mynameiswazy

Since today was nice, I decided to give the old goat her first coat of wax of the spring. Everything was going well until I got to the doors, and saw the paint beging to peel away on the passenger side door handle. She is a 2005 with about 42k on the clock. Has anyone gotten this taken care of outside of the warrenty period, and if so was there any charge?
I am hoping that since this is a well known issue, GM will take care of it, but since all the service departments in my area are closed on Saturday, I couldnt call.
Thanks all
Dave

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GTO JUDGE

Mine was taken care of under warranty. There is a noted problem with this.
You may want to bring this to the attention of your service writer and ask them if they would take care of this as a courtesy gesture. Depending on your rapport with them they have the ability to do that.

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mynameiswazy

That pretty much what I figured. I have to get front breaks too. I am guessing thats going to be pricey...

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bratt68

Hi all! New to the forum. I purchased a '05 in August of last year with 10,000 miles on it from carmax.com and recently noticed this same problem...paint peeling off the driver's side door handle. I'm glad I'm not alone and that this was the first post I ran up on. I'll be visiting the local dealership to get this fixed!

TR GTO

My passenger handle is doing it as well, along with the driver's side skirt for some reason. Mine's an '04 with 28k miles.

GTO JUDGE

I had thought the paint on these cars is water based. This would explain the poor adhesion, and easy stone chipping. One of my fellow club members told me he's certain the paint is water based.

Many years ago Dana in Lancaster used to paint the chassis and all assembled components on them for Mack Trucks. It was all petroleum based. Mack decided to go with water based because of the reduced costs. It was a nightmare for our painters. The water based paint on them was terrible, it just wouldn't hold. All kind of back charges were incurred because of it but it wasn't the prep or the painters it was the product. I believe once Mack took the painting back in house they switched back to petroleum based.

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mynameiswazy

I am calling my dealership tomorrow in regards to front breaks because I cant find the parts anywhere else. Anyone have any idea on cost?

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SPICERED2006

My wife pointed out the paint chipping of both dor handles on the inside and edges.........great....

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exwrx

What are you looking for?? Pads and rotors, do them yourself. I posted a DIYwith pics, including brake lines. Pads are about $100 on ebay per axle, rotors are expensive.... upwards of $150 each. Tirerack.com also is a good place to get pads, rotors, and lines for a reasonable price.

How to.... Brakes and Brake lines w/ pics.

exwrx

My car's been absorbing water.... ever since I bought it. I've clay-bar'd, waxed, polished etc... When washing it, I can see the paint absorbing the water. The paint looks fine, and it's still really glossy, with no peel, or cracks. My old 91 S10 truck did the same thing.