The dash board on my car is melting the glare is very bad makes driving on a sunny day very dangerous car is not safe.
2007 Lexus ES body complaints
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Dashboard sticky and shiny can barely see when it's sunny outside.
I have a complaint about my es 350 lexus 207. The dashboard is melting. I believe this is a defective problem. I am concerned about safety issues. This is my second lexus and never had a problem with the first one; (dashboard) es 300 lexus (2003). I hope there will be an investigation about this matter. Thank you
Dash panel melting.
I'm responding to the segment I saw on the news regarding the melting dashboards. I took my car into the lexus dealership back in 2010. They were not very friendly as a matter of fact they tried to make me feel stupid by telling me that who ever is washing and clearing my vehicle maybe using a cheap product on the vinyl. And when I asked about the areas that were not melting. I was told that, those areas are probably not being cleaned. I was then asked if I'm present when my car is being cleaned and what products are being used. I contacted lexus again this year after learning that someone wrote a story about melting dashboards and I was told that they didn't know anything about it and it sounds like wear and tear. With the dashboard melting like it is,leaves a blinding glare which in my opinion is very dangerous. My husband and I literally have to sit forward and look underneath a little spacing left between the dashboard and the window shield. I would also like to add that the rear trunk button has also melted.
The dashboard on my vehicle is melting. This is causing an unsafe glare on the windshield. It is very difficult to see out the windshield due to the melting, shiny dashboard reflecting onto the windshield. The dashboard is very sticky to the touch, you can't wipe the dashboard due to the stickiness causing a rag or cloth to stick to the dash. There is currently no help available from lexus in regards to this problem. This s a vehicle defect, I have never had a vehicle do this. The only fix is to replace the dashboard.
My dashboard has been melting and has caused me to be burned and causes a glaze in my window when I drive it.
The dashboard is very sticky to the touch. When trying to remove the stickiness with a paper towel and cleaner, the paper towel became stuck to the dashboard. At this time unable to clean the dashboard. The dashboard is creating a glare on the front window making it difficult to see at times. The black rubber exterior trunk release button melted. I went to open the trunk and had difficulty getting the trunk to open. When I bent down to see what was wrong with the button, it was totally melted and smeared across the bottom. I had black residue on my fingers when I touched what was left of the button. I reported both incidents to my service manager in june 2014 when I took my lexus in for an oil change. I was told that the trunk button would be over $300 and the dashboard was not covered.
The dashboard is melting and shiny very sticky. The glare from the dashboard is interfering with the driver's vision.
My dashboard is melting!
Dashboard melted over time. It was out of warranty.
I inherited this vehicle in january of 2014 and as soon as I got it I noticed that there were chips of the front dashboard that were missing. I had noticed said damage/defect when I drove in prior years dating back to 2010 or so. Whenever the car is out in the sun, the dashboard gets soft and if you touch or hit it with your finger, you can get some of the soft dashboard under you nail. It gets very soft to the touch. In order to avoid any further damage, I now park my car under shade and use protective visors on the inside of the front windshields in order to protect the dashboard. I was surprised to find this could happen to such a nice and expensive car. It definitely is a flaw in the design material of the dashboard.
Plastic interior body parts, in particular the dash board, have lost their hardness and have become sticky. Everything (dirt, hair, paper, etc.) sticks to them and they are uncleanable.
The dashboard of my 2007 es 350 is melting away. It has a really shiny & sticky area on the driver side which, causes a lot of glare on the windshield & making it a safety concern. Also, the dashboard has areas that started cracking due, to the same issue. Also, the door panels are melting as well. I try to protect the dashboard with the sunshades, but it is getting worse (each day). Please help.
Dashboard melting causing a reflection on windshield.
Dashboard started to deteriorate becoming sticky and shiny creating a visibility issue.
Dashboard began to deteriorate and become sticky and shiny, creating a visibility issue.
My dashboard melted which is causing windshield screen glare and obstructing vision to oncoming traffic
While we driving down the turnpike heading into philadelphia, my wife tried to roll down her windows and then back up. As she did, the glass came off its track and almost popped out of the door. We were going about 70 MPH. At this speed, that window may have come off and flown off our car, hitting another car. This would have been potentially fatal. The only reason it did not fly off, was my wife grabbed on to it while I pulled over immediately.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 lexus es. The contact stated that while parked, the dashboard became extremely hot and caused a glare on the windshield, obstructing the contact's visibility. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.
Wife was operating the driver window in our lexus es 350. The driver window crashed down into the driver door panel momentarily startling her. She swerved into oncoming traffic. I had a technician pull off the door panel and the plastic mounting tabs on the window regulator and the plastic mounting tabs on the window had disintegrated. According to the lexus owners web site this is a common problem on all 2007-2008 lexus es 350 models. Lexus will not cover this problem unless still under the 4 year warranty. See recall 08v16200 for similar problems.
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