Anyone know what this is?????
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Anyone know what this is?????
So like the above my car looks normal at almost every angle but if you look at the bottom pic in certain angle with lighting I can see those huge dents. What is this? I don’t think its a damage but a defect. My car doesn’t even have a scratch.... took real good care of it. ewh
Last edited by fantasy521; Dec 4, 2017 at 01:18 AM.
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I agree - that's been repaired for sure. Looks like a couple of minor depressions left from sanding a filler. Run a really light/small magnet over the area to see if you pick up any variation. Personally I'd get an independent dealer or repairer to check that out.
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Bought the car brand new last August. (2016)
Didn’t notice until today....
wtf;;
Thing is I can’t see that damage anymore...
that picture was a good shot.
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I got the car new not used.
Can an authorized dealer not disclose
this kind of stuff???
10 years ago when my father took delivery of his
E-class. Mercedes did disclose that his paint finish
was re-conditioned because of little damage from factory. They had pictures of the damage which was miniscule and we still agreed to take the delivery considering as not a big deal. But in this case I do feel cheated.
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I had a similar experience almost 20 years ago. Bought a new 1999 Pathfinder. Within a week or so after bringing it home, I gave it a good detail. And. to my chagrin, I noted that within the rear passenger side door frame, the VIN tag was painted over the same color as the car. Whereas, the other identifying VIN tags that were all over the car, were not painted over. At that point it was my assumption that there had been some kind of damage to the car while in the dealer/shippers hands and the damage was repaired. I went to a lawyer friend and he hopped on the case. Said I had to have body shop verify that a repair was made.
At the body shop, the guy, just by eyeballing, told me that the passenger side door had been repaired. He then took out a paint thickness monitoring gauge and showed me that this was the case...big difference in pain thichness between where the repair was non-repair areas. He further went on to remove the inside of the door, and sure enough there were holes and putty. Took pictures and the lawyer wrote a letter to the dealership's GM asking how this should be handled. Not being a pig, I settled for a 2000 Pathfinder (same trim) and payment of the lawyer's fee.
Now, to be honest, of course dinks and scratches happen while the car is in transport or already at the dealership, and they are repaired. However, if the dealership is remiss in reporting this to the buyer, particularly if there was a big area of repair, I would suspect that they wwould bend over backwards to rectify the situation. Good luck.
At the body shop, the guy, just by eyeballing, told me that the passenger side door had been repaired. He then took out a paint thickness monitoring gauge and showed me that this was the case...big difference in pain thichness between where the repair was non-repair areas. He further went on to remove the inside of the door, and sure enough there were holes and putty. Took pictures and the lawyer wrote a letter to the dealership's GM asking how this should be handled. Not being a pig, I settled for a 2000 Pathfinder (same trim) and payment of the lawyer's fee.
Now, to be honest, of course dinks and scratches happen while the car is in transport or already at the dealership, and they are repaired. However, if the dealership is remiss in reporting this to the buyer, particularly if there was a big area of repair, I would suspect that they wwould bend over backwards to rectify the situation. Good luck.
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Of course they can. I would think most dealers would not volunteer such information - I know mine didn't. My initial order received transit damage and I only got told because I cornered them on the topic by asking for a written statement to confirm the car wasn't damaged & repaired in transit. The world ain't perfect, but honestly, that kind of thing (if it is indeed transit damage) wouldn't be acceptable. I would approach the dealer first and get a response. If they play ignorant, get a specialist to examine the area. They can do paint thickness measurements to confirm if there's been any respray/repair. If it's just indentations without any kind of repair, the dealer may claim it has happened after delivery. If the car is a year old I would not rate your chances on getting the dealer to repair it. There could have been someone bump into the car .. or anything. Perhaps not the kind of thing you immediately notice.
From a repair perspective, get some quotes from paintless dent removal guys. They wold just pull that kind of thing out no worries. A good guy will make it look perfect again.
Good luck with it.
From a repair perspective, get some quotes from paintless dent removal guys. They wold just pull that kind of thing out no worries. A good guy will make it look perfect again.
Good luck with it.
