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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / June 20082000 RX300 - Sun Visor keeps dropping
Folks -- Sun Visor on the passenger side is very loose .. and does not stay in place .. causing it to drop suddenly while I am driving (potential hazard). Bought the car in August 2000 - so it is just under 8 years. Is this something considered under warranty ? I am trying to find any other remedy .. replacing it will cost a whopping $600 (according to a dealer) as this visor has electronic buttons to help open garage door, etc. Any ideas .. appreciated. > Folks -- > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Any ideas .. appreciated. It probably would be considered warranty if the warranty coverage was still in effect, but it has probably expired by now. Remove the visor and see if you can slide the visor off of the rod, wrap a piece of plastic from a plastic milk bottle around the rod to act as a shim, and re-install the visor.  SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote: > > Folks -- > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) You could buy a piece of velco that has a sticky substance on both sides and put a dime size piece on the place where it hits the headliner. This would keep it up,but would not make it tight on the rod. There I would try and slide it off the rod a little and use a little piece duct tape or electrical tape. To save 600 bucks I could live with the velcro since it will be hidden except when it is down. This type of velco comes in different colors. Good Luck > On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > live with the velcro since it will be hidden except when it is down. > This type of velco comes in different colors. Good Luck Thanks very much Ray and rgw3955. I checked, it is not under warranty anymore (expired 4 years after I bought the car) Agree, it is criminal to spend 600 on this .. that can easily buy valuable 90K service (or at least a portion of it). I did try the velcro trick but was not able to find velcro that sticks well on the visor cloth material. Second issue is this is still a problem when I really want the visor down to block the sun as it does not stay in position. I need to try Ray's suggestion of taking it out from the rod and put some packing material around it. Though I am not sure on how to open this. >> On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > some packing material around it. Though I am not sure on how > to open this. If you really get stuck, I'll try taking mine apart. SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) > >> On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> > >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) Thanks Ray O: I tried to slide the visor out .. but cannot do it. It has become loose in this place .. and as I tried to twist it I realized that this is pieced as one assembly (or sold as a part). If you can figure take this out .. please do let me know the trick behind it. Second question -- can you think of anything else .. I am not able to find velcro strip which would stick well on the cloth surface. Any other ideas appreciated. Thanks in advance >> >> On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> >> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > > Thanks in advance I'm not sure if the visors for your RX are the same as on my LS, but if you disconnect the inboard side of the visor from the clip and swing the visor towards the side window, you can pull the visor flap rearwards, exposing some of the rod that the flap swings on. If you can do that with yours, try pulling the flap to the length of the rod and put a very thin coating or a few dabs of clear bathtub caulk on the rod, letting it dry for a day or two, and then see if the flap stays up. If you have to remove the visor, swing it down and pop the trim piece at the pivot point off of the base of the pivot point to expose the 2 Phillips screws that hold the visor in place. SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) Try to shove a tooth pick between the rod and visor... > >> "techtrainer" <techtraine...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cd1d320a-4791-421f-9990-c61f5d593937@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > >> >> On Jun 18, 10:48 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> > >> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 91 lines] > pivot point off of the base of the pivot point to expose the 2 Phillips > screws that hold the visor in place. > >> "techtrainer" <techtraine...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 99 lines] > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) Ray -- Many thanks .. I will try this out. |
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