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Any one else getting blisters on doors?

They are definitely not stone chips, I have stone chips on the bonnet, front wings, windscreen etc, but these are blisters or bubbles that seem to form under the paint first and then form a head.

I have them on all 4 doors, above and below the side protector strip. No where else on the car.

The yeti is 15 month old and the body work was perfect as it should be when I bought it new. The blisters seem to have started in the last 6 months. They are all sizes and quite difficult to see on the Cappuccino Beige unless it has just been cleaned.

The colour was chosen as it hides the dirt well, the yeti is my works vehicle and it is used every day and only gets a hose off between jobs. It has done 32,000 miles. My last two works vehicles (Honda and Nissan) never had any thing like this, and I’ve never seen or heard of anything like it before.

Dealer is going to have a look at it.

John

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Yes this has been discussed recently on the forum and my own car has the issue but last I really checked just affecting the offside; one on each door. Only other instance I've seen this is on older (7 years +) Fabia Mk I's on the sides and rear hatch; son's previous example developed a few before he sold it.

From what I've read on the forum it's been a mixed result in getting the dealers/SUK to accept these are what they are rather than stone chips.

TP

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I had a similar problem with our Octavia when around 17 months old, bubbles started appearing on the tailgate which showed no signs of stone chipping. The excuse was some mosture was trapped between the undercoat and final paint and it was eventually replaced with a new panel and repainted. It was very disturbing at the time but it did not come back and all the other panels apert from real stone chips stayed bubble free. I am keeping a close eye on the Yeti, so far I have been lucky as the only stone to hit the front missed the bodywork and caused a slight chip/mark on the windscreen

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I too have found paint bubbling/blistering thus far only spotted towards the rear of the offside rear door below the side protector strip. Reported it to the dealer when in for service 2 weeks ago and still awaiting a report. IMO it;s a paint defect as there is no evidence of damage that would allow water beneath the paint. Hopefully should find out more today when I go back to have a baffle associated with the DPF replaced which, I am told is the cause of the exhaust fumes entering the cabin.

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Thanks for all the replies,

The pictures in the link provided by BigHusky shows exactly what is happening to my doors though the blisters are not quite that big.

In total I have now have 7 blisters over all 4 doors, in various stages of development

Dealer has seen them and sent report in to Skoda UK, will post the outcome.

The dealer said they are unusual as the stone chips I have on the rest of the car’s body panels have not gone on to develop blisters under the paint. So some thing is definitely not right.

John

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  • 1 month later...

I have found 4 blisters on our yeti on the doors, took it into the dealer where we bought the car and straight away the technician said it was stone chips. He said he would send a report in but he 'thinks' that skoda will agree with him. Will have to wait and see I suppose.

Neil.

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skoda just skips galvanizing every other car in a process because it's too expensive.

Isn't the Yeti galvanized ?!

I think the only galvanized car we owned was the MY1994 Fiat Tipo. Nor the slightest sign of rust or corrosion in 15 years !

And we live 2.5 Km from the sea shore, also spring, summer & fall are very humid here - so it's a harmful environment for cars !

I can remember a Tipo "sale leaflet" about the galvanizing process Fiat was proud of, containing pictures of a Tipo body being processed in the electrolytic bath.

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I wouldn't worry about anything that "offnote" says, as we have proved in the past that most/all of it is rubbish.

Found a fault with the "Ignore" button......................if someone quotes their post we have to read what the ignored has written!!

And for info, I have NEVER seen anything that says the Yeti, or any other Skoda, is galvanised.

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I've got some as well.

Earlier this week I was polishing the car for the first time since new in Jan 2012, and I spotted them. Under a X6 lense they look like the paint is intact - certainly not chips. Chips are on the bonnet and are not a problem.

I'm in for my second service next Wednesday at Skodas's premier service facility in Cardiff, so I'm not very hopeful of a positve response :think:

I've also got a low/idle speed engine related noise - a bit like a cyclic belt noise which then gives a tinny rattle as the revs rise slightly - possibly a heat shield vibrating.

