I live in Ohio. I have a silver 2006 RAV 4 with only 26,000 miles on it. It has big areas of peeling paint. It is peeling near the back wheels wells. It looks like it is part of the bumper -because the bumper section goes near the wheel wells. It has the peeling edges and it goes down to the primer. One area is a 5"X4" space. It looks terrible. I found this forum while trying to figure out if this can be taken care of somehow. Any info would be helpful.
I was researching defective paint on 2009 toyota matrix when I came across this forum. We have owned our car for less than a week and already have three chips on the hood. Toyota said that they were rock chips, which seems to be the standard answer, they filled them in with a paint pen but it still looked bad. They are going to sand down and paint over them on Monday. After reading so many complaints on different Toyota models, I'm not sure that this will fix the problem. This is a brand new vehicle, I walk around it everyday now checking for new paint chips. this is crazy! Toyota needs to acknowledge that this is their problem and stop blaming the consumer saying that it's rock chips.
Toyota paint as well as other makes are environmentally friendly and applied in a thinner coating. Hence the the peeling, pitting, chipping etc..... I experienced the pitting and small chips on my 06 avalon.... so far we haven't seen much on the 06 RAV. Because of the paint issues..... I have had a clear bra applied to my new Venza - including mirrors, bumper and hood wrap.... in essence, I had all the leading edges of the car wrapped.... also had edge guards added to the doors.... it cost me just under $600..... I figured that or spend thousands later for a paint re-do..... Unfortunately, auto paint and its coverage ain't what is used to be just a few years ago....
Peeling paint is not chipped paint. Peeling paint should be addressed by TMS while under warranty. Get the dealer or call 800 Toyota to set up an appointment with a Toyota Regional Rep. and be specific about repainting if that is what will make yu happiest. And tell the rep. yu are concerned with an accurate paint match as well as adhering to industry standard painting techniques. ( A quality repaint is paramount or yu are wastingyour time.... i.e is the repaint going to be done using a waterborne paint like the OE paint job at the factory?
Chipped paint is 99% of the time considered non-warranty. (Due to impact with another object)
Of course if the dealer caused the damage then it is on them! And it happens more than yu think...door bangers, etc.
LT
My wife has a 2008 RAV 4 in Black with only 22,000km on it. Driving only in city and the occassional highway here around Toronto.
I just washed the car for her today and noticed a incredible amount of chipped paint on the front and front sides of the car. I'm talking at least 20-30 chips, some at least 5cm in diameter! I went to Toyota and they said it must be stones, which clearly they can do nothing about. But even they seemed suprised that the paint could be so chipped in such a short period of time.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
I drive a 2004 AUDI A4 Avant and have basically no chips at all, althought the car has over 50,000km on it and a previous owner.
The paint is clearly thicker on the Audi. Which is understood, given the price and quality difference.
BUT this should not be happening on a Toyota. Particularly not on a so-called SUV.
All I can say is thank GOD it's only a lease car and we didn't buy it. 3 years from now this thing will be a rust bucket, with all the chips on it.
Toyota needs to do something about this issue. Its incredible.
I will certainly be complaining to management. And will now probably never drive a Toyota again.
We have a 2008 RAV4 and have experienced multiple chips on the front of the hood, side of the hood and on the side back doors. Have talked with the dealer plus the Toyota area rep, they claim these were caused by road rock/sand. We have owned several vehicles and have never had damage like this. We now are going to go through the Toyota Customer Care - probably with no luck.
We can all agree that the main purpose of priming and painting metal panels is to protect the metal from rusting.
Toyota has managed to use very little paint in their MFR. process.
It is sprayed very light and thin as of late. Toyota wants efficient use of material for profit margin reasons. Paint and clearcoat is expensive.
Thin coats of paint just chip away over time. It can start within the first mile driven out of the showroom! What highways or roads will not have debris of any kind? None. And Toyota will say it is road damage
Toyota will not address this. They have carefully done their homework on this subject.
Bottom line. Toyota Paint is terrible as of late. Lexus is not far behind.
