Imperfect new car. how to fix crack on paint?

[asian319]

noticed this a a while after i got the car. on the sides of those trunk garnish piece, there is some kind of tape. apparently mine isnt perfect. it caused cracked and peeled paint.





also my door panels T_T how can i remove this? looks like truck packaging that they didnt remove correctly.

[obert]

Looks to me like it was the plactic they put on cars to protect it when it is new.

[SPOOLIN K20]

id take it back and make em take it off

but im pickey

[asian319]

well i got this in jan. so will they do it? what about the trunk part?

[asian319]

bump need help on trunk piece

[trurice]

its under warranty and obviously not something you did to it. Bring it to a dealer

[jethroooo]

I remember seeing those in my moms expedition. they hella bug man.

[asian319]

BUMP got this crap replaced and wtf it cracked again at same spot. I never even touch it, whats going wrong?

[lonely1126]

weird...how did you replace it?
if the dealer did it go back to them..

i noticed the same thing on my girls civic trunk.. it was quite hidden tho so i left it alone..

[AbstraKt]

Same thing happened to me... Check it out:

I took delivery of the car with less than 20 miles on it back in Jan. 2007. When I took delivery, they stripped the plastic off the hood and wheels.

Fast forward a few months: I had noticed that the imperfections in the paint on the hood was far from its normal wear so when I took it in to that same dealer to have the oil changed, I asked one of the shop's CSR's. He said it looked like someone had taken a razor blade to so I thought "that sucks" but what could I do about it then? I thought if someone did that, screw them but what are you gonna do?

Fast forward to last week: I got into an accident and had my car in the body shop for three weeks. One of the supervisors there told me the paint on the hood looked weird. I told him what I was told almost two years ago. He says, "nah, the paint's cracking because it has been re-coated from the factory." I said i took delivery of the car with less than 20 miles on it and that I was basically the only driver. He then draws my attention to masking tape in the pillars and explains that masking was only there because someone had repainted the hood. I said that was BS because *I thought* I bought the car BRAND new.

Fast forward to a couple days ago: So I'm back in the shop for an oil change and ask the techs there to look at it. I explained to them what I was told by a professional and they concurred. I then grab the owner of the dealership, who is a friend of the family, and he took the word of his shop techs. I asked if it was covered under warranty (or the extended warranty I so foolishly purchased) and he sternly said "no" even though I am not the one at fault.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I feel you, man.

[asian319]

honda of serramonte replaced it under warranty first time. got another replacement ordered today. it seems only i have this problem