I've got Skoda mud flaps fitted which are next to useless, but the paint defects areas are not in the firing line from the wheels.

I'll post another thread later showing the damage to the rear wheel arch kits caused, I guess, by grit/gravel.

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I am seriously thinking about getting some 3M clear film to run along the bottom of both doors ( both sides) under the side protection strips.Good idea?

Tony

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I have paint blisters on the front doors now. Each has a tiny pin-***** in the centre and spreading corrosion under the paint. Just like the back doors before they were resprayed.

Dealer says they are stone chips, which are not covered by the warranty. However, there is a technical bulletin about paint being rubbed off the trailing edge of the front doors due to body flex wearing the paint away where it is in contact with the rubber seal between the doors. The lower rear corner of the drivers door is through to bare metal where it is in contact with the seal and is now rusting. Photos have been taken and sent to Skoda to see if they will respray it under warranty.

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I too have found paint bubbling/blistering thus far only spotted towards the rear of the offside rear door below the side protector strip. Reported it to the dealer when in for service 2 weeks ago and still awaiting a report. IMO it;s a paint defect as there is no evidence of damage that would allow water beneath the paint. Hopefully should find out more today when I go back to have a baffle associated with the DPF replaced which, I am told is the cause of the exhaust fumes entering the cabin.

Further to the above it turns out that all four doors were affected and they have since been remedied under warranty. I have been told that this type of defect is the result of stones causing small perforations and allowing moisture under the paint etc..... and that the Yeti is prone to such damage. I have since had front mud flaps fitted which will hopefully help deflect debris away from the paintwork however only time will tell. The fitting of protective tape would also be a good idea, (like that fitted around the rear wheel-arch), but feel this is something that should be fitted by SUK.

Apart from some initial difficulties with the local dealer when reporting the issue and having to travel some extra distance to get to the Dealer's bodyshop the service received from the bodyshop was good and the work carried out appears to good also, (I say appears as I'm no expert).

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My local Skoda servicing facilty did our second service yesterday, and took pics of the two "blisters" to forward onto SUK.

Not hopeful as the guys said they had never seen them before, or heard about the lumps. They were also "shocked" about the damage to the wheel arch trim, something else they were not aware of.

If I get no joy, I think I'll invest in a little specialist bodywork care.

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Whilst cleaning the car recently I found 2 of these "blisters" on the offside front door of my MY 2012 Yeti Urban. Our local main dealer has taken photos and has submitted them to Skoda for an opinion.

I'll update the thread once I've heard back from them.

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Whilst cleaning the car recently I found 2 of these "blisters" on the offside front door of my MY 2012 Yeti Urban. Our local main dealer has taken photos and has submitted them to Skoda for an opinion.

I'll update the thread once I've heard back from them.

Just heard from Rainworth's today. I'm told this is being considered a "warranty repair" and am awaiting a date for it to go in for the door to be repainted.

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Great news Tim, have SUK actually said what they thought caused the blisters if it was not classed as stone damage?

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Great news Tim, have SUK actually said what they thought caused the blisters if it was not classed as stone damage?

Hi Jon,

Skoda UK are still insisting it's the result of stone damage as per the decision of warranty. I haven't disagreed with the notion that it may indeed have been hit by a stone in those two locations but to my mind, for it's age/miles and the fact that the paint was not chipped in the traditional sense, blistering shouldn't have happened if the paint/body protection was up to the job. Think they understood my point of view but stayed with the corporate line of not wanting to admit there is an issue.

Oh as a side note I bumped into one of my motor vehicle colleagues in the college today and asked him for his thoughts. He agreed that for the age of the car it didn't sound right from his own personal experience in the industry.

Hopefully she will be home at the weekend all sorted having had a 2 week TLC break in Lincoln; fingers crossed anyway.

TP

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@The Plumber: Great news, I do hope that you won't have any paint blister problems from now on. For everyone else: what do you suggest as a prevention method - applying clear film like @manxskoda suggested or anything else?

I wish you all a great afternoon!

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