Has anyone experienced the paint chipping off while washing. I have a yellow Scab FX4. The gray 2 tone is coming off under the door.

 

The following linke has the photos of my truck. They are a little dark but you can still see the problem.

 

Ouch. Take that back to the dealer.

 

Took to dealer, they have no body shop. I have to get 2 estimates and get it done myself. Prefer that. I own an auto repair and body shop. Just irritating, so much money for something like this to happen.

 

gessh thast awefull

isn`t the location where the paint is peeling where they put the stone guard tape or what ever u call it ?

lariats have that anyways

 

It's textured and blazing yellow under the gray. I don't believe it was preped very well.

 

Besides the chips, nice truck. What's the driver look like?

 

Is the bottom sprayed with an elastic material (like 3M's rocker schutz)? I noticed the bottom of mine has some type of application. I would think that they needed a polypropylene primer, flashed and then painted with a flex additive. Since this is the two-tone, perhaps Ford did not prep the area prior to adding the second coat or the flex additive was not used and rocks are knocking off chips.

I had a similar problem with the flares on my Jeep (which are 4" extended) and the paint came crumbling off (and the wheels rubbed the flare) when crawling this past summer. Have a new set of Bushwackers on now - no paint.

 

Thanks for the info. I'm picking up my two tone red/dk grey FX4 Monday night. I'll keep an eye out for the chipping.

Just curious though. Is something like this warrantied for the whole 3 years? Or, if it happens two years down the road would they try and say that they are not liable for rock chips? At 1,000 miles it is unquestionably defective but what about 10,000 or 20,000 miles?

Also, what plant was yours built at?

 

I agree I would not be happy at all, I guess I got lucky because my paint is flawless and I believe that is how it should be. The paint job should be top notch for a truck of this price. I guess your lucky since you have the in and can do it right on the fix and then bill FoMoCo for it.