The loan car I have had the past 21 days has already started to shed it's skin. The paint is coming off around the door handles and also across the sills. I know these are access/egress areas so more likely to get marked and scratched but the car is only 6k miles old. Also it's a metallic paint so by skodas definition it has a more robust 2 coat finish.

This is quite disconcerting to see. Yes its not my car but I currently own one (already a warranty respray) so things look ominous.

Has this been seen before?

What colour and do you have some photos?

 

The only paint issues seem to be (apart from yours) the spoilers on the vRS (but the O2 had this problem as well) and a couple where bad application of seam sealant at the roof joins caused an issue, but that was quite some time ago

The loan car I have had the past 21 days has already started to shed it's skin. The paint is coming off around the door handles and also across the sills. I know these are access/egress areas so more likely to get marked and scratched but the car is only 6k miles old. Also it's a metallic paint so by skodas definition it has a more robust 2 coat finish.

This is quite disconcerting to see. Yes its not my car but I currently own one (already a warranty respray) so things look ominous.

Has this been seen before?

All paint finishes on the Skoda are two coat if you mean they have a base and a clear. I'm pretty sure almost all cars have a clear coat these days.

The paint finish on mine is actually really good but I know other people have had issues.

The loaner is metallic black. It is a loaner so may have Been subjected to more use and abuse but even so the primer is visible (white primer).

'My' car has different paint woes. But this is concerning.

Mine is an early build, not long after launch weekend in 2013 and the finish is generally very good, after 40k miles I've still not had to clay bar it and it still beads/sheds water rather well so the dealer detailed it pretty well IMO! I always use good quality wash/wax shampoo and micro fibre wash mitts and towels. If I was being slightly critical, the only minor paint issue is around the headlight washer nozzles, the top colour is a bit thin and in the recess of the nozzle you can see white primer but the man on a flying horse never noticed it! Oh, and I had the rear hatch above number plate resprayed, but that was self inflicted due to dropping my bike off the carrier! Anyway, turned a negative into a positive and fitted a superskoda rear boot lip spoiler and debadged it while it was in for repairs!

My own car had the thin paint (primer very noticeable) fault to. Unfortunately I had 6 panels like this and we're very obvious. I couldn't call this minor and on top of other mechanical gremlins i am ditching said car and buying elsewhere.

I have to say I dont think Skoda's QA on the Mk3 is up to the standards it should be given the problems you see cropping up with the Mk3....in their defense my Dec13/Jan 14 build car is nearly a year old with 17.5k miles on it and it has on the whole been good as gold and would be unfair to say otherwise.

It intermittently threatens not to start (but always does and logs no faults) and one of the boot lights has a loose connection so intermittently doesnt work until given a thump (thankfully there are two and reasonably bright in isolation) but it pounds up and down the south coast 400 miles/week minimum with no complaints.

My paint is seemingly perfect too....though it is white same as the primer haha

Edited 2 February, 201511 yr by pipsyp

So far so good with mine. The thing I find with paint issues on some new cars is who knows if these cars have been damaged at the docks before delivery and then repaired and delivered onwards to the dealer. It happens more often than we probably think

Edited 2 February, 201511 yr by allan1888

After one year of ownership, I'm pleased with mine also. I waxed it as soon as possible after delivery and I've used quick detailer regularly after (infrequent) washing. I think it looks great!

The detailer who did mine said it was one of the best paint finishes from the factory he has seen. Then again, Candy White shouldn't be too hard to spray evenly.

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I'm glad that the majority of the paintwork on the cars is generally good. It is unfortunate mine wasn't. This week the rejection process will kick off. Hopefully i will be getting shot of the car.

I don't wish the car on anyone else tbh, having all the exterior panels apart from the rear doors removed to sort out the problems. I doubt the car will be the same again.

It's vehicles like these and inept dealers who ruin the brand image and scare people away to spend money within other brands.

What are you thinking of getting to replace it?

Mondeo estate, Passat estate or an I40. Anything except an insignia. Any car named after a 1990s deodorant is never a good choice.

Paint finish on my Corrida red vRS is like glass. Best finish I have ever seen on any of my cars. Mine was parked next to a red focus at benfield Skoda/Ford on hand over. Both brand new motors. The paint on mine put the Ford to shame.

My old focus paint puts my brand new octavias to shame. Some cars are good and some are just plain bad. Doesn't matter if it's a vrs or not. ****e is ****e in fairness.

