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I just had the recall work done on my car (99se). The dealership did not install a new dash! They installed a reinforcement kit.

I'm selling the car and a potential buyer had it inspected at the time, the problems they found are another story for another time.

you think that is bad?????.....my dealer drilled a hole in mine and left it all wavy near the windshield(wasn't like that when i brought it in)......this was in Sept also.....hole just above the instrument cluster.....pain in a$$...grrrrr

I took my car back because the dash is starting to warp a little, but nothing major. The Ford people said that it was fine and that the fix was just some clips that they stick in. Should I mangle my dash so I can get a better one? And what happens if my dash ends up warping really bad down the road? Does the recall cover from now until whenever or is it a limited offer?

i have the tan interior and my dash is a DARKER shade of tan than my interior! I swear 50% of the crack smuggled across the US border goes straight to FORD! :rolleyes:

The color difference is on purpose to reduce glare/reflections...

Yes, using the DARKER tan to reduce glare is an obvious benefit but according to JSmith his dash is LIGHTER than the rest of his tan thus making the glare argument a mute point and the "Ford is on crack" argument a valid one.

I had mine replaced on October. My car was at the dealer for about a week...it needed other attention also.
I did have to take it back to the dealer for the dash again.It rattled and squeaked real bad.I think they forgot to tighten it down.Now it is real quiet.
I have a grey interior.No backlog when mine was replaced... or... I got someone else's dash.