Just had the car a few days now and drove a couple hundred miles today. She got her first bath and I noticed this...not a typical spot for a chip...After reading about all the paint issues I’m getting a tad paranoid.
And, a paint chip. Bleh! No, touch up paint won't solve the issue of the headlight rub. A repaint that adheres better than factory on plastic might. Nothing short of that will. But touch up, from time to time, will hide the "zit" quality of that black spot. Meanwhile, you can pursue paint warranty. It is time intensive, judging by the experiences shared on this forum.
Really, that depends on the luck of the draw: if you have a good dealer they already know about this, as well as the actual paint failure issues on some cars. You won't know until you show it and say it is a headlight assembly rub. You tell them, don't ask for their opinion. And show them this forum. This issue is inarguable. Any dealer who knows about this and tries to say it's road damage: just walk away and never look back at them again. Find somebody else. Calling Kia is a separate thing altogether. They positively know and deal with this daily.
We don't know that. We only know that a larger number of November and December 2017 builds have shown paint issues. It still isn't anything close to being a large fraction of the total cars sold. Of those who have spoken up here, the greatest number of disappointing paint jobs come from those two months
Sure we do, but it's all what you consider a "Decent chance" I would say anything over 20% would be a decent chance, and from what we've seen here I think it's at least that. It's pretty clear that the paint issues on the first run stingers is linked to either the primer selected, the prep of the panels before painting, or something to do with the process they used to paint them. This clearly isn't an issue with a bad batch of primer/paint so it is absolutely going to be a widespread issue with all those first run cars, we just don't know how widespread. I've said it before here, but this is the risk you take when you buy the first run of a model. There will always be some issues and as long as the manufacturer takes care of their customers to get those issues resolved, I think it's ok (as long as the issue isn't a serious safety issue).
Agree for the most part. I think that "20%" is too high. But we both know our opinions cannot be proven. "Our poll" shows fewer than 5% of our membership have even found it and responded; and currently 38% say "no issues". This poll is instantly available on a Google search, and it usually shows up as the first listing. If that many 2017 builds were plagued with failing paint, in my opinion we'd see a lot more activity on that poll.
If I were you, I would go ahead and bring it to the dealer, have them fix that paint rub and get it documented, take pictures, send emails, then watch your paint very closely.
Agreed, take to dealer and let them take pics and open a case just in case you need it later. Can easily prove a rock wont fit in that area. My dealer was quick to say rock chip on the phone until they saw it.
