Paint issues

[pm26]

No, but at 55k you could be buy a low-mid level mercedes or audi which would have a perfect paint job. These are made for working/towing and long road trips. Any 50k+ investment I'd expect a certain level of quality control

But you do get a "certain level of quality control". It is somewhere between zero and Yugo level.

[pm26]

I have a 2015 crew cab. Black with the worst orange peal i have ever seen. I also had dirt and fishers in the paint and they fixed most of them but when they returned the vehicle to me the put a dent in the rocker panel and i found over spray on the back door. I took it back and they fixed the overspray and dent. but now there is two shades of black in the door jams and it was never buffed out. I paid 38,000 for my LTZ. I am not happy with the dealership quality and GM paint quality standards. I told the Service manager and he said i hear your complain and agree but let me show you something, He took me to the lot where there was a 2015 Corvette Zo6. The orange peal was worse than mine. He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders and said thats the way it is now.

Loud paint defect? I have seen orange peel, but as for orange peal, not yet.

[Donvan514]

I there was a series of "peelers" that left the factory in silver. I believe you can find which vin numbers were affected by asking your dealer.

[pm26]

It's a brand new truck... No excuses they should fix or buy back and get you a diff truck. I'd be livid if I dropped 55k on a new truck and had more body work done in the first month than some have the entire life of the truck. Not acceptable.

No kidding. There are thousands of older heavy duty trucks of all makes on the road, mostly white in color and the original paint still looks good on many of them.

[440hsp]

I agree 100 percent

 

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[CH15GMC]

I have several spots that I was concerned about. One was dust under the paint, one was a large flake (white diamond paint) that stood out and the other was a spot where the rock gaurd bubbled and pops (I feel) but was cleared over. It took me three dealers to finally get the GM rep involved. The first was good but didn't have a paint shop, second accused me of using clear finger nail polish to cover a rock chip..pissed me off! Finally the third dealer knocked down the bubble and GM gave me a credit that bought my exhaust and bed cover. I was pissed that a $55k truck paint job was so bad. I feel ok about it now and just try not to notice it when I wash my truck now.

[SixDays]

I bought 2018 GMC Sierra less than one month ago and have noticed several areas where the paint is chipped or flaked off.  It is chipped on the side panels where there is no evidence of impact or road trauma. I've read through several responses and it seems this is caused by water based paint, very thin paint and clear coat. I've also noticed the clear scratches very easy. It is so disappointing to discover GMC has this issue. I owned a BMW almost 10 years ago and the had the same issue with water based paint but they figured it out or moved back the solvent based. I personally think the whole truck needs to be stripped and properly repainted. My guess is they will attempt to just patch it and until they wear me down. I'm going take the truck in on Thursday to see if the dealer will stand up and do the right thing by taking the issue to GMC. If not, I will likely litigate. According to this forum this issues has been present since 2014.