2008 Toyota Camry UNKNOWN OR OTHER

STICKY MELTING DASHBOARD THAT THROWS OFF A BLINDING GLARE. TOYOTA WILL NOT REPLACE MY DASHBOARD AS TIME ELAPSED ON A RECALL THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF. MY DASHBOARD REFLECTION IS DANGEROUS AND IT BLINDS ME WHEN THE SUN REFLECTS OFF IT.

DASHBOARD HAS MELTED AND BECOME STICKY AND HIGHLY REFLECTIVE. WHEN DRIVING IN SUNLIGHT IT REFLECTS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD AND OBSCURES VISION. WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA THAT IT COULD BE REPLACED, BUT ONLY BY A CERTAIN DATE. THIS HAS BECOME A HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE REFLECTION ON THE WINDSHIELD. NOTHING REMOVES THE STICKINESS AND THE REFLECTION.

THE PROBLEM STARTED IN MY VEHICLE LAST SUMMER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THER EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE DATE I ENTERED WAS THE DATE I CONTACTED TOYOTA AS I FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE USED AND WENT TO THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER ASKING IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, AS I NEEDED AN EXTRA KEY MADE AND I INQUIRED WHY I WAS THERE. I WAS TOLD NO PROBLEMS, NO RECALLS. I NOTICED THE DASHBOARD GETTING STICKY THE SUMMER OF 2017, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE CLEANER I USED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS SUMMER WAS EVEN HOTTER AND THE FINISH ON THE DASHBOARD BEGAN PEELING, CRACKING, BECOMING SHINEY, AND VERY VERY STICKY TO TOUCH. SO I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH. I TYPED IN "HOW TO CLEAN A STICKY DASHBOARD" AND GUESS WHAT POPPED UP, TOYOTA CAMRY'S PROBLEMS WITH A DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD. THEY DIDN'T RECALL IT EVEN THOUGH IT COVERED SEVERAL YEARS, INSTEAD THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY. I BOUGHT MY CAR USED. I CHECK WITH A LOCAL DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD NO ISSUES. I CALLED TOYOTA TODAY, AND, I'M SOL AS THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 11/2017. IF I HAD KNOWN I COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT REPLACED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE DEFECTIVE VISORS, WHICH I REPLACED AT MY COST AS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE FALL DOWN W/O WARNING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. LETS NOT FORGET THE OIL BURNING ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE IS FROM 2005-2011 IS RIDDLED WITH PROBLEMS AND TOYOTA IS LEAVING THOSE OF US WHO PURCHASE USED VEHICLES OUT IN THE COLD. I'LL NEVER BUY A TOYOTA AGAIN IF THIS IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY PROVIDE TO CUSTOMERS.

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH I AND OTHER SUCH AS MECHANIC, BODY SHOP OPERATORS HAVE NOTICED STICKY AND GOOEY DASHBOARD, MELTING AND VERY SOFT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. HAVE ALSO NOTICED A GLARE ON DASHBOARD WHILE DRIVING. YOU CAN ALSO PUT YOUR FINGERNAIL THOROUGH PARTS OF THE DASHBOARD, VERY STICKY AND SOFT. CONTACTED TOYOTA AT 800.331.4331 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT EXPIRED MARCH 2018 AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED . I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE DASHBOARD TILL THIS LAST MONTH AND WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES CONCERNING THIS PART OF THE CAR. NOR DID I RECEIVE ANYTHING WHICH STATED THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON WITH THE DASHBOARD FOR THIS MAKE OR MODEL.

DASHBOARDS CAN BECOME CRACKED AND/OR STICKY/MELTED OVER TIME. TOYOTA ISSUED A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT NOTIFICATION ON THIS ISSUE WHICH EXPIRED JANUARY 2, 2018. MY 2008 CAMRY DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL MAY 2018. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD AS THE STICKY/MELTED DASH ACTS AS A MIRROR REFLECTING ANY LIGHT INTO THE DRIVERS FACE. IT IS ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS IN NIGHT DRIVING WHEN STREET LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS GLARE INTO THE DRIVERS FACE REDUCING VISIBILITY CONSIDERABLY. IF THERE ARE BOTH STREET LIGHTS AND ONCOMING HEADLIGHTS THERE IS NO VISIBILITY. IT ACTS LIKE A MIRROR ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT JUST A WARRANTY ENHANCEMENT.

