So this morning i go to my car 02 TL-S and i notice a crack in the dash coming from the passangers vent at chest level. it is not the vent closes to the window but the vent to the left of that. it is about 1" long and it starts at the top of the vent. the car has 84,000 miles on it. it doesn't sit in direct sunlight to offten and with it being winter i find this hard to believe. wife has the car today so i will post a picture tommorrow or tonight.

any input would be great. this has never happened to me so i don't know what i am to do next.

this litterally happened overnight.

the car has never been in an accident either.

thanks,

Mrproul

 

Wow, I've never even heard of that happening.

 

i have an 03 with 56k on it and my dash is sooooo warped that none of the top or side defroster vents even stay in.

 

my top left vent is popping out also. the dealer is going to look at it tommorow and let me know what they can do about it. i am pretty sure that it tis not going to be much.

 

I noticed today that my defroster vents (closest to the windshield) are warped as well. It was sticking up in the corner and I had to push it down a little. Then in the middle it was sinking in a bit. I'm not very happy at all with this.

 

i sat in the car last night and i started to notice more and more that my dash was warping. the airbag is comming out of its hole. if i push on the air bag, it will sink back into place. this is now becoming a safety issue and i will be bringing this up with acura customer service, only after the dealer has a chance to look at it. that is fare on there behalf.

so i guess my question is:

How many 2nd gen TL-S and TL-P's dashes are actually warping?

thanks,

mrproul

 

Actually its not. The airbag is bolted to the dash crossmember. Whats moving is the top cover thats integrated to the airbag. It will still function properly and safely.

 

didn't know were it was attached.

 

I have the same problem with my 03 TL. The right front corner of the passenger airbag is above the level of the dash? Doesn't look too bad yet but I just noticed it a month or so ago. Hope it doesn't get worse.

 

I just noticed mine as well. My defroster vents are still attached but there are gaps all around it. Pissed me off.

 

hey fatty how do i add a poll to a thread that is already started?

 

so this doesn't seem like an isolated incident. i am trying to get examples of other people with the same issues.

if you have this issue please post to this thread

thanks

mrproul

 

That's some funny shit. Hope he takes it that way.

 

I have an 01 TL. Black dash is still in tact but the rear arm rests have warped TWICE
and I now notice one of the front ones is starting to warp.

/Steve

 

I'm sure this a bummer, and no offense, but this is the kind of stuff that happens to a 6-7 year old, approaching clapped out, (84K miles?) car (Acura or not).

 

no offense taken.

the reason i am at a loss, is the fact that my 94 integra ls tan dash which has been in the sacramento summers has never once showed signs of cracking or fading. so for a car that has 184,000 miles on it and is almost 14 years old and cost 2/3rds less than the most expensive acura available at that time.

I guess what it am trying to say is:

Why is it that car manufactures think this is ok for them to do and when the customer goes to them with this problem they are greeted with a "well the car is less than 6 years old and it has xx,xxx miles on it, sorry there is nothing we can do about it."

Accountability for there product is non existant.

mrproul

 

time for a new dash.