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- 2014 QX70 AWD
Funny, my 2014 Sonic silver GT looks almost new with not a rock chip to be found. Driven her almost 100,000 miles up and down the eastern seaboard.
I believe yours is Liquid Silver. Sonic Silver was introduced in 2016...
Funny, my 2014 Sonic silver GT looks almost new with not a rock chip to be found. Driven her almost 100,000 miles up and down the eastern seaboard.
I'm not the one that had 150+ chips. I only had about 6 at the time of the inspection, and the inspector was able to immediately identify that the issue is a defect, not rocks.
Really? Sigh... there's going to be no living with this dude now! heheheand also I appreciate certain members (particualry unob)
(cool)⋯ Also, I'm not going to tolerate members being insulted simply because they "dare" to point out faults in the car they paid for, and continue to pay for in insurance gas, etc (any reason really). .
IMHO if there's no Unobtanium posting here, how boring this board would become ⋯Really? Sigh... there's going to be no living with this dude now! hehehe
I believe yours is Liquid Silver. Sonic Silver was introduced in 2016...
That's a good point actually. So... thick paint doesn't chip? Wouldn't thicker paint still chip but no show primer I'm guessing is the argument for thicker paint?
FALSE! Paint chips are not from rocks and stones. I complained to Mazda about the chips in my hood. They had a paint inspector look at it, and he confirmed that these chips are not from objects hitting my hood. It's a defect in the paint or in the application process. The biggest indicator of a defect is that the paint chips are appearing in clusters, and are not randomly spread out over the hood, as you would expect if they were from objects randomly hitting your car.
Mazda agreed to have my hood replaced, and repainted free of charge. More people definitely need to speak up on this.
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Also, I'm not going to tolerate members being insulted simply because they "dare" to point out faults in the car they paid for, and continue to pay for in insurance gas, etc (any reason really). .
I've decided to keep it open for now because it mostly has cleaned up by itself, and also I appreciate certain members (particualry unob) who decided not to fan the flame presented on the first page. (flame2)
Everyone here has their own opinions.. That being said, mine is that modern paint sucks in general but I definitely noticed the problem more on my last two CX-5s vs the Ford Escape I owned prior.. Chips on my front end and on my roof.
Today I just call Mazda USA about my 4 months old 2017 cx-5. There are more than 150 rock chips in my soul red paint. Note: I DO NOT tailgate at all, I have always keep a longer distance than an 18 wheelers. After I speak to one of the representatives. I was told there are a large amount of people complaining about the paint issues on 2017/2018 cx-5, there might be a TSB if more people complain. please, people, I need your help if you have paint problems with your cx-5 call and please go file a complaint. I know a large number of people here have paint rock chip problem. I have own lot other cars NONE of them chips like cx-5.(They do chip but not like 150 in 4 months) 2012 Hyundai Tucson for example only 7 chips for 6 years. 2010 GMC Acadia 115k only 8 little rock chips. 2014 Toyota Sienna 0 so far. 2015 BWM 2 rock chips front, and the side because performance Pirelli tire and wheel is bigger so about 10 chips on the side that's due to my self-bought a bigger tire than the original tire. 2015 Dodge Charger 2 chips as far as I know. 2017 BMW X5 zero yet(with clear bra). 2016 Lexus lx570 zero as far as I know or I cant see because of clear bra(with clear bra). 2010 Toyota RAV4 about 120k miles on it around 10 chips. 2010 Acura TL around 7 chips. 2010 Hyundai Elantra 120k miles about 16 chips somewhere around when I counted 6 months ago. Man WTF Mazda 4k miles 150 chips?? With paying extra for soul red paint. Anyways you get the idea how bad Mazda paint is. I have seen to have bad luck with this car.... turn signal light was out less than 2k miles(warranty, did fix it but dealer was about 115mile away from me and I have to drive over and back). Left side tail light was about to fall out it was wiggling that occurs less than 500miles on it(had tow to deal and fix it). Rattling noise sounds like the wire that was rattling first occur around 300mile till now Mazda dealer denied said it was normal. hood and front passenger side head light misaligned(had it adjusted at Mazda dealer but still misaligned). The rear bumper was about to fall off occurs around 600miles (again drive to dealer get it fix by warrnty)
I might mention the chips on mine on my next dealer visit if someone only had 6 and got a hood replaced, hahahaha. I've got going on close to 2 dozen now, large, fillable ones (that I have filled), and then a bunch of really small ones that I can't really even count accurately from the hood all the way up the sides. I don't tailgate, and I drive fairly reasonably. Can't say I've heard more than a rock or 2 hit the car since I've had it in the past 6 months.
I will reiterate that my 2015 Genesis Sedan had exactly 1 paint chip from a rock that I heard bounce off the fender over my music in one of the quietest cabins on the market over 1 year of ownership on a multi-stage paint job. So this does seem excessive to me. My coupe had maybe a 1/2 a dozen in 6 years, and my 2000's Echo had like 3 in 15 years, hahaha.
Does it really bother me thaaaaat much? It did, but not anymore. It's a daily driver, and I plan on having a "for fun" car in the next couple years once I build my house. This machine is basically gonna be a work horse for me anyway over the coming years. But if I can get away with repaints, hey, why not. Hahaha. Worth a shot.
In the meantime, my touchup paint I bought from ChipFixx is fantastic and covers the chips almost perfectly.