Sticky airbag covers on 03 Acura TL

The plastic covers on our '03 TL's airbags have been oozing a sticky substance. I've found mentions on several non-Acura forums where people have used Goof Off with good results, but on the Acura, it just takes the color off but leaves the stickiness. I've also tried Windex (same results), Dawn dish soap (works on oily waterfowl, but not Acuras), and plain water (left tons of lint stuck to the plastic). Anyone have any ideas on how to remove this stickiness without damaging the plastic? 

Thanks!  

Isopropyl alcohol?

Takata recall?

I used 91% isopropyl alcohol on the nasty sticky console in my 99 Accord.

It worked really well with some vigorous rubbing with a terry cloth towel. The sticky layer is not salvageable, it's going to come off. Just keep wetting it down and turning the terry cloth to a fresh surface.

I was pleased with the results.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. The alcohol didn't work. It took the color layer off faster than the Goof Off did. It looks like there is a color layer over black plastic and the color layer is what's turning to goo. Removing the stickiness will leave black airbag covers, so I guess we'll just have to live with it, unless I can find replacement covers somewhere. 

@Streetwiseguy, the dealer replaced the airbags a few years ago under the recall. I called them yesterday to tell them about the problem, and they said they only replaced the guts, so the covers are original. 

Unfortunately, the color is not salvageable once this happens. You're lucky this isn't your steering wheel you're talking about. 

In my experience, this is a result of using an incompatible cleaning product such as window cleaner/Windex, Clorox wipes or an ammonia-based product. I've always been careful to use cleaning products made for car interiors since I caused this in one of my cars.

It's been years since I had to deal with this. Now that I think about it, I may have started with Goo gone to soften up the surface, then finished up with the 91% alcohol.

The final step was to clean it with a car interior cleaner called Ice. 

This multi step process is the only thing that I found that would remove all of the degraded plastic while leaving the solid plastic under it undamaged.

Fortunately for me, the Accord had a black interior. I also used the same technique on the dash of my lancer Ralliart. It stripped off the surface layer with the fake carbon fiber pattern, leaving the underlying grey plastic exposed. It doesn't look bad, not as cheesy as the fake carbon fiber actually.

There are possibilities for salvaging those panels. Once you get down to healthy plastic they can be painted with the krylon spray paint that's made for plastic. That's held up very well in some of my uses on car interiors. A vinyl wrap is another option.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Ice. I'll check it out. I've always just wiped the dash and steering wheel off with whatever damp towel I've used when I wash the car. We'll just live with the stickiness, since we'll probably be replacing the car in another year or so.