Do your sun-visors suck?

[MikeL]

On my new WRX, the sun visors suck!

They seem to have some positions to them, so when I fold it down and push it
all the way around and flush into the windshield they spring back down and
into my line of sight! When the sun is high in the windshield I don't want
the visor sticking down so far that I have to duck to see under it!

Same with the retracted position - when "up" they won't hug the ceiling but
instead fall down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch under some sort of spring tension.
Are mine AFU? Or is this poor Subaru engineering?

 

[Ragnar]

On my new WRX, the sun visors suck!

They seem to have some positions to them, so when I fold it down and push
it all the way around and flush into the windshield they spring back down
and into my line of sight! When the sun is high in the windshield I don't
want the visor sticking down so far that I have to duck to see under it!

Same with the retracted position - when "up" they won't hug the ceiling
but instead fall down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch under some sort of spring
tension. Are mine AFU? Or is this poor Subaru engineering?

Mine don't do that. They work just fine. 2005 WRX Wagon.

 

[null]

On my new WRX, the sun visors suck!

They seem to have some positions to them, so when I fold it down and
push it
all the way around and flush into the windshield they spring back down
and
into my line of sight! When the sun is high in the windshield I don't
want
the visor sticking down so far that I have to duck to see under it!

Same with the retracted position - when "up" they won't hug the ceiling
but
instead fall down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch under some sort of spring
tension.
Are mine AFU? Or is this poor Subaru engineering?

It's time for new visors, warranty should cover them, they shouldn't be
like that.

 

[ZZ]

On my new WRX, the sun visors suck!

They seem to have some positions to them, so when I fold it down and push it
all the way around and flush into the windshield they spring back down and
into my line of sight! When the sun is high in the windshield I don't want
the visor sticking down so far that I have to duck to see under it!

Same with the retracted position - when "up" they won't hug the ceiling but
instead fall down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch under some sort of spring tension.
Are mine AFU? Or is this poor Subaru engineering?

Same sort of problem with my US '05 Forester. Driver side sux, pax
side is OK.

 

[Mike N]

On my new WRX, the sun visors suck!

They seem to have some positions to them, so when I fold it down and push it
all the way around and flush into the windshield they spring back down and
into my line of sight! When the sun is high in the windshield I don't want
the visor sticking down so far that I have to duck to see under it!

I have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM with my 02 WRX.

Same with the retracted position - when "up" they won't hug the ceiling but
instead fall down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch under some sort of spring tension.
Are mine AFU? Or is this poor Subaru engineering?

Typical half-ass Subaru engineering. They know how to build
engines, but the rest of the car is still stuck-in-the-70's aKa the
worst that Detroit had to offer in that time period.

I like to think of my WRX as having a modern drivetrain
with a crap "chinese copy" of a 1973 Chevy Vega or
75 Ford Granada body bolted to it. Subaru needs to work
on it's body integrity and hardware big time! Plus I also have
the Subaru "paint-chipping disease" around the hood also.

Next car will be a Honda or a Mazda 3 fer sure!

 

[L. Kreh]

They suck on my 99 OBW - when the sun's hitting the a-pillar corner, I
can't adjust the visor to really protect me. There are a ton of
aftermarket visor extensions to fix the problem, though.

An even bigger problem: when driving into the sun, the black dashboard
gets so hot the a/c can't keep up. We've resorted to laying white
t-shirts across the dash on summer roadtrips. I'd love to find an
inexpensive, light-colored dash cover.

LK

 

[TG]

Adjust the tension screw for your prevailing temps, I have to change mine
from winter to summer in MT. TG

 

[powertrain]

I have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM with my 02 WRX.

Fix them or get them fixed. Mine work just fine. Always have. Same year
and model.

Typical half-ass Subaru engineering. They know how to build
engines, but the rest of the car is still stuck-in-the-70's aKa the
worst that Detroit had to offer in that time period.

I like to think of my WRX as having a modern drivetrain
with a crap "chinese copy" of a 1973 Chevy Vega or
75 Ford Granada body bolted to it. Subaru needs to work
on it's body integrity and hardware big time! Plus I also have
the Subaru "paint-chipping disease" around the hood also.

Next car will be a Honda or a Mazda 3 fer sure!

Change a WRX for a Mazda 3? You can't be serious.

 

[brentlz]

Go see your dealer and get them fixed. The sun visors on my '02 WRX
work fine...I am seeing none of the issues you are. Well, maybe they do
spring back up a touch too hard (thunk!) and that little visor above the
rear view mirror is pretty much useless for anything other than a
mounting point for my Escort radar detector ;-)

Brent.