What product to use to clean/moisturize “pleather” dashboard & doors

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Jelly, Oct 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM.

  1. Jelly

    Jelly Junior Member

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    I have a 2016 Prius Four named Bob. Bob has fake black colored “pleather” on the dashboard, doors and other random places. Bob’s having two problems/questions that may or may not be related?

    Wondering what product(s) people use to clean the pleather? Most times, I just use a microfiber cloth or Swiffer duster to get dust and other crap cleaned up. Ok, I confess I did use Armor All spray a few times but didn’t like the weird slippery that it left on everything even though I wiped the surfaces off three times.

    At 9 years old, Bob ain’t no spring chicken anymore but poor Bob’s pleather is starting to grey/fade? in some places. Some is wear and tear but other places look like… it’s dry and could use a big slather of my expensive ultra moisturizing facial night cream, a massage and big glass of wine ;-)

    Any ideas on how to restore Bob to his former glory?

    I took some photos on my phone but it was really overcast so it’s a little harder to tell. On a sunny day, it’s really noticeable.
     

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  2. sclevine

    sclevine Active Member

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    My 2024 has the same material on the door and after 2 years it was starting to get grimy in places. At someone's recommendation on here I used Auto Eraser sponge and it was amazing. My door looks like new again. It is on Amazon (I can't paste the link here for some reason, but search Amazon) but I found it in AutoZone in the loose stuff by the checkout counters.

    I gave my 2017 to my daughter but I had the same issue in that car too. I'll definitely try it next time I see that car.

    May not work on yours if it is really scratchy, but if just dirty it might work.