Dashboard bubbling

[GT Pony]

Mine is starting to bubble too, I left the car outside for an hour while I cleaned the garage and just the heat caused it to bubble without much of any direct sun. I'll wait until there's a permanent fix or just deal with it by redoing part of the interior with other materials other than their pleather. I can push the bubble down and smooth it back out with my finger and it stays down when it cools off.

If it was mine, I'd take a small needle and try to put some small inconspicuous vent holes in the material, then push it down good to make it level and smooth again. If the trapped air can escape, it may just stay down permanently.

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[Stangnut]

Just noticed mine has started to bubble. Looks exactly like the first picture Tamadrummer88 posted. It'll have to get worse before I even consider letting the dealership hack it up though.

Poor panel alignment, cooled seats not cooling, rear window not sitting right, thin cheap leather (premier trim), TERRIBLE ergonomics, etc, etc... way to go Ford!

Well at least it looks great and is really fast.

 

[lwilliams]

That was the issue that the Ford CSM called me about today. Mine has the third one in it now and it is also doing it.

He told they had just got out of a meeting with some engineers about my car specifically..........because mine has been replaced 2 times and needs another. They are looing into why this is happening and have told the dealer NOT to order another dash for my until they can fix the problem.

The dealer has another on the lot, EB Ingot Silver convertible with 50th pkg, with the same thing going on. Their District rep won't let them replace it until engineering finds a "permanent" fix for mine. Their sales dept won't show the car. So the dealer is stuck waiting to hear from manufacturer.

See my post about the seat cooling, that was also part of my phone call from Ford today.

 

[DarkSubRosa]

Definitely please keep us updated on the remedy or when they find one. It shouldn't be that hard to get a glue that will stay stuck, it's not like this is the first time a manufacturer has had an interior part glued in. A little ridiculous you've had it replaced twice already and it continues to happen.

 

[Turbo Ghost]

Permanent fix will require a redesign of the part. It is obviously inherent in the current design or materials. A proper fix (re-design/different materials) will take months to implement.

What a predicament.

I have a hard time believing that with all of Ford's test vehicles on the road prior to launch and during launch, not a single one had this dash bubbling issue.

Will we all get denied a repair until there is a proper fix in place?

Does anyone remember the Contour/Mystique dash problems of the late 90's and early 2000's? The dash near the windshield would curl up. The permanent fix was to rivet and screw down a plastic panel to hold the dash in place. What a crock.

 

[Asharus]

they'll have all of these issues straightened out hopefully by the 2017 model year.

 

[rhstang]

I too have a brand new 2015 mustang showing signs of dashboard bubbling. I took it to ford on Friday and got the call today that FORD approved the replacement. Should I take the chance and let them do the swap?

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[Asharus]

i wouldn't, not until there's an actual fix for it, because it will just happen again.

 

[GT Pony]

Yep, wait it out. One member here is on his 3rd dash as the replacements bubbled right after being installed.

 

[Lakeland-GT]

Watch your leather door panels too: many doors have the same material on the inserts and it bubbles there too.
The door problem also includes all Premium models, even the ones that don't have the premiere leather package dashboards. The premium leather cars have leather with stitching on the inserts in their doors of the same type that's bubbling on the premiere trim dashboards.

It's the nicer looking leather (or p-leather or vinyl) that comes with stitching that gets the bubbles and material separation.

 

[rhstang]

I will keep my eyes open. Mine is premium gt with the 50 anniversary appearance package

 

[lwilliams]

My most recent dash is bubbling on left and right side. The Ford CSM now has me waiting until engineering has a "permanent" fix before they do the next replacement.

The silly thing is that tell me that mine is the only one doing this. We ALL know that is just a lie.

And the dealer is waiting on Ford to allow them to replace the dash in a new unsold unit on their lot.

 

[Asharus]

i saw that coming

 

[phunk]

Haven't left my GT out in the sun since I saw this thread. Good thing I can park indoors at work

 

[svtfever]

so this only is happening to cars w/ Premier Trim Package ? and not regular premium cars?

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