It's old. The time for free is over. Call and ask or get a dash mat. Why did you trade?

 

I actually did call and ask. The issue is that the previous owner says they were never notified when "the time for free" had not expired. I am already seeking alternative means to fix the dash as evidenced by my post here. Hopefully I can figure out something besides a (carpeted) dash mat because I am not personally a fan of that look. Also, the top part of the dash is crack free - for now.

I traded in the 2007 because it had 157k miles on it and it was never in as good of shape as the 2006 that I had that was totaled when I was broadsided by a drunk driver. The 2008 only has 73k miles - it's barely broken in! When I bought the 2007, I made a hasty decision and should have kept looking for a nicer Avalon. Now I have found it - except for the dang dash!

 

Junk yard?

 

I went to a junkyard this afternoon. Unfortunately, one was the wrong color and the other was in worse shape than mine. It does look like, however, that the one panel I need is not separate, but is instead a part of the entire dash that would have to be replaced. I have not seen instructions for removing the entire dash, but seems like it might be above my skill set.

Has anybody had any success using the Rvinyl custom dash kits/stickers?

 

Ever find a solution textoy?

 

Mine cracked too and it's an eye sore but I don't have time to fix it yet. I was looking at this item, maybe I will try someday

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2008 Toyota Avalon owner. Purchased new. Now have 80K miles. Toyota will do nothing about the cracked dash even though never received notification.

 

It’s on my "maybe” project list to patch the whole dashboard and paint it black, but I think the process for taking out the dashboard is very labor-intensive. Maybe @inov8 has/knows the procedure, he tends to have insider knowledge of the interior.

For anyone reading this and their dash somehow is not cracked, a UV tint on your windshield & windows is the best thing you could do preventatively.

 

It is a pretty big ordeal to get the dash out, maybe not labor intensive, but there’s a lot going on back there. I’ve got an 06 Avalon and recently had an evaporator core leak. Look up videos on that and you can find some showing dash removal. Ended up taking mine to the shop because I just wouldn’t be able to find the time. They told me they’ve never seen so many connectors on a dash.

Had a cracked dash for a while so when they replaced some of the dash inevitably fell apart which brought me to this thread.