Melted Rubber Hood Seal

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08-30-19, 07:16 PM

krimzonw

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Melted Rubber Hood Seal

Hi guys, my buddy has a 2016 ES 350, and the rubber is melting on the hood seal right above the headlights. It sits outside a lot, but I've never seen rubber melt in a car. The stuff came off on my hands.

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09-01-19, 05:13 AM

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It cant be the sun .. here in dubai cars are outside in 110f - 115f but never seen something like this .

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09-01-19, 05:15 AM

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I would inspect the wires underneath it

Any headlight wiring work done recently ?

Did you try looking under the plastic part does it look good from under ?

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09-02-19, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by FunFact

Looks more like a chemical destroyed it than it melting. Rubber won’t melt at those low temps

My thought exactly. Most likely a drip of brake fluid or some other solvent has caused that? If it is only on the one side, even more evidence that it is not a defect in the seal material.