so i go to put something in my car just now. and i go to open the passenger side door and i see something on the handle. so i bend down to look thinking it's bird poo or something and it's chip of paint missing down to the friggin metal underneath about the size of the eraser end of the pencil. this is ridiculous. i've had the car since saturday night

 

I feel you angel, like hours after driving mine off the lot SOMEHOW i picked up 3 chips on the hood, then when it turned three days old it was given a present, a huge rock came from now where and put a unrepairable rock chip in the windshield!!!!!! I LOVE MY TC, but dang if I do not have bad luck with it.

 

this better be covered under warranty. i'm not gonna complain about any rock chips cuz that's just gonna happen regardless but paint should not be peeling off the door handle. that's ridiculousness

 

Scions don't have the best paint, but having it flake this soon after buying it is bad. The dealership should take care of that no problem. I have had my car for just over a year now and no peeling. Lots of rock chips, but no peeling or flaking. Good luck.

 

Welcome to the club. Best of luck

 

tc paint = crapola pie in a handbasket

 

I havent had any Problems w/ my paint!..Except got 1 itty bitty rock chip on the hood...and My windshield has a ton of lil chips in it...Then again I clean my car 2 times a day!!!....LOL...Just have good cleaning habits & Believe in Good Karma...

 

it's so depressing and it rained today so i'm hoping it doesn't start to rust before i can get it back to the dealer on monday *sigh*

 

The chip paint is on the actual handle part?..or on the door?...

if its the handle they can just replace it easy ...If its the actual door...they will have to repaint it or do One hella go spot color cover up...That does suck though...

 

dang, im starting to think that the tc's paint is like those old neons (u know the ones wif half the paint peelin off the car) i hope mine stays cool. so far only paint chips on my hood and front kit. those are a givin if ur car is a daily driver. knock on wood!

 

it's just the handle so it should be an easy pop off and pop another one on. i think imma hurry to the store when it stops raining and get some wax pronto cuz i can't have anymore of this

 

You are not alone in this! Scion has some of the Sh!@#iest paint you can get on a car! There are quite a few people who have had this problem! Myself being one of them. You are lucky you got a small chip under the handle! I went to a brushless car was and the high pressure sprayers blew a chunk the size of a baseball right off the bumper! Granted it was only a month after i got the car! I took it back to the scion dealership and tired to get it covered under warrenty! It took a while because I had to meet with the regional rep. since he was the only one that could give the ok on a paint warrenty issue. Well all that time was spent for nothing because he said it must have been due to the water getting in under a rock chip or something for a piece that big to come off so I was declined the fix! So unfortunatley I am still stuck with that big chunk missing!

 

do you wear any rings?

That's the first thing the dealership is going to ask you when you tell them your problem. If you do, I would advise just taking them off for the trip to the dealership so it doesn't become an issue, and think about that in the future.

If it's just peeling, it shouldn't happen ever. I Hope you get it fixed, it sucks having a new car and things like that happen already.

 

I had the same exact problem, only they repainted my bumper, no questions asked. The paint is total garbage.

 

i don't wear any rings whatsoever and even if i did the paint should not chip off by someone wearing a ring and opening the door. is thepaint gonna chip off if i have to booty bump the door closed cuz my hands are full? oh wait i can't do that anyway cuz i'll just get a big ___ booty dent

 

paint = Reason # 2 and 3 why I sold my tC.

 

dealer fixed my peeling problem so you should have no problem what so ever