WHEN SHE PULLED THE VISOR DOWN. IT WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO THE UP POSITION WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. FROM READING REVIEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT HONDA SHOULD RECALL. *TR