I’ve acquired a 2016 Octavia diesel business line (2.0 TDI CR SE Business 5d DSG)

 

I noticed some rust spots under the back window, on further inspection there seems to be a score line running along the length of the paintwork which has caused this rust. The score lines look deliberate rather than an original finish. Is there a known likely cause for this? Part of me is wondering if this car was used as a minicab and the score lines are where the cab livery/wrap/decal/stickers/whatever have been added or later removed with a knife?  (i am completely ignorant of how such things are applied or removed, this is just a wild guess). The first owner was for 6 months, the 5 years that follow are known ownership. Is 6 month cab ownership a thing? I wouldn’t have thought the 2.0 would be the cab of choice tbh. History check which included a taxi check showed nothing. I suppose is doesn’t need to be minicab to have been covered in something, any kind of company branding would perhaps apply. 
 

Any insights appreciated. 
 

 

 

It's possible. Either that or some sort of contractor's vehicle that had chevrons on? Quite often, they'll apply an oversized sheet, then trim it down, so what you're saying would make a lot of sense. Alternatively, someone might have been a bit rough taking a rear windscreen out to replace it. 

 

Just from one of the jobs I used to do, 6 months ownership would make me think it was either a hire (not necessarily a bad thing, it could have been one person's company car the whole time), or a demonstrator or pre-reg'd car. 

 

Edited 13 August, 20214 yr by StevesTruck

You could try to claim under the Skoda 10 year anti corrosion warranty and see how far you get.

I’d wager nowhere if the paint has been damaged as described. 

That kind of repair is not going to cost much though....a couple of hundred pounds (because the rear window has to come out and be debonded - repair made and then rebonded back in).

 

Local body shop should make work on that.

I'd have to see it in IRL myself for sure, but I don't think these are score marks.

There seems to be two white finishes here.

The original paint, and something else, just under the glass, that is on top of the paint.

Is it possible that there was rust here previously, and someone has crudely run a brush loaded with who knows what (white smooth-finish Hammerite for all I know) across it to cover up the rust prior to selling the vehicle?

Yes and it will be difficult to get a paint tester underneath there to check to see if it has been tested.  The Skoda Garage will have a tester to make sure you aren't trying to pull a fast-one and get a free repair for somebody elses bad paint work.

The warranty T&C's and Exclusions are clear enough and the corrosion shown is not covered as not a perforation.  Not that that has meant anything in the past.

 

Also clearly the paint  is not as it left the factory, or as should have been done by an Authorised Repairer,

so it will need to be a job that needs paying to have done. 

 

 

Could be a wrap or a badly carried out rear window removal/replacement.

 

I tend to think a good body shop is probably the best bet unless you have recourse to the original seller.

 

FWIW the price of a new boot panel is a joke, so I’d suggest sooner than later to get it looked at is wise.