Toyota owner calls for chipped paint repair
Owners of a white Toyota model with delaminating paint say they were left to pay the bill for repairs, even though the automaker acknowledged the flaw. 0 See 3 pictures A group of Toyota owners calls on Japanese automakers to improve known peeling paint problem in some models. Disgruntled motorists have taken to Facebook to share their stories, with a group called ‘Toyota Australia Peeling Paint’ growing from 150 members to over 850 at the time of writing, following the stories aired on Channel 9 Current Affair earlier this week. Some people said that the “envelope-sized” paint strip had peeled off while driving down the highway or while washing their Toyota vehicles, while others posted pictures of metal exposed to corrosion. “Toyota Australia has received reports of paint peeling,” the company wrote in a statement issued to Drive . “This condition involves a special factory-applied white paint color (color code 040) and can occur when exposure to sunlight//ultraviolet over time re