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Originally Posted by BaatLuk
My untrained eyes found at least 10 spots of imperfections. Here is just a few examples:
I was simply wondering what you would do if this were your car. Glad to see some of you are so forgiving and considerate of how dealers conduct business.
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Take it back.
Almost all the defect look like they could be we sanded and polish out. The main concern is the overspray on the qtr window mldg. It's easy enough to clean off... BUT! it is an indication that they did not pull the glass before painting. So you have a hard trap line/edge all the way around the glass that will eventually without much care can lead to peeling paint in the future. Be if a few year or 10.
At this point since you kind of fucked yourself by accepting the car and signing before verifying correct repairs you could be SOL as the dealer isn't obligated to fix it.
Personally if you can swing it, I'd have a them or another shop wet-sand out the defects, remove the rear seat bottom and interior plastic, remove the glass, rocker mldg, remove the tail light and bumper. Then have them properly go over the tape/paint edge sanding it out and reclear beyond that. Cut and buff the paint. Make sure they clean the overspray off the parts and then reinstall them. Final detail. Walk around it with the shop/dealership owner together outside point out everything you saw and see.
Best case scenario, if the dealership take pride in themselves they might go the extra mile and throw in a free oil change or BS stuff from the parts department they have on hand. I wouldn't hold my breath if they were an issue the first time.
And on an unrelated note. You have to understand new cars aren't always new. Having worked down from the Ford plant for many years the shop I was at often had to repair new trucks that were damaged out in the lot or down the line. Anytime it was a part they couldn't just bolt on that needed paint, we go it. The cars were then quality control checked and thrown back into the pool to go to dealerships and new customers that never even knew their vehicle had been damaged. I did this until 2010 or so when they increased their in-house paint shop./