Paint quality issues.

[IchabodCrane]

Here are some pics of two nasty stone chips on the hood of my Mirage. These are pretty fresh.
The big chip presented quite small but when I inspected it I found a large circumference of unadhered paint which simply flaked off when touched. (You can see in the pic, top of chip has more lifted paint.) Oddly the open exposed part of the chip is rust free while area under unadhered paint shows rust.
I'm a little concerned how this car's gonna look in a year or two if the paint comes off this easily.
Is anyone else noticing any paint issues with their cars, is it maybe color specific??
There is a $200.00 surcharge on my sales invoice for "premium paint". Wonder what that means?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/er757krdye...802_212943.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2uiu1i1ce...802_213117.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4hw3g0gff...802_213053.jpg

[cinder]

That's not looking good . Maybe you should send these pictures to Mitsubishi . They should cover it under warranty and even if not to make it right . Good luck and keep us updated .

[R01k]

I agree with cinder. Straight to dealer or Mitsubishi.

[DirectNova]

You paid premium when white is STD color? they screwed you...

[R01k]

That's why you always have to check every number on the contract. Mine says nothing about painting, but it does charge about $200 for washing and waxing. I didn't reject such ripoff because it was almost done when I noticed it.

[CrazyJerry]

Here are some pics of two nasty stone chips on the hood of my Mirage. These are pretty fresh.
The big chip presented quite small but when I inspected it I found a large circumference of unadhered paint which simply flaked off when touched. (You can see in the pic, top of chip has more lifted paint.) Oddly the open exposed part of the chip is rust free while area under unadhered paint shows rust.
I'm a little concerned how this car's gonna look in a year or two if the paint comes off this easily.
Is anyone else noticing any paint issues with their cars, is it maybe color specific??
There is a $200.00 surcharge on my sales invoice for "premium paint". Wonder what that means?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/er757krdye...802_212943.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2uiu1i1ce...802_213117.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4hw3g0gff...802_213053.jpg

Geez - sorry to hear about this. I may be looking at the pics wrong - but it appears there are other blisters around the area. Is this what I am seeing? If they are, pop one with a pin and see if water comes out. That would explain the "immediate" rust after a stone chip. It's possible if you have these water blisters under the paint, that what we're seeing is not a stone chip but the heads of the blisters being pushed up till they crack and flake off. If this is the case, it should be covered since it is a paint defect.

~CrazyJerry

[IchabodCrane]

Geez - sorry to hear about this. I may be looking at the pics wrong - but it appears there are other blisters around the area. Is this what I am seeing? If they are, pop one with a pin and see if water comes out. That would explain the "immediate" rust after a stone chip. It's possible if you have these water blisters under the paint, that what we're seeing is not a stone chip but the heads of the blisters being pushed up till they crack and flake off. If this is the case, it should be covered since it is a paint defect.

~CrazyJerry

I saw the ssme thing when I looked over my post.. I went back out and saw that these "blisters" are actually rain drops on the paint from a momentary weathet issue just before I took the pics. Sorry for the confusion.

Anyway... civic holiday tomorrow so will get dealer to check it Tues or Wed.

[Minihaha]

Anyway... civic holiday tomorrow so will get dealer to check it Tues or Wed.

Best of luck, I hope that works out, 'cause that stinks. Keep us posted ;-)

[kerc]

Easily covered by warranty. Should go smoothly.

[m4v3r1ck]

I have the hard teflon film on the paint option, i had a few stone chips but it's not going too deep. Am happy with the option.