Paint Problems of Toyota FJ Cruiser

The paint has been dramatically chipping off of my 2007 Fj Cruiser. This was brought to the dealerships and Toyota regional managers attention immediately and it has been over a year and a half of unreturned phone calls, missed appointments and being dismissed.

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2008 Fj Cruiser has traveled approximately 150 miles off road on established trails and 15000 miles on paved roads. There are tears in the inner fender aprons in the crumple zone and the nose of the body appears to be sagging down. The passenger side door is impinged and paint is chipping off when it is opened. The rips formed spontaneously, there has been no collision or impact on the vehicle. The tears are through metal running from the top of the crumple zone to about a half inch before the bottom of the crumple zone, the tear is about 6 inches from the back of the engine bay.

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Paint failure is immediate. Vehicle is a Toyota 2007 Fj Cruiser. Car was parked under mesquite tree for shade. Tree sap from tree caused paint to immediately bubble and crack and come off. Literally everywhere drop hits body and bumper is damaged, approximately 50 spots or more. Paint releases completely to primer.

Paint is chipping all over car. Car is 2007 fj. By Toyota. I have never had this happen on another car.

My 2007 voodo blue Fj Cruiser paint is chipping and has about 4500 miles on it and has never been offroad.

Paint chips on a 2007 blue Toyota Fj Cruiser all over vehicle.

Paint chips off everywhere for no reason.

Paint chipping within the first two months of vehicle ownership. Chipping on the hood and fender around the headlight.

Excessive paint chipping.

Within 6 months after purchasing my voodoo blue 2007 Fj Cruiser, I began noticing random paint chipping on the body of my vehicle. I have never put my car through a car wash, nor has it ever been off-roaded. I brought this to the attention of my sales rep at the Toyota dealership where I purchased it and he proceeded to ask me if I had ever driven through any construction sites, which I had not. He then referred me to a Toyota paint specialist who then proceeded to tell me that this is very common because lead is no longer an ingredient in the paint, which is causing it to become very brittle. Since I am leasing the car I was concerned that I would be charged at lease termination for this but was assured by the specialist that this was considered "normal wear and tear" on the car. He suggested that I purchase touch-up paint and apply as needed. However, it has now been well over a year and the paint not only continues to chip further, but I've begun to notice a few small areas where there is also corrosion developing. At this point I plan to bring the truck back in to get something in writing concerning this problem and liability. I do not want to get screwed at the end of my lease term. I have never heard of paint chipping in this way, especially not on a new vehicle. I even purchased a 2007 prius recently and have had no issues whatsoever with the paint on that vehicle and it is driven under the same conditions as the fj - city and highway only.

Beginning at about 2 months the paint on my vehicle started coming off. My friend has the same vehicle but 2 weeks older & has the same problem. The paint has gotten progressively worse and now my car is rusting. My friend also has rust spots on his car.

I purchase my blue Toyota Fj Cruiser in September of 2006. A month after my purchase I noticed the paint chipping in odd places that I haven't seen on any of the other cars I had owned. I started talking to other blue Toyota Fj Cruiser owners and they had the same complaint. I have been to the Toyota dealership and they have pushed me under the rug. I have called the Toyota hotline and they haven't even consented to look at it. So here I am.