SD overhead console problem

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego - 14 Mar 2005 10:25 GMT

Problem isn't really the word for it... The overhead console on my
'02 SD literally fell off the roof the other day - probably because
the mounting tabs shattered like glass. This happened about 3 seconds
after the door that covers the garage door opener shattered when I
pressed it.

Press & shatter.. wait a few seconds... entire console cover falls
off and little bits of grey plastic fly everywhere..

Anyone else ever have this happen? I can't figure out how this
plastic can be so damned brittle that it'd shatter almost like glass..

Anyone know where to get a new overhead console & door without it
costing several hundred dollars??

Reply to this Message

ZombyWoof - 14 Mar 2005 14:51 GMT

>Problem isn't really the word for it... The overhead console on my
>'02 SD literally fell off the roof the other day - probably because
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>Anyone else ever have this happen? I can't figure out how this
>plastic can be so damned brittle that it'd shatter almost like glass..

Was it cold out?

>Anyone know where to get a new overhead console & door without it
>costing several hundred dollars??

Signature

"Maybe worshiping the cross and the painful death rather
than the well lived life really has distorted our sense
of who we are and what life is about." -- Author unkown

Reply to this Message

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego - 15 Mar 2005 06:43 GMT

[snip]

>>Anyone else ever have this happen? I can't figure out how this
>>plastic can be so damned brittle that it'd shatter almost like glass..
>>
>Was it cold out?

Just being sarcastic here, but check out my nym and ponder the answer
to that question... :)

Reply to this Message

Skramblr - 16 Mar 2005 05:57 GMT

FYI - Last summer on my '02 (gray interior) I first had the sunglasses door
latch snap off (for no apparent reason) and then about 1 month later the
garage door latch snapped off, too. Lucky for me the replacement console was
covered under warranty. I played around a bit with the broken pieces and
they were brittle. I'm thinking a bad batch of plastic resin (too much
regrind?). Anyhow, my Dad's '01 has the same interior and shows no signs of
breaking like my '02.

-Skramblr

> Problem isn't really the word for it... The overhead console on my
> '02 SD literally fell off the roof the other day - probably because
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Anyone know where to get a new overhead console & door without it
> costing several hundred dollars??

Reply to this Message

Rocky - 16 Mar 2005 11:18 GMT

ebay

Reply to this Message