You are by no means alone, if it makes you feel any better.
The paint on my 1993 electric blue Dakota has always rubbed off a little too
easily.
In fact, there was a patch similar to a 10" or so diameter circle on the
rear passengers side of my cargo box that was discoloring and beginning to
peel within a few months after I bought the truck, even though I waxed it
every month or two and took very good care of the truck overall. As it
turned out, some XXX rammed a heavily-loaded shopping cart into that side of
the cargo box, leaving a rather noticeable dent. After the repair and paint
job, there was no more discoloration or peeling.
In 1996, I was hearing dozens of complaints from Ram owners on the Mopar
Mailing List about the paint on their trucks, very similar to what you are
saying, only their paint was peeling off within weeks or months of driving
away from the dealership!
I would say that you have done well, though, to have gotten Chrysler to pay
half the cost of the paint job. I congratulate you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Weingart, Robert F (Robert) <rweingart@lucent.com>
To: 'Dakota' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 4:25 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Paint Peeling
>Shaun-
>
>While the truck was not garaged every night, it was waxed ALL of the time.
>By most peoples opinions, it was babied. That is probably why the paint
has
>lasted longer then the rest of the blue trucks out there Why is it that
>just about every other blue '89-'90 Dak or any Mopar I see has the paint
>chipping off? There is a problem with their blue paint, period. I guess I
>should have wished that my paint flaked off about 5 years ago? That seems
>backwards. The paint is peeling due to their problem, not something I have
>done. It would have been nice if they at least humored me and looked at my
>truck before making the offer. The way they did it tells me that they were
>just throwing me a bone to make me happy and go away. Kind of like they
know
>what the truck looks like from experience, huh? Kind of like they know
>there is a problem?
> I am not necessarily bagging on CC, I am a loyal customer and probably
>always will be. I just want to be treated as such. Since I have been
>alive, I can honestly say that my family has owned about 20 Mopars. I own 5
>right now. Heck, if I want to bag on CC, let me talk about the '80 K-car
we
>owned.
> Just look at your paint next time you wash your truck. If you see signs
>of cracking or flaking, call the 800#! In the future, you can bet that if
>my '96 Ram shows any signs of paint problems, it will be documented right
>away.
>
>BTW they could not quote me any "paint warranty". They said it was done on
>a per case basis. This is straight from the CC 800#. Now, if it is a per
>case basis, the logical thing is to look at my truck first, right?
>
>Rob Weingart
>
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