of course if melt due to hot temperature surely related to your tinted. Some car yes did melt under the sun specially european car. even BMW E90 door handle melt due to our tropical weather.

Asked my friend who drive mazda 3 & 6 so far they didnt experience this

Hi Guys,

I wanted to share my experience and also ask for help. I own and drive a Mazda 6, 2011 model 2.5. The car currently is at 89k km. It finish its warranty sometime back. It was a nice car to begin with until some of the problems started. Firstly, the car vibrate and shake since 70k km, thinking that it was a idling rpm problem (and was told it is by the service centre) I got it service and tune by a mazda centre. The vibration improve but slowly it came back. I learned to live with the fact that a premium D segment Japanese car shake like my previous 15 years old wira...sigh.

Now this is what makes me boil, lately the passenger side dashboard started to melt...yes MELT...it become sticky, goeey and clay like.....in other words...it melted. I lodge a report and send the car to mazda centre in Oct. Now, they first said no problem will filed for warranty claim. After 1 month, they called and told me that they cannot claim for the dashboard due to 1. The car is out of warranty....2. service record of my car after 60k km was not with them....err mazda warranty is till 60k or 5 years...after that I am free to service outside right?

Even so, putting aside where I service the car; how is that relevant to the dashcover? changing engine oil will melt the dash cover? not changing the air filter will melt it? or did not flush the coolant will make the cover melt?

Now what should I do? what can I do?

Long story short....the car reaches 60k that is when I stopped servicing with them. Then the dashboard start to MELT sometime after that.....

By the way....my question is will it makes a difference whether I service with them or not with them???  

All car service has no interaction with dashboard.........  at least for me I never "service" my dashboard.....

It's better to pay for a new dashboard before it causes any more problems.

The new one will be subject to the same problem so it's best to get a good tint and try to park inside.

The new one will still have same issue? sigh...meaning even if I pay and change it, it will still melt?? What kind of a car is mazda selling?

My car is almost always parked indoor, during office hour and at home. Very rarely it is parked under the sun.

The new one will still have same issue? sigh...meaning even if I pay and change it, it will still melt?? What kind of a car is mazda selling?

My car is almost always parked indoor, during office hour and at home. Very rarely it is parked under the sun.

I feel for you.. but the state of our nations gov't's stance towards multinational companies more  than private individuals are evident.. l guess the only solution is to take this to a small claims court and hope that 'they' will see your side of the story..
I think Mazda Malaysia [bermaz?] has already washed their hands of this problem..

some of our forumer get their dashboard change even warranty is over ..
if not mistaken .. toyota camry ..

i think only ts has this issue on his mazda 6 (2011), but his title is like generalizing all mazda 6 (2011) will face the same issue.

so far i have never heard/read this kinda issue on mazda or any other car models before

To add insult to injury, I spoke to the service centre and was shock to learn that
1. A new dashboard is over RM 2k++

2. Service centre refuse to tell whether the new dashboard will MELT or not (whether the issue had been resolved with the new dashboard)

3. No warranty

4. No stock and subject to wait list.....(cannot even provide an estimation on MONTHS, and I jokingly ask whether it will be in 2017 and the response is...."Hmm.....should be  "
I used to be a Mazda supporter........but I strongly feel this is going to be my last mazda if I ever manage to resolve this.
http://forum.mazda6club.com/models-trim/27...rd-melting.html
http://www.abcactionnews.com/money/consume...ing-dash-boards
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Drivers...-368240311.html

Thanks bro...you mean Toyota Camry also reported similar incidence? This is shocking to me.

Long story short....the car reaches 60k that is when I stopped servicing with them. Then the dashboard start to MELT sometime after that.....

By the way....my question is will it makes a difference whether I service with them or not with them???  

All car service has no interaction with dashboard.........  at least for me I never "service" my dashboard.....

If it is a warranty issue than maybe I cannot claim, but the more I read the more I am convince this is a design/defect issue.

http://forum.mazda6club.com/models-trim/27...rd-melting.html
http://www.abcactionnews.com/money/consume...ing-dash-boards
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Drivers...-368240311.html
Mazda acknowledge the problem in its dashboard, even hiding it for few years before coming to a recall. Please read the link, the recall and replace for US almost 300k cars, without condition. IF it is a service/warranty issue, Mazda will know recall. Car maker usually recall when it is design defect or manufacturing defect (from my limited knowledge, please share with me if this is wrong info).

So Mazda must know something is not right about the dashboard.........