15 Rogue Paint defect

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Paint defect on my 15 Rogue. Color is Pearl white

Paint is blistering by tailgate pillar black trim above the taillight.


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Nissan has about the worst paint jobs on their vehicles. The biggest gripe is over the way it seems to have a textured effect resembling an orange peel. You're still under full factory warranty, so I'd take it back to the dealership.

Could you post pictures for reference? This will be a good aid for others to keep an eye out for problems with their vehicles.

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Rogue One wrote:Nissan has about the worst paint jobs on their vehicles.
their paint-jobs remind me of the single-stage paint application systems used by dodge.
-oh thats funny, dodge & nissan have been working together in a joint venture called: RENAULT

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Here's a link ImStricken06 provided previously when someone was looking for paint warranty info: http://www.nissanusa.com/pdf/techpubs/2 ... _N_WIB.pdf
This may come in handy as well:
audtatious wrote:Paint Incident Identification Manual

Foreword
The Paint Incident Identification Manual contains information to help you identify and diagnose paint issues. In order to achieve reliable paint diagnosis and ensure successful repairs, I encourage you to study this manual and become familiar with its contents before starting your paint inspection work. Furthermore, aside from providing identification information, this manual will answer commonly asked questions with regards to paint inspection AND paint incidents, as well as giving the warranty policy for both Infiniti and Nissan for each individual paint incident.

The photos in the manual show some examples of the various paint incidents described and are taken from various websites. I take no credit for any referenced images - they are owned by their respective right-holders.

Table of Contents (in order):
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PRE-INSPECTION
Inspection Procedures
Previous Repair Indicators

PAINT INCIDENTS
Blisters
Buff Marks
Door Edge Chips
Stone Chips
Wheel Well Chips
Color Mismatch
Cracking
Craters / Fish Eyes
Dirt in Paint
Acid Rain Etch
Bird Droppings
Chemical Contamination
Hard Water Spots
Insect Spots
Iron Particles
Tree Sap Spots
Blackout Panel Fade
Fade
Loss of Gloss
Mottling
Orange Peel
Bumper Peeling
Bumper Scrapes
Clearcoat Peeling
Colorcoat Peeling
Grille Peeling
PGF (Paint Guard Film) Stains
Runs
Sanding Scratches
Surface Scratches
Thin Paint

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Nissan will repair the paint next week under warranty. There goes the factory paint.

The service advisor gougedthe paint to metal with a pin to check for outy or inny paint chip.

:facepalm:

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Just got my car back. The rear quarter panel has different shade of white. Cant complaint much because metallic color is the hardest color to match.

Better than rust thru panel down the road.

Go Nissan of Edmonton North gave me a fully loaded 15 Rogue SL with Tech as loaner for 3 days. Service. I thought they would put me in a Sentra or Micra.

I love the illuminate door sill and LED headlight.

Did you guys know that the high beam is LED as well. I bet most of you dont.

Con for SL, the leather seats are too hard and BOSE sound crappy.

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Chowcman wrote:Just got my car back. The rear quarter panel has different shade of white. Cant complaint much because metallic color is the hardest color to match.

Better than rust thru panel down the road.

Go Nissan of Edmonton North gave me a fully loaded 15 Rogue SL with Tech as loaner for 3 days. Service. I thought they would put me in a Sentra or Micra.

I love the illuminate door sill and LED headlight.

Did you guys know that the high beam is LED as well. I bet most of you dont.

Con for SL, the leather seats are too hard and BOSE sound crappy.
How about posting some before and after pics??

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who cares about the loaner - your paint doesnt match!
and now on your carfax you have a "repaint". that can cause diminished value.

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they call that a repair??

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I have a 2015 pearl white Rogue and it has always been parked under cover. It is miticulous on the inside looks new. It is peeling/chipping/fading all over due to defective primer/trim/paint/clear coat, etc. I have emailed Nissan executives over and over again so they all not but refuse to resolve. My Rogue is still under warranty. Have any of you found an attorney or a new class action I could be a part of? I have documentation for a Nissan dealership GM stating its defective on all panels. I also have documentation/estimate from the manager of a Nissan body shop stating all panels are defective and the entire car needs to be repainted. Thank you

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sadconsumer wrote:
Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:07 am
My Rogue is still under warranty.
There has to be some misunderstanding here. Paint and Corrosion coverage on a '15 was 60 months. Your ride is too old to even have a Certified Pre-Owned warranty, and it certainly can't have any remaining OE coverage besides maybe seat belts. So why you would think your paint is warrantable, I have no idea.
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sadconsumer wrote:
Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:07 am
I have a 2015 pearl white Rogue and it has always been parked under cover. It is miticulous on the inside looks new. It is peeling/chipping/fading all over due to defective primer/trim/paint/clear coat, etc. I have emailed Nissan executives over and over again so they all not but refuse to resolve. My Rogue is still under warranty. Have any of you found an attorney or a new class action I could be a part of? I have documentation for a Nissan dealership GM stating its defective on all panels. I also have documentation/estimate from the manager of a Nissan body shop stating all panels are defective and the entire car needs to be repainted. Thank you
There was a class action lawsuit over paint issues, for owners of pearl white Nissan Rogues produced between January 11, 2013 and April 23, 2013. And there was a proposed class action alleging 2017-present model year white Nissan vehicles have been coated with defective paint primer.

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Hi everyone. I have found an attorney interest in filing a new class action for the defective white paint, etc against Nissan. It took me two years to find him. Please fill out this form asap.
http://sfclasslaw.com/nissan-peeling-pa ... stigation/


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