Paint Issue for 2017 Silverado?

[BorntoRage]

Anyone else have any issue with their paint being really prone to chipping?

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

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[Orlando8]

I have noticed the paint on my 2017 Midnight seems soft but man nothing like yours. Looks like your truck will be all white in a few years!

[ChevyRoofer]

Anyone else have any issue with their paint being really prone to chipping?

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

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Completely normal nowadays.

 

I just traded in a 2016 Midnight Edition, and I can tell you I had more rock chips all over, especially the front bumper.

 

Traded in for a Deep Ocean Blue Metallic. Got the whole front end, full hood, and full fenders wrapped in XPEL now. Won't make that mistake again!

 

 

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[O_J_Simpson]

You bought a Silverado. They all do that. GMC gets the better and stronger paint. Just ask any GMC salesman.

[huntr1117]

My 17 did the same thing. Dealer agreed to repaint it. Got it back and had the entire front covered with xpel. Looks great now. No more chipping.

 

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[BorntoRage]

These guys want me to pay half with no warranty. They also have no idea what Xpel is in these parts. Simoniz was all they offered.

 

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[volcom8190]

get someone to install a clear bra on the truck. my 14 looks like a mine field . Any newer vehicle is prone to this as the paints are more "environmentally friendly" and dont bond as well to the underlying structure

[elementaltoad]

I have a black 2017, mine is doing the same thing. It's babied and only has 2500 miles on it. I am seeing a lot of paint bubbles on the hood, fenders, and lower door skins. They crack and flake off, then the paint lifts in that area. A rock chip here and there would be understandable sure, but this truck is mostly driven around town between 45-55mph. It's a paint defect, not rock chips. Every time I find a little bubble or paint pimple pop up, it flakes off soon after. I'm going to take mine in and see if they will do anything - there is NO reason paint on a vehicle should be tore up before my first oil change.

[Loco-diablo]

I would/could expect some chipping on a non protected leading edges, but not on the tailgate and some of the other areas you pointed out. I had xpel ultimate applied on the nose of my 2017 midnight 2 days after taking delivery. So far it's holding up well. I do not have roof chipping or side panel chipping yet on my unprotected areas as you have. Has the truck been through a winter yet?

 

 

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[Loco-diablo]

You bought a Silverado. They all do that. GMC gets the better and stronger paint. Just ask any GMC salesman.

ha ha.. I'm sure the GMC salesman would say that although it's not necessarily true. My buddy's 4 month old $70k Denali HD Duramax is chipping on unprotected areas of the front end. As mentioned, the environmentally paint sucks.

 

 

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[SilveradoSaver]

It's sad that nowadays with all the technological advancements made in vehicles, that the paint is worse than ever.

[elementaltoad]

I would/could expect some chipping on a non protected leading edges, but not on the tailgate and some of the other areas you pointed out. I had xpel ultimate applied on the nose of my 2017 midnight 2 days after taking delivery. So far it's holding up well. I do not have roof chipping or side panel chipping yet on my unprotected areas as you have. Has the truck been through a winter yet?

 

 

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I don't know about the OP, but mine hasn't even been out of the factory long enough to have seen winter. Mine is 6 months old, built 3/17, and I've owned it for a month. It almost seems like the heat soak or heat cycling is causing some of the issues on the hood an upper fenders. Basically anything that gets hit by the sun, or cooked by the engine bay heat is bubbling and flaking. Must be contaminants or something under the paint. the little bubbles that pop on mine go right down to primer, the primer certainly bonds better than the paint on these things.

[1997SierraSLT]

It's sad that nowadays with all the technological advancements made in vehicles, that the paint is worse than ever.

 

judging by this GM forum, i'd say these trucks as a whole are worse than ever.

[2017SierraSLT]

 

judging by this GM forum, i'd say these trucks as a whole are worse than ever.

 

Not so. The amount of people complaining of paint chips and vibrations are small in the scheme of things. All vehicles have issues. These are a well built, well engineered, efficient trucks. They managed to improve the quality of the materials for the most part with these. I will say, my 2013 had very good paint. It was not prone to scratching or chipping. I have only had this one for 5 weeks and 700 miles. I have not noticed any chips on any part of this truck yet.

[BorntoRage]

Vehicle bought new December of 2016 and went through a PA winter. No tailgating, but do use it for kids' sporting events and to haul my kit in the bed.

Bottom line, at 16k, this vehicle looks much worse than any previous vehicle used in the same conditions (highway, secondary roads) than any of my other VWs, Audis, or Toyotas. My Tundra at 115k looked nothing like this POS. Hell, the '85 Westphalia I had looked better than this fragile 'truck.'

 

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