new (07) civic paint issue

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14-10-2007, 03:41 PM
Joele

new (07) civic paint issue

mmm, picked up my civic on Friday and noticed this on the roof today while waxing the the car.. Only noticed it really due to waxing and so I was carefully looking over the surface as I was polishing..

Rippled part looks lower than the rest of the paint work, like it was badly scratched and touched up? or is this just from a painting fault? The chip is in the same area and is down to bare metal by the looks of it..

'Damage' covers about a 20cm by 5cm area.. hard to photograph as light has to be catching it just right. Chip is around 3mm x 4mm. I think the bubble became a chip when I was polishing as I rubbed the bubble off, was very weak paint obviously.

So what can I do? just demand the roof is repainted? bit of a pain to have to give the car back after 3 days..

I thought it was too good to be true when they called me to say my car arrived two weeks early LOL

http://www.pbase.com/joele/image/87183635/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/joele/image/87183817/original.jpg
14-10-2007, 04:35 PM
sitta

that just not right, you should ask for a repaint
14-10-2007, 04:39 PM
nugget666

that is bad. I would be taking that straight back to the dealer.
14-10-2007, 04:57 PM
aaronng

Send it back straight away! They should repaint it.
14-10-2007, 05:01 PM
mrwillz

wtf is that
14-10-2007, 05:45 PM
Joele

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrwillz

wtf is that

poor quality control? ;)
14-10-2007, 05:53 PM
Catcha

That would be covered under warranty for sure 100%
14-10-2007, 08:20 PM
Jazzle

wtf?? looks like the car had a problem and got rejected and the dealer just gave it to u and that explains the 2 weeks earlier arrival..

send it back and ask for a replacement.. even after respray u dont feel like it's a brand new car anymore
14-10-2007, 08:35 PM
Joele

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzle

wtf?? looks like the car had a problem and got rejected and the dealer just gave it to u and that explains the 2 weeks earlier arrival..

mmm, that was my first thought... :zip:

Quote:

send it back and ask for a replacement.. even after respray u dont feel like it's a brand new car anymore

I'll try...
14-10-2007, 08:47 PM
aaronng

Cars don't get rejected. Even those that get into accidents when unloading just get fixed and sold as new cars.
14-10-2007, 09:20 PM
ucme

looks like a close up of a bird shit stain. take it back asap
15-10-2007, 11:50 AM
cracker

yeah man that looks like they used touch up paint to cover it up lol
15-10-2007, 11:55 AM
Jazzle

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaronng

Cars don't get rejected. Even those that get into accidents when unloading just get fixed and sold as new cars.

yeah true, but in this case. it isn't even fixed properly.. and that's real bad service
15-10-2007, 01:49 PM
Joele

Well they seemed surprise, a few of them came out to look, as they said they thought that was very strange from Honda..

They said I could leave it there or just wait for the 1000km service/inspection and they would get it fixed then, and give me a free loan car while the car was away getting the roof resprayed..
15-10-2007, 04:07 PM
cracker

case closed :D
15-10-2007, 04:29 PM
Joele

yep..

And at least they offered a free loan car, seems obvious but definate points to the dealer for that. Mazda didn't on my warranty claim from them (though that was after 2 years). My mates Holden Astra was right away though like the civic, and they still wanted $35 a day for the loan car..
15-10-2007, 04:31 PM
cracker

astra's<civic's
15-10-2007, 05:20 PM
Joele

Quote:

Originally Posted by cracker

astra's<civic's

too right :thumbsup:

The service center actually just called me, they want to take pictures to send to Honda.. heading down now...
15-10-2007, 08:12 PM
Catcha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joele

too right :thumbsup:

The service center actually just called me, they want to take pictures to send to Honda.. heading down now...

I have seen a toyota land cruiser with that sort of paint defect.........

Its shouldn't happen but it does