Originally Posted by Read T

Went Back by dealership today and spoke with Tony Panno. He read through all the threads I had printed off and looked at the car. Asked me to forward pictures I had taken to him since the only camera he had was a smart phone. He also referred me over to the shop that does bodywork for most of the dealerships in the area. I met with the bodyshop service writer Steve Kling at Wilburn Auto Body. He looked at the paint and got one of the other men from the shop to look at it. They informed me that it appeared that while the car was at carmax (whom I bought it from) it had:

1) multiple areas of paintless dent repair
2) multiple areas of touchup paint
3) many areas where fallout (bird crap or acid rain) had sat on it for an extended period of time and had damaged the paint to the point where the clear coat is cracking

Basically that for the year the car was with carmax it hadn't been washed. I'm quite pissed off right now at carmax, as there were 1 or 2 of these spots when the car was purchased but now there are dozens (at least 50) spots where the clear coat is bubbling, cracking, or the paint under the clearcoat looks roughened (like a pumice stone under the paint). I just called back to the bodyshop to get them to write everything down for me. I will also go to another bodyshop to see what they say. Basically the diagnosis is that the car was not cared for at carmax, so nissan will not cover anything with warranty work. I need the hood, fenders, doors, roof, back deck, and back fenders repainted to resolve the issue. FML and F*ck you carmax. the car was bought from carmax and the PO was the dealer so I am the first person on the title of a year old car - that has paint that is cracking and bubbling off.