Missing Paint

[onemoreokie]

I’ve got a new XR and was putting a coat of wax on it today. I noticed some missing paint around the tailgate hinge. Normal?

I didn’t expect great paint quality but overall it’s the worst paint job I’ve ever had on a new car.

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[DavidArmen]

Okay that’s just sad and not normal. There’s a lot of areas with missing paint but none of those areas are visible. This is the first time I see missing paint on a visible section of the body. How on earth did this pass inspection?

 

[euan2020]

makes me worry about trading in my 2019 - apart from batteries i have been free from problems

 

[Mtenna99]

Yeah mine has it there too.

 

[onemoreokie]

makes me worry about trading in my 2019 - apart from batteries i have been free from problems

I'd hold onto it if it's working. This isn't my only issue. I've had a windshield leak since new, now going on six weeks. Jeep hasn't/won't address this seriously and give me any timeline for parts and/or repair. Awesome vehicle but serious quality control issues!

 

[LuvHydro]

Wow, that's messed up. Mine is thin in a couple places but yours is pretty bad.

 

[JABCAT]

Personally, I’d buy a can of touch up paint, tape off surrounding areas, and spray that area. Quadratec has 5 oz cans of OEM paint.

 

[onemoreokie]

Personally, I’d buy a can of touch up paint, tape off surrounding areas, and spray that area. Quadratec has 5 oz cans of OEM paint.

I'd rather do that then let them touch it.

 

[RT-Stocker]

For mine, it's some overspray on the passenger side, right above the tail light... since it's not too visible, I have learned to deal with it. In your case, it's just too obvious, not acceptable at all. Sorry about that.

 

[JABCAT]

For mine, it's some overspray on the passenger side, right above the tail light... since it's not too visible, I have learned to deal with it. In your case, it's just too obvious, not acceptable at all. Sorry about that.

That should be fairly easy to remove with a clay bar or DA Polisher.

I’ve owned 9 different Jeeps starting back in 1994 & they’ve all had paint issues. Our ‘20 Grand Cherokee has the worst orange peel I’ve seen, a few areas with dark pencil eraser-sized circles in the paint, and the fuel door color is off from the surrounding panels. If my wife’s company didn’t pay for the car, I probably would’ve made a stink about the paint. We’re going to trade it in in 3 years so I don’t let it bother me.

We had a 2000 dark green Cherokee and the paint peeled off the roof and hood in large sections within the 1st year and they refused to fix it under warranty. Typical Jeep quality, sadly.

 

[RT-Stocker]

That should be fairly easy to remove with a clay bar or DA Polisher.

I’ve owned 9 different Jeeps starting back in 1994 & they’ve all had paint issues. Our ‘20 Grand Cherokee has the worst orange peel I’ve seen, a few areas with dark pencil eraser-sized circles in the paint, and the fuel door color is off from the surrounding panels. If my wife’s company didn’t pay for the car, I probably would’ve made a stink about the paint. We’re going to trade it in in 3 years so I don’t let it bother me.

We had a 2000 dark green Cherokee and the paint peeled off the roof and hood in large sections within the 1st year and they refused to fix it under warranty. Typical Jeep quality, sadly.

Thanks for suggestion on the clay bar & polisher.. will look into that.

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