The dashboard is cracked and melted.

- North Miami Beach, FL, USA

Hairline cracks in dashboard. Garage kept.

- Tequesta, FL, USA

Several cracks (some hairline and others wider) have appeared all over the dashboard, near vents, above instrument console and in front of the passenger side air bag cover. Initially, I thought this was an isolated occurrence but in researching this topic online I realized this is pervasive issue with this model and it's overseas cousin prado. This is clearly a manufacturing defect that Toyota and Lexus must correct. I believe the cracks over the passenger side air bag cover pose a safety risk with potential interference with the operation of the air bag deployment. To be sure this wasn't an isolated occurrence, I have visually inspected 5 other gx 470S in tampa area (randomly) over the last month and each one of them had the same cracks on their dashboards. Here are links to owner forum sites I surveyed to get a sense of this problem worldwide... us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/54056-03-GX470-dashboard-cracks/ www.clublexus.com/forums/gx-first-generation/427349-cracked-dashboard.html us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/61250-GX470-cracked-dash/ www.pradopoint.com/showthread.php?12073-cracked-dashboard/page15 NHTSA must ask Lexus to survey gx 470 owners on this issue to confirm the extent of the problem. If the incident rates are as high as I believe they are, this should be a basis for a recall and Lexus should be forced to address this issue.

- Lutz, FL, USA