2006 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA Complaints

THE DASHBOARD HAS BECOME GUMMY AND CRACKING CAUSING A BRIGHT GLARE THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE ON BRIGHT SUNNY DAYS. LAST WEEK I WAS CROSSING OVER A BRIDGE AND ALMOST WENT OVER THE SIDE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2006 SOLARA IS MELTING AND SETS OFF A HIGH REFLECTIVE GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD MAKING IT DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE DASH IS STICKY TO TOUCH - CAN NOT BE WIPED CLEAN. THE DASH PANEL ABOVE THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT IS CRACKING WHICH MAY EFFECT AIR BAG. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TOYOTA - CASE # WITHHOLDING IN 2013 BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. TOYOTA SENT ME TO LOCAL DEALER. DEALER GAVE ME THE SAME ANSWER EVEN AFTER I HAD SEEN THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET. NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND WANTED $2200 TO REPLACE IT. *TR

DASH CRACKS WITHOUT REASON. NOT SURE HOW THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY ON THIS CAR BUT MAY POSE A HAZARD DURING DEPLOYMENT. ENERGY ABSORPTION MAY BE COMPROMISED BY THE MANY CRACKS. ONE OWNER, LOW MILES AND ALTHOUGH PARKED OUTDOORS ALWAYS USED A SUN SHIELD. THIS IS THE ONLY CAR I'VE EVER OWNED WHERE THE DASH HAD CRACKED. *TR

IN AUGUST 2014, I NOTICED A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FROM THE BEGINNING EDGE OF THE DASH UP AN AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL. A MONTH LATER, AN ADDITIONAL CRACK APPEARED ON MIDDLE CONSOLE ENDING AT THE STEREO COMPONENT. CRACKS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND LENGTH OVER TIME. CAR HAS HAD A SINGLE OWNER, GARAGED, WITH METICULOUS CARE. I'M CONCERNED THAT CRACK(S) COULD EVENTUALLY POSE A PROJECTILE PROBLEM IN THE EVENT THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS AND THE DASH COMES APART IN PIECES DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. ADDITIONALLY, VERY DISAPPOINTED TO KNOW THIS WILL AFFECT RESALE VALUE, SOMETHING THAT MAKES OWNING A TOYOTA A REASON TO BUY IT INITIALLY. *TR

NOTICED HAIRLINE CRACKS IN DASH PAD AND RELATED TRIM AND THE DASH PAD SURFACE WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY STICKY TO THE TOUCH. THE GLARE OF THE STICKY DASH PAD AND THE ODOR IT EMITS...LEAVING A RESIDUE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDOWS. WE NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR FOR FEAR OF THE AIR BAGS THAT IN THE DASH PAD NOT WORKING AS PLANNED. NEW IMPROVED PART # IS 55401-AA060-E0. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA SOLARA WHICH HAS A CRACKED DASH BOARD WITH A STICKY SUBSTANCE OOZING OUT. THE CAR IS GARAGED AND IN GREAT CONDITION OTHERWISE. IT WAS NOT IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR WERE ANY UNKNOWN MATERIALS APPLIED TO THE DASH. I FEEL THIS IS A RECALL ITEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE ARE COMPLAINTS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH THE TOYOTA DASHES. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT EFFECT THE AIRBAG COMPONENTS. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT MY NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL AREAS AND THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE DAILY. I'VE CONTACTED TOYOTA MAIN HEADQUARTERS COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AND IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT MY EXPENSE, I HAVE HEARD AND SEEN MANY REPORTS THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM DUE TO USE OF INFERIOR PARTS USED BY TOYOTA AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS. CLASS ACTION SUITS HAVE BEEN INITIATED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.I WISH TO FORMERLY FILE MY COMPLAINT WITH YOUR AGENCY AS A POINT OF RECORD . INCIDENTALLY I HAD MAINTAINED A VERY EXPENSIVE EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY FOR SIX YEARS AFTER MY PURCHASE AND IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT TOYOTA WASN'T AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM PRIOR TO IT'S EXPIRATION. *JS

ENTIRE DASHBOARD CRACKED AND CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CRACKS ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD. MY SON HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIS 2006 SOLARA CONVERTIBLE TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO OURS. BOTH CARS WERE ALWAYS GARAGED AND HAD VERY FEW MILES ON THEM. MY SON HAD ABOUT 18,000 AND WE HAD ABOUT 16,000. WE BOTH CALLED TOYOTA AND WE WERE EACH TOLD IT WAS BEYOND WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *TR

THE DASH PAD SURFACE STARTED TO BECOME DARK IN COLOR AND STICKY TO THE TOUCH IN THE SUNSHINE. THE DASH PAD MATERIAL WAS VERY SHINY AND STICKY TO THE TOUCH, ALMOST LIKE A LIQUID. THE GLARE FROM THE SHINY, STICKY SURFACE CAUSES A GLARE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD THAT MAKES THE CAR DANGEROUS TO DRIVE...AND A GREATER CONCERN ARE THE AIRBAGS IN THE DASH AFFECTED BY THIS SURFACE DETERIORATION. I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIPS SEEKING RESOLUTION AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE SEEM NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF THIS AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SHORT OF MY PAYING APPROX. $1,500 TO REPLACE THE PART. CONTACT WITH TOYOTA CUSTOMER CARE HAD THEM TELLING ME I HAD DONE SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE SITUATION. TO-DATE THE CAR (MY WIFE'S VEHICLE) SITS INSIDE, UNDER A CUSTOM CAR COVER AND HAS LESS THAN 11,000 MILES...WE CONSIDER THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

GLARE ON WINDSHIELD CAUSED FROM MELTING DASHBOARD, I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE A PERSON WALKING NEAR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND NOW THINK THIS WILL EFFECT HOW THE AIRBAG MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK IF ACTIVATED, MY CAR IS DEALER SERVICED TO THE MANUFACTURES REQUIREMENTS BY TOYOTA. MY CAR IS IN 1ST CLASS CONDITION APART FROM THE DASH WHICH NOW HAS CRACKS 2MM IN WIDTH AND A STICKY GLAZE. *TR