Front and Rear Emblems Paint Chipping...

[GotTheEdge]

I have a 2007 Ford Edge SEL+ (under 5 year ESP) and am having trouble with the emblems. Both the front and the rear emblems are having issues with the paint chipping off. These are OEM, unalterd emblems. I took it to the Ford dealer and they replaced them. Now, one month later they are doing it again, accept this time its even worse! It at the pint whare the who top have chipped off. I do not drive on dirt roads, and the car has not even been exposed to corossive road salt yet (In my time owning it, I bought it in June). Has anyone else experienced this issue?

-Dan

[Lex Talionis]

yep, I got it. others here have mentioned it also.. chalk it up to sub par materials.

 

just wait until some of your external chrome items start to bubble and peel

[GotTheEdge]

Woah. Thats not good. What really gets me is that this is still happening even after they get replaced. You would think that Ford would be smart enough to figure out how to correct this problem. Well I got this extended service plan for anouther five years, and every time it happens I'm taking my car in to have it fixed.

Edited September 16, 2009 by GotTheEdge

[Lex Talionis]

the fix is simple.. a clear coat

 

since clearly the blue is exposed and not under a clear coat, it chips easy. very easy.

 

but they failed to do so

[akirby]

since clearly the blue is exposed and not under a clear coat, it chips easy. very easy.

 

There is no reason for the blue paint to chip more easily by itself than with a clear coat. If it chips then either something hit it or the surface prep is defective or the paint itself is defective.

 

There is nothing magic about clearcoat. It's just paint without pigment.

[Lex Talionis]

There is no reason for the blue paint to chip more easily by itself than with a clear coat. If it chips then either something hit it or the surface prep is defective or the paint itself is defective.

 

There is nothing magic about clearcoat. It's just paint without pigment.

 

I wondered when you might chime in.

 

your right, there is nothing magic about clear coat... assuming you have one to begin with.

 

the clear coat is an additional protective layer, not really debatable. no surface clear coat = reduced protection. In my estimation, having the issue and looking deeply at it, this is why the blue is chipping off and the rest of the front of the car is just fine and both would/are/have received the same debris potential. even the back emblem's blue portion, with the potential of hardly any debris damage given its location and the fact it is facing backward, is susceptible.

 

so, the blue can chip off for reasons other than surface prep or defective paint, and 1 reason is, no clear surface coat applied so paint is exposed and thus, easily damaged as no protective coating over it.

 

and yes, I know I know.. the right piece of debris could chip anything. but this is not the kind of debris damage all over the logo I am referring to. we are not talking one chip nothing could stop, we are talking dozens of places with blue missing. hard to explain that in 1.5 years of driving with roughly 10k miles.. oh wait, unless it is simply cutting corners on fit and finish. but I know your not big into buying into that theory.

[akirby]

I'm not questioning that it's a defect. And I agree that clearcoat provides additional protection for the basecoat. What I'm saying is non-clearcoat paint was used for decades and I don't remember it chipping after a couple of years. If it's chipping without physical damage then the problem is either defective paint or surface prep, not the lack of clearcoat. Clearcoat may have covered up the problem and prevented the chipping but lack of clearcoat isn't the cause.

[Lex Talionis]

just to show the issue visually. even around the edges it peels off