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07-19-2011, 11:28 AM
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"Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
About a week ago, I bought one of those vent air fresheners from Target that just clip into your vent for my Chevy. When I hopped into it today, I found this:
Which then resulted in this:
At first I thought the liquid had just dripped down and then dried up, resulting in it feeling flaky and such, but it actually melted the plastic on the bezel. So, I sent an e-mail to the company seeing what they plan to do. If nothing else, I guess I can just repaint it, but I think they should replace it, since the package says nothing about being exposed to heat (which I can honestly say it was since it was 95 the day before yesterday and yesterday was in the low 90's). We'll see what they say.
Just thought I would post this here thinking maybe a few of you might have these.
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07-19-2011, 11:32 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
that sucks jim, i was just thinking about picking one up for the f150 too, good thing i seen this as it has been 30-40 C lately and my truck is black
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07-19-2011, 11:33 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
same thing happened to a buddy of mine with one in his dorm room. room mate knocked it over on top of his printer and it puddled just like that and ruined the plastic
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07-19-2011, 11:34 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
did it catch on fire or get hot and combust
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07-19-2011, 11:36 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
wtf is is that shat
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07-19-2011, 11:42 AM
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I am THE Hank Hill.
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
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Originally Posted by pooleo
did it catch on fire or get hot and combust
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I'm guessing it just got hot and popped. Thank God I took the iPod and my other stuff out of the dash, otherwise it probably would look the same!
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Originally Posted by dixie_boysles
wtf is is that shat
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Apparently it's napalm, since it just burned the dash, lol. I really don't feel like laughing about it, but there's nothing I can do yet until I hear back from the company.
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07-19-2011, 11:44 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
did you say "Damnit, Bill" when you saw it?
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07-19-2011, 11:48 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
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Originally Posted by doyouquaxu
did you say "Damnit, Bill" when you saw it?
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Do you mean "Dammit Bobbeh!"? No, I was more like "WTF?"
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07-19-2011, 11:49 AM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
That sucks! Sorry bro, I hope they do you right.
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07-19-2011, 12:06 PM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
I would hope they would do something for you, thats pretty lame.
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07-19-2011, 01:32 PM
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I am THE Hank Hill.
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
Just got a call from the company. The lady said she is going to send me an e-mail that will offer a cash settlement, or they will pay for the new part. Either way, it sounds like I have to go get an estimate for them. Pretty stoked that they got back to me so quick and they are willing to work with me. Makes me actually want to use their products, lol!
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92 Ford Ranger Supercab XLT 4X4. Not a ton done to it, but it's nowhere near finished 05 Chevy Silverado 1500 W/T 4X4 Way too much done to list and it's also not even close to done
"The only woman I'm pimping from now on is Sweet Lady Propane. And I'm tricking her out all over this town."
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07-19-2011, 03:06 PM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
Just got back from getting some quotes. Yeah, I think I'm gonna have them send me the check and I'll fix it myself. $181.18 from both a repair shop and the dealer, but the repair shop says they have to install it otherwise they warranty it, and they charge a minimum of $58 to do that. The lady said in her e-mail that they will send me $200, so I can use that for other things besides just a new dash bezel!
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92 Ford Ranger Supercab XLT 4X4. Not a ton done to it, but it's nowhere near finished 05 Chevy Silverado 1500 W/T 4X4 Way too much done to list and it's also not even close to done
"The only woman I'm pimping from now on is Sweet Lady Propane. And I'm tricking her out all over this town."
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07-19-2011, 03:18 PM
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slingin' mud to the sky!
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
its sweet that teh company is willing to help you fix the problem more times than less they just give you the run around. i wonder if they wil change the warnings on there boxes cause of this
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07-19-2011, 03:22 PM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
An air freshener called the "car jar" did that to the same thing in one of my family members mustang !!!
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07-19-2011, 03:23 PM
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Re: "Refresh" brand air freshener damage.
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Originally Posted by Jimmeh
Just got back from getting some quotes. Yeah, I think I'm gonna have them send me the check and I'll fix it myself. $181.18 from both a repair shop and the dealer, but the repair shop says they have to install it otherwise they warranty it, and they charge a minimum of $58 to do that. The lady said in her e-mail that they will send me $200, so I can use that for other things besides just a new dash bezel!
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