I took off my side moldings on Sunday on my Winning Blue Mz3S. All the doors are perfect, with the exception of the front passenger door. There is a ridge from clear coat being sprayed on the door with out removing the molding. The painter for the dealer said it is most likely from the factory where there was a scratch in the door and they corrected it before it left the plant. I can't get the paint to blend by buffing it even with a compound and the clearcoat ridge is an eyesore. Dealer (monkey) refuses to cover under warrenty becasue I can put the moldings back on. Any ideas?
Removed moldings, found paint defect but dealer won't cover
- Thread starter Wicked_3s
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mountjonas
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- 2013 VRM MS3
that blows. that happened to me, ecxept the car was damaged on the lot before i bought it and the dealer repainted it without taking the molding off. so they took full responsibility for it and resprayed it. good luck.
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- 2000 Protege DX
you modified your car....warrantee doesnt have to cover it...period...
cheapmiata1600
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- 03 P5
Indeed, since 99.999% of people don't remove the door mouldings from thier cars, me included, it wouldn't have been an issue if you had left it alone. I hate to agree with a dealer denying a warrany claim, but you're clearly at fault here.
I know this may be a stretch, but you could always put the door moulding back on...
I know this may be a stretch, but you could always put the door moulding back on...
goldwing2000
Turd in the punch bowl
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- 2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles
You could probably get a competent body shop to fix it for under a couple hundred bucks. All it needs is a good wet sand and another shot of clear.
mazda3zoom
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Wicked_3s said:
i dont know if the whiole side would have to be recleared. I know when painting, you would want to blend it in, but being clear coat i dont know how that works. I would think you could just reclear the door.
goldwing2000
Turd in the punch bowl
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- 2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles
Yeah, a good shop should be able to just prep, mask and spray the door with clear and get a match. Call around to your local shops, explain the situation and see who thinks they can do it.
first off, go back to the dealership that denied your claim and beat the hell out of the service rep that screwed you over. go to any random mazda dealer, go to the service department, if they show a lot of "zoom zoom" stuff available and the service rep looks to be younger than 35. i will bet money they will take care of it. the dealer i bought my mazda from had young service people and were into the mazdaspeed stuff, they will still do paint defects for me and i have a complete bodykit on mine. they even alligned my car after i lowered it and put new wheels and tires on it for free. you have have to find a dealer service center thats not a bunch of old ass'
mazda3zoom
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curacer1 said:
I agree with you on the old guys at service being ass holes, but at the same time their not really responsible for that cuz he took off the moldings. If it were younger guys there i bet they would fix it. The dealer by my house is a bunch of jerks too, it sucks.
goldwing2000
Turd in the punch bowl
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- 2004 Mazda3s Hatch; 269,000 miles
curacer1 said:
First off, your sig is too big. Cut the black bars off the sides of the picture and you should be ok.
Secondly, the service rep did not screw anybody over. The dealer was well within their rights to deny a warranty claim. The "defect" never would have been an issue if the car hadn't been altered from factory configuration. You may have a dealer with very liberal warranty policies but that is definitely the exception to the rule.
That being said... Wicked_3s: feel free to try another dealer. You might get lucky. Don't be surprised if they tell you the same story, though.
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Wicked_3s said:
You are SOL...
If you had come to me and I was your dealer, I would have giggled and told you lo leave.
"You probably did it yourself when you removed the mouldings" is what I would say.
It's common, mine had a slight defect in the door as well..
So I did this..
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goldwing2000 said:
They will tell him the same thing...Warrantee claim denials are noted on a dealer/manufacturer database that all dealers will check before performing warrantee work
cheapmiata1600 said:
Really cause I would argue, and loose, that the car was sold to him defective and not as advertised so the contract all together should be void and he should get a brand new car.
The warranty may be void because he took a modded car but the fact that he has a scratch on the car and the repair was defective isn't his fault at all.
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- 02 1500 4x4, mp3
you would lose.
neoturner said:
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trees said:
No you goofball..
They would just give you a new sticker for the trim..
$0.50 worth of 3M tape and he'd flip you the bird.
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