Nissan Quest 2016 (white) peeling paint since 2019
Notified Nissan dealership who referred me to Nissan headquarters - and i was asked to go to authorized paint shop for review. After review the details were sent to local Nissan shop and the headquarters office. I was told that car was out of warranty. Currently peeling is worse. Have several spots that are rusting through as paint was so thin. A big piece recently peeled on the trunk.
Guess not enough Quest owners to force Nissan to fix the problem.
hmmm ⊠well thatâs a bit of a problem, eh? I guess if someone suggested I search the Car Talk forums my first action would be to Google âCar Talk Forumsâ. I wonder if that would help?
Doesnât really matter. Youâre going to need to have a body shop repaint the affected panels, especially if rust is already firming. The shop will likely conclude though that the primer needs to be removed too in order to insure adhesion. Probably was a problem from the factory but too late now without a class action effort. You can always file for the cost afterwards
Didnât Toyota offer a pretty generous extended warranty for some paint problems they experienced about 10 years ago? IIRC it was in the 8 year range.
My own Corolla had a few paint blotches when brand new. The dealership went out of their way to say theyâd repaint the car for free if I wanted. But holding to the philosophy that the devil you know is better than the devil you donât, I just lived with the paint blotches, which are still there.
I looked up your Quest at NHTSA.gov. This isnât a safety issue and you shouldnât expect a recall. I did look at complaints and manufacture communications. There were no mentions of paint problems. You might find matching paint in spray cans. Drcolorchip.com shows a white pearl tricoat, kind of a beige. I guess thatâs your color. You could clean, sand, and reclean the areas that need paint and spray this on. It wonât look new, but will look a lot better than what you have now. I did spot painting on a car that I sold and the guy that bought it liked the respray.
Toyotaâs painted in Blizzard Pearl white or super white could have a 14yr extended warranty for paint defects depending on the model. Momâs 2010 is about to turn 15 in July but the Blizzard Pearl paint doesnât appear to have any problems and looks like it did new. Toyota has had a number of complaints to NHTSA about the problem and has added models since the original list.
This appears to be a common problem with many Nissans and some Infinitis, but Nissan isnât doing much about it except for a class action lawsuit settlement that didnât cover the Quest.
When the roof panel on my 2006 Corolla started turning to rust around 2016ish from fading really bad, I saved up (money was tight and had other priorityâs like Netflix lol) for about 6 months, I saw lots of blue and silver Corollas with rusting roofs and I never looked into getting a free paint job, I just took it down to the local Econo Paint shop and gave them $300.00 to have the roof prepped and painted, no body workâŠ