2010 Model

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Honda Insight and 2010 Honda Insight. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE:

Put on gloves to protect your hands.
Take care not to damage the sunvisor or the headliner.
When prying with a flat-tip screwdriver, wrap it with protective tape to prevent damage.

Insert a flat-tip screwdriver wrapped with protective tape through the hole in the front side of the bracket cover (A), and push in on the hook (B).

Fig 1: Identifying Front Side Of Bracket Cover
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While pushing in on the hook (A), release the sunvisor (B) from the holder (C), and rotate the sunvisor backward about 45 °. Make sure the hook slides into the bracket cover (D) as you rotate the sunvisor.

Fig 2: Releasing Sunvisor From Holder
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Pull down the sunvisor (A) to release the pin (B) and the bracket (C) from the holes in the body.
NOTE: If the sunvisor cannot be pulled down, the hook has not rotated into the bracket cover. Repeat step 2 to rotate the hook.

Fig 3: Identifying Sunvisor, Pin And Bracket
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Turn the holder (A) 45 ° counterclockwise, and remove it from the holder grommet (B) by pulling the holder down.

Fig 4: Removing Holder Grommet
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Pry out the holder grommet (A) from the body by pinching its hooks (B).

Fig 5: Prying Holder Grommet From Body
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If the side curtain airbag has deployed, replace the sunvisor with a new one.
If the side curtain airbag has not deployed, to prevent the side curtain airbags from deploying improperly and possibly causing injury, inspect the removed sunvisor, and replace it if it has any cracks or break ages:
- 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)
Fig 6: Identifying Sunvisor Bracket Cover, Sunvisor Base And Sunvisor Stay Shaft
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If the holder grommet is damaged or stress-whitened, replace it with a new one.
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.

Fig 7: Identifying Holder Grommet And Holder
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Set the sunvisor (A) by inserting the bracket (B) and the pin (C) of the bracket cover (D) into the holes in the body.

Fig 8: Identifying Sunvisor, Bracket And Pin
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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).

Fig 9: Identifying Bracket Cover, Sunvisor And Hook
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