i have had my 05 base coupe for about 2 months now and over the last 2 days the fabric on my headliner has just deiced to fall off. I thought this was strange just one day it all fall down. Also the car is 3 1/2 years old.... it should fall off that quick. seems strange.....

 

I am wondering if the dealers a steam cleaning the interiors when they detail the cars.
Seems a lot of "newly" purchased cars are doing this. Are there any long term owners experiencing the headliner problem?

 

I think all coupe headliners are failing. I have a garaged '05 SRT with 5400 miles and the healiner is coming loose in the upper corners of the windshield/sun visor area. There is other threads about this same problem.

 

It could be steam cleaning.

It also be the odd design of the headliner.

If you run your fingers across the edge of the headliner near the windshield, you'll notice that the edge of the headliner is actually not tucked into anything. No plastic, no metal, no studs, nothing.

Most cars hold up the edges of the headliners with reinforcing stud or trim piece, not the Crossfire.

 

The cloth material is foam backed. The foam is breaking down and releasing form the adhesive holding it to the headliner pan. You are correct with your material observations but I bought my crossfitre new and it has never been steam cleaned. This is premature failure of the headliner that all coupe owners ae going to deal with sooner or later.

 

I purchased my 04 Coupe a little over 2 years ago and last week my headliner just came down while it was in the parking lot at work. It started on the edges a year ago and I didn't pay much attention to it but apparently it will just fall all at once. I have been doing some research all morning and it is a widespread problem. The idea idea I had with mine is to take out the board and carbon fiber the whole thing myself. This way it could never happen again. My only concern is the issue people are having getting the board out. It seems you have to flex it to fit it out the door and if I CF the board it will loose all flexibility. I guess I will think about it some more.

 

Finally a headliner post, I was beginning to think I'm the only one with the headliner problem. I took the SRT to the dealership last week and after inspection they immediatly ordered a new headliner, said they will replace it under warranty. They checked on part availiblity and said there are only 15 in the US. If you need a replacement you better get it while you can.

 

Hey tlppsp, how many miles on your crossfire. Mine has over 70k, do youthtink they will still cover it under warranty?

 

My SRT only has 5500 miles on it. I'm also under warranty untill thru June '09. What bothers me is I keep the car in the garage and just take it out on weekends. This headliner failure is premature to say the least.

 

Seeing how it is happening to a lot of us I would say that it is a pretty serious problem. If I wanted a rag top I would have purchased the roadster. LOL

 

I brought up the issue of my dropped headliner a number of months ago. It was replaced under warranty without incident.

 

I think the problem is "HEAT" related more than anything else.
It seems to be happening more to cars from the South and the S. West.
Maybe we should start a thread for both the headliner falling, and the roadsters window coming loose with everybody posting where they live, build date, and if their cars sit ouside under the "Hot" sun a great deal of the time. Also, what color your car is. (Darker colored cars absorb more heat than lighter colors.)
This wouldn't let Chrysler off the hook, but it would show that Karmann just used a very poor "adhesive" that doesn't stand up to heat the way it should in both cases.

 

I just replaced the fabric on my headliner myself and it was easy, under $100 includeing proper paint for the pillars and the trunk plastic to get rid of the grey. now I got a black liner and orange plastics to match

 

here are some pics

 

Hmmm, very 'pumpkin'.

 

WOW looks clean that would look so good on a black exterior car....

 

That looks a lot better than the OEM tan/gray plastic! I never understood why Chrysler ever thought that a tan headliner in a car where everything is black/red was a good idea.

Nice Job!

 

Is this one more thing I am going to have to start worrying about?

 

My headliners been falling down on the passenger side as well. It's almost completely down. I'm going to have it sueded along with the pillars, visors, and other plastic redone like posted above.

 

Just noticed that the headliner on my 04 is starting to seperate along the top of the windshield and all along rear. Any suggestions on repairing it?