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 REPORTS
OF FIAT DUCATO ROOF PAINT FAILURES
compiled by
webmasters
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IH
MOTOR CAMPERS "TIO CAMA" (March 2006)
A FIAT Ducato van was chosen in 2005 for our van conversion by IH Motor
Campers as FIAT had been making this model for a
number of years and as "NEWBIES" we had hoped for 10 years
of trouble-free motorhoming.
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Therefore
it came as quite a surprise to discover after just 14 months (May
2007) large strips of silver grey paint starting flaking off our new
motorhome's roof
exposing cream undercoat primer.
Even micro-blistering
was occuring
in places exposing pinheads of cream undercoat primer. |
| Being more than 12 months old,
IH Motor
Campers referred us to
FIAT UK as the paint work was covered
under FIAT's 3 Year Paintwork Warranty. Legally,
we had to let FIAT UK repaint the van as it was still within FIAT's 3 Year Paint
Warranty ... more |
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Then
less than 24 months later in October 2009, FIAT's repaint started
blistering across the entire roof area and with the repainted silver grey
paint flaking off AGAIN as shown in these photographs! |
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supplier, IH Motor
Campers
offered no assistance.
FIAT
UK were contacted again (October 2009) for them to visit and inspect the roof before
arranging another warranty repainting job ... more |
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UK replied that as our '06' Ducato van was now 3.5 years old it was
outside their original factory 3 Year Paint Warranty and FIAT UK were not
interested in resolving their original manufacturing paint nor subsequent
repaint failures. |
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TIMBERLAND
"FREEDOM 2" (March 2006)
Just three days separates this silver grey FIAT Ducato vehicle from
the webmasters' van conversion above, but the
problem appears the same - flaking FIAT Ducato factory applied silver grey
paintwork.
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With
winter's snow gone, this Timberland
owner got quite a shock as he hosed down his
motorhome in February 2010, before performing its first "Wash
and Polish" of the year, to find his motorhome's silver grey
paint washing off in strips exposing cream undercoat primer beneath as the photographs show. |
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repairers commented that the silver grey paint was peeling off due
to poor adhesion between primer and top coat; and FIAT UK agreed that the
paint failure was quite advanced and on going for
some time |
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| However, as the Ducato van was now out of its 3 Year Paintwork
Warranty its repair would not be covered by FIAT UK ... sounds a
familiar experience. Subscriber also reported that the supplier, Timberland
was negotiating a repair or compensation on the owner's behalf from
FIAT UK ... latest
news |
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MURVI
"MORELLO" (August 2006)
Similar story has been emailed to us from a Murvi
motorhome owner. Paint started flaking off this FIAT Ducato van
conversion within the 3 Year Paintwork Warranty and therefore the
roof was resprayed by FIAT UK under warranty. Less than four years
old however, FIAT's respray paint is now flaking off and the owner
is seeking further paintwork repairs from either FIAT or Murvi ... awaiting
report and photos
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MORE
FIAT DUCATO PAINT FAILURES?
With
FIAT UK accepting that it as normal for FIAT Ducato paintwork will
flake off their vehicles every couple of years, we have been collating
other van conversion owners experiences and what support their
motorhome supplier has offered to resolve this paint problem when
outside FIAT's 3 Year Paintwork Warranty.
A
picture of why
FIAT's paintwork micro blisters and suddenly starts flaking
off in large strips has emerged from the emails and reports
received ... thank
you to all who emailed their experiences to webmasters
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 For
those who do not wish to throw good money after bad, Halfords Touch
Up paint is proving a temporary solution to cover up exposed bare cream undercoat primer areas as
soon as the FIAT colour
coat flakes off.
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| Halfords paint applied to FIAT's
exposed undercoat in October 2009 peeled off in June 2011 - slightly
better performance than the original factory applied FIAT paint
coating on our motorhome... read
more |
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