# 2012 Ford F-150 - Chipping paint

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [December 30, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547 "2019-12-30T04:46:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sandra22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Sandra22](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sandra22)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547/1 "2019-12-30T04:46:25Z")

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I have a 2012 Ford F-150 truck and my paint is chipping off.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547/2 "2019-12-30T20:52:49Z")

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Your truck is 8 years old. Buy some touchup paint from Ford or over the internet and fix the chips.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547/3 "2019-12-31T04:01:43Z")

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The only car I gave ever seen that was impervious to stone chips was a Delorean.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-f-150-chipping-paint/155547/4 "2019-12-31T04:10:40Z")

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Manufacturers were changing their paint formulas in that time frame, to make the paint more environmentally friendly. Maybe has something to do w/that. If so the only solution other than touching it up and otherwise living w/the problem is to repaint the truck. Whatever the paint formulation problems were have likely been solved by now. You might want to ask at a Ford dealership if there’s any tsbs on the paint for this make/model/year.