Pearl white paint failure?

[Cheffromage]

My 2021 MY is exhibiting wholesale paint failure on the bottom half of the car, all the way around. It looks as if it has a bad case of orange measles. Anybody else experiencing a similar problem? I first noticed it last spring when it was less than a year old. As it was only a few spots, I thought maybe I had driven over some fresh road striping. This year it is apparent that something else is happening.

The car is garaged, washed regularly, and spends most of its winters in Florida, so it isn't northern Ohio winter roads. Less than 11,000miles.

 

[1965Falcon]

Never seen that here on the forum, but it looks like rust coming through the paint. Either way, that's a warranty repaint.

 

[buckets0fun]

Looks like atmospheric fallout of iron particles. Common.

A decent detail/iron remover/clay bar would remove this.

 

[mackgriggs]

Looks like spots my white car had..... iron remover/clay bar didn't do anything.

MY White Paint thick enough for Harbor Freight buffer?

So after the car wash today, I was wiping the normal gunk that doesn't come off, and ...what I think is just old bug gut remnants are NOT coming off. I tried goo gone, goof off, wd40 and mineral spirits. Its not doing a thing. Spots all over front fender, rear view mirrors, etc. Only thing...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[voom500]

How about using a bug and tar remover? I had these on my previous white colored car. Not sure if it was tar or brake/iron particles either.

 

[jjrandorin]

Looks like spots my white car had..... iron remover/clay bar didn't do anything.

MY White Paint thick enough for Harbor Freight buffer?

So after the car wash today, I was wiping the normal gunk that doesn't come off, and ...what I think is just old bug gut remnants are NOT coming off. I tried goo gone, goof off, wd40 and mineral spirits. Its not doing a thing. Spots all over front fender, rear view mirrors, etc. Only thing...

teslamotorsclub.com

That thread was an interesting read, especially what you went through. I suggest the OP give it a read too, since it looks like the same type spots. TL ; DR, you were able to deal with this by a several step detail process. I would have paid someone ( a good detailer) to do it for me, since I dont have that much patience, but thats where the OP should start vs trying to get Tesla to cover repainting or something.

 

[fiehlsport]

Our Hyundai has these, though I haven't tried iron remover. They seem to be on the surface.

This area of your car is blasted by road debris, it looks like you don't have front mud guards installed. I don't know how deep the blasting is, but it doesn't look like you're getting down to bare metal, which would cause actual rusting.

Try an iron remover spray (detailing section at an auto parts store) and go from there. If it goes away, it's not a paint failure.

 

[bobbyjae]

Would PPF have prevented this?

 

[fiehlsport]

Most definitely

 

[andaconda]

Would PPF have prevented this?

Yes

 

[MY1stEV]

@Cheffromage That looks like "tire shine/dressing sling." If you put certain kinds of tire shine on heavy, the excess will sling off when driving and stain white paint. It's tough to get off.

It's been discussed here on the forum before. (And it's not unique to Tesla paint)

 

[Pianewman]

Aluminum skin on doors, cannot rust.

I agree, it could be imbedded iron particles, maybe from the original transit to the point of sale.

Have you ever had the car detailed? Used a clay bar? Hopefully this will eliminate your problem.

 

[240vPlug]

I would get a good detail. If that corrects the problem, I would get mud flaps and PPF. I did a full frontal PPF and they also did the bottoms of the doors. That area gets peppered with road debris which will eventually cause damage to the paint.

 

[M109Rider]

This happens to every car. My white BMW had the same thing. It’s small particles on/in the clear coat. It’s from brake dust, and other metals like that.
It comes out with proper materials.

It’s NOT paint failure like your subject states.

 

[Tonedog77]

brake dust people, wash your cars weekly

 

[nate704]

Take it to the detailer and they will remove all of those for you or any good polisher with polishing compound can get them out in no time.

 

[nate704]

This is what real paint failure looks like:

 

[andaconda]

This is what real paint failure looks like:

Yes, when you try to paint glass, that's bound to happen!

 

[nate704]

Yes, when you try to paint glass, that's bound to happen!

It is not Tesla, and I don't think it is glass.

 

[andaconda]

It is not Tesla, and I don't think it is glass.

Sorry, I missed the shark fin on the back. My apology. I was thinking of the guy on ytube that painted his glass roof to match his white paint -- it didn't go so well. Another on put white PPF on the roof and that didn't go so well either.