I have recently purchased a 2005 Acura RL. I am slowing fixing it up. A few climate control bulbs are burnt out which I will fix soon. My biggest concern on the interior, besides the leather on the arm rests like everyone has issues with, is the gray rubber on some of the buttons is peeling. Some of them feel tacky to the touch. I thought they were dirty so I used some glass cleaner and a soft cloth to clean one of them. I quickly realized they weren't dirty but the rubber is coming off. I have to assume the prior owner used a strong cleaner or something that caused this to happen. My only option now is to remove all the rubber on the switches. It order for it to look right I will have to do it to all of them. The volume, cruise control, HFL, etc are all slightly peeling as well.
Is this fairly common? Do I have any other options besides replacing the entire unit, which is very expensive?
Is this fairly common? Do I have any other options besides replacing the entire unit, which is very expensive?