I noticed tonight that my dashboard looks like it's starting the peel. The vinyl material looks like it's shrinking!

My car is a 2008 with 18k miles. take a look..

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Fortunately, my car is still under the manufacturer's warranty. Has anyone had this problem? Is it worth having the dealer take apart and replace?

 

A Cracking poor looking dash is one sure fire way to lower the value of a car, so yes it is worth having the dealer replace it.

 

Have herd of this for this particular year and 07. Take it in ASAP!!!!!

 

Just got back from the dealership.

The service manager had taken a picture and sent it to American Honda to review this problem. Today I met with the district service manager from American Honda and he said he could not have this dash board replaced. He suggested a black sharpie pen or a razor to cut out the foam that was visible.

Any suggestions?

 

it's an 08 but wasnt sold til 09. my warranty ends 06/12. two years of uv abuse for a car that is garaged and hardly driven that is having this sort of cosmetic issue should not be acceptable.

 

Thank you for the advice. I have my service documents on file. AHM also confirmed that they have photos that the dealer took.

 

I received a call back from my AHM customer service claim and the rep said "to be honest with you, nothing's changed and they aren't going to replace your dash"

I asked for his e-mail and said he doesn't have an e-mail?

My documented statement from the dealer says "DPSM (district parts service manager) inspected dash and 2 other s2000, all looked the same, said dashboard is normal"

 

My dash has the exact same issue cept mine is an 03... Any way an interior shop can repair something like that since i don't have a warranty?

 

Not sure if it's something that is easily repairable. If you are looking to reupholster the entire dash, i think gotuning has the entire dash available for $1100 with $400 core exchange that comes out to a total of $700.

 

OP, I have the same issue on my 08 - have you had and success with repairing it? It bothers me, but not too badly... I was going to just take a sharpie to it to see if it works.