NHTSA Complaint #10437621 — 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SUN VISOR FELL DOWN AND IMPAIRED MY SEEING THE ROAD AHEAD. I WENT TO GO FLIP IT UP BUT IT HAD BROKEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT STAY UP. I WAS TRYING TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE HOLDING UP THE VISOR AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC AS TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I FINALLY GOT OFF THE ROAD I HAD TO ACTUALLY RIP THE VISOR OFF BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T GO UP AT ALL NO MATTER WHAT I DID. THE CAR IS BARELY 2 YEARS OLD. NORMALLY I WOULD JUST FIX THIS AND MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE, BUT UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS DATING BACK TO THE 2007 CAMRY ON THE SAME VISOR ISSUE. WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I COULDN'T SEE A THING AND IF THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHEN IT FELL DOWN I WOULD HAVE HIT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. AGAIN, IT WAS WITHOUT WARNING AND JUST FELL DOWN - I WASN'T MOVING IT OR TOUCHING IT. I'M BEYOND UPSET ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I KNOW THAT TOYOTA WAS WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION. *KB