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We'll see how it looks this spring. Winters are nasty around here.
Cheers...
Good luck
Jeremy
I previously had a honda that drove the same trip as my lancer, but in 1/3 the time I'm having way more issues than with the civic. I love the features on my car and the performance increase from the honda, but as others have said, it's not worth the headache.
I don't really have any chips on the hood but the sides of my car look like crap. They look like I've been driving sidewaysdown a dirt road everyday. I brought it to the dealers attention a month after I bought the car (new) and they agreed it shouldn't be happening. The only recourse Mitsubishi offered was for me to re-paint the car myself (at my expense) and purchase mudflaps (also at my expense). Problem was they didn't even make flaps for the front of the car. They tried to tell me to take the back mudflaps and put them on the front. One look told me that wouldn't work. Rally Armour came out with some about a year after I bought it but by then the paint was chipped to hell and back all the way up the back doors.
I have tried to contact the Mitsu rep for this area many times but he refuses to return my phone calls and is a no show for every appointment the dealer tries to set-up. That seems to be the response in many parts of the country.
Word of mouth is the oldest and most powerful form of advertising. It seems that the only thing that will get their attention will be a SERIOUS drop in market share or a lawsuit. Pass the word around about this BS to everyone you know and if someone is able to get an attorney to take the case, please count me in.
Don't get me started on my rear caliper that seized up causing my rotor to destruct. Of course the dealer refused to warranty anything.
I wish I kept my old car. It would've been paid off by now.
My Outlander GT 2009 came with a protection package kit installed and I wrongly thought that after so many complaint of customers Mitsubishi have put it right in order to prevent paint chips. Winter in December 2009 showed the reality when the rear side of my car had so many little paint chips that the only way to put it right was to repaint the dam car. Mitsubishi dealers are a waste of time because the Mitsubishi officer has to approve first the repair and everything goes down to cost. It is too costly to repair paint chips and too time consuming. There are a lot of comments somewhere in this forum about paint chips.
If you like the car and would like to maximize the prevention of paint chips then you may: (1) - change the stock wheels (225/55R18) to tires 215/60R18 ideally although I think a tire with the named dimensions may not exist. (2)-Buy OEM Outlander mud flap kit (the mud guards are too rigid and may damage the arch protector affecting the bumper assembly). (3)- Buy a 3M plastic (transparent) film kit.
Very few car models have a limited slip front differential, a limited slip differential centre and a center differential at a price of $35,000. So crap paint finishing may be acceptable. If you want a car with 2 or 3 layers of paint so the price you may pay may be above $55,000
Brake assembly must be inspected every 2-years (i.e. disassembly, cleaned, and caliper pins re-greased) to prevent brake freezing. Remember that dealers make their money by servicing your car. So they are eager that something in your car get wrong so they can go doing business. Some unscrupulous mechanics even make sure to do something to your car so you can come back for something in the near future.
The same concept applies with touchup paint kits. Unless it is the exact same paint, then it is going to weather differently. Granted it will probably look about the same for the first couple thousand hours, but most paints like this will hold color for quite awhile and then they catastrophically fail resulting in a rapid deterioration in color.
I'm from UK, i'm Pole, so sorry for my English. I have this same problem but my dealer refuses to paint my car. I would like to get in touch with you. If your dealer accepted to paint your car it might be a precedent. I'm looking for anyone who can support my claim to Mitsubishi. Because you managed to force them to paint your car it might help me. I would like you to send me your email. Mine is monikakozak79@rocketmail.com. I'm looking forward to hear from you soon. Thanks
Any chance to get in touch with you? I'm needing any evidence to prove that your dealership agreed to touch paint and put 3M. I'm beging you for respond.
My email:
monikakozak79@rocketmail.com
If you drive your car round your home town and on tarmac the odds will be that you do not have any paint chips. If you drive on gravel or off road tracks most probably you will get paint chips if your car has not been protected for paint chips beforehand. I think any car, regardless of the manufacturer, will have paint chips if you take the car outside your nice home environment and out of proper tarmac roads. Perhaps the Mitsubishi cars are easy to chip, however, when I protected my Outlander 2008 XLS in my adventure to Alaska I got hardly any paint chips.
My Outlander 2012 has got the full protection package and I have also replaced the front mudguard with mud flaps which are 2-inches longer and have I have also bought the hood protector kit that I expect to install when I adventure off road.
My experience of this situation is that no Mitsubishi dealership will re-paint your car when they infer you did not take any care in protecting your car before hand. If you puncture a brand new tire no Mitsubishi dealer will buy you a new tire or repair it. The nail that punctures your tire is a random event as well as the stone flying to your car. The impact energy of the stones vary, but when the stone reaches and is above the defensive impact of your car paint then paint chip will be the result. Somebody told me that some cars receive 2, 3, or 4, films of paint, indicating that more films of paint is better and therefore it can sustain better impact energy. I do not know how much it costs for each film of paint (I think it is expensive and requires a proper painting environment). If painting bothers you and you are prepared to pay more than $2000 then ask your dealer to order your car from Japan with extra paint films