Paint Issue
Asked by GuruX74XY Nov 22, 2018 at 05:11 PM about the 2019 Subaru Forester 2.5i AWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
This is one of a few spots on the passenger side of the car. The car was purchased mid October and a week later these areas started appearing. So far Subaru has not acknowledged fault. The areas are on the black panels only. They seem to morph and multiple increasingly. What is causing this? The car is in a garage and in town only.
6 Answers
I think that was caused by heat or chemical exposure.
3 other spots today. Two body shops said heat but could not explain when or how. I am guessing it must have happened at the manufacturing plant or in route to the dealer. The car has low miles and has just not been driven anywhere to receive that kind of exposure.
I would complain directly to SOA. Tell them your car is a rolling billboard for Subaru. Ask them if they want good or bad advertising. ;)
Check out the place you park and look for possible causes.
I live next door to a house with low E rated windows that act like magnifying glass when the sun is just right. I spent 5 years trying to figure it out replacing meted plastic mirrors on my truck a couple of times and now I have the appliqués on my wife’s car melting the same as yours. I have pictures of the window reflection. I set a piece of paper down and it caught it on fire. It sounds crazy, but it
