Paint Peeling on New Car (<2 month old)

We had a car with paint peeling within a few months of new purchase: turned out it'd sideswiped something in transit and been quickly repainted. When I showed it to the service manager he did a little digging, got the story, and we ended up trading for a better than usual deal. Still no great shakes.

The standard new car bill of sale in BC typically says that the car can sustain up to 20% of its retail value in repairs, without the seller needing to disclose it.

No contract is binding though, till both parties agree to it, and a pre-printed contract does not exclude revision. In other words: you're free to cross out 20%, and revise it to $200, if the seller will sign off on it.

Anyway, something like this might be the case, who knows. Is it one side in particular? Is the primer the same color both sides? Any evidence of overspray?

 

Wow, shouldn't be like that at all. Was it somehow hit by another car or someone somewhere?
Regardless, sounds like it's time to both call Toyota and visit your local Toyota dealer...

 

Could the film installer have taken the bumper off, and put it back on uneven?

 

I hope your paint protection was done at a dealership.

If not, this might be a HUGE problem getting fixed under warranty.

 

Is it peeling because of movement between the two parts? If so, that is your claim, in addition to the paint.

 

Wait a sec, that's the extent of the paint peeling?



Move along, nothing to see here, lol.

 

It looks like that is the result of spraying a paint protection film between two adjoining surfaces. Of course it would dry like that. If it were mine, I would talk to the people who put on the paint protection stuff as I don't think your car came from the factory like that.

 

From the picture, I'm unable to see if it is even paint, instead of plastic that was in place for shipping, or the backing to the protective film applied later, or something of that sort.

 

2 month old car...that has to be a warranty claim.

Even with the picture it is difficult to diagnose on the net.

Looks like rubbing/ movement/ tight fit between bumper and fender.
Should be easy to fix without a re-spraying.

Of course the owner's OCD (for lack of a better description) will determine the repair out come and whether another procedure is necessary.

So.... separate the bmpr from fndr, repair edge with a brush touch up paint, sand smooth, polish, check mounting clips and brackets for some panel gap adjustment, reassemble.

If a undisclosed repaint...then another ballgame.

Good luck.

 

I have been meaning to reply to your post because same thing has happened to my car, same area too. The driver side fender and bumper section has some peeling the same way as yours and I have no paint protection film installed. What did the dealership tell you because I am about to go for my 15k service this Wednesday and wondering if its under warranty.

 

Right on! I have a service tomorrow so I will go ahead and mention the peeling to them as well. Most definitely need this taken care of because my peeling seems to be jumping to the passenger side as well. :/ Thank you for the update! Much appreciated.

 

this seems to be an ongoing issue.. my prime is doing it also on the driver side only

 

Take it to the dealership! We need to make sure they see it as an ongoing issue so they don't give any lip about us requesting warranty work done. Ended up missing my appointment for more important things, but I will be taking it soon.

 

I checked my car today and, lo and behold, it had the same peeling on the bumper side of the fender gap, driver side only for now. Has anyone else successfully gotten this fixed?

I'm moving out of state in a few weeks and won't have time to take it to the dealer I purchased from here in SoCal just over 5 months ago. I'll have to try a Toyota service center next month in the Seattle area, or in San Antonio TX in a few months. Does anyone have recommendations for service centers in those areas?

 

What seems strange to me is that both your paint and the person who started this thread seems to have something like a transparent tape on the edges of the fender. My car (blizzard pearl) does not have that and the fenders seem to fit more tightly together and of course there is no chipping.
Although I live near Seattle and have had Toyotas since 1979, I can't recommend a dealer for service as I have never had to use them. My other Toyota is a 1999 Tacoma and it has never been to the dealer for service since I bought it new.

 

Mine seems to fit much tighter as well.