Hi, have a 08 TC release series. the area over the pass side airbag area is bubbling, its about a 4 inch area. Car is out of warranty so Toyota will not do anything, been to 2 interior shops, they said nothing short of replacing the dash. Anyone had this happen or any ideas? Thanks

 

i have a big patch of dashboard waving on the middle of the passenger side of the dash, and another small patch on passenger side of the dash, bothered me at first then just learn to live with it.

Im not sure if it's a common thing.

 

My dash still looks brand new. Do you park in the sun a lot?

 

yeah i did but i remember it being that way fairly new.
selling the car hopefully this week or next, but was never really looking for a fix.

 

Dont use chemicals to clean the dash.

 

My 2005 is well over 5 yrs old now and my dash looks brand new still. Either you have a defective dash or you're doing it wrong.

And by "it", I mean anything... parking in ridiculously hot sun all of the time, cleaning it improperly with the wrong stuff, allowing someone to put their feet on your dash (I HATE this), anything. Hard to say.

But I would say the interior place is probably right - have to replace the whole thing - or get a dash cover of some sort.

 

i have parked in direct sun light for 3 years now and mine still looks like it did when it was new. Probably just a defect

 

Mine is an 07 and i park in the sun at work everyday... and that SoCal sun is hot, hot, hot... never a problem with my dash, never done anything special to it other than an occasional (once every 3-6 months) spray of protectant on it... yours may be a defective piece...

 

The bubbling is caused by the glue on the bottom side that becomes weak.

You can fix it by heating up the dash with a hair dryer and a dynamat roller. I think I saw this fix on yoursciontc. not sure though.

I would avoid parking it in the sun and such. Heat weakens that glue.

 

I've parked directly in the Sun for 5 years now. Sun hits my dash all day and gets extremely hot. No issues with mine....yet.

 

-damn while waiting for work to start, i noticed that my dash is starting to bubble a little on the passenger side. ran my hand over it, yeah little bumps. I park out side everyday =\ dang......

 

The bubbling, I believe occurred on the earlier tC's. I believe specifically the 05-06. Though all tC's are susceptible.

 

my rs 5.0 had this problem as well. noticed it a couple days after i picked it up from the dealer. dealer had no idea what caused it but mine was replaced and has been fine since then.