Is anyone else having issues with rock chips?

[BobC]

Has anyone else had serious issues with the paint on these trucks mine just hit 15k and looks like it's been to hell and back it's not like I go on dirt roads maybe once every month or 2, and a lot of them are in weird spots like the top of the rear wheel well and only in the back wheel wells none in the front wheel wells

You may want to consider PPF film, although a bit late for current damage.

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[Cowgirlkim]

Has anyone else had serious issues with the paint on these trucks mine just hit 15k and looks like it's been to hell and back it's not like I go on dirt roads maybe once every month or 2, and a lot of them are in weird spots like the top of the rear wheel well and only in the back wheel wells none in the front wheel wells

I had my windshield replaced at 4k on my 2025. Wasn't even directly behind anyone on frwy. My new windshield makes popping noises at various speeds like it's being hit, but it's not. Codes for all 2025 windshields is not
avaliable yet. I hope that will help? All info has been working though. Idk if replacement (small rock hit next to drivers post sent a crack across entire front)

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Try a factual statement like all modern automotive paint isn't as good as it used to be.

pardon my nonfactual observation of Ford paints

 

[deanobc]

Has anyone else had serious issues with the paint on these trucks mine just hit 15k and looks like it's been to hell and back it's not like I go on dirt roads maybe once every month or 2, and a lot of them are in weird spots like the top of the rear wheel well and only in the back wheel wells none in the front wheel wells

I just hit 6000 miles and noticed a chip on the lip of the hood. It sucks. Ordered the touch-up stick from my dealer.

 

[TwoTone]

It is not only Ford. I am having the same issues on my (now my daughters) 2018 VW Passat. That paint is very thin as well. Guess it is part of the cost cutting by all manufacturers.

You can thank the EPA for the shit paint available today.

 

[Pop2020]

In right at 3 years of ownership, I've had two full windshield replacements and five rock chips repairs. Both windshield replacements were due to rock chips.

In the last three weeks, I went in for a rock chip repair and within 10 minutes of leaving the glass place a trailer kicked up a rock chip that hit right at the edge of the windshield about 1/2 way up on the passenger side. Crack. Got it replaced and two weeks later got another chip that needed to be repaired....and I got it while I was trying to switch lanes to get out from behind a vehicle because I started to hear the 'tink-tink-tink' of rocks being kicked up on a road that had been stripped down a layer to be repaved.

 

[Phimosis]

Nope, no rock chips. I’ve owned my Maverick for a little over a year and it has zero rock chips.

My biggest problem with the Maverick is that it seems like the AGM battery is dead almost every time I go to use it.

 

[josephp732]

My 2021 4Runner has the same issue - lots of paint chips. I find that most 2 Stage paints today chip easy. My wife's 2022 Volvo XC40 has 3 Stage white pearl tri coat paint and has almost no paint chips.

 

[Dad]

Other than the common sense recommendations of avoiding following dump trucks and big rigs, I don't see how one can completely avoid getting them. Seems to be just one of the hazards of being on the road. A hood deflector would help, but not sure if it would prevent chips along the side. I highly recommend touch-up paint, not only for aesthetics, but to keep paint integrity and prevent rust.

 

[papa]

22 Hybrid Alto Blue, I got the Blues paint quality.
I have already reported on mine, totally disappointed. We traded in are 2017 Escape SE Canyon Ridge(brown)115k miles in April 2026 for a 2026 Escape. The 2017 paint quality exceeded are expectations. Very little in paint/clear degradation. Even the Ford dealer was impressed. I'd like to know the Ford Louisville paint process vs Hermosillo plant.

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

I've got chips everywhere. hot pepper red.. oh well...

 

[MavStangVa]

I've got chips everywhere. hot pepper red.. oh well...

Any rust developing around the chips? I ask because of threads about rust on white Mavericks. I have a couple very small dings, not quite chipped yet, and no rust developing.

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Any rust developing around the chips? I ask because of threads about rust on white Mavericks. I have a couple very small dings, not quite chipped yet, and no rust developing.

No... the chips don't go past the primer... futhermore, I'm in the Sonoran Desert, so rust is really never an issue.

 

[ice445]

I've tried to increase my following distance when practical and it helps, but there's just too much trash on the roads these days and the paint isn't up to the task.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

My MY2024 Lariat HPR was loaded with chips. A few untimely motorcycle hit n runs and vandalism resulted in us re-painting 90% of the truck (not the hood, nor roof). After the repairs, we took that opportunity to lay on 4 coats of color and 4 coats of clear on that 90%. A tiny chip in the edge of the hood was repaired (touched up) and the entire hood and roof also received 4 coats of clear (no color, just clear). Followed up a month later with ceramic coating. Not seeing any new rock chips...

The paint on the Fords is on the thin side...

4 coats! Is it even possible

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