Mann, it was awful! I just pulled into a Target shopping center parking spot directly in front of a Majestic Blue 2002 SE, and being that my headlights were on, I saw paint chips GALORE! All over the front bumper, a few here and there on the hood, some more by the fog lamps.....it was NOT pretty. For the past month since I've come to this forum, I've read alot of complaints about the poor paint quality of nissan, but I never looked close enough until now.

I've been fortunate so far with my 2001 Altima SE, with the exception of a small rust spot about an inch and a half wide on my drivers side passenger door, but still! I want to get a Max soon, but looking at those paint chips really has me holding off, and observing what goes on here before I buy. If everyone here gets compensated with a paint over (not from MAACO) from Nissan NA, then I can move foward, but until then, I may just put off for a little while longer...........
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! I CAN'T TAKE THIS!!!

 

i wouldnt hold my breath waiting for any kind of reimbursement.

 

I have a 2K2 Majestic Blue... i have 14,000 on it bought it brand new and i dont have none what so ever "paint chips" it depends how you drive also most people tailgate trucks and thats one reason also the conditions of the road and speed also...just my 5 cents!!!

 

i have a 2k2 Steerling Mist with 8,000 miles on it and i only have like 3 or 4 chips, mostly on my bumper one on the hood.

 

none here , i live in ny and traveled to virginia , canada, atlantic city. jersey
and not one chip
did alot of highway miles

 

I agree w/ 'playero'! After almost 11k, I don't have a single paint chip! I NEVER get behind any trucker and even minimize my exposure to big SUV's and trucks. Maybe that's excessive, but I think it's worth it.! And obviously, I'm NOT insinuating that 'others' do drive excessively behind trucks, etc... but this is what's worked for me.

 

I just got my car 2 1/2 weeks ago. It has just broken 1000 miles. I was washig the car yesterday, and saw 3 or 4 tiny little chips already. Should I use touchup paint? Or will that be ugly, as I've heard it doesn't match my glacier pearl...

 

just do what i did. hit a deer at 70 MPH and have the whole front end replaced.

2400 miles before the deer with Nissan paint = lots of paint chips

3200 miles after the deer with "other" paint = not a single one.

 

All at the expense of some poor deer's life.....

Folks, here we truly have someone who will accept "Nothing Less" than a perfect Maxima!

 

i have a sterling mist 2k with 47000 and i dont tail gate there is a lot of paint chip on my front bumper. i;m going to repaint it in a week or two maybe i might invest in a front bra.

 

for the records, i obviously wasnt TRYING to hit a deer in my brand new car.

my friends give me crap and call me "deer killer" because they know how much i like animals. i felt really bad...

 

Don't worry, it happens..........
Its funny, but one of my mom's friend's husband's hit a deer with his 97 altima, and if that wasn't bad enough, to add insult to injury, he got out and KICKED IT!

Ya just can't make this stuff up!

Don't know if he got a new bumper though