Sealant Around Center Console

[Chris3021]

New 2024 Pioneer , took home about month and half ago. Black sealant around the center console is starting to crack and has some voids in it already. . I assume this isn’t normal? What would my best course of action be , self fix or contact dealer/manufacturer

 

[airshot]

Being new..back to the dealer for sure !!

 

[Chris3021]

Being new..back to the dealer for sure !!

Yeah I just sent them a message . This is my first center console. Is this an urgent type repair?

 

[dingbat]

Yeah I just sent them a message . This is my first center console. Is this an urgent type repair?

It’s not urgent unless it’s leaking

Have never seen black chalk used in a boat.
Don't think UV resistant chalk is available in black either

 

[Grub54891]

If the dealer does fix it, make sure they don't just lay another bead of caulk around the edges. The proper fix is to unbolt the unit, raise it up a couple inches and put the sealant under the flange. When they drop it back down clean up the excess squeeze out.

 

[Scott Danforth]

The center console just sits in a divot in the floor on the pioneer. The caulk is 95% cosmetic to keep crud from growing in the crack

It should still be UV stable life-caulk. https://www.boatlife.com/product/life-calk-cartridge/

 

[cyclops222]

I have a bad feeling about a new / BRAND NEW ? Or a new boat used as a DEMOSTRATION boat by the Sales Department. It happens all the time.

 

[airshot]

Not like an automobile where the dealer is limited to miles in order to call it new or used. There are times a boat sits for a year or two before being sold, but still sold as new !

 

[Chris3021]

The center console just sits in a divot in the floor on the pioneer. The caulk is 95% cosmetic to keep crud from growing in the crack

It should still be UV stable life-caulk. https://www.boatlife.com/product/life-calk-cartridge/

Yeah doesn’t look like it’s doing much from what I can see in the voids it just looks like a layer they put on top that’s it

 

[JimS123]

Are you sure it's not a caulk but rather a rubber gasket?

 

[Chris3021]

Are you sure it's not a caulk but rather a rubber gasket?

Only reason I’m thinking it’s caulk is because it’s got spots where it’s not uniform all the way around and some imperfections when it looks like the smoothed it out

 

[Scott Danforth]

Are you sure it's not a caulk but rather a rubber gasket?

Guaranteed it's caulk. I have been on the Pioneer shop floor

 

[cyclops222]

Looks like a crappy worker.