SQive

This won't be the first time I've gone out to the garage to check on something I read about here...BRB...

Alright dammit...that makes the coin holder, ratcheting console cover, and now the visor.
If it wasn't for these forums, I would probably have to RTFM.

ELEVENS

When I asked the stealer about why the car doesn't have that pull-down sun flap in between the visors, I was told that the sunglasses holder is used for that. Functional, sure, but not exactly elegant. It works.

Dalancroft

The expandable visor is one feature of my previous Mazda CX-9 that I miss.

Redd

The Audi visors can be confusing. Most brands have a flap in the visor that pulls out to make them wider. The Audi has no flap, no visible sign of anything "special". But the entire visor slides "back" after you have swung it around to the side window.

So, it is a moveable visor, not an "extendable" one. Very easy to look at the whole visor and not see any hint that, duh, you would PULL it back to move it. Visors just don't normally work that way. Except Audi.

I'd give them extra points for being clever, if they covered the airbag message nonsense label on my visor with a simple "PULL ==>>" label instead.

Anyone got some beige fabric to hide that distracting label nonsense?

underwhirled

Does anybody else have visors that won't stay in position? I've had mine replaced, but the new ones also slowly continue to move away from the windshield lowering the line of site from the driver's position. Very frustrating.

Redd

Haven't seen that, but since they are "friction fit" that makes sense. You could monkey around with them, try sliding them over and then using alcohol to clean any lubricant off the metal rod. If they still slide down, become a horribly evil and unreasonable customer and just say "REMAKE!"

Could be they changed a parts supplier or something and the friction fit just isn't fricting properly.

idale

And VW (of course), and my Odyssey was like that, too. Don't remember if my wife's old RSX had that, but that thing was so cheap that I bet you were lucky if you could turn the visor to the side window. So it's not only Audi (or VAG) doing it, at least.

Personally I think that the shiftable visor is better as it lets you move the whole visor into a better position instead of hoping a much-smaller pull-out tab gets the offensive bit of sun. For me, at least, I haven't ever wished that the visor was longer, I just need to pull it out since it's not blocking where I need it when the sun's on the side of the car.

Dalancroft

Great new word!!!

imdakine1

I had a 2014 Q7 as a loaner and it did have the extendable sun visor which was nice. It also had the "sun glass" holder as we have in our Q5's... While not necessary it was nice to see the extended sun visor which I do miss from both my 2002 A4 and my 2006 Subaru Outback XT. Wish we had them in the Q5.