NHTSA Complaint #10586121 — 2006 LEXUS IS

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN MIAMI, FL. THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS I NOTICED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR PANELS WERE GETTING SCRATCHED BY SIMPLY TOUCHING THEM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT, THE DASHBOARD ON THE VEHICLE STARTED TO "MELT" AND BECAME VERY STICKY. ALSO BY SIMPLY TOUCHING THE DASHBOARD, IT BECOME/BECOMES SCRATCHED AND PIECES COME OUT WHEN TOUCHED WITH FINGERNAILS. SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT/IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN THE SUN IS OUT BECAUSE IT CREATES A HUGE GLARE DUE TO THE DASH MELTING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORST AS TIME PASSES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AWARE OF IT BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE LABOR AND DASH COST IF I WANTED THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY, EST COST: $1200. THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE ON DRIVER, PASSENGER AND BACKSEAT DOOR PANELS. *TR