My passenger-side sun visor sags a bit when put in its clip. Based on the working visor on the driver-side, it seems to "click" in place to stay up correctly. I looked at YouTube videos for fixes, but the usual remedy is to install screws to apply more pressure around the rod. Is the Accord visor fixable? or do I need to buy a new one completely?
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My passenger-side sun visor sags a bit when put in its clip. Based on the working visor on the driver-side, it seems to "click" in place to stay up correctly. I looked at YouTube videos for fixes, but the usual remedy is to install screws to apply more pressure around the rod. Is the Accord visor fixable? or do I need to buy a new one completely?
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when I had my 07 civic. mine broke too. it was under warranty, however they said it was a "soft" part so it wasn't covered. They said the arm needed to be replaced and wanted to charge 85 bucks
I'd like to know too. My driver's side sun visor has always been a bit stiff to move. A day ago, when I moved it down, I heard a loud "snap". Now it sags several inches. A new one is about $80 shipped. Anyone know how to fix - is it possible?
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I'm actually in the same predicament. Any tips or fixes would be greatly appreciated.
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I have the same problem my drivers side one hangs about an inch down.
Ok, I was able to get my sun visor apart. It is a bit tricky to remove from the head liner - you need to use a screwdriver to press in the tab in the slot in the base. Then you need to rotate the tab counter-clockwise (looking up at the base), so it can rotate out of the headliner. Pulling the sun visor away from the windshield at the same time helps.
Our sun visors split apart down the middle. The two halves wrap around the rod. If you remove the 2 screws holding the sun visor together, you can split the visor, starting at the point closest to the mount. The two screws are behind the vanity mirror lights on either side of the sun visor mirror. No cutting of the fabric is needed to access the inside of the visor. Be careful pulling the 2 halves of the visor apart as they are glued together and the fabric is held on the visor by sharp plastic needles.
The sagging mirror is caused by a spring metal clamp being broken or unclamped. This clamp presses on the sun visor rod. The clamp is held into the body by 2 retaining tabs that must be bent back before the clamp can be removed. On my sun visor, the clamp had been unlatched. I was able to relatch it by using a screwdriver to press the two halves together. However, when I tried rotating the sun visor down, the clamp popped open again. When I tried bending the latch so that it would hold better, the latching tab broke off. So I ordered a new sun visor ~$80 including shipping.
It looks like the clamp should be latched together and the two sides click together. However, when this is done, the sun visor appears to be very hard to rotate, much harder than it was originally and the clamp pops apart very easily. Maybe some other part broke off.
Hopefully someone can use this information to fix their sun visor. If you can some how get the clamp to hold together (screws?), this would apply more pressure to the rod, but the clamp fits in a very tight space and there is little room for screws. The clamp appears to be made of very brittle steel.
I'll try to add pictures later.
Our sun visors split apart down the middle. The two halves wrap around the rod. If you remove the 2 screws holding the sun visor together, you can split the visor, starting at the point closest to the mount. The two screws are behind the vanity mirror lights on either side of the sun visor mirror. No cutting of the fabric is needed to access the inside of the visor. Be careful pulling the 2 halves of the visor apart as they are glued together and the fabric is held on the visor by sharp plastic needles.
The sagging mirror is caused by a spring metal clamp being broken or unclamped. This clamp presses on the sun visor rod. The clamp is held into the body by 2 retaining tabs that must be bent back before the clamp can be removed. On my sun visor, the clamp had been unlatched. I was able to relatch it by using a screwdriver to press the two halves together. However, when I tried rotating the sun visor down, the clamp popped open again. When I tried bending the latch so that it would hold better, the latching tab broke off. So I ordered a new sun visor ~$80 including shipping.
It looks like the clamp should be latched together and the two sides click together. However, when this is done, the sun visor appears to be very hard to rotate, much harder than it was originally and the clamp pops apart very easily. Maybe some other part broke off.
Hopefully someone can use this information to fix their sun visor. If you can some how get the clamp to hold together (screws?), this would apply more pressure to the rod, but the clamp fits in a very tight space and there is little room for screws. The clamp appears to be made of very brittle steel.
