Paint Bubbling on '08 EL. Walk away?

[Tystevens]

All,

I'm in the shopping process, and we've come across an '08 EL Ltd that we like quite a bit. Perusing this and other forums, I've come across the paint issue. I went back and looked a little closer this afternoon, and the truck I've been looking at has a quarter sized bubbling on the hood, right near the edge, and a small sized bubble (dime-nickel) on the rear hatch.

I'm assuming trucks w/ bubbling issues either have them or they don't. Do you think the presence of a couple small bubbles on a 4 yr old truck is a bad sign? I don't want to buy something only to have to fix it in the near future!

 

[Captain Morgan]

Yes, I think bubbles on a 4 yold truck is a bad thing and as you discovered is a chief complaint and discussion for class action law suits.

There are just the 2 bubbles you know about, so unless you're willing to repaint the rig I would walk away.

Walk away knowing you made a sound decision. That's how dad did it, that's how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far.


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[dariod]

I have 2011 Limited EL and paint is bubling too lol. I got 1993 Lexus that I have not washed in 4 years and it has 240K miles and paint is not bubling but it is on $50K truck talking about Ford paint quality.

 

[jasonlmarsh]

Yea I'd probably walk away too, unless they repaint those panels, or knock another thousand or so off the price.

 

[Stoned06]

I have/had the bubbling paint, and if it were me, I would either have them fix it, lower the price to reflect future cost to repaint, or walk away.
A friend who works in a body shop said he sees quite a few Fords come in with this and even properly prepped, it can come back after a repaint.

 

[Tystevens]

Thanks all. This truck is probably a no-go. I appreciate the advice.

 

[frankie paladin]

Why does the paint bubble, is it rusting underneath the paint?

 

[Dib52]

Hey Ty... I know Texas is a decent drive from Utah, but I just traded my Eddie Bauer with all the goodies for towing to a local dealer here in Dallas. It's not the EL, but it pulled around my 22ft bowrider with no problem(6000 lbs). Just a thought if you wanted to make a drive. Here's the link
North Central Ford | New Ford dealership in Richardson, TX 75080