Bought used car from franchised ford dealership

Samjef11

Need some advice I just bought a used ford fiesta ecoboost 65 plate with 22,600 miles from premier ford franchised dealership last Tuesday i picked up the. 

Yesterday i noticed there was some spider web cracking on the front plastic bumper and some on the rear bumper this is only after owing it for 4 days there is also some welding in the boot near the spare wheel under the carpet can anyone advise if it looks normal?

When I test drove the car it seemed ok and when i collected it could the damage be preexisting and any repair work not done properly hence why spiderweb cracks are appearing?

Stubod

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

AdrianC

Minor parking nudges, maybe stone chips on the bumpers. That last pic looks like it's probably a not-terribly-great localised paint repair.  Nothing unexpected for a 5.5yo car. I'm sure those paint marks would have been visible pre-purchase...

That "welding" is seam-sealer and sound-deadener. Exactly how it would have left the factory.

Is it Ford approved-used? If so, you've got 30 days to swap it for a different car, if you want. But there's nothing suspicious there.

Ah, hold on. Ford only do approved-used up to 5yo, don't they? So it's just a second-hand car sold by a garage who happen to be a Ford dealer.

Samjef11

Stubod said:

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

Thanks so it sealant by the looks of it is it normal for the manufacturer to put it in the boot or is it something as a result leak or rear damage?

Samjef11

AdrianC said:

Minor parking nudges, maybe stone chips on the bumpers. That last pic looks like it's probably a not-terribly-great localised paint repair.  Nothing unexpected for a 5.5yo car. I'm sure those paint marks would have been visible pre-purchase...

That "welding" is seam-sealer and sound-deadener. Exactly how it would have left the factory.

Is it Ford approved-used? If so, you've got 30 days to swap it for a different car, if you want. But there's nothing suspicious there.

Ah, hold on. Ford only do approved-used up to 5yo, don't they? So it's just a second-hand car sold by a garage who happen to be a Ford dealer.

Yes a franchised dealership. 

Here is some more photos 

Samjef11

AdrianC said:

Minor parking nudges, maybe stone chips on the bumpers. That last pic looks like it's probably a not-terribly-great localised paint repair.  Nothing unexpected for a 5.5yo car. I'm sure those paint marks would have been visible pre-purchase...

That "welding" is seam-sealer and sound-deadener. Exactly how it would have left the factory.

Is it Ford approved-used? If so, you've got 30 days to swap it for a different car, if you want. But there's nothing suspicious there.

Ah, hold on. Ford only do approved-used up to 5yo, don't they? So it's just a second-hand car sold by a garage who happen to be a Ford dealer.

So not alot i can do the front plastic bumper will keep getting those spiderweb like cracks won't it it unsightly the car costed £7350 and was part exchange by a elderly gentleman. 

AdrianC

Samjef11 said:

Stubod said:

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

Thanks so it sealant by the looks of it is it normal for the manufacturer to put it in the boot or is it something as a result leak or rear damage?

Yes, perfectly normal.

Every welded seam on the bodyshell gets sealed to stop water getting between the two pieces of metal and rotting out from the inside.

No, they don't bother painting the bits you don't normally see.

Samjef11 said:

So not alot i can do the front plastic bumper will keep getting those spiderweb like cracks won't it it

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Depends on if you touch-park or get hit by flying stones.

unsightly

But not so bad that you noticed pre-purchase.

the car costed £7350

At most, 40% of the list price of a new one, then...

and was part exchange by a elderly gentleman. 

There y'go. Touch-parking.

Samjef11

AdrianC said:

Samjef11 said:

Stubod said:

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

Thanks so it sealant by the looks of it is it normal for the manufacturer to put it in the boot or is it something as a result leak or rear damage?

Yes, perfectly normal.

Every welded seam on the bodyshell gets sealed to stop water getting between the two pieces of metal and rotting out from the inside.

No, they don't bother painting the bits you don't normally see.

Samjef11 said:

So not alot i can do the front plastic bumper will keep getting those spiderweb like cracks won't it it

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Depends on if you touch-park or get hit by flying stones.

unsightly

But not so bad that you noticed pre-purchase.

the car costed £7350

At most, 40% of the list price of a new one, then...

and was part exchange by a elderly gentleman. 

There y'go. Touch-parking.

How much is it to repair the bumper damage would you imagine? 

David713

Samjef11 said:

AdrianC said:

Samjef11 said:

Stubod said:

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

Thanks so it sealant by the looks of it is it normal for the manufacturer to put it in the boot or is it something as a result leak or rear damage?

Yes, perfectly normal.

Every welded seam on the bodyshell gets sealed to stop water