2017 F-250 Dash cracking issues
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Northeast PA
I had a 2008 F 250 and a 2001 Ram 1500 and never had a problem with the dash cracking. But about every two or three months I wiped the dash down with Armor All and used a sun shade , kept my dash looking like new. Trucks were parked in the drive way in the sun too. I am doing the same with my 2020 Lariat but I am using 303 protectant instead of Armor All and a sun shade. Also tinted the front windows to match the rears.
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Joined: Aug 2004
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
That is crazy, looks like something you'd see from an 80s ford that sat in the sun for 30 years, not a 3 year old truck.
I'd almost be tempted to go to a good upholstery shop and see what they could do for a covering for you.
I'd almost be tempted to go to a good upholstery shop and see what they could do for a covering for you.
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Brentwood,CA
The most wise advice here! Thats all I use too, anything with petroleum distillates will alter the polymers and cause the resins to shrink.
Tuned
Joined: Nov 2019
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From: KELOWNA
Agreed, and thanks for this, i havent cleaned my dash since i bought my truck last October, ill be using warm water and micro fiber cloth
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From: Hudson Florida
its a leather dash I believe..King Ranch
Mountain Pass
Joined: Sep 2019
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That cracking sucks. Blows me away, that in this day/age, manufacturers still don't know how to make basic things that last.
BTW, "pleather' or actual leather?
BTW, "pleather' or actual leather?
More Turbo
Joined: Jun 2020
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From: Texas Hill Country
That s sucks man! ALso, there's no way that's leatyher. Leather can go unprotected for years and just get harder. I think the dealer should fix it no charge. The part shouldn't do that unless they used some harsh chemicals. We all know the name ready guys are often flunkies and the owners are often money hungry. I'd threaten legal action of some sort and once it's fixed, I'd never let my shadow fall on that dealers threshold again.
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From: Ethel WA.
The only way leather would crack out like that was that they used vinyl cleaner on it instead of a leather cleaner and restorer. I worked at a Cad/Olds dealer. Our cleaning crew was instructed to use a good quality leather cleaner on all Cads because most of what we sold had leather seats and dash covers. I would talk to the GM and find out what they used to clean and restore on your dash. Then go talk to your lawyer! That dash should last longer than the truck with the right items used on it.
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From: Phelan CA
I really doubt that dash is leather. I'd have an upholstery shop use genuine leather.
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Originally Posted by Y2KW57
I blame YouTube.
All the self appointed pickup truck pundits who whined about trucks not having "soft touch" materials, while equating the tough hardened plastic that Ford used 20 years ago with "cheap", while pining for "stitching", "cushioning", and "plush" interiors.
Check out their truck review videos. Kids who have never so much as held a 2x4 in their hand, never mind hauled a pallet of them, are running their soft hands along the dashboards while running their mouths about what constitutes quality versus cheap... and enough of these yahoos yammering about it finally convinces the market that soft touch and stitching should be a minimum requirement for a $75,000 truck.
So Ford gave the market back what they wanted.
And now we all have to live with it.
I have a 2000 that has never once been in a garage, nor under a carport, in 20 years. No carpet dash cover, no aluminized windshield foldaway screen, no tint whatsoever on any of the windows, not even factory tint, as it's a chassis cab.
And not one crack in the "cheap looking" factory dash.
The so called truck experts on YouTube ruined a good thing.
All the self appointed pickup truck pundits who whined about trucks not having "soft touch" materials, while equating the tough hardened plastic that Ford used 20 years ago with "cheap", while pining for "stitching", "cushioning", and "plush" interiors.
Check out their truck review videos. Kids who have never so much as held a 2x4 in their hand, never mind hauled a pallet of them, are running their soft hands along the dashboards while running their mouths about what constitutes quality versus cheap... and enough of these yahoos yammering about it finally convinces the market that soft touch and stitching should be a minimum requirement for a $75,000 truck.
So Ford gave the market back what they wanted.
And now we all have to live with it.
I have a 2000 that has never once been in a garage, nor under a carport, in 20 years. No carpet dash cover, no aluminized windshield foldaway screen, no tint whatsoever on any of the windows, not even factory tint, as it's a chassis cab.
And not one crack in the "cheap looking" factory dash.
The so called truck experts on YouTube ruined a good thing.