WTF, PAINT FLAKING OFF?!? Anyone else?

Wow, I feel a little heart broken.

I found a flake of paint on the ground after a wash yesterday. I couldn’t find where it came from until I started installing my aux fuse/relay box today.

It’s under the hood but it’s edging super close to the exterior paint! Once I closed the hood you can actually see it through the crack. It’s on both sides of the engine bay.

I’m sort of feeling panicked about it...

Anyone else have this issue?

 

Contact Toyota customer service

 

Very common on white Tacomas. There are a couple of threads on it here already.

 

OP what year Tacoma?

 

Shouldn't primer be gray underneath?

 

2016, but a dialed 16...

 

No, factory E coat is the color you see.

 

Did you buy new or used?

 

I have a white taco but it is 2019 so I HOPE they got their sh@T together by 2019........

 

So the fender coating is different from the hood? I've gotten a few stone chips on the hood and it's gray under the paint.

 

Tacoma QDR

 

used with like 14k on it.

 

Makes me think it was repainted for some reason.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2017-paint-issues.536165/page-16

Post #301 same issue. There are more threads. This color white from Toyota is a single stage. Very susceptible to fading/peeling. All other colors are 2 stage (base coat then clear coat).

 

I had my 2004 repainted and it did the same thing on the rocker panels. Poor prep before paint.

 

There's supposedly a recall.
https://tiremeetsroad.com/2019/09/2...izzard-pearl-super-white-paint-jobs-for-free/

 

Looks like quicksand under it. Maybe front fender was replaced from another truck?

 

To my knowledge, happens to all White Toyota vehicles. As stated before contact Customer Service. There was a recall/warranty enhancement on white paint job for some vehicles

 

Toyota White paint has always been garbage.

 

Thanks guys, it makes me feel better with everyone’s responses. I’ll hit up Toyota ASAP.