Paint chipping

[petrified.rabbit]

look on you window sticker if you still have it it might have the original dealers name on it. if it was a dealer trade it is very likely that they traded an imperfect car. ive seen it done 1000 times.

we even switched body panels on brand new cars from time to time, and i have done overall pain jobs, replaced roofs etc on brand new cars.. whether the purchaser knew it or not when they bought it i will never know.

[Thymeclock]

[quote=ontarian_frog]

This may be naive of me....(this is my first new car)...but shouldn't it all be covered under the warranty anyways?
I'll try to take more pictures, hopefully I understood the places you asked for correctly.
I'm not too concerned about it...... because it is a tiny tiny area, but I was curious if it was something that has happened to anyone else. I'll take it to a couple places, and see what they say. Also, give it a more detailed look over in the area.
Side note: the dealership I purchased it at picked up the car from another, at my request, so maybe they weren't aware of a repair? It was a odd situation. I had 2 cars in mind and the dealership that initially said they would made the trade with my dealership called off the deal when mine drove to get "my" car, so they had to find a comparable (more expensive to them actually ---but not for me) car at another dealership. it was kinda a shot gun deal for them. I had originally wanted that specific VIN car that I now have, so it worked out for me...............i just hope there is nothing fishy going on now
(hope that was coherent....lol)
Thanks again.... work all this weekend and then finals till next monday, so I will try to get the other pictures up after that.

Like I said...If the car is under warranty and the chipping is not damage related, but rather a defect in the product or the way the paint was applied at the factory or during the PDI, then there is no reason the dealership won't cover it. GM will ask the dealership to send some pictures in and will decide to, or not, cover it.[/quote:24b6vfnn]

Oh, it will be covered either by the warranty or by the dealer, in that they will repair it (again, maybe?). If it is undisclosed damage the dealer should jump at the opportunity of repairing it and hope that you don't press the issue beyond that. But maybe, if it was repaired before, they didn't repair it right the first time - in which case you don't need to give them a second chance. Nor would you know how extensive any hidden damage might have have been.

The larger issue is that you paid for a new car and may have purchased damaged goods. Any accidental damage done before it was sold as new = devaluation. It doesn't matter how the dealer obtained it or whether he knew of previous repair or not. He sold it to you with the representation that it was NEW, meaning without defects. Any repaired damage should have been disclosed and the purchase price discounted accordingly - and that is why you would be entitled to not just a repair of it, but also compensation for it being undeclared. It may seem petty, but it's a form of fraud and if you can prove it is the case you might collect monetary compensation.