Melting dashboard - causes awful glare in window at times of day.
2010 Mazda MAZDA3 body complaints
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Approximately 2 years ago I noticed my dash board was wet looking and sticky. It has progressively gotten worse. My dash board is melting. This is a huge saftey hazzard as the glare from the melting dash affects my vision when driving during the daylight.
Dashboard is very shiny. Started to reflect of windshield and cause a glare. Very sticky and is literally melting. Has a constant shine can no longer clean it and glare is getting worse and dangerous at this point.
Car was purchased in 2009 and up until last year I had very few problems and was very happy with the car. However, last year I noticed my dashboard appeared to be very shiny and extremely sticky. It appeared as though some type of glue had been poured on it. When I touched the dashboard the melted material would come off on my fingers. I took it to the dealership who said they had never seen anything like it. They arranged to have the mazda area representative come and look at it. He examined the dashboard and told me he has seen this before, mostly in states like florida, that are basically hot all year. He stated it was the glue used to secure the dashboard which was leaching up. He approved the dealership to replace the part at no charge, however the dealership said it would cost $300.00 to have it installed. If the part was faulty why do I need to pay to have the new part installed. I have done nothing and continue to have a defective dashboard, my concern is will the airbag work correctly inside this defective dashboard? I have recently seen the investigative report on my local news concerning this issue. Without question this is a safety issue in my opinion.
The whole dashboard is melting.
My 2010 mazda 3 drives fine and does not have mechanical issues. The issue involves the interior dashboard. Since it was made from some type of rubber, the sun has been melting it. Aesthetically it doesn't look good, but while driving toward the direction of the sun, the glare it causes on my front windshield has been affecting my driving. I have spoken to a couple of people at a local mazda dealership and one ridiculous employee gave me recommendations such as to park my car in a garage, or under trees whenever possible. Apart from those idiotic remarks, I will have to pay out-of-pocket due to the fact that I am now past my warranty. I previously owned a mitsubishi for 10 years and that never had issues along those lines. I have taken various photographs of how my vision is being obstructed and would happily send them to anyone I need to. The cheap rubber material used for the dashboard should not simply melt because of the sun. The sun will always be present, therefore these things should be taken into consideration during manufacturing. I would love to get this issue resolved before having to lose money and never deal with mazda again. Overall I like the car, but I cannot stand the way the interior has diminished in such a short period of time.
Hi, this morning I was driving on my way to work when all of a sudden my entire sunroof exploded and shattered. There was nothing that hit my car, nor nothing that hit my sunroof. I was traveling at 65mph on I-25 in albuquerque, nm. Neither the sunroof nor the car have been changed in anyway from their stock form. The explosion of the sunroof was very scary and almost cause me to crash.
The driver side interior door latch cable broke. This is the second time this has happened with the new mazda 3.
(2010 mazda3 5-dr with sunroof) when sunroof is fully opened and driving around 35 miles/hr, complete roof starts to vibrate producing loud noise. I took the car to a car dealer and technician noticed the problem as well. I was told that the car is new design and that mazda engineering received a complain. No action taken but advised to purchase a wind deflector. The vibration happens every time I open the sunroof.
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