My 59 plate had one paint blister showing about the size of a thumb nail. I traded it in later for a new Octy.

Mine is a mid-2012 and had the blister issue, just fixed under warranty last week (though appeared last September). Nothing to do with wear and tear in this case - it was blistering under unbroken paintwork.

Mine is 2012 as well. No blisters yet, but now I became paranoid.

Of the members with this problem is it common to the off roaders only or is an even mix of onroad and off road.........

Other than driving over the odd field and an occasional gravel track (slowly) I've done no offroading in mine.

Nothing to do with off-road use; it appears to be a problem with the zinc anti-corrosion treatment below the paint reacting in some way..

I may well have missed it, but has anyone attempted to narrow down or define the period over which these 'problem' vehicles were manufactured/sold?

Why is it only on the lower side of the doors if the whole car is covered and protected with the same treatment.?

In reply to Sad55, the blisters seem to be predominantly below the horizontal door protector trims, but not entirely. On my vehicle one is above the trim and is already rusting. There at least 6 below the trim. In other words, the problem occurs close (within 2 to 5 centimetres) to the trim. And I think docc might have a point about there being a pattern. Mine is metallic muscovado purchased January 2011. I see dbg's is also the same colour. Coincidence?!

I see dbg's is also the same colour. Coincidence?!

Yep.

Another Muscavdo one here.

I bought a 2011 Yeti earlier on this year, still within both paintwork and normal warranty, and the Arnold Clark dealership I bought it from noticed that there was corrosion on the doors where the door seals met the doors. They took it up to the local Skoda dealership, who confirmed that there was corrosion, sent an incident report off to Skoda HQ, and a couple of weeks later, was granted a warranty repair. I was told that the door sill rubber was too stiff, and was wearing the edges of the door paint, allowing for water to ingress. A week and a couple of days in the paintwork shop and back at the dealership for refitting of panels etc... and was all good as new.

Noticed paint blisters on all sidedoors yesterday.
Went to the workshop today and had the damage documented.  Blister on one of the doors was caused by stonechip.
They also found worn paintwork at the edges of the doors.  When the car goes in for the repair, I was told the vertical rubber lip between front and rear doors will be discarded, as it only add extra wear to the paint.
In about a month I should know if Skoda accepts this warranty work.
There is a swedish guy that is collecting some statistical data on this matter.  This was the reason I found the paint blisters on my Yeti yesterday.
My Yeti is Petrol Blue (Lava Blue) btw. :|

 

 

2014 August 2nd:

Good news: Yesterday I received a message from the workshop. Skoda will repair damage under warranty. Cost of this repair is NOK 23.869 (£ 2.252).

Bad news: Will have to manage without a car for 4 days. No courtesy car offered since my Yeti is parallel imported.

Edited 2 August, 201411 yr by 175GDY

Is it anything to do with metallic paint (wild guess)?

Having followed this thread and similar ones regarding Paint Blistering,I have come to the conclusion that it is nearly always the doors and not very often anywhere else on the Yeti bodywork. If you look at the Yeti Production video on You Tube, when the Yeti is sprayed and dipped as complete body shell, bar all doors.So it appears the doors must be sprayed in a different spray line in the Factory, one wonders if this is the possible root of the problem. The Yeti shell is sprayed by Robots, one wonders if the doors are done manually.

Just a thought.

Tony

My blister will be covered by warranty, my Dealer told me today.

All 4 sidedoors will be repaired and resprayed as a goodwill gesture from my local dealer, as it will not be covered by any warranty. Estimated cost NOK 17.000,- .

Noticed paint blisters on all sidedoors yesterday.

Went to the workshop today and had the damage documented.  Blister on one of the doors was caused by stonechip.

They also found worn paintwork at the edges of the doors.  When the car goes in for the repair, I was told the vertical rubber lip between front and rear doors will be discarded, as it only add extra wear to the paint.

In about a month I should know if Skoda accepts this warranty work.

There is a swedish guy that is collecting some statistical data on this matter.  This was the reason I found the paint blisters on my Yeti yesterday.

My Yeti is Petrol Blue (Lava Blue) btw. :|

My 2010 corrida red Yeti was delivered 15th February 2011 - it was built in December 2010. In the summer 2013 I discovered dozens of tiny blistes on all four doors - all but one or two under the protection rims.

The scratches in the middle was made after discovering the blister. It is interesting to note the smaller child blister at the lower rim of the big one.

 

The diameter of the chipping is some 0,3 mm!

Again another example. The diameter of the blisters are 10 to 12 mm.

 

The Skoda dealer in Täby re-painted all four doors as a good will measure, just a few days before the three year warranty period elapsed!

The Skoda dealer in Täby re-painted all four doors as a good will measure, just a few days before the three year warranty period elapsed!

I don't understand the 'good will' statement. The bodywork finish has a 12 year warranty which is not just steel corrosion, it's anything that can be proven to be a factory production default which this clearly is and is a known problem.

Three or twelve years - has been discussed in other threads here. Search for "blisters" and you may find it. The Skoda dealer claimed 3 years of warranty and they had to rush the repair in order to make it before the three year deadline. I am no expert here. This was not the dealer from whom I bought the car, though. The latter was not able to make the repair due to other reasons. They in turn claimed that only blisters without a central chipping was a reason for warranty repair. Such blisters were found at the lower rear corners of the doors.

Yet again I quote from the catalogue...and for additional peace of mind there's a 12 year body protection warranty. Body protection means the coating as well not just corrosion or whatever of the underlying material. Quote this to the dealer.....better still contact Skoda.

When this happened to mine the warranty (3 years) had expired and they claimed the cause was stone Chips rather than a manufacture/paint fault. Clearly cobblers as I've never had a stone chip cause so much damage before. Once the water starts to get under the paint it just peels away. I had mine sprayed myself but before I could get he protective strips on the paint started to wash off again in the rain! The body shop suggested that the primer could not adhere to the metal properly and was at a loss to say why. He re sprayed it again then I didn't drive it until the strips were applied. However I could see that within days the paint was blistering under the strips again, but at least the strips were keeping it all together!

Yeti sold now thankfully so not my problem anymore. It's was muscovado too if anyone is keeping score. I think new cars will be fine but would avoid a 4 year old muscovado one