Leather dash lifting away and crating bubbles, seats peeling

[firecadet613]

Well the dealer offered to split the cost 50/50 and I took them up on it. Picked it up yesterday and turned back around as soon as I started driving away. There is a visible gap where they laid the new one on. Service advisor frowned and said he would make a note but didn't know what else they can do "as it is all one piece that lays on top." It definitely feels different than the original as well, but I'm not as concerned about that. I do expect the fit to be tighter though, I shouldn't be able to lift the whole corner up and see the foam padding around the edges.

Anyone else have fitment issues on the replacement?

Any pics? Sounds like they just replaced the leather pad on top vs the entire dash?

 

[Ellisstrong]

Well the dealer offered to split the cost 50/50 and I took them up on it. Picked it up yesterday and turned back around as soon as I started driving away. There is a visible gap where they laid the new one on. Service advisor frowned and said he would make a note but didn't know what else they can do "as it is all one piece that lays on top." It definitely feels different than the original as well, but I'm not as concerned about that. I do expect the fit to be tighter though, I shouldn't be able to lift the whole corner up and see the foam padding around the edges.

Anyone else have fitment issues on the replacement?

My two new dashes both had perfect fitment, no gaps, squeaks or rattles.

 

[dutchman187]

Any pics? Sounds like they just replaced the leather pad on top vs the entire dash?

Not the best photo, but you can see the gap and foam on the left.

 

[Snekpete]

Many years ago my mother had three Rosewood tables with inlays. She gave one of them to me. After a couple of years the inlays in her tables started to fall out, mine were, and are, thirty years later, still fine. We came to the conclusion that being cleaned every week with Pledge dissolved the adhesives over time. I am wondering the same thing about these leather dashes. If you guys are cleaning them once a week with Meguiars or similar I wonder if the adhesives are being dissolved over time? My truck, which I cleaned for the first time with soap and water, looks fine even though it is parked outside summer and winter.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I believe you are on to something there. Mine was issue free for almost 100k miles. I did a deep clean on the interior prior to a large family road trip and the leather peeled within days of me using a leather treatment on the dash for the very first time.

 

[dutchman187]

Many years ago my mother had three Rosewood tables with inlays. She gave one of them to me. After a couple of years the inlays in her tables started to fall out, mine were, and are, thirty years later, still fine. We came to the conclusion that being cleaned every week with Pledge dissolved the adhesives over time. I am wondering the same thing about these leather dashes. If you guys are cleaning them once a week with Meguiars or similar I wonder if the adhesives are being dissolved over time? My truck, which I cleaned for the first time with soap and water, looks fine even though it is parked outside summer and winter.

I understand your thoughts, but respectfully that's not the issue. When something is happening as widespread as this was, they clearly had an adhesive problem. I didn't use anything on this, have a sunshade, etc.