2006 Lexus Is

STICKY / MELTING DASH, DASH CRACKING, ALL DOOR PANELS MELTING AND CRACKING STAINING CLOTHES WHEN COMES IN CONTACT WITH. BOTH PROBLEMS CREATING A GLARE WHEN DRIVING. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND LEXUS WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT KNOWING ITS DEFECTIVE, EVEN WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER AND LEXUS BRAND EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CAR IS UNDER THE SUN 1 HR PER DAY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE IS IN A GARAGE BOTH AT HOME AND WORK AND THIS STILL HAPPENED. *TR

DASH STARTED TO MELT IN THE SUN. DASH BECAME BRITTLE AND STICKY AND GLARED IN THE SUN. LEXUS REPLACED THE DASH AS A GOOD WILL GESTURE. NOW MY DOOR PANELS ARE DOING THE SAME. THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL ISSUE ON THIS. BUT STILL WON'T REPLACE AS NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED YET. I CAN PAY THE 2000.00 AND IF A RECALL IS DONE THEY WILL REIMBURSE ME. KNOWN ISSUE ON 06-08 LEXUS, TOYOTA AND MAZDAS. TSIB#. L-SB-0144-11. HTTP://WWW.CLUBLEXUS.COM/FORUMS/ATTACHMENTS/IS-SECOND-GENERATION/238283D1330672124-MELTING-DASH-AND-DOORS-TSIB-L-SB-0144-11.PDF. THANK YOU. *TR

BOUGHT A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2006 LEXUS IS250 FROM HAWAII DEALER, NOTICED THERE WAS A MASSIVELY BLINDING GLARE FROM THE DASHBOARD WHEN DRIVING DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE DASHBOARD AND VARIOUS OTHER INTERIOR TRIM PIECES FELT SOFT/STICKY AND WOULD EASILY SCRATCH AND GOUGE. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS OF 2006-2013 LEXUS IS SEDANS. *JS

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN MIAMI, FL. THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS I NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR PANELS WERE GETTING SCRATCHED BY SIMPLY TOUCHING THEM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT, THE DASHBOARD ON THE VEHICLE STARTED TO "MELT" AND BECAME VERY STICKY. ALSO BY SIMPLY TOUCHING THE DASHBOARD, IT BECOME/BECOMES SCRATCHED AND PIECES COME OUT WHEN TOUCHED WITH FINGERNAILS. SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT/IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN THE SUN IS OUT BECAUSE IT CREATES A HUGE GLARE DUE TO THE DASH MELTING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORST AS TIME PASSES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE LABOR AND DASH COST IF I WANTED THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY, EST COST: $1200. THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE ON DRIVER, PASSENGER AND BACKSEAT DOOR PANELS. *TR

INTERIOR PANEL PARTS (DASHBOARD, DOOR PANELS) MELTS IN HOT, HUMID CLIMATES. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2012 MY USED (PURCHASED IN MAY 2012) LEXUS IS350'S DASHBOARD AND UPPER DOOR PANEL SURFACES WOULD GLISTEN AND EMIT A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR WHEN PARKED OUTSIDE IN THE SUN/HEAT. THE WET DASHBOARD SURFACE WOULD REFLECT OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND IMPAIR VISION DURING DRIVING. IT WOULD TAKE LESS THAN 30 MINS PARKED IN THE SUN/HEAT FOR THE PANEL SURFACES TO BEGIN GLISTENING. ATTEMPTS TO CLEAN THE SURFACE OF THE DASHBOARD AND DOOR PANELS DID NOT WORK, AS THE MATERIAL REMAINING WOULD AGAIN MELT AND GLISTEN. LEXUS HAS ISSUED AN INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO ITS DEALERSHIPS OF THE PROBLEM. I COMPLAINED TO LEXUS AND THEY AGREED TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE COST OF A NEW DASHBOARD, BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR (AROUND $800). I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE DOOR PANELS MYSELF WITH USED ONES SOURCED FROM LESS HOT/HUMID CLIMATES (4 AT AROUND $150 EACH). THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE, AS VISION WHILE DRIVING WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPEDED BY THE REFLECTION OFF THE DASHBOARD. IN ADDITION TO THIS IMMEDIATE SAFETY RISK, THE STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL IN THE CAR COULD BE POTENTIALLY TOXIC AND POSE LONG-TERM HEALTH RISKS. *TR