Anyone Else Got Paintwork Problems?

[meccano]

My 2.0LX is 10 months old. Paint is Panther Black metallic.

Despite only having light domestic use, the car is covered in scratches.

None of them are deep and on any other car I've owned they wouldn't even have penetrated the paint layer.

But, on the Galaxy the paint seems to be wafer thin and it takes absolutely nothing to penetrate the paint layer and leave a lovely white scratch that shows up lovely against black.

Has anyone else had this problem? I intend to query it with mydealer but, before I do, and info is much appreciated.

[Al J]

I have the same problem with my black Terrano, (white undercoat showing through) especially around all the door handles, probably caused by rings, fingernails and me holding a bunch of keys when opening the door.

[syedorf]

have you tried t cut on the scratches this and a bit of elbow grease should remove them after t cut you should always wax the car with a good quality wax

[Andy Crome]

My 56 plate Mk3 has paint flaking off the front bumper - from the small recessed feature line around the lower edge of the grill :-(

 

I took it to my local dealer, who redirected me to a local paint shop who said they've never seen it happen before. He did however suggest the the paintwork in general is very poor on the Galaxy & S-Max models. He went over mine and checked all the usual areas - seems to be around the door seals mostly - no further issues found though.

 

So the car is 11 months old, paint is flaking off and I have to wait and see if Ford will cover it under warranty - believe it or not - they might not!!!!

 

If not covered, there is going to be the equivalent of a small explosion (that would be me) in the dealership when they tell me to my face it is not covered!

 

Watch this space!

 

Andy

Edited November 16, 2007 by Andy Crome