I clean the car usually weekly and i noticed a few little orange dots.. No worries i thought must be a bit of insect road kill! However recently due to being busy ive not washed her in 3 weeks. And it is without a doubt spot rust, and the orignal "road kill marks" have got bigger. After looking at the roof closely there is THOUSANDS of these little orange marks some alot bigger than others. They biggest ones are on the top frame pillars. Now my roof is white so it shows up alot more. If presume a car of this age should NOT! Be doing this. I Wax the car weekly so its protected, ive only done near enough 14k miles I live in the midlands so its not like its exposed to the salt of the coast. If this isnt right which am pretty DAMM sure its not after having other cars. This is GUTTING, And really outlines a quality issue. I understand drums rusting and what have you but PAINT!!

What do i do :(

are you sure it's the car rusting and not spots of metal that are embedded in the paint?

I had a similar experience with my BMW, i parked it at work near where there was a vent from the bodyshop facing the car park, it turned out that the vent was for the plasma cutter!! :eek: so all the bits that were embedded in the paint were actually tiny pieces of steel from the plasma cutter!

Needless to say the paid for a full detail of the car

The external panels are all galvanised steel, so in theory at least should not rust. Are you sure its rust and not some other paint contamenent, eg. tree sap.

are you sure it's the car rusting and not spots of metal that are embedded in the paint?

I had a similar experience with my BMW, i parked it at work near where there was a vent from the bodyshop facing the car park, it turned out that the vent was for the plasma cutter!! :eek: so all the bits that were embedded in the paint were actually tiny pieces of steel from the plasma cutter!

Needless to say the paid for a full detail of the car

Ive not thought about that, occasionally my dad users it for work. His an engineer and works with welding and metal cutting etc...

I think the car may need a full detal. How much does a good detail usually cost :(

Yep, sounds like industrial fall out to me - which could be removed with a clay bar.

Park near any notable industry or railway lines?

Yep, sounds like industrial fall out to me - which could be removed with a clay bar.

Park near any notable industry or railway lines?

Agree with this statement, clay bars usually remove the contamination.

I would think it was metal fall out. My dad's freind works at a steel works and his company Mondeo has loads of fall out on the paint work, washed it once and when drying it was like sandpaper. Like others have said a clay bar should remove it without too many problems (you will be amazed it makes the paint so smooth like glass) and will give you a good base to polish and then apply layers of protection.

David

Had a similar experience with a brand new Ford Fiesta Ghia finished in Ivory white. Within two weeks of taking delivery I noticed the roof, bonnet, and most of the other panels on the car 'breaking out' in rust. Told the dealer and Ford sent down a rep to study the paint. After careful examination the dealer and Ford decided it was paint contamination caused by metal particles from the transporter train wheels that brought the car over from Germany or Spain, or somewhere or other. The particles are thrown up into the air and become electromagnetically charged by the EM field generated by the overhead cables above the train. They then attach themselves to the cars being carried on board, coming to rest in the wax protection. However, at the dealers it is not possible to remove them with the normal dewaxing regime, even if the dealer could see them, which he cannot. Hence they become stuck within the new slightly soft paint.

Now here's the thing...Ford sent a special acid to the dealer to remove the particles without any rubbing. This acid was mixed with water to form a very acidic mix and was then applied by hand (gloved) to the whole car. It was allowed to stand with the acid on it for an hour then rinsed off and then a new lot reapplied. The acid actually disolved the iron particles leaving the paint completely undamaged. The car required careful cleaning afterwards and the paint was treated to some gentle polishing with clay in one or two places where the particles were still present. But no harm done. She looked a picture afterwards. It turns out that paint contamination is quite common and there are various ways of dealing with it. Talk to your dealer too for his opinion before you do anything.