2000 miles, dust under air filter??

Hey guys, about a month ago I bought a brand new 2011 Tacoma. Recently I took it out on some dirt roads, fairly dusty as it is August in the Nevada desert. A few days after getting home, for giggles I took the air filter out just to see the carbon filter I have read about on here. Well, what I found was very distrubing. There was what I beleive to be a serious amount of dust between the air filter and the carbon filter. Enough that when I put my finger through it, you could clearly see a layer of dust on my finger, and the black plastic was shiny again. I checked the seal around the filter and the "box", they both looked ok, I also wiggled the connection the "box" and it seemed tight. I took it in to my dealer and they had a service writer look at it, and he said it looked ok to him... On my 05 dodge I just traded I never in the 92000 miles I owned it had near that amount of dust between the air box and turbo. My question, is, does that carbon filter act as a secondary filter,(is the media fine enough to catch dust?). Also if I replaced my intake with something aftermarket would it do away with that connection with those cheesy plastic tabs and clamps. Thanks for the help.

 

Noone has any help for me? Anyone had similar findings?

 

I bought mine used at 41K. I immediately replaced the air filter with a Fram filter. I thought that the Fram didn't seem to seal as good as the one that came out (probably original filter), but I went with it. Later, I opened the box and could see where one corner of the filter wasn't pressing down hard enough to seal out all the dirt. I went down to the dealer and bought an OEM air filter. It was very difficult to clamp the airbox lid down with the OEM unit. I think the rubber material is thicker. No problems last time I checked.

The dirt being in there is NOT normal and the carbon filter isn't designed to filter dirt. I would insist the dealer change the filter or buy a new one and put it in there. Somethings not right.