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2003 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	763444
Internal NHTSA #	10307555
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2003
File date	17/03/07
Component	VISIBILITY
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 2003 highlander has an issue with the driver side sunvisor. During movement of the car it's constantly falling down into my line of vision during driving. It started falling down only ocassionally over speed bumps and now it just falls down almost ever few minutes while driving. I tried to get the local toyota dealership to repace the visor under my extended warranty but was told that it was not covered by it. After reading many postings on the web it seems that many toyota highlander owners have this same problem. My visor has built in electrical parts on it that are supposed to control a garage door, house lights, etc. In which toyota say is a "home center control" - i have not put anything on the visor to make it any heavier than how the factory produced it. The visor is too heavy and it can not be supported by the metal part that connects it to the roof of the car. The local dealership gave no solution other than to replace the visor at my cost but i have read other peoples posts saying that the issue will only happen again. They informed me the part alone is $800 without installation. I thought that maybe velcro would work so i tried to velcro the visor to the roof of my car but unfortunately the velcor is not strong enough to hold the visor to the roof and during the summer the glue melts and doesn't allow the velcro to stick to the roof thus i can not keep the visor up. This issue started about 2007 and progressively got worse and now the visor will not stay up more than a couple of minutes - especially in the summer. Firstly the visor itself is distraction, secondly once it's down it blocks a portion of the driver's view, and thirdly it's a distraction to have to use one hand to put the visor back up. You can not even try to move it to the side as it's still too low to see out the driver side window and also ther are no accessible screws to remove the visor myself. All in all this issue is a huge hazard and should be corrected by toyota.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	45000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CENTREVILLE, VA
VIN pattern	JTEHF21A530XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	08/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	5
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2003 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2003 Toyota HIGHLANDER Visibility Problems, Complaints and Defects

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