LT
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I was researching defective paint on 2009 toyota matrix when I came across this forum. We have owned our car for less than a week and already have three chips on the hood. Toyota said that they were rock chips, which seems to be the standard answer, they filled them in with a paint pen but it still looked bad. They are going to sand down and paint over them on Monday. After reading so many complaints on different Toyota models, I'm not sure that this will fix the problem. This is a brand new vehicle, I walk around it everyday now checking for new paint chips. this is crazy! Toyota needs to acknowledge that this is their problem and stop blaming the consumer saying that it's rock chips.
I have a 2009 Camry, with peeling paint too, the dealer is going to fix the bumper, but the rest they claim was caused by acid rain. I am with you on this I did get into it with the dealer, and to boot they are going to have the car for about a week, and were not going to give me a rental. Three kids and no car for a week is not going to happen. I should not have to fight about getting a replacement car while they fix my $33,000 dollar Toyota. I am appaled. I can not believe this is happening. When I said to them that after the bumper is fixed are they going to guaruantee the work. His reply to me was a blatent " NO " Never again, next stop, HONDA
I am looking to see if others have experienced peeling or chipping paint on their RAV4s. Ours is a classic silver metal AWD that has had no hard driving yet, certainly nothing on bad roads. It has about 2200 miles on it, only 3 months old. We have been very conscious of potential damage to the edge of the tailgate door and always look for adequate clearance when we open it.
Despite all of that, we found the paint gone on the edge of the door this past weekend. When we looked closer it didnt' really look like a chip, per se, it looked more like a peel, as the edge of it had what looked like crumpled paint on it (like a piece of paper would look if you pushed it in from one edge). Again, we don't know what caused it, but if the paint is very sensitive and had adhesion problems, just rubbing it when we are loading the back of the [COLOR=#FF4400 ! important][COLOR=#FF4400 ! important]SUV[/COLOR][/COLOR] could have done this.
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I am looking to see if others have experienced peeling or chipping paint on their RAV4s. Ours is a classic silver metal AWD that has had no hard driving yet, certainly nothing on bad roads. It has about 2200 miles on it, only 3 months old. We have been very conscious of potential damage to the edge of the tailgate door and always look for adequate clearance when we open it.
Despite all of that, we found the paint gone on the edge of the door this past weekend. When we looked closer it didnt' really look like a chip, per se, it looked more like a peel, as the edge of it had what looked like crumpled paint on it (like a piece of paper would look if you pushed it in from one edge). Again, we don't know what caused it, but if the paint is very sensitive and had adhesion problems, just rubbing it when we are loading the back of the SUV could have done this.
I really love this vehicle, but now I am worried that I now own a piece of junk. I have owned one camry and one ES 300 Lexus, and my husband has owned a couple of Toyotas too, and neither of us have ever had problems with the paint on those vehicles. Then again, none of them was younger than 2000 models.
I have read on-line about the water-based paints that Toyota now uses, and I have also read that the 2005 Tacoma's were the subject of a petition because of problems those owners had with the poor paint. There were lots of complaints there about door chips. I don't see much about RAV4s, but some complaints.
So, if any of you RAV4 owners have experienced disappointing paint chipping or peeling, I want to hear from you. I am afraid this is a systemic problem that is only going to get worse the longer we have the car. I intend to take pictures and make sure it is all documented with the dates and mileage. I have already reported it to Toyota Customer Service, and we will soon be visiting the dealership to have them look at it.
Thanks.
I also have a 2007 Rav4 Sport. I noticed right away that it chipped very easily. I thought it was due to road construction. But it continued after the construction was long gone. Now I noticed another ominous problem. The passenger side just below the windows on both doors and rear window panel is starting to bubble from underneath. I am a freak about cleaning and have it detailed at least once a month and washed every week. My detailer pointed it out to me and I am very worried. Luckily it is leased but will I be responsible for damages when I turn it in? I am very upset and will be speaking to the dealer. Wish me luck. Any advice?
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