I HAVE A MELTING DASHBOARD THAT INTERFERES WITH MY VISION ON THE ROAD. MY DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND IT'S CRACKING AND IT MAKES THE CAR LESS ATTRACTIVE. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE A RECALL ALREADY HAPPENED AND IT'S EXPIRED WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY NOTICE OF A RECALL. NOW ALL I ASK IS THAT THERE BE ANOTHER RECALL OR AT LEAST REPAIR THIS BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY BEEN TIMES WHERE I ALMOST CRASHED DUE TO THIS AND ONE DAY I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS DOESN'T GET REPAIRED.

JUST DISCOVERED MY DASH IS STICKY, HAS NOT YET PROGRESSED TO SHINY AND TOYOTA'S EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED 10-1-17. ONLY DRIVE THE CAR 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVE 54266 MILES. SPOKE WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT TOYOTA WILL NOT COVER THE $2000 COST TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DASH. THEY MADE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND SHOULD COVER REPLACEMENT COST NO MATTER WHEN IT OCCURS. I NEVER RECEIVED THE SINGLE LETTER THEY MAILED IN 2015. THEY ALWAYS HAD MY EMAIL AND NEVER NOTIFIED ME VIA EMAIL OR SENT OUT A FOLLOW LETTER.

MY DASHBOARD IS VERY STICKY AND SHINY. I HAVE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CLEAN IT, AND IT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. WHEN DRIVING DURING THE DAY THE STICKY/ SHINY SURFACE CAUSES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE DRIVING. I LEARNED EARLIER TODAY THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MY CAR REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER THERE WAS AN EXPIRATION DATE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED WHICH HAS ALREADY PASSED. THEREFORE IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS FIXED I WILL HAVE TO PAY $1700 OUT OF POCKET. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR AND ITS RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX A DEFECT THAT IS NO FAULT OF MY OWN, BUT IS THE FAULT OF THE MANUFACTURER. I DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE, IF I HAD I WOULD OF HAD IT REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. THIS DASH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT PROPERLY SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE SHOULD NOT BE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON FIXING A SAFETY ISSUE!

WE GOT A RECALL ON DASH , TOOK IT IN AT THE TIME JAY WOLF TOYOTA ,WAS TOLD DASH NOT BAD ENOUGH TO FIX. TOOK IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OFF 2017 SHOWING THEM THE DASH! THEY SAID THEY WILL FIX ! ONLY TO BE TOLD WE WHERE A MONTH OR TWO LATE..I CALLED AND COMPLAINED TO THERE MAIN OFFICE TELLING THEM OF MY COMPLAINT THEY BLAMED THE DEALER SHIP FOR NOT SHOWING WE TOOK IN A COUPLE YEARS EARLIER,.THE CAR IS A 2008 RECALL IS UP TO 2018 , THERE SAYING WE BOUGHT IT IN THE FALL OF 2007, SO WE ARE PAST TIME FRAME! MY COMPLAINT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT A COUPLE YEARS EARLIER WHEN THEY TOLD US THE DASH WASN'T BAD ENOUGH AT THAT TIME, WE BOUGHT AND USED JAY WOLF TOYOTA AT THAT TIME, WE QUIT GOING TO THEM BECAUSE OF THERE MECHANICS , AND THEY WENT THROUGH SEVERAL MANAGERS SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. WE ONLY HAVE 61000 MILES ON CAR,PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME ON ISSUE

INTERIOR VISORS BROKEN AND WON'T STAY UP AND KEEP FALLING INTO THE LINE OF SIGHT IMPAIRING VISION.

DASH BOARD HAS A STICKY FILM ON IT AND POSES A SAFETY HAZARD.

STICKY DASHBOARD

DASHBOARD SHINY AND STICKY CAUSING REFLECTION FROM SUN TO IMPAIR VISION. TOYOTA SAYS RECALL ISSUED PRIOR TO EXPERIENCING PROBLEM "EXPIRED" JANUARY 2018 AND IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE FOR PREVIOUS RECALL WE RECEIVED WHEN ISSUED. TOYOTA WANTS $2700 FOR THE DASHBOARD NOT INCLUDING LABOR.

