How to Restore a STICKY or CRACKED Toyota Camry Dashboard 

Do you just put it over or clean first

video yo

Videos of before & after? Is the polyurethane flexible? If not, I'm imagining lots of cracks.

please tell me where you buy something like this and what is the price, thank you

@@amerikaine just Google the name of the product he used in the video, but it is not cheap, like almost $50

The drying process didn’t take very long at all and in terms of paint coats, I probably could’ve done more. it’s pretty thin stuff so I would actually recommend more coats than what I did.

@@solostudios3160 Thanks for the answer!

there are leather covers too that look way better

Did it work?

Pretty sure that's the surface coating they supply along with the cleaner.

When you order this product it will ask you for the interior paint code

I initially considered replacing the dash all together but it would have been pricey and with the way Toyota does their vehicles I would have had to disassemble practically the whole car to install it.

Might as well spend the extra money and get a new one at that point. The whole point of these chemical fixes is to avoid what is such a huge job of removing the part itself.

That's a LOT of work you're asking for, LOL!

Thanks for the feedback! Link is now in the description.

The sun (heat) is the main reason for the dash to get damaged like that, so if you have your car always on the sun, then yes, sooner than later, it will get sticky again

My car is parked in the sun year-round, so yes, it is sticky again. Doesn’t look quite as bad though.

I didn’t paint across any factory seems as the dash is all one piece. I definitely would use precision around the seams, but the paint is so thin, and the rubber dashboard is so melted already that the paint likely wouldn’t make much of a difference as long as you don’t let it pool in the cracks.

From my research, it looked like the recall expired

Yes my Lexus dashboard just started cracking and they did not send me a notice of a recall and they will no longer fix these dashboards. Seems if there is a problem there should not be an expiration date.

I had the Toyota Dealer replace my dash, after 2 years the the dash became sticky again and was worse than before. Toyota dealer will not replace. Just wondering if they used the same type of dash when car was manufactured...Toyota lost one customer....Me @@LindaSmith-cp3yl

It wasn’t a recall. That would have been too much like doing the right thing and would have cost Toyota loads of money. Instead they did what they called a ‘warranty extension’ is what I’ve found out. That means no notification sent out to the many people with the affected vehicles. People would have had to go to a dealer and bring it up. Very underhanded by the company if you ask me. I’m stuck with a shiny dashboard that reflects on the window and makes it very difficult to see when the sun is out. I’m on RU-vid looking for a solution.

@seasonedsofisticate1901 💯 I actually had to research before I found out

It’s the dashboard itself. Long exposure to heat can make some plastics, gooey or melted

So, after about a year, it definitely looks better than used to, but I should’ve done multiple more coats. I park my car outside and it gets a lot of sun through the day so that probably doesn’t help.

It turned out very well. The crack was long but not super large. I plan to try it on a dashboard with more cracks soon, we'll see how it goes!

Thank you very much! Any other videos you’d like to see? Always looking for new ideas for content.

It comes with the sticky dash fix, I suppose I should add a link to it.

You can purchase the product from the link in the video description

As far as I know, that recall expired in 2014

It was extended to 2017 I think; before I bought my 2006 Solara Conv and did not have the problem till I worked in FL! I reached out to Toyota last year and they will not help with the issue anymore. I did not know it even was an issue since I bought it from someone that kept it in the garage in NY! So thanks for the video!

I live in Australia also. They won’t fix it

That recall is long expired... We are on our own now to fix or not. 😢

Fortunately there was a recall on the vehicles that had this issue, unfortunately it expired about 10 years ago

It was never a recall.. a recall and bulletin are two different things

​@ginasantamaria7555 Exactly. A recall means Toyota had to ADMIT there are defects within their product. More importantly, recalls have NO time limit and they stay in effect for consumers to redeem the replacements at NO COST. My thoughts are Toyota issued a bulletin to whisper "oops, we messed up, we're in a sticky situation (no pun intended), but we really don't want to ADMIT we're at fault or spend the money to correct the issues". Toyota, YOU have been exposed!

​@@solostudios3160No, no, no, no...that is not true. Recalls stay in place indefinitely, they DO NOT EXPIRE.