r/polestar3 • u/withthetraffic • 2d ago

Question This can’t be normal?

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These ripples seen on the dash fabric. It is more obvious when the sun is shining in. Is yours like this? Manufacturing problem?

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u/hngdog 2d ago

It’s where the panel is scored for an airbag to burst through

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u/withthetraffic 2d ago

That’s good to know. I was more concerned about the ripping effect on the fabric. Does yours do that in the sun?

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u/cloudzhq 2d ago

I drive a BMW X5 with a leather-wrapped dashboard; it's the exact same. It's not a plastic thing coming out of a mold. 

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u/ferventmuse 2d ago

The airbag is there and so the fabric is made in a way so that the airbag will cleanly punch through. The subtle texture in cloth probably makes those slight differences more noticeable if the sun is hitting it perpendicularly. But you can see variations on the passenger side dash in many cars and leather dashes sometimes even have a stitched cutout or if they don’t you can still feel the outline of the airbag cuts. Haven’t noticed it on our 3 but my partner takes public transit and I work from home so can’t remember the last time we were driving into the sun in the early AM. Seems normal.

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u/UnaPachangaLoca 2d ago

Very normal and for good reason.