My dash is melting (bath and body works plan to devalue Toyota motor company one tundra at a time)

Anyone ever see this or something like it? Looks like something may be getting hot behind my map card button and bottom corner of radio.

 

That looks gnarly... time to pull the radio out!

 

Ahhhh!!! Wtf??? That can’t be good. Are your windows tinted and do you put a visor up? It’s not impossible for the sun to hit a water bottle or something like it in your truck and create a magnifying glass effect.

 

I thought this was another #elkhunter. That's real! What did the dealership say?

 

Just noticed it today gonna call the dealership tomorrow. No tint no visor but no bottles in truck usually just my plastic coffee mug and sunglasses are kept in the holder

 

Seems like it would be darn near impossible for sun to shine through a bottle at such an angle that it would go that far up on the dash but I guess anything is possible

 

I’ve heard of it happening but never witnessed it myself.

 

I've seen plastics damaged from sun here at home (it gets hot) but they don't look like that. There's usually a point of burn, that looks like an entire corner is getting hot. Not an arc of sunlight. Have to admit I'm now morbidly curious, please let us know what the hell happened when you find out and sorry you're going to have to deal with it.

 

It did not feel hot at the time
And I will definitely update as I get to the bottom of it

 

I would expect a sun burn/hot area to be more localized instead of a wider area. It looks like something is getting hot behind the dash or maybe the coating/finish on the radio got hardcore botched at the factory.

 

Are you parking near any buildings that have glass and reflecting sunlight through a window? It's just at a really weird angle on the nav screen border.

 

Did you have your truck detailed recently? Wondering if it was from that.

 

Not that it’s the case, but sunscreen, especially the aerosol can do this to coated plastics.

 

Detailed it today for the first time since George Washington was a private and noticed it before i put anything on it. But I thought that too that some sort of chemical may have gotten on it just no idea what it may have been

 

What kind of cleaning or chemicals did you use on the inside of the truck? Was this something you noticed after you detailed it or before?

 

Looks like chemical to me. Maybe splashed something? Nah, you would probably have a drip/run or two.

 

Is this part wrapped from the factory? Looks to me like it's bubbling up as if some sort of adhesion problem? Never seen that before and it's damn hot here in Phoenix. Keep us posted on the dealerships response.

 

Have you taken out the map SD card lately? Maybe you had a chemical on your finger.

 

I’ve had this happen to 2 of my vehicles. First one was from a bath and body works car air freshener that leaked. The stuff that leaked out melted the plastic it touched and looked exactly like that.
And my tundra being the second one. Has it in that small compartment between the shifter and the center console. I have no idea how it happened this time. But it looks the same.

 

I had a Febreze auto deodorizer to leak and do this once. Melted and softened the area of the dash that got wet. This was in the GMC I owned before my Tundra. Will never use those again.

 

That’s it! the wife had one of those stupid bath and body works apple air fresheners hanging off my radio knob and I took it off to clean my truck today and that’s why I didn’t notice it before because that stupid apple was hanging over it. Jeez I knew you guys would figure it out before the dealership. Now the question is what to do about it

 

I just saw another forum member post this item for sale since he replaced his head unit.

 

Glad to help pin point the cause.
Since my incident I don’t use any liquid or gel air fresheners.
Makes you wonder they put in those things.

 

Is the trim around the shifter still chrome? I'm not one to cover up chrome but that's one area that bugs me, I have to place a paper napkin or something over it sometimes because the reflection back in my eyes.

 

Holy crap that's crazy! I don't ever use air freshener in my truck but good to know

 

It was that damn all overpowering chrome ring. Dogs are scared of it. People shy away from it. Now it melting our interiors

 

Did you take a red pill recently?

 

Take it to the dealer and be like

JK

 

Uh Ohhh, damn cam tower weep is creeping in on ya...

 

OP, you should change the title of this thread to:

“Bath and Body Works hates our trucks and wants to see us cry: a warning to all Tundras”

Filthy devils... trying to lure us in with the sweet smell of apples and cinnamon...