Leather dash shrinking
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Leather dash shrinking
My ,07 GS w/30,000 miles has now started to have dash "shrink" on the drivers side near the windshield air vents. Leather or pleather? Should be a warrenty issue.
Anyone have experience? Do they have to dismantle the entire dash to fix/replace ? I hate to leave it in a shop for 2-3 weeks in the summer and have them do something else wrong.....
Anyone have experience? Do they have to dismantle the entire dash to fix/replace ? I hate to leave it in a shop for 2-3 weeks in the summer and have them do something else wrong.....
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From: Hampton VA
Sorry to hear that my 15 has them same problem on the passenger side but I am way out of warranty and I live with it. It should be covered under your3yr 36k bumper to bumper but if not I have read its about $3300 to fix and dash has to be taken apert and sometimes the windshield is removed 
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My ,07 GS w/30,000 miles has now started to have dash "shrink" on the drivers side near the windshield air vents. Leather or pleather? Should be a warrenty issue.
Anyone have experience? Do they have to dismantle the entire dash to fix/replace ? I hate to leave it in a shop for 2-3 weeks in the summer and have them do something else wrong.....
Anyone have experience? Do they have to dismantle the entire dash to fix/replace ? I hate to leave it in a shop for 2-3 weeks in the summer and have them do something else wrong.....
The 1LT/2LT dash looks pretty good.
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From: NOBROCOSOFLO
Look on the bright side, it the dash continues to peel back it is an added layer of safety, along with the airbags, in a front collision accident,,, do not tell this to chevy, as they will bill you for it.
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There are a LOT of posts here about this. Try an "Advanced Search" with all C7 options active.
But, I can agree with others, should you have it replaced, try to "down-scale" to the lower level part if you intend to keep the car very long, since they will simply put back in the same as they are removing. I had the same happen with my C5 door panels... old s**t taken out, new s**t put back in, DONE!
But, I can agree with others, should you have it replaced, try to "down-scale" to the lower level part if you intend to keep the car very long, since they will simply put back in the same as they are removing. I had the same happen with my C5 door panels... old s**t taken out, new s**t put back in, DONE!
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Go for the 2LT dash if covered under warranty. It does not seem to have the problems as the 3LT dash does.
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