Truck lid misaligned chipped paint

[Justpassingas]

I took delivery about a month ago and did the walk around prior to taking delivery with everything seemed in order. The other day while wiping down the car I noticed a chip in the paint from the truck lid hitting the body when you open the trunk. Upon closer inspection I noticed the gaps are off too. The driver side was about 1/8 -3/16" and the passenger side was 1/4" - 3/8. So I went to the dealer yesterday and it goes in on Tuesday to be fixed. Service manager said he was surprised Ford let that go....

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[Soulja4187]

I had this issue with my 2020 GT Premium, same spot. Just take it to the dealer so they can realign it and send it to the bodyshop for the paint.

 

[Justpassingas]

I had this issue with my 2020 GT Premium, same spot. Just take it to the dealer so they can realign it and send it to the bodyshop for the paint.

Thats the plan....the big suck part is I had the car ceramic coated last week before I noticed

 

[Soulja4187]

Thats the plan....the big suck part is I had the car ceramic coated last week before I noticed

ohh that for sure sucks. When i took delivery of my 2021 that was one of the first areas I looked at as I read is quite common.

 

[WD Pro]

You are not alone - have a look here : https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/2020-shelby-gt500-trunk-lid-paint-rub-video.153271/

Yours (to my eye) looks a little low and too far forward - both issues contribute to the problem.

I was lucky with mine and it was OK.

My black decklid trim was a little off, but I noticed that it only pulled sideways at the very last moment before it latched fully. I made a small adjustment to the latch that fixed it (to an acceptable / mustang standard). It seemed that the amount of movement required in the latch was out of proportion with how much it improved the look.

Good luck and I hope you get yours fixed up OK

WD

 

[Justpassingas]

ohh that for sure sucks. When i took delivery of my 2021 that was one of the first areas I looked at as I read is quite common.

Yeah....sure does....I wish I knew that about the trunks...news to me...I had no issues with my 2015 EB

 

[Bikeman315]

Thats the plan....the big suck part is I had the car ceramic coated last week before I noticed

This sucks for sure but I can’t believe your detailer didn't notice this.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

This sucks for sure but I can’t believe your detailer didn't notice this.

Yeah. Dealer can't believe Ford let it get thru, Ford can't believe dealer didn't catch it in PDI and the rest of us can't believe the ceramic guy didn't catch it.

 

[Bikeman315]

Yeah. Dealer can't believe Ford let it get thru, Ford can't believe dealer didn't catch it in PDI and the rest of us can't believe the ceramic guy didn't catch it.

 

[Justpassingas]

To be fair to the detailer....I dropped the car off a week after taking delivery and the chipped paint wasn’t there...I never really opened the trunk that many times up to that point...I have had the car now for a month and since then I’ve had the trunk opened several times....it is what is.

 

[Bikeman315]

To be fair to the detailer....I dropped the car off a week after taking delivery and the chipped paint wasn’t there...I never really opened the trunk that many times up to that point...I have had the car now for a month and since then I’ve had the trunk opened several times....it is what is.

Good attitude. It will get fixed and then you’ll never notice it. Just make sure your dealers body shop knows about the coating.

 

[Whitedevil95]

My 2017 Had that same issue.

 

[Cobra Jet]

That's pretty much S550 quality control...

Wait until those new Bronco owners go on their first trail ride and their paint flakes off out fear before even hitting the trails...

 

[WD Pro]

Called in the dealer today and spotted the same problem on a new unregistered car …

I haven’t seen that many new ones at the dealer (remember I am in the U.K.), maybe ten or so and this is the second forecourt car with this issue - that’s not a good ratio …

This car has no spoiler so nothing to stress the trunk lid or hinge, looking at the alignment it definitely sits low on that side :

Shame really, as the rest of the panels on this car looked pretty good and it was in a completely different league to the black one parked nearby …

WD

 

[Justpassingas]

Called in the dealer today and spotted the same problem on a new unregistered car …

I haven’t seen that many new ones at the dealer (remember I am in the U.K.), maybe ten or so and this is the second forecourt car with this issue - that’s not a good ratio …

This car has no spoiler so nothing to stress the trunk lid or hinge, looking at the alignment it definitely sits low on that side :



Shame really, as the rest of the panels on this car looked pretty good and it was in a completely different league to the black one parked nearby …

WD

That looks very familiar...I picked my car up yesterday after spending a week at the dealer. They had to send it to another dealer as they didn't have a body shop. I inspected the work and notice the paint is still chipped but the trunk lid was re-aligned properly. It looked like they used touch-up paint that didn't bond so back to the dealer again

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