Sticky, grimy coating under/near strut bar

Darwins Child

Yesterday I detailed the engine compartment, but there was/is a very tenacious sticky, grimy brownish coating on the painted body surface beneath where the strut bar is secured to the body, which is pointed out by the blue arrows in the photos below. This coating is confined to only that area on the body. There is none of this on the engine or anywhere else.

The coating was so tenacious that I thought that it might have been intentionally sprayed on there by Nissan, but I plowed on and attempted to remove it.

It covered the entire area, but I managed to remove a good portion of it with some WD-40 on a soft cloth. The areas pointed out by the arrows are difficult to get at using that method and I wondered if a mild engine degreaser or something else might be appropriate.

Has anyone else had this coating on their vehicle and, if so, what did you use to remove it?

Thanks.

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