Bubbling Alloys

[davystokes]

I have a 02 RAV4 bought from a Toyota dealer 10 months ago with a Toyotas 12 month guarentee. The front alloys are begining to bubble. I don't know if this is likely to be just the varnish or the metal.

Anyone any experience of having this rectified under a used-car Toyota guarantee?

thanks, Davy

[clare]

I have a 02 RAV4 bought from a Toyota dealer 10 months ago with a Toyotas 12 month guarentee. The front alloys are begining to bubble. I don't know if this is likely to be just the varnish or the metal.

Anyone any experience of having this rectified under a used-car Toyota guarantee?

thanks, Davy

Davy, dont, about warranty work but if theres one thing Toyota can,t right it,s the paint-job they do on their wheels. On my previous 4.1 Freesport they were bubbling and flaking within 2 years (and they were looked after). We,ll see how long it takes on my 4.3 T180 before this starts happening!!!

Clare

[kimi]

Welcome to TOC Davy

i've not claimed under a toyota used car warranty but i have with a new car,

my cars just had a new set of alloys under warranty because of them bubbling like yours.

my car has just gone 3 years old yesterday :D and for 2 of the years i had different alloys on

its a common known fault on toyota and lexus.

Go to the dealer you got it from and show them, its worth a try.

they can only say no, you'll never know if you dont ask

kimi xx

[Uncle Bob]

I've had two front alloys replaced under the new car 3 year warrenty ,but my guess would be that are not cover by a used car warrenty after the vehicle is 3 years old ....but no harm in asking them .

[Hoovie]

As Bob King says - this is a common thing to be dealt with under the initial 3 year warranty (I just had my 3 swapped about a month ago - coming upto 3 years) but not covered by extended warranty.

You could try the line with your dealer that the car is less then a year old to YOU and you would like them to sort it - maybe they could swap them for better ones on another RAV4 on their used lot at least?

[TheNissanMan]

On a 6 year old RAV would be extremely surprised if the dealer did anything other than laugh I'm afraid...

[DunxS1]

Mine started bubbling on year two, so got four new shiny ones for it's third birthday :rolleyes:but that's what i'd expect from the original three year warranty, not so sure it would carry forward into a renewed warranty. Maybe worth asking though!

Dunx.