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Cracked paint

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  • 21-07-2016 7:45pm
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    swanie29
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    Hi guys any one know if a main dealership would cover a car if the paint was started to crack. Only bought the car at the March only notice this today I do keep an eye on the body work . It's a 2010 car and was given 6 month warranty. Is this covered under warranty.

    Cheers


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    Tigger
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Hi guys any one know if a main dealership would cover a car if the paint was started to crack. Only bought the car at the March only notice this today I do keep an eye on the body work . It's a 2010 car and was given 6 month warranty. Is this covered under warranty.

    Cheers

    Cracking paint means a repair
    Bring it to a body shop and get an appraisal so you know what your dealing with


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    Tigger wrote: »
    Cracking paint means a repair
    Bring it to a body shop and get an appraisal so you know what your dealing with

    Does it fall under warranty


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Does it fall under warranty

    I think he means your car may have been crashed and then repaired and it's the repaired paint that is cracking.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    I think he means your car may have been crashed and then repaired and it's the repaired paint that is cracking.

    Nissan told me it was never crashed
    When I was buying it


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    JoeA3
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    You should post a few pics of what you mean. Is the paint cracking right through to the metal or is it lacquer peel? Both would point strongly towards a poor respray job.

    There aren't many used cars on dealer forecourts that haven't seen "some" new paint. Nothing wrong with that so long as it's done properly but main dealers often tend to use smart repairers "man in a van with an aerosol can" fellas just to tidy up minor scuffs and scratches... I bet that's what has happened in this case.


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    mickdw
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    It could be cracked paint due to you or someone else bending or denting the bodywork or it could be an old repair.
    Pictures would be good.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    mickdw wrote: »
    It could be cracked paint due to you or someone else bending or denting the bodywork or it could be an old repair.
    Pictures would be good.
    Hopefully that helps


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    zilog_jones
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    That doesn't look cracked, it looks like a poorly repaired scratch.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    zilog_jones wrote: »
    That doesn't look cracked, it looks like a poorly repaired scratch.

    Could a kid of done that with there bike or could the heat have caused it


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    ciarsd
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Could a kid of done that with there bike or could the heat have caused it

    There's your answer
    zilog_jones wrote: »
    That doesn't look cracked, it looks like a poorly repaired scratch.


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    zilog_jones
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    Unless you applied the touch up paint (badly), then it's not something that's happened since you bought the car


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    KK4SAM
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    That looks like a cover up of an existing scratch and the camouflage has aged.
    It would buff up again so it doesn't stick out.
    Normal wear and tear on a six year old car I wouldn't expect there and cover.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    zilog_jones wrote: »
    That doesn't look cracked, it looks like a poorly repaired scratch.

    Close up


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    zilog_jones wrote: »
    That doesn't look cracked, it looks like a poorly repaired scratch.

    Trying to upload better pic it's to big


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    dodzy
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Hopefully that helps

    My money is on a scratch repair kit from Halfords or similar. Pait was applied over scratch but no clearcoat/laquer. They are useless for anything more than a stone-chip.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    dodzy wrote: »
    My money is on a scratch repair kit from Halfords or similar. Pait was applied over scratch but no clearcoat/laquer. They are useless for anything more than a stone-chip.

    Should the garage cover this under warranty


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    cgc5483
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭cgc5483


    swanie29 wrote: »
    Should the garage cover this under warranty

    What does your warranty say. Never seen anything on a used car warranty other than engine and gearbox. As others pointed out a 6 year old car will be bound to have some marks.


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    pippip
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Should the garage cover this under warranty

    I doubt it, as others have said, generally warranty is gearbox and engine and even at that can be a fight to get things sorted.

    If the warranty covered the paint repair in question, then you could pick out every imperfection on the car and expect it to be covered which just isn't realistic.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    cgc5483 wrote: »
    What does your warranty say. Never seen anything on a used car warranty other than engine and gearbox. As others pointed out a 6 year old car will be bound to have some marks.


    The fact that this as you guys have said repaired before does not that count for anything. Also could the sun have caused this. I do understand cars of 6 years have a couple of marks on them and i know there is a few there. But this is paint work


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    JoeA3
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    That's a touch up paint brush job on a minor scratch, done by either the dealer or the previous owner. It's not really anything to worry about and I doubt it's gotten worse since you bought it or that it will get any worse. Is it possible that it was always like that since you had it and you've only seen it now?
    Unless it's in a really obvious location and it's really annoying you I'd leave it alone... to fix it 100% you'd need to respray the panel.


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    pippip
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    The fact that this as you guys have said repaired before does not that count for anything. Also could the sun have caused this. I do understand cars of 6 years have a couple of marks on them and i know there is a few there. But this is paint work

    The fact its a repair doesn't really matter, it was obviously a scrap rather than a crash.

    I don't think anything is "causing" this. I reckon they polished the sh!t out of it and that's possibly slowly wearing down revealing it more. I wouldn't be too worried about it apart from appearance.

    Unfortunately it is something you probably should have spotted when purchasing the car and you could have talked them down slightly.


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    swanie29
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    it was not there at the time of buying the car


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    pippip
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    it was not there at the time of buying the car

    It had to have been, I have an exact same repair on my car.

    There is no way that is a paint reaction of any type, you can see the different level in original paint and the new paint on top of it.

    Any other family members drive the car and may not have been honest?


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    pippip
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    What may be happening is the repair paint is fading so as time goes on its looking more and more obvious.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    dodzy wrote: »
    My money is on a scratch repair kit from Halfords or similar. Pait was applied over scratch but no clearcoat/laquer. They are useless for anything more than a stone-chip.

    Should the garage cover this under warranty


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    JoeA3
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    it was not there at the time of buying the car

    It was. Or someone else is driving it and had a minor "incident", got it touched up and didn't tell you.

    I'm assuming the latter scenario is highly unlikely, so yes, it was there when you bought it and you're only seeing it now.


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    pippip
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Should the garage cover this under warranty

    If they had actually done the repair themselves with receipts, and I doubt they have, then possibly.

    But under the warranty that came with the car then as previously mentioned no, it wont be covered. The only sure answer you will get is from the garage, nobody here can say for sure.


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    JoeA3
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    swanie29 wrote: »
    Should the garage cover this under warranty

    How? It's not a warranty job :confused:

    There's hardly a car on the road that hasn't had some minor paint touch ups. The only problem in this case is that the touch up isn't great. But to fix something like that 100% is a panel respray.


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    How? It's not a warranty job :confused:

    There's hardly a car on the road that hasn't had some minor paint touch ups. The only problem in this case is that the touch up isn't great. But to fix something like that 100% is a panel respray.
    Fair enough I thought it was just a touch up needed under the garage


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    swanie29
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭swanie29


    pippip wrote: »
    The fact its a repair doesn't really matter, it was obviously a scrap rather than a crash.

    I don't think anything is "causing" this. I reckon they polished the sh!t out of it and that's possibly slowly wearing down revealing it more. I wouldn't be too worried about it apart from appearance.

    Unfortunately it is something you probably should have spotted when purchasing the car and you could have talked them down slightly.

    I would of notice as there is a scratch in the paint to the right of it so I would of notice it I would of thought


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