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Passenger airbag are lifted on dash

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by LHam, Jul 18, 2015.

  1. LHam

    LHam Junior Member

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    I noticed today in my new to me 2007 that the dash is lifted a little where the airbag is on the passenger side. Should I be concerned? IMG_20150716_191551.jpg IMG_20150716_191542.jpg
     
    #1 LHam, Jul 18, 2015
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    it's probably just deformation of the dash material from heat. the previous owner must have parked directly in the sun a lot.
     
    #2 bisco, Jul 18, 2015
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    I actually think this is caused by the spring from the upper glove box
     
    #4 JC91006, Jul 18, 2015
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    interesting idea, never had mine apart to check and it is in the same location on both cars...
     
    #5 Beachbummm, Jul 18, 2015
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    Does your upper glove box flap open and stay up without issue?
     
    #6 JC91006, Jul 18, 2015
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    one yes, one no..i will press down on the budge and see if it stays open on its own
     
    #7 Beachbummm, Jul 18, 2015
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    This is correct. It is possible to fix that by re-securing the end of the spring. My 2004 had the same issue with the bulge in the dash panel. After I fixed the spring, the bulge gradually disappeared as the plastic slowly resumed its original shape.
     
    #8 Patrick Wong, Jul 18, 2015
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    Looks exactly like mine when it had broken upper glovebox spring mount. Dash itself did get back to correct shape after parking it into direct sunlight for half a day. Here that required rare hot and sunny day (wouldn’t have worked this summer). But there probably any day is fine…



    I did the fix almost as on that video.
     
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    Nice video! I'm tempted to fix this on my 2005 but I really never open the glove box. I guess I'll make it a project if I'm bored one day.
     
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    Ok, I am back, upper glovebox doesnt stay open, so will be fixing that and the murderously hot Florida sun will fix the dash. Thank you again lovely people of PriusChat.
     
    #11 LHam, Jul 18, 2015
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    great find, I think im going to use plastic wall anchors in the hole for more support, I think the spring tension will break the plastic again over time
     
    #12 Beachbummm, Jul 19, 2015
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    My 2005 has the same issue, always wondered what was causing that. Will fix this as it has always bothered me!
    Thank-you for posting this!

    Cheers
     
    #13 N.J.PRIUS, Jul 19, 2015
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