Lexus Gx470 Dash Cracking

The vehicle was not repaired.

Lexus gx470 dash cracking. We mentioned that lexus is offering to cover this 800 repair at no charge via their new warranty enhancement notification zld letter that they sent out to many of us lexus owners back in january. New to the forum but on my second gx. These models also were affected. The cracks initially appeared where there is no apparent direct sunlight like you would expect to see on the top of the dash.

The failure mileage was 196000. The contact stated that the dashboard was cracked which could expose the air bags. What ive found there are numerous companies that specialize in repair of dashboards. Lexus to pay for cracked dashboard repairs on gx470 es and rx models.

Toyota and lexus dashboards. Toyota is offering full reimbursement to lexus and toyota owners who previously paid to repair cracked sticky and melting dashboards. Both have had the typical cracked dash and lexus said no so ive been researching options. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure.

It wasnt a minor problem either. First was a 04 and in a 06 now. Back in february we told you about the lexus cracked dashboard warranty enhancement see our article here. Consumers report that the dashboard cracked melted felt sticky began to look shiny and emitted a strange odor that was physically making owners sick.

We bought a 2004 lexus gx470 suv back in june 18 2004 and all was well until around the time the warranty expired and suddenly we started to see creeping crack lines starting to appear all over the dashboard. The web is loaded with solutions some better then others. 2006 2008 lexus is 250 and 350. 2003 2008 lexus gx 470 2006 2008 lexus is 250 and 350 2007 lexus ls 460.

The contact also stated that the manufacturer had an internal safety recall for the same failure.