hotboxn

post the email up plz rogcjms

rogcjms

This is what they sent me, I told them in the e-mail that it looks like it swirls pretty bad:

Thank you
for contacting Scion.

We
apologize for the paint issues you are currently experiencing with your
vehicle. Your vehicle's paint is covered for any manufacturer
defects for 3yrs/36,000 miles from the vehicle's date of first
purchase, whichever occurs first. Please feel free to take your vehicle to
your local Scion dealership for an accurate assessment on your paint. We
apologize for any inconvenience this experience may have caused you.


Please
feel free to contact us should you have any further questions or comments.
We would be happy to assist you. You may contact us directly at
1-866-70-SCION

UnFocused

A paint chip is not a manufacture's defect!

If the paint was flaking off - then yes it would be scion's fault!

Look!- i hate rock chips too! But it doesnt matter if you have a 12K Scion, or a 60K Lexus- any rock will chip the paint! When you drive 65 MPH on the freeway, and a dumptruck throughs up a piece of gravel on you hood and chips it- it wouldnt matter if you have 5 coats of paint and 5 coats of clear- it will still chip!

My best advice to you is get a bra!

TheIcon

I have to go with Unfocused on this one. Its a chip cause by outside sources. Its not a defect with the car. But best of luck.

smash

If it's not a defect then how come every other god damn car on the road doesn't need to be repainted after a month ?????? I can't believe any of you would say this is NORMAL. Could it happen to any car? Sure. But does it? Nope. And is this normal for a new car? No way Jose!

rogcjms

I can kinda see their point about the rock chips, they're gonna happen, but what about the other issues everyone's having. I know a lot of owners have problems. To me this paint likes to swirl big time. I know it might be the clear coat but from what Scion corp told me, take it to the dealer and see what they say.

import_obsessed

i have a bsp tC and theres bubbles all over my hood

smash

Here are some pictures of my chips, as promised.















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Sciond

Actually having been previously in the autobody biz this type of things happen commomnly with paint that it not cured properly along with possibly bad paint prep

IsItSnowing

thats why clear bras are such a good idea...

smash

Yes- this is something I've gotten in writing from several body shops and will be bringing to scion's attention.

johnnyblaze

hey my flint mica tc has scratches i dont know if is from them scrathing something in the back when they were importing it or watever and i have a chip in the front from probly a rock i will post pics when its day time and btw smash can u tell me how u took off ur rear tail lamp to smoke ur lights PLEASE!!!

rallyxb

I agree. The paint job on my xB gets scratched and chipped VERY easily.
My cheap-___ Saturn < $10,000 car had a superior paint job
and still looked new after 3 years, so don't let them give you
a line about "but it's a cheap car."

When the guy at the paint shop looked over my xB he said
“it's a thin paint job with a 1 layer of clear coat instead of 2 to 3 layers”
which may be why it gets damaged to easily.

Also… anyone got tips on HOW-TO take good pictures of the paint problems
without a lot of reflections and glare?

What about signing an online petition to submit as evidence?
Any official "recall" or "defect" web-sites we can post our grievances to?

I love my xB, I just hate the poor quality paint.

KevinxB

I had a Chevy Cavalier that I sold to buy my xB. The paint on it looked better after 2 years and 45K highway miles than that of my xB w/ only 15K miles mostly in the city. So I don't want to hear any of that cheap car BS, either.

The Cav had also survived an attack from quite a large rock flying from a dump truck a few car-lengths ahead of me on the highway. It hit the hood and the passenger side rearview mirror. It left a nice scratch, but it did not take the paint off down to the metal, nor did it start to rust. I can't say the same for a more minor chip that mysteriously appeared on my xB's hood.

smash

That's a really good idea.. but I'd have no idea how to go about setting something like that up. Any suggestions anyone? I wonder if there's a website or something that sets up petitions maybe.

smash

Sorry, forgot to mention:

To take decent pictures of paint defects;

I bought a new digital camera with a really good zoom on it. You can try taking the picture w/o a flash up close in good light, and they should turn out fine. It proved to be much easier using the digital camera because you can preview the picture before you take it with the LCD screen. Make sure to leave some space between the lens and the chip or else all you'll get is a couple blurry blobs. I don't recommend using a cheap throwaway camera for something like this- you will not like the results!

FlintM05tc

I have just found many more new chips on my scion tc and its only been about a month and a half now.

I have a nice Dig sony and will be posting some pics ASAP.

This is very unacceptable for a brand new car.

The only time I have noticed paint chips this bad is on a car with several years on it.

rallyxb

Let's start an online petition to submit as evidence.
Can we use this thread?
:?:

smash

Yes! Yes!! But how?? :oops:

rallyxb

I found these links about "car lemon law" but
I don't have time to read them right now.
:?:
What do you think?

http://www.carlemon.com/
http://www.mylemon.com/Lemon_Law_Tips.htm
http://www.lemonlawamerica.com/
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/consumer/...wcarlemon.html
http://autopedia.com/Lemon/