Toyota Aygo - Roof Rust

lewysfraser

Hi there,

Just joined this forum and looking for a bit of advice!

Bought a second hand 11 reg toyota in june last year good as new.

Shortly after purchase found a tiny tiny bubble on roof of the car which grew until it cracked revealing rust, and this is now popping up in other places (where the roof meets the front windscreen).

I have been in dialogue with toyota for about 3 months now about it potentially being covered under my 1 year warranty but to be honest have just been messed around and passed around different people and it feels like they just do not care.



Has as anyone has this problem before/what have you done to resolve it?



Cheers,



Lewys

BeenThroughItAll

It's probably had a new windscreen fitted at some point and the fitting process has resulted in scratching through the paint which has led to rust. Either that or it's been a stonechip that's then become a rust spot.


Unlikely Toyota will take responsibility for it.

lewysfraser

Thanks for your reply.

Having also been round several body shops for second opinions, one did actually mention a new windscreen could be a possibility and some saying stone chips also.

If it has had a windscreen replaced would the current windscreen need to be removed in order to fix the problem for good, or would a newly sprayed roof do the job?

That is what the body shops I went to advised, all being quoted around £280-£300 for this.

Cheers

daveyjp

Check the logos on the front screen. Is it the same brand as the rest of the glass?

Strider590

In the meantime you should strip back the affected area and apply a coat of rust prevention paint, otherwise it'll get bigger and more expensive to fix.

I would personally recommend Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80, but there are plenty of others.

On my old car, the rear passenger door had rust bubbles on the lower edge where the previous owners kids had undoubtedly hit something, I stripped it back with a wire brush cup attachment for my drill, smoothed it out with silicon carbide paper (wet'n'dry), put 3 coats of Hydrate 80 on it and just left it like that for 5 years.... Failing to do that would mean the rust would certainly have eaten into the door, which would almost certainly have had to be replaced. Yes it looked crap, but it didn't look as bad a rusty door.

System

lewysfraser wrote: »

If it has had a windscreen replaced would the current windscreen need to be removed in order to fix the problem for good, or would a newly sprayed roof do the job?

That is what the body shops I went to advised, all being quoted around £280-£300 for this.

Cheers

Ideally you'd take the screen out, check for any rust on the lip the screen sits on, repaint the car then refit the screen.

mr_accountant

If it's original screen will have Toyota logo, in the bottom corner, normally driver side, same with all the other glass.

If not then yes probably new screen fitting damage.

AdrianC

Strider590 wrote: »

In the meantime you should strip back the affected area and apply a coat of rust prevention paint, otherwise it'll get bigger and more expensive to fix.

If they're hoping for any Toyota warranty assistance, that's the last thing they should do.

Once they exhaust all hope of that, then simply get it dealt with professionally asap.