is their such a thing?apologies if this is an idiot question.

but i recently purchased an 06 vrs and their seems to be some small surface corrosion near both rear arches.

quite shocked by this as i had a 13 year ld car that had none and didnt even occur to me to scrutinise the bodywork for corrosion before i bought it.my fault probably.

i know some manufacturers offer warranty on paint and corrosion?

any ideas?

thanksss

update just off the phone to skoda awaiting a call back from warranty guy monday will know more...if anyone is interested

I'm interested in the outcome of this as I think I have a bubble of paint also on an '06

yeah mate its a bit brutal.who knows...im waiting for the call back on monday anyway

I had no joy with the dealers about my rear arch.

ill annoy the utter **** out of them till they give me something free service?...anything...7 year old car with 2 near identical spots of corrosion.poor show tbh

If the paint is already broken then you won't have much luck as they will claim that it was caused by external damage, something like a stone chip (which to be fair is quite likely). If the corrosion is bubbling under the paint but has not yet broken the paint you stand a good chance of getting it sorted under warranty provided the paint specialist that comes to look at it is satisfied it is original paint. We've had warranty work like that done on the boot lid of our last Fabia, and on the wheel arch of an Audi A6.

It probably (more than likely) as stated above caused by stone chips. The chances of an 06 car with modern corrosion protection rusting through from the other side is highly unlikely. There is one possibility and that is both 1/4's have been badly (very) repaired or at worst, badly replaced. That being the case, the costs are unfortunately down to you.

went today, the chap was out with the paint gauge.claimed the car had been in a shunt and had a new bumper.but on further inspection the outer sill had bubbling under paint near the rear passenger door.i said to the guy it must have been a big shunt as he claimed the paint gauge was showing up 00 readings which indicated cataloy.rear bumper and outer sill ( if what he said is to be believed) would indicate more than a shunt and probably a right off.gauge was showing an inconsistent reading through the whole lower left of the car/boot lid/roof/drivers door....was a joke to be fair.tbh its very confusing and really just an attempt to fob me off with some crap i can imagine.who knows.i await further information by email or call back.

on saying this im not mechanically minded before anyone pipes in...just cant see why it would be on inconsistant spots through the car...with varied readings all over the car.

if the gauge readings were 'proof' as such

in the best way possible

update for anyone interested...got a call back to say the car has been accepted to be repaired under warranty.delighted with this...great start for me with regards to skoda customer service.

celebrated by ordering an original set of front mats.yeehaa