STICKY AND SHINY DASHBOARD. THE REFLECTION OF THE SHINING DASHBOARD IS CAUSING A LOT OF TROUBLE WHILE DRIVING. CANNOT GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE ROAD IN THE FRONT WHEN THE DASHBOARD IS REFLECTED ON THE WINDSHIELD.

THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND VERY HARD TO CLEAN ESPECIALLY ON HOT WEATHER.

THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND IS SHINY AND STICKY. I CAN'T EVEN WIPE IT DOWN WITHOUT MAKING A BIGGER MESS. I NEED THIS FIXED.

MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MY TIRE BLEW OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I HEARD AIR. I THOUGHT ONE OF THE WINDOWS WAS HIT BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY MY SUNROOF. THERE'S HUGE HOLE AND GLASS IS SHATTERED. I AM THANKFUL THAT IT WASN'T OPEN AND THAT MY SON WAS NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME.

MY DASHBOARD HAS BEEN MELTING AND IS NOW A SHINY, GOOEY SUBSTANCE THAT I CAN'T CLEAN. IT'S WORSE BECAUSE WHEN THE SUN HITS THE SHINY DASH I'M BLINDED. DRIVING HOME IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER WORK IS SO DANGEROUS FOR ME BECAUSE WHEN IT REFLECTS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING. I ALSO BELIEVE IT MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THIS OILY FILM THAT HAS BEEN FORMING ON MY WINDSHIELD. I KEEP CLEANING BUT IT WON'T STAY CLEAN. IT LEAVES THIS IRIDESCENT FILM THAT JUST KEEPS FORMING AGAIN.

MY CAR HAS THE STICKY DASH ISSUE THAT MANY TOYOTAS HAVE. I FIRST NOTICED A 'PLASTIC / RUBBER' SMELL IN THE CAR A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT; HOWEVER, THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WAS THE 'NEW CAR SMELL'. LATER I WAS TOLD IT WAS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MY CABIN INLET FILTER. FINALLY THE DASH STARTED BECOMING SOFT AND GOOEY. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY CAR WAS PART OF A RECALL AND TOYOTA AGREED TO REPLACE THE DASH - 9 YEARS LATER. I HAVE BEEN BREATHING THE TOXIC FUMES FROM THE MELTING DASH FOR 9 YEARS, 150K PLUS MILES.

INTERIOR HEAD LINING IS COMING DOWN. IT STARTED ON THE BACK WINDSHIELD. IT WAS HANGING DOWN SO I SEE IT WHEN I USE MY REAR VIEW MIRROR. NOW IT IS COMING OFF ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ALSO FRONT DRIVER VISOR. ALSO STICKY DASHBOARD.

DASHBOARD IS VERY SHINY AND STICKY - THE GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD IN THE SUN OR AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS IS VERY UNSAFE IN MY OPINION. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY ADVISED THEY SENT LETTERS ABOUT A WARRANTY EXTENSION WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED AND SAID AT THIS POINT I HAVE NO RECOURSE. THIS POSES AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I WAS SURPRISED THIS WASN'T A RECALL VS A WARRANTY EXTENSION. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR AND WE HAVE HIGH MILEAGE AS IT IS MY PRIMARY CAR THAT I DRIVE DAILY.

WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2015. I WAS INFORMED THAT A RECALL WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE DASH BOARD. THIS WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT SUN WAS MAKING A STICKY GLAZE TO FORM. THIS IS HAZARDOUS BECAUSE IT OFTEN CREATES A BLINDING GLARE DURING THE DAY WHILE DRIVING AND EVEN WHILE PARKED.

TAKATA RECALL THE SUNVISORS ON BOTH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HAVE FALLEN DOWN AND WON'T STAY UP. WE HAVE HAD TO REMOVE BOTH SUN VISORS AS THEY HANG DOWN AND THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICE D WHILE DRIVING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PUT DRIVER;'S VISOR DOWN IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. EVENTUALLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR.

THE CAR'S PASSENGER VISOR KEEPS FALLING NOW. I HAD THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR REPLACED DURING THE RECALL.

I HAVE A FOUL ODOR FROM MY A/C UNIT CAUSED BY MOLD/MILDEW. TOYOTA DID A FOAM/VENT TREATMENT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE ISSUE.