2024 XLT Paint damage

[Pippip2468]

I was washing my truck and found these two spots on the roof. Looks like the paint is cracking. I parked under a tree that dripped sap on the roof but I don't know how that would crack the paint.

Is this covered under warranty? If not, how should I take care of it?

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[pkvir]

I doubt they will cover this. To many variables as the cause, and they will likely blame you for the damage. Sap and bird doo doo can cause a lot of damage.

 

[395N]

Dealer will not warranty that.

 

[bigb]

My last pickup was a 2002 Ford and the paint held up beautifully over 23 years and 190,000 miles but I've noticed some complaints on this forum on the new Rangers. Has Ford paint quality declined a lot?

 

[MasterCylinder]

I was washing my truck and found these two spots on the roof. Looks like the paint is cracking. I parked under a tree that dripped sap on the roof but I don't know how that would crack the paint.

Is this covered under warranty? If not, how should I take care of it?

Almost any decent body man at a shop can identify that damage as bird droppings or sap damage, no warranty not even with the extended policies they sell in most cases. Today's automotive paints from the factory are many times not solvent based (which last longer in the elements, provide better protection) but actually water based paints,(thank you epa) Sap will actually adhere to the clear and if not removed can damage paint fast. Bird droppings turn acidic fast and bingo damage. I think yours more resembles bird dropping damage than sap from my work in body shops (but water based paints are relatively new from a factory stand point ) and I'm not an expert. Man I'd Find a good body shop and get that fixed, it will get worse with exposure to the elements. Right now it can probably be touched up and blended. The longer you wait the more it will cost. That totally is a major bummer!

 

[superj]

My last pickup was a 2002 Ford and the paint held up beautifully over 23 years and 190,000 miles but I've noticed some complaints on this forum on the new Rangers. Has Ford paint quality declined a lot?

its not that their paint declined so much as the ep got into it. now the paint has to be environmentally safe so its not as good as it used to be, like anything else the epa gets into.

you will read this exact complaint on any other vehicle forum you go to. it was a non-stop topic on the nissan titan forum and on the nissan frontier forums.

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