The dashboard started to melt a few months ago, around may. Now the dashboard is permanently sticky and there is a smell arising. In addition, dashboard creates a glare on the windshield which affects the visibility while driving. If you place something on it, there is a black residue that comes off along with it. The melted dashboard is shiny and sticky.
2009 Mazda MAZDA6 visibility complaints
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The dash has developed a glossy sheen from the deterioration of the material. Due to the deterioration, the dash cannot be cleaned and over the past year the affected area has grown. Due to the glossy nature of the affected area, light reflects onto the windshield causing reduced visibility. There have been several close calls when turning and the change in angle of the sunlight and the resulting reflection has prevented the driver from seeing objects in the path of the vehicle as it turns to the right including pedestrians and cars entering the roadway. The incident of close calls will increase with the increase in the affected area of the dash and will become increasingly dangerous if the affected area spreads to the driver side of the dash.
My wife complained to me today while driving the mazda6 there was a glare coming from the dash area right over the passenger airbag. She touched it and it was a shiny sticky deterioration of the dash itself. You cannot touch or rub out as it sticks and leaves a black, sticky glue on your fingers. Looked it up and there are a great many mazda owners that seem to suffer from this very same issue...and nobody is getting satisfaction from mazda. 44k and the dash is melting??????
Driving along at approximately 50 MPH. Temperatures outside was about 15 degrees. Temperature inside the car was set to 70 degrees. Suddenly and unexpectedly, I heard an explosion from overhead as the moonroof shattered and blew upward and out. After the initial blowout, shards of glass fell in on me inside the moving vehicle.
Dashboard melting under normal driving and storage conditions. The dashboard of this vehicle is oozing a black tacky substance that shimmers in sunlight. The shimmer is reflected into the windshield resulting in an unsafe driving condition.
The dashboard is melting and the mate black material has become sticky and shiny causing a glare on the windshield.
The dashboard of my 2009 mazda 6 is melting. It has become extremely sticky and shiny. The condition causes a glare on the windshield that can interfere with visibility. In addition, the dashboard deterioration is causing an oily film to build up on the entire inside of the windshield. The film has to be cleaned off frequently and is very difficult to completely remove. Ordinary window cleaners just smear it. The film interferes with the driver's ability to see in afternoon sun. I contacted mazda and they are aware of the problem. After I had it documented at the dealer, mazda agreed to pay for the part but would not pay for the cost of the labor, which is estimated at approximately $500.
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