It's vehicles like these and inept dealers who ruin the brand image and scare people away to spend money within other brands.

Exactly. I'm a week into rejecting my brand new Rapid Sport due to a fuel gauge malfunction which the dealer can't fix after 3 attempts [emoji19]

It's going to be a long process.

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Stone chips on my 2012 MkII vRS go right through to the primer and as the primer is pale grey the scratches really show up against the Black Magic metallic paintwork. The bonnet, in particular. looks bad. My 2005 Honda Civic had a number of stone chips on the bonnet but none had gone through to the primer.

Most water based metallics really dont stand the test of time very well unless you have the car meticulously prepared from new and/clean it properly all the time. Worst still you get stitched nearly £600 for the privilege.

My last three cars have been candy white and touch wood havent had a single paint issue with any of them. I look after my cars but cant say I clean them regularly at all (simply dont have the time) but once cleaned it looks pretty much as fresh as it did when I got it (a year later).

I think id only go metallic or pearl now if I werent paying for it (company car in other words)

Stone chips on my 2012 MkII vRS go right through to the primer and as the primer is pale grey the scratches really show up against the Black Magic metallic paintwork. The bonnet, in particular. looks bad. My 2005 Honda Civic had a number of stone chips on the bonnet but none had gone through to the primer.

Perhaps the paint formula has changed , our '09 Superb in BMP has 85,000miles on it and the only stone chips that are really bad are ones that have actually dented the panel , it still cleans up like new

Most water based metallics really dont stand the test of time very well unless you have the car meticulously prepared from new and/clean it properly all the time. Worst still you get stitched nearly £600 for the privilege.

My last three cars have been candy white and touch wood havent had a single paint issue with any of them. I look after my cars but cant say I clean them regularly at all (simply dont have the time) but once cleaned it looks pretty much as fresh as it did when I got it (a year later).

I think id only go metallic or pearl now if I werent paying for it (company car in other words)

My thoughts exactly - hence why I stuck with Candy White again.

My thoughts exactly - hence why I stuck with Candy White again.

 

 

Most water based metallics really dont stand the test of time very well unless you have the car meticulously prepared from new and/clean it properly all the time. Worst still you get stitched nearly £600 for the privilege.

My last three cars have been candy white and touch wood havent had a single paint issue with any of them. I look after my cars but cant say I clean them regularly at all (simply dont have the time) but once cleaned it looks pretty much as fresh as it did when I got it (a year later).

I think id only go metallic or pearl now if I werent paying for it (company car in other words)

I owned my previous Octavia - a Mk 2 Elegance in Cappuccino Beige metallic - for nearly 8 years from new. The paintwork when I sold it looked as good as day 1, i.e. superb. I clean my cars infrequently, but maintain a coat of wax (also infrequently).

Some colours show damage/swirl marks more than others for sure...Black is unquestionably the worst but will conceed greys/silvers/browns are generally pretty good

Marring , swirls etc are largely a result of poor washing practices but paint types rather than colours can have an impact . BMP is very hard and really hard to marr (big reason I went with it) in fact most VAG paint is pretty good. Manufacturers like Nissan and Mitsubishi make extremely soft paint which will marr just by looking at it !

Truth is there should be no manufacturing problems with paint these days. Body shells are painted typically panel free and the panels are painted off car and sometimes not even in the same factory/country. There is no excuse for poor paintwork these days.

My dealer even had the cheek to ask me after a month of new car ownership if i had a respray on the car. I really don't know what planet said dealer was on at the time. Why would anyone attempt a respray after the first month of owning a brand new car. But that's how the paint job looked. It was so poor it looked as if someone had painted it with a spray can.

Obviously I have learned since: YGWYPF

Even so I'm amazed a paint robot in the factory can have a Friday afternoon moment....

Unfortunately I'm suspicious of said car now. As the paint was a shocker what else I'm not aware of (yet) has also been built with the same level of sloppiness.

The best thing is the dealer expects me to accept it and 'enjoy' continued motoring in the thing. I think not.

I agree that the cars are generally ok to drive and quiet(Ish). In isolation. Unfortunately the cheapness aspect of them is not for me as this one got found out.

Apologies for diverting. When I get around to it i will post up pictures of the car in question in pieces at a bodyshop repair centre. Remember the car was brand new and now I have the PDI checklist from the dealer it was all signed off as being satisfactory. You can then judge for yourself if I'm justied in being a moaning bugger :-)

Edited 3 February, 201511 yr by octavianestate