Has been going on for a long time. 20 years ago or so Ford hired a company to find out what their faults were in the paint department. The company did tons of tests, came up with a huge report and what needed fixing. Fords solution? Fire them.Visiting various dealers over the last couple of years, I've seen a lot of really bad paint on pricey new vehicles. I'm talking 'seventies grade orange peel. Last Sunday we saw a 70K+ top of the tree SUV on display at a non-automotive venue and it had pretty bad orange peel, which looked worse in the black paint it wore.
I know it isn't the paint system allowed in this country, since my Ohio built Accord has perfect paint.
Is this no more than my anecdotal observation, or is there lots of bad paint out there. I'm not talking about minor imperfections but rather paint bad enough that you'd realistically tell the dealer to knock 10K off just to compensate for the unforgivably bad
I notice at a stop light a black Escalade or Denali? It was new and black and the orange peel was bad. For a $100k vehicle that black paint should have a deep glossy shine, not a polished turd.
I have to give credit to Tesla, I have not noticed their paint peeling off yet. You notice Ford/GM vehicles starting to have issues after just a few years