Its been 1 week with my new 2008 H3. I decided today to wash and polish the H3 and found atleast 4-5 paint defects on the truck, other wise everything else is fine. I just called the dealer and they told me stop by tomorrow so the manager can take a look at it. Any suggestions as to what I may expect.

Phil

 

What kind of defects are you talking about?

Orange peel and metal deformation are "value added" features on the H3..........

 

Without seeing them no way to tell. Some are picker than others. there were a few little minor imperfections in the paint on our new H3 but I figured after a couple of weeks with my wife driving those would be the good spots.

 

The paint is bubbled out,almost feels like there is like sand or a pebble under the paint. I noticed this on the lower drivers door theres 2 there and another 2 on the roof of the truck between the passengers side and back. The car is a lease so I dont wanna get banged at the end when I return it,you cant really notice it. I will see what the dealer says.

 

I think that is a GM thing The 06 had some of those as well as my Tactical has 1 that I can think of. My 07 Silverado had some also. Suppose dealer could have them fixed, none of them were that big of an issue for me though. They were all in places that you wouldn't see if you weren't the one waxing it.

 

My Wife's H3 and mine have no paint problems when I checked.

 

I will try to take a few pics of the paint and will post them on here.

 

Theyshould call itthe "rugged hammered finish."

 

My 08 has a complete paint job defect.

I don't know how else to explain it other than there are little wee bubbles everywhere. Very small, but pen point sized bubbles on the whole paint job.

 

I had a spot or to on my 08, one that even looked like a half a$$ed repair..."pre-scarred for a rugged appearance"