I got in the car last week and the clear plastic "lens" over the gauges has a new, 3-4 inch crack from the bottom-right, extending up and to the left. Anyone else have this problem?

I assume the plastic was installed with some tension. I haven't touched it (or even cleaned it!) in some time.

Just curious if anyone else had this problem - didn't find any mention of it when I did a search on "instrument."

 

That's a first that I've heard of here bro....strange.
Sounds like warranty tho. Take her in for a fix.
C.

 

i have an extra cover if you want to buy

 

Thanks for the offer to sell me the lens. But I am going to ask Infiniti to replace under warranty. We'll see how that goes, first.

 

Was it a used car?

That lense typically cracks when somebody is trying to install new guages, and messes up. Otherwise, it's pretty hard to get in there to break it.

 

It was used when I bought it 19 months ago. The crack just appeared within the last week.

I doubt (can't prove, but doubt) anyone messed with the gauges. Instead, I suspect it is that the lense was overtightened or misalligned at the factory. I owned a first-generation MR2 and over the course of 3-4 years most of the plastic in the dash cracked. In that case, the metal supports under the plastic were misaligned. Once I straightened those up, the replacement plastic lasted for a long time. Guessing (hoping) that's just the case here.

 

Help any one got an extra Cluster Lens! Cracked in the middle.....

 

Buy one new from infinitipartsusa, They're like $30-40.

 

Big help Thanks again!!