While getting my tint done today I noticed this on the back hatch. Looks like it was bubbled and someone started to sand it but never finished. $hitty thing is I bet this will be an over nighter to fix and my dealer is 90 miles away. I think I will wait until my first oil change to have this fixed.

 

You are much more patient than I am. Even if the dealer were 90 miles away, the car would be in getting the paint problem fixed.

 

That looks bad.

 

Yeah but time is money in my book and Braman is 1.5 hour ride. I'll shoot them an e-mail to get it documented and do it all in one shot. I figure I'm about 6-8 weeks from the 10k service.

 

Is it visible when the trim is back on?

Theres nothing unusual about that.

There was oil or soemthing on the pain when the roof was painted, and they sanded the rough down. There is still body sealer under it, you can see, its the tan stuff. My car has parts that were totally missed by paint, but the body sealer will still be there, they diip all the cars prior to painting.


I doubt the dealer will do anything about it.

 

What he ^ said

 

Wow, that does look bad. Is that underneath something?

90 miles eh? I wish my dealer were 90 miles away. Mine is over 200!

 

this is another reason to check the car from head to toe before accepting the car upon purchase... could have been a shipping repair that was done on the docks prior to arrival at the dealership...

 

i agree with previous post, the car was dipped for rust protection- should be fine.

who knows what lurks under our trim....

 

This is not under any trim!

 

i don't think that part comes with a trim to cover it up...

also, the anti corrosive sealer 'dipping' did nothing for the rust issues
we're seeing on the 02's rails under the weather strip (check beneath
the bonnet sticky). it's better not to over convince ourselves that
it works 100%.

 

Guess you should at least let your dealer know and see what they say about it. You don't want to get there and they say "sorry...so sad...not our problem!" Make sure they'd cover it first.

Man, stuff like that would absolutely drive me nuts!

 

It wont do a damn bit of good if its rubbed off...

 

If it's what it looks like, they'll fix it. I'd call them and report, just so it's documented. Worst thing (hopefully) is that you may have to do w/o your MINI for a bit.

 

Definitely a factory blemish. I sent this photo to my MA today. Will post the out come.

 

my thoughts exactly.

 

I would definitely report it ASAP because the longer you wait the more chance they would say it wasnt them, I see you sent the pics to your MA and that is great!

 

Took my MINI in on Monday for have this addresses. They said that they needed the car for a week. I'll post again when I get it back.

 

I have the same problem with my sunroof. they offered to fix it and did a ugly job using touch up paint...

i complained again and now they will be replacing the entire sunroof.

 

Got our MINI back today. The dealer did a wonderfully job! I was very impressed with Braman Palm Beach service department!

 

Nice fix! I am going to check my hatch right now.....


regards,
Red

 

Oh, the HORROR!! Really, I wouldn't wait!! It'd be going to that dealer PRONTO!!!

 

Whoops! Posted too quick. The job looks great! It's back to being beautiful.

 

even though they are they're threads with people complaining about rust problems so.......