2006 LEXUS IS Complaints

VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD AND TRIMS ON DOOR PANELS ARE MELTING. BLACK STAINS APPEAR ON FINGER TIPS WHEN YOU TOUCH THEM. PANELS ARE CRACKING AND MELTING. *TR

THE DASH AND DOOR PANELS ARE MELTING. THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE AND THE GLARE FROM THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!! LEXUS SHOULD FIX THE DEFECTIVE PART! *TR

MY DASH BOARD AND INTERIOR DOOR PANELS ARE MELTING. WHEN IT IS HOT IF YOU TOUCH IT THE BLACK MATERIAL COME OFF ON YOUR HANDS OR IN YOUR NAILS. MY DASH BOARD HAS CRACKS ABOVE THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE MATERIAL IS VERY STICKY AND HAS MARKS EVERY WHERE. I HAVE KEPT MY CAR UP VERY WELL, BUT THIS MAKES THE CAR LOOK REALLY BAD. NOT CONSIDERING THE HARM IT COULD BE CAUSING HEALTH WISE. I LOVE MY LEXUS BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF I WILL PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE FOR THAT REASON ALONE. *TR

I NOTICED THAT THE DASH BOARD AND THE SIDE PANELS (BOTH SIDES -DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE) ON MY LEXUS-IS-350 HAVE BEEN MELTING AWAY SINCE JULY 2010 AND AFTER MUCH COMPLAINT, THE DEALER REPLACED THE DASH BOARD COVER IN FEBRUARY 2013. HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO REPLACE THE SIDE PANELS. THEY NAMED THE PROBLEM AS A "COSMETIC CONCERN" ON 2/26/2013 WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT THE COLOR OF THE REPLACED DASH DID NOT MATCH AND THE MATERIAL APPEARED TO BE OF LOWER QUALITY. I LEARNED RECENTLY FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IN SOUTH FLORIDA (NBC- 6) THAT THE LEXUS HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN 2011 ABOUT THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT PROBLEM (CALLED INTERIOR PANEL SHINING...."STICKY LEATHER PROBLEM"). BUT THE DEALERSHIP NEVER INFORMED ME OF THIS SERVICE BULLETIN AT THE TIME IT CAME TO THEM. I BELIEVE THAT THE LEATHER PARTS (BOTH DASH BOARD AND SIDE PANELS) ARE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AND SHOULD REPLACE IT AT THEIR EXPENSE ALTHOUGH I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. THE SMELL FROM THE MELTING PARTS, I SUSPECT CAN BE TOXIC. AT TIMES, I GET AN ALLERGIC REACTION WHEN DRIVING THE CAR. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS NOW CONSTANTLY DISPLAYING RED ON MY DASHBOARD. NALLEY LEXUS OF SMYRNA GA STATED THAT THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRE HARNESS AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF $3300 OR THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. FROM READING ONLINE IN THE LEXUS OWNERS BLOGS, THIS IS VERY COMMON AND I HAVE READ IN THE FORUMS THAT LEXUS, IN 2006, 2007, INSTALLED A WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS TOO SHORT. THE HARNESS PLUGS BECOME LOOSE AND IN SOME CASES THE WIRE INSULATION BECOMES CHAFED AND SHORTS OUT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. I AM NOT AWARE WHERE THE POSTER GOT THEIR INFORMATION BUT I, ALONG WITH OTHERS THINK THIS IS SHOULD BE A SAFTEY RECALL. *TR

AFTER SPENDING LOTS OF MONEY ON LEXUS I DIDN'T EXPECT FOR IT TO BE MELTING. THE WHOLE DASHBOARD AND SIDE PANELS ARE TURNING STICKY AND MELTING. WHEN I TOUCH IT MY FINGERS TURN BLACK AND STICKY. ITS ALSO HARD TO SEE WHEN THE SUN SHINES DIRECTLY ON THE CAR BECAUSE THE DASH REFLECTS THE SUN FROM THE WINDSHIELD. *JS

WHEN I TOUCHED THE DASHBOARD IT WAS MELTING. ALSO ANY LITTLE TOUCH TO DOOR PANELS MARKS IT. PIECES ARE FALLING OFF AS WELL EVERY TIME I GET INTO THE CAR. IT'S RIDICULOUS IT'S A LEXUS! PLEASE HELP. *JS

DASHBOARD IS STICKY/MELTING. INTERFERES WITH DRIVING VISIBILITY AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *JS

DASHBOARD AND SIDE INTERIOR DOOR PANELS APPEAR TO BE MELTING AND CRACKING. LEXUS AGREED TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE DASHBOARD, TO WHICH I HAD TO AGREE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. DASHBOARD WOULD REFLECT LIGHT, CAUSING PROBLEMS SEEING OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. LEXUS ALSO AGREED TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR DOOR PANELS, BUT BECAUSE MY COST WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN OVER $1500, I COULD NOT ACCEPT THEIR OFFER. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS, WHICH I LATER CAME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED MONTHS PRIOR THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT. *JS

WHEN YOU SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A CAR, YOU DON'T EXPECT IT TO LITERALLY MELT AWAY. MY 2006 LEXUS IS 250 IT'S LITERALLY MELTING AWAY, EVERY DAY. THE DASHBOARD AND SIDE PANELS ARE TURNING STICKY AND MELTING IN THE FLORIDA SUN. WHEN I TOUCH THE DASHBOARD MY FINGERS STICK AND TURN BLACK. IT MAKES ME MAD!! EVERY TIME I GET IN MY CAR I WORRY THE MELTING DASHBOARD COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DASH REFLECTS THE SUN FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND IT CAUSES THIS REFLECTION SO IT SOMETIMES BECOMES HARD TO SEE. *JS