I'll try to add pictures later.
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LOL. i broke mine too :/ , it was sort of stuck and I forced it up and broke it, so it sags a bit.
Here are some pictures as promised:
This is how to split the Sun Visor
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This is a close up of the clamp that applies pressure to the rod. You can see that the clamp is separated.
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This is after I released the clamp from the sun visor and pressed the two halves of the clamp together, there is a hook that connects to the bottom peice,
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Here is the final image showing the hook that broke off.
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This is how to split the Sun Visor
This is a close up of the clamp that applies pressure to the rod. You can see that the clamp is separated.
This is after I released the clamp from the sun visor and pressed the two halves of the clamp together, there is a hook that connects to the bottom peice,
Here is the final image showing the hook that broke off.
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This happened to mine too so while I was in the car my mother was in the passenger side and she pulled the visor down and when she pulled the visor down I heard a snap and then I knew it broke and ever since then it sags so I can’t figure out what broke it must be something inside right?
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It's a design flaw with the latch mechanism. The only true fix is to replace the visor but there is a repair you can do to relieve a good amount of the sag:
Tips for post screw fix for sagging sunvisors
I don't know if you guys have seen this video but it shows a cheap fix for sagging sunvisors on 8th gen Accords that involves drilling a hole through the latch mechanism and using a post screw to apply pressure to the latch. I just tried this fix today, and it worked great, reducing my sag...
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One cold March morning last year I found out Honda Visors break (driver's side.) I'd never heard of this before or could fathom after having honda's for almost 30yrs and never had this problem. Current: 2013 Accord Coupe LXS. Researched all over the place (including this post) and by end, couldn't fix it. One was the broken part, the other was getting the clamshell back together, no idea on that one. Wanted to add a couple of pics for people looking into the subject. I am still clueless how this had ever been an issue on any honda, wth? 
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Yeah, mine was becoming a real problem as well, to the point where I was in danger of hitting my head on it if I leaned forward. A new visor was more expensive than it was worth considering I could just flip down the visor all the way until it maxed out and it would be out of my way that way. Then I did the post screw fix which made a huge difference and I was able to leave it up.
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What is the screw fix you came up with?
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I must confess I didn't come up with it, a guy on YouTube made a pretty cool video where he used an x-ray machine on his 8th gen visor to find the failure point and where to add the post screw, providing us a measurement of how far in and down the hole has to be. He also shows the exact part number for the post screw he uses, which you can find at Lowes for very cheap.
He shows it on the passenger visor but it's the same on the driver's side, just reversed.
I made a thread shortly after doing this with the link to the original video as well as some tips based on what I encountered during the process:
Tips for post screw fix for sagging sunvisors
I don't know if you guys have seen this video but it shows a cheap fix for sagging sunvisors on 8th gen Accords that involves drilling a hole through the latch mechanism and using a post screw to apply pressure to the latch. I just tried this fix today, and it worked great, reducing my sag...
www.driveaccord.net
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Thanks so much! Very helpful.I must confess I didn't come up with it, a guy on YouTube made a pretty cool video where he used an x-ray machine on his 8th gen visor to find the failure point and where to add the post screw, providing us a measurement of how far in and down the hole has to be. He also shows the exact part number for the post screw he uses, which you can find at Lowes for very cheap.
He shows it on the passenger visor but it's the same on the driver's side, just reversed.
I made a thread shortly after doing this with the link to the original video as well as some tips based on what I encountered during the process:
Tips for post screw fix for sagging sunvisors
I don't know if you guys have seen this video but it shows a cheap fix for sagging sunvisors on 8th gen Accords that involves drilling a hole through the latch mechanism and using a post screw to apply pressure to the latch. I just tried this fix today, and it worked great, reducing my sag...
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I added a post screw this evening. It reduced the sag by about a half. So for such a cheap part and the short time it took to drill, that's not too bad. I would prefer if it was nice and flush like when it was brand new, but we can't have everything.
I was thinking that a small magnet inside the headliner and a thin piece of metal in the visor would help make it flush when folded up. But I don't know how practical that would be.
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