Ok so the wife gets me a complete Zaino kit for Xmas and Sunday afternoon it clears up enough to wash and clay the car....so I get down to doing a thorough wash job and while drying the car I see it.....THE DREADED BLOTCHINESS in 2 areas one on the drivers side 1/4 panel and one on the very bottom of the door.Needless to say I felt sick about this discovery because I knew this was a concern before I bought my car and went over it completely before I took delivery,I wonder if this condition can occur at any time because I swear it wasn't there......anyway I take the car to a local Pontiac dealership that is open on Monday and the bodyshop manager says "yup factory defect in the paint,we will have to paint almost the entire drivers side"
I have read that some people have been able to resolve this by using a heat gun because what I'm seeing is moisture under the clear,I would be ok with the heat fix but I'm not so crazy about having almost half the car re-painted especially since this car only has 158 miles on itand I haven't made the first payment yet
IMO..dealerships are in the business of selling cars not painting them and as I looked around the shop it didn't look very modern or even particularly clean,I understand theses cars are painted then heated to cure the paint,my local dealer can't do that,I didn't even see a downdraft system in the paint booth
My question is do I have to allow the car to be painted or can I demand that GM take the car back? what would you do?
I have read that some people have been able to resolve this by using a heat gun because what I'm seeing is moisture under the clear,I would be ok with the heat fix but I'm not so crazy about having almost half the car re-painted especially since this car only has 158 miles on itand I haven't made the first payment yet
IMO..dealerships are in the business of selling cars not painting them and as I looked around the shop it didn't look very modern or even particularly clean,I understand theses cars are painted then heated to cure the paint,my local dealer can't do that,I didn't even see a downdraft system in the paint booth
My question is do I have to allow the car to be painted or can I demand that GM take the car back? what would you do?