Paint peeling off bumper

I've recently spotted paint peeling off the front bumper. One patch near the headlight is pretty obvious, the other is a little more subtle and linear in nature. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this? I'd welcome opinions as to the likely best remedy to ask for ie would a dealer be able to touch up to completely repair?

Many thanks

 

[siteguru]

Contact dealer - invoke warranty.

 

[jon0881]

Have you been to a jet wash recently? could be they say that could have damaged it with the pressure

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Have you been to a jet wash recently? could be they say that could have damaged it with the pressure

That shouldn't affect the paint at all.
What we have here is a plastic panel that wasn't primed correctly (or at all?) at the factory

 

[Deleted member 10041]

That shouldn't affect the paint at all.
What we have here is a plastic panel that wasn't primed correctly (or at all?) at the factory

It does look like there is no primer under that colour coat, one way to save a bit of money

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

It does look like there is no primer under that colour coat, one way to save a bit of money

That's the problem - plastics require a special etch primer to hold paint at all.

 

[Mickser]

Has to be a warranty issue

 

[Deleted member 10041]

Has to be a warranty issue

Hope you have a good dealer, some of them will probably say it's accident damage to get out of repairing it

 

[WXman]

I've had the car since New Year's Eve - I've literally washed it once since. Ironically it got washed (jet washed?) at the dealer a couple of weeks ago when it was in for software updates and sensor recalibration following windscreen replacement. Perhaps the dealer washer did it? Either way, washing a car shouldn't damage it...

 

[Deleted member 10041]

I'm sure it was @Macadoodle who described the paint as being soft, add that to no primer and I'd imagine it could be pretty fragile

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

I've had the car since New Year's Eve - I've literally washed it once since. Ironically it got washed (jet washed?) at the dealer a couple of weeks ago when it was in for software updates and sensor recalibration following windscreen replacement. Perhaps the dealer washer did it? Either way, washing a car shouldn't damage it...

Then that's your answer if they try to blame a car wash. They're the ones who washed it!

 

[PristDean]

Looking at your pictures, especially the one with the large amount of paint missing, it looks like there may be two small 'nicks' close to the black plastic. Is that so ?
If so the peeling may have been initiated by that damage which the dealer will pick up on.
However, more of a concern is the apparent lack of undercoat as mentioned. So in effect if the paint is missing undercoat, the minor damage would not have caused that peeling if it was present, so warranty on the paint should apply.
This maybe raises a concern, others have mentioned 'soft paint', has MG applied an undercoat to the car as a whole, or just parts, or at all? specified anywhere ?

 

[Kithmo]

What are all those white flecks ?
Are they stone chips ?
I don't think MG will cover it if the flaking paint was initiated by a stone chip.

 

[Rolfe]

It looks very wrong to me, on a new car. Even if this has been initiated by a small trauma, for paint to peel off over a wide area like that is all sorts of wrong. And no apparent primer? Worrying.

 

[Harry 17]

That is all kinds of wrong!! I would be straight on the blower to them about that if I were you.

 

[Deleted member 10041]

What are all those white flecks ?
Are they stone chips ?
I don't think MG will cover it if the flaking paint was initiated by a stone chip.

I agree there may be some dealers who could go down that route.

As has been said the paint is apparently very soft and prone to chipping easily, add to that what clearly looks like no primer there and I genuinely worry about the longevity of the paintwork.

 

[DBedford]

Surely the harder the paint the more liberal it could be to chipping rather than when it was soft, as we all agree lack of primer base coat seems to be the ‘key’ issues!
Please let us know how it goes with the dealer, as if they haven’t primed one they haven’t primed ANY!

 

[AdyC]

Gutted for you. Mine gets cleaned twice a week 2 bucket method and yes the paint is very soft .So far i have found one small stone chip on the bumper but nothing like this and never seen that on any car.

 

[Rolfe]

I just hope this is a one-off, or something that only affects a few cars, rather than a universal problem.

 

[Deleted member 10041]

I just hope this is a one-off, or something that only affects a few cars, rather than a universal problem.

It will be a big unknown, the only way of checking if it has a primer coat, could be to remove the bumper and check or when a chip occurs.

I think the soft paint is just a given now and it means it is prone to chipping easy