I apologize if this has been brought up before. I saw some older gens with clear coat issue but wanted to see if anyone with newer gens have seen it. I have a 2013 Black with 27K miles on it. Was washing it yesterday and noticed for the first time a bunch of spots on the hood where the clear coat is failing. The car is garaged when it isn't at work. The issue is only on the hood the rest of the paint is fine. The small specks in the picture is pollen. Will be bringing it into the dealer to get it fixed.
2013 Clear Coat Issue
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I had multiple spots on my '12 and brought it to my dealers attention 4 or 5 months after I purchased it. The wouldn't do sh!t for me. hopefully you will have better luck than me. On a side note, i noticed a spot on my hood before I purchased and they agreed to repaint it before I took ownership.
DesertCanyons
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Clear Coat fail
Is the hood protection film covered under warranty? What's the period of warranty for accessories? If it is covered, and it was failing for reasons other than abuse or road damage, they should have covered it. If it fails due to the clear coat materials or application, they should have replaced it, repainting the hood if necessary.
Is the hood protection film covered under warranty? What's the period of warranty for accessories? If it is covered, and it was failing for reasons other than abuse or road damage, they should have covered it. If it fails due to the clear coat materials or application, they should have replaced it, repainting the hood if necessary.
Danimal
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Hard to tell from the picture, but it looks more like the clearcoat has been damaged by something like bird poop or tree sap. I've had bird poop do this on two cars. Not sure what kind of bird caused it, either - but I WILL find those little bastards. Some day...
Dan
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Not from bird droppings I have actually had very few bird droppings and they get washed off right away becauae I can't stand them, and this is all over the hood.
Clay bar would not fix this the spots are very ruff clearly needs be sanded down and repainted.
Could be tree sap but again this vehicle gets washed often and is garaged or parked under covered parking at work 90% of the time.
Toyota is repainting the hood under warranty. Dropping it off on Wednseday for them to fix it.
Not from bird droppings I have actually had very few bird droppings and they get washed off right away becauae I can't stand them, and this is all over the hood.
Clay bar would not fix this the spots are very ruff clearly needs be sanded down and repainted.
Could be tree sap but again this vehicle gets washed often and is garaged or parked under covered parking at work 90% of the time.
Toyota is repainting the hood under warranty. Dropping it off on Wednseday for them to fix it.
Is that standard black or attitude black?
There is only one Black listed for the 2013 according to Toyota.
Limited models : attitude black
All others std 202 black
2015 only 1 black attitude black.
What model do you have what color code did you use?
It's sad that you would get the wrong information from Toyota that there is only one black your attitude black actually takes a two part touch up paint there's the metallic base and then a clearcoat I have purchased it. Your paint code is 218
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Will do. Dealership didn't fight it to much just took time for Toyota to approve the work.
That is just from me searching online not from the dealership. Dealership is fixing the factory paint so I'm sure they will take care of it. I haven't touched the paint.
