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Man - that is horrible. Never seen that before. One of my first additions was a UV tint on the windshield, just to stave off the TX sun/heat. It helps. In recent years, I’ve only seen Chevy dashes crack like that. Not Ford or Dodge.
Not too far out of warranty so I’d make a trip to the dealer anyway and see what they say. If....errr, I mean when, they deny the warranty claim, run it up the flagpole. I’d be surprised if Ford didn’t throw you some sort of a bone if you’re persistent.
Ford offered to pay $1,100 of the $5,500 for a new dash....Ford also had a Covid-19 relief that expired on the 1st of August. It was in the dealership on 07/29 for this issue and the dealership thought for sure this would qualify under that relief... that would have extended the warranty... Nope.. Side note my dealership has now seen and repaired 3 of these.
Three at the same dealer? I wonder what they’re using on the dash? Mine uses the cheapest stuff they can find. And then they take it a step further by mixing it with water!
Three at the same dealer? I wonder what they’re using on the dash? Mine uses the cheapest stuff they can find. And then they take it a step further by mixing it with water!
I own a detail ceramic shop and I don't use anything but warm water. Sometimes if a customer wants the newer look I go to the 303 protectant. Anything else, no way
The dealership has done all the detail work form day 1
Yeah alot of products have chemicals that actually dry out and damage the dash. When I got my new truck the first thing I did was wipe all the crap off the dealership put on the dash with warm water. I have never used products on any of my vehicles, just warm water, and never had a dash crack.
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.
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