Sun Visor: Service and Repair

Sunvisor Removal/Installation

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.

- Take care not to bend or scratch the headliner.

1. Insert a flat-tip screwdriver wrapped with protective tape through the hole in the front side of the bracket cover (A), and push the hook (B). Then make sure the hook is unlocked certainly.






2. While pushing the hook (A) with a flat-tip screwdriver wrapped with protective tape, release the sunvisor (B) from the holder (C), and rotate the sunvisor backward 45 °. Then make sure the hook slides into the bracket cover as the rotating the sunvisor.






3. Pull the sunvisor (A) down, then release the pin (B) of the bracket cover (C) from the hole in the body, and disconnect the vanity mirror light connector (D).






4. Turn the holder (A) 45 ° counterclockwise, and remove it from the holder grommet (B) by pulling the holder down.






5. Pry out the holder grommet (A) from the body by pinching its hooks (B).

6. If the side curtain airbag has deployed, replace the sunvisor with a new one. Service and Repair






7. If the side curtain airbag has not deployed, inspect the sunvisor for damage. A damaged sunvisor may cause the side curtain airbags to deploy improperly, possibly causing injury. Replace the sunvisor if it has any of the following damage:
- Any cracks in the sunvisor bracket (A)

- Any cracks in the sunvisor bracket cover (B)

- Any bends or cracks in the sunvisor stay shaft (C)

- Any cracks in the sunvisor base (D)

- Any cracks in the vanity mirror base (E)

8. If the holder grommet is damaged or stress-whitened, replace it with a new one.






9. Install the holder (A) to the holder grommet (B) by turning it 45 ° clockwise, and install them to the body as an assembly by pushing it until the hooks (C) snap into place securely.






10. Connect the vanity mirror light connector (A), and set the sunvisor (B) by inserting the bracket (C) and the pin (D) of the bracket cover (E) into the holes in the body.






11. While holding the bracket cover (A), rotate the sunvisor (B) forward until the hook (C) snaps into place. Then make sure the sunvisor does not come off the body by pulling it down. Set the sunvisor to the holder (D).