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Flaking Paint New St

gingertom
gingertom
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Hi All

Last evening I washed the car and for the first time since I bought it 3 months ago I wiped over the edge of the rear valance inside the passenger wheel arch.

a couple of penny size white patches appeared where the paint flaked off the plastic.

Has anyone else seen this happen

I have contacted the ford dealer and they want to inspect it

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    That is disgraceful. 3 months old and paint flaking already.

    Do not let them try and duff you off. They have to repair that.

    Sent from my C5303 using Ford OC mobile app

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    Without me trying to sounding like a nob, what did you use to wash it, just standard shampoo, snow foam etc? I would take it straight back to the dealer mate

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    Yes normal shampoo that ive used a 1000 times before

    The local ford dealer I bought it from haven't got a bodyshop so ive got to take it to a dealer 15 miles away!!

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    I hope they are going to supply you with a courtesy car???

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    It was probably damaged on delivery to the dealer and they done a crap job repairing it

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    That's what I thought or the paint has taken to the plastic properly.

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