rust (with pic)
 

sorry, i'm back again with another question...

i've noticed a rust spot on my trunk (to the right of my license plate).
it's not big, probably a little bigger than a tip of a pen, but it will grow if i don't take care of it...
i don't think i keyed it in since the trunk lock is at least 10 cm away from the spot...

i did a search in the vehicle issues forum on rust and they said they went to the dealers to fix it under warranty?
has anyone been to the dealership with this problem? is it really covered? do they send you out elsewhere to a body shop or can they fix it there?

thanks for your help!

Rust should be covered, check in manual (its in car :(). You drop off the car at the dealer and THEY send it out. Many dealers send their cars out to an affiliate body shop. They can not fix it at the dealer, must be at a bodyshop. Remember to ask for a rental car, this is the time to have fun while not damaging anything.

For once something useful

I remember some dealers refuse to lend cars to people :mad:

it should be cover under rust proof thing or if not then bumper to bumper
i personally bought rust proof from honda when i ordered my car so my car covered 12 years or something
but i dont think i will be driving this car when it is 12 years old

babychai, take some pics of teh rust...i want to see what it looks like

I believe that the new cars are specially designed to prevent rust thats why it is not necessary to get rust proofing because of the toxic chemicals removing this "special layer". Not sure, but got this from a very reliable source. Anyways got rust proofing for $600, how much did you pay for yours?

oh, i'd get a rental car no problem if it's covered...

i got a loaner (2 weeks) while i was waiting for my car cuz they were ordering it...

i'll try to take pics tm if i can go borrow a digi cam...:D

i need to go back to the dealers...too bad they're not open tomolo!

Remind me than lol, we'll take some sexy shots of your car :)

Try to get it fixed ASAP because we all know rust = cancer.

im not too sure with this.. but if its a paint kind of error then im sure its covered

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Yeah get a rental car for free and play with it !! :D

i know if u buy a new car and get that rust proof package it's like $700-1000
dont remember the actual figure
but i got a good deal on my car and they throw in the rust proof. extended warranty and gave me $4000 for trade in my 93 EG

so can't complain

-edit

here's a pic of the rust spot taken today :(

http://members.rogers.com/petertieu/rust.jpg

Can we say EWW?

Sorry double post.

Let me just comment on babychai's car, it looks real good!

yup thats covered!!! damn right "G"

thanks "G"

yahhh definatly covered!!
haha... did u drive ur ride yesterday for the meet at cs??
hahah... o.O

no problem, u have a pic ;)
jokes:_doh:

no..i was in my bf's car...
no babychai mobile :(

thanks boo for kk cards...

take it to the dealer and have them look at it..... i've got a few specks of rust forming on the trunk and other places of my car..... the trunk is the owrst for me, it's rusting from the inside and i'm getting that repainted next week.... but i've also got rust on the weld seems of the doors and the back of the roof trim.... it's driving me nuts!... an 8 month old car and it's rusting like there's no tomorrow.... argh.... :(

same here i'm just waiting for the good weather and i'm getting sending my car in i saw it like 4 months after i got the car didn't say nothing just wanted to get through the winter and oh boy lemme tell u there sure is more little dots all over the place especially under the trim but i'm gonna do a full check on my car and find all the spots get my self a paint job ......maybe i can get the dents fixed while their at it

man i can never imagine a japanese car started rusting in a year
i gotta pay attention to mine then

get it fixed babychai

I got some spots on my hood like that, I imagine caused by stone chips. Do you think that is covered under warranty?

i dont know about the hood but give it a shot at the dealer

Why don't you use hood deflector... it does save alot of chips because you can see a shit load of scratches on it... or better yet use the invisible tape thingy thats now a new trend.

went to the dealer's today..
they told me to wait a bit and see how the rust turns out....but then after they decided they were going to buff it out and touch it up...

but won't have time until i go back to school (in may)...
so hopefully when i get it fixed then i will take some pics and post it...

got rust spot fixed two weeks ago, but finally got time to post pics...
here's what it looks like when it was fixed..

but there is yellow-y/orange-y colour area forming in the spot that got touched up...

more pics later...

enlarged

they can't buff it out... it should still be rusting underneath... if anything, they have to sand the spot (and surrounding area) down and repaint the entire trunk...