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This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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My wife's 2008 Toyota Camry's sun visor has broken under normal use. The visor just flops down, impairing vision while driving; the visor had to be taken down, this should not happen on a car with only 48,000 miles. This happened about August 23, 2012. This is a safety issue, and should be replaced by Toyota for free, not $200+ dollars. I will not pay the dealer fee, so the problem still has not been fixed.
My visor on the drivers side will not stay in the up position or down against towards the windshield blocking the sun. It seems to be defective. I called Toyota to see how much it cost to replace the part. I was advised $148 for the part. However the previous owner had also had this visor replaced prior to me purchasing the vehicle. This seems to be a big deal with alot of the Toyota visors, but yet there is no recall on this item. I would like to have this issue fixed and not at my expense as this is a safety concern. If you put the visor in the up position against the top of the car, it will continue to fall down in front of my view. If you push it forward towards the window it again will come back towards me. If I were to get into an accident, it is right at my head level and could cause severe injury.
Last year my passenger side visor went down with no apparent reason. I didn't think about it much, I thought it was a passenger pulled it down too hard, and I replaced it with a used visor from ebay. Last week, my driver side visor broke and went down, so now I have no visor which creates a safety issue. I started looking online about this issue, and I see a lot of people complaining about this. This is definitely a design/manufacturing flaw from Toyota, but I see no recall. I went to the local Toyota dealership yesterday to see what they can do. They almost fixed the issue with no cost, but they said they couldn't order a new one until Toyota issues the recall. Now I have to wait months before they send me a letter.
Sun visor broke with only 35500 miles on the car. Driving East to work and West home is seriously dangerous without this visor, which was used under normal conditions (flipped down in the morning, up when parked and flipped down again in the evening). It's dangerous enough driving through 2 construction zones in the morning, but now I have to use one hand to shield my eyes due to the grades I drive and location of sun in the sky. This impedes my driving. I found the broken visor hanging useless after work on day and couldn't tape or rig it up so had to pull it off in order to see out the windshield! what would have happened if this broke during rush hour in construction? please do something about this problem. Seems like a simple quality issue that should be fixed or recalled due to potentially dangerous driving situation. Plus it's a $32,000 car and quality should be better than that of a $12,000 car.
- Eureka, MO, USA
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Both the left and right sun visor failed. The left sun visor fell in such a position as to block the driver's vision. I had to drive home from work holding the sunvisor up and have now taped it in the up position to prevent it from falling down again. I also had to tape the right sun visor in the up position so as not to block my field of view.
The driver side sun visor has dropped and will not stay in place. This is obstructing my view. It is very dangerous. It has hit me in the head. I opened it and saw that many pieces on the inside had melted!
Driver side visor broke. The visor's suspension no longer holds visor up and its affecting visibility while driving. Customer service was contacted but they refused to take care of it and want to charge $120 to fix it. There are several complaints through out the internet of unhappy customers who are experiencing the same thing. It's unfair that owners are expected to pay for a part that should obviously be recalled. Toyota won't accept responsibility and refuses to acknowledge this problem. Models 07, 08 and 09 seem to be the ones affected. This is a major safety issue and should be consider as such. I shouldn't have to worry about something blocking my vision while driving.
The drivers side sun visor fell down while driving and blocked my vision of the road. It would not stay up and I had to tie it up to prevent it from blocking my vision. It could have caused an accident.
Sunvisor failed. Flopped down off of its mount while driving causing quite a surprise. Fortunately, traffic was clear and vehicle control was maintained.
Sunvisor has lost all tension and just hangs straight down interfering with visibility on driver's side. Toyota will not assume responsibility when I called and discussed it with them at their customer service center although I have read this is a fairly common problem with Camry 2008. Had to remove sunvisor.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that both sun visors fell downward and would not stay up. The contact spoke with the dealer and was informed that there were complaints on that failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 48,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the driver's side sun visor broke and was hanging downward. Due to the broken side sun visor, the driver's view was obstructed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000 and the current mileage was 32,100.
Under normal use, both sun visors at the driver and passenger side won't stay up. Both visor stayed at fully down position, blocked vision and impacted driving visibility. (driver side visor has been replaced three times). This is a design flaw of Toyota Camry 2008 visors.
The sun visor at the driver side suddenly fell off and blocked the vision. It didn't stick to its original position. Finally I have to take it off as it was blocking the rear view mirror.
My 2008 Toyota Camry that I pruches four months ago with only 31000 miles, the driver side sun visor flippes down while driving blocking my view. So I took my car back to the dealer where at first they didnt want to fix the problem, saying it wasnt cover under my warrenty, but with some help from one of the manger calling the warrenty company they want ahead and replace both driver and passenger.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving 75 mph when the passenger side sun visor became partially detached and began to hang down, blocking the vision of the driver. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 65,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. The contact stated that the driver side sun visor fractured and as a result, it was hanging and impairing the driver's view of the roadway. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that the sun visor assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was a 78,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Toyota Camry. The contact was driving 35 mph when the driver's side sun visor dropped downward and failed to stay in the upright position. The vehicle was taken the dealer. The dealer stated that the visor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 53,000 and the current mileage was 54,000.
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- Bowling Green, KY, USA