Just washing the car and noticed a few blemishes to the paintwork in the area where the left side panel is welded to the roof panel, between the B and C pillars. Not sure if this is due to poor welding, poor paint or the start of corrosion! Its only on one side. Tried prodding with a wooden skewer and the 'bubbles' seem softish but do not break and no obvious sign of rust. The photo shows the issue as well as I can describe. Anyone seen this before?

Thanks,

Chris

I had the same on both sides of the roof, adjacent to the roof bars. The dealer acknowledged it as a flaw but we were negotiating the rejection of the car due to the technological glitches, so the issue was overtaken by the car's return. (Interestingly, my car was also silver - perhaps a blip in the paint shop that day?)

A 'Major Blip'  in the Factory Quality control allowing it out and then at the dealership where their 'Car Prep' people failed to pick up on it and tell the Tech doing the PDI or the Salesperson responsible to the customer.

 

So the car needs rectified to the Factory Spec, only it needs to be to the expected standard not the Ball's up. 

 Skoda UK can have whoever they want to do the Inspection & Report check the whole car and see that all is well elsewhere. 

I dont believe that is a welded joint, in any case were it spot welded it would be before painting, it's probably a paint preparation problem, hard to tell from the photos but it looks like the lacqueur is lifting from the base coat because of condensation on the area when the clear coat was applied or perhaps water contamination in the airline.

 

I would be very surprised that could happen at the factory and would look very carefully for signs of overspray, masking lines, paint/clear coat on door & screen rubbers etc, I suspect that your car has had transport damage repaired before being sold as a new vehicle.

No sign of any overspray at all. I'll contact the dealer. If Brighton Octavia noticed it on his maybe not an isolated issue. Poor Quality  Control though.

After handing the car back I'm afraid I deleted the photos from the phone. I'll check later to see whether I retained any on the computer back up file. 

I recently got rid of my mk4 vrs for many issues really but mainly software. I too had various paint defects. 1 was on top of passenger wing where bonnet shuts down onto and the other was passenger side sill at the rear right by the back wheel. Finished completely different to the drivers side.

Lee8810 did you mention the paint to the dealer? Was your car an early production model?

I did a tour of Landrover Halewood a few years ago and I was impressed by the quality checks on the initial daily production runs for panel pressing and paint. My two Freelander Mk2s had excellent paintwork (yes its Landrover I'm talking about!).

Looks like Skoda have had quite a few quality issues.

I didn't no because I was more concerned about the software issues I was experiencing at the time.

Well, had it in at the dealer this afternoon and they confirm its a warranty issue. They just need to work out the process for the repair. Imagine I'll need to chase them up in a week or So!

On 02/08/2021 at 16:42, BrightonOctavia said:

After handing the car back I'm afraid I deleted the photos from the phone. I'll check later to see whether I retained any on the computer back up file. 

Finally located photos of the paint blemishes. You'll notice the similarity to those of "Aviation nut". Clearly, a factory problem - not picked up by the manufacturer, importer or dealer. 

Very simular. Looks like the same location.

Time to chase the dealer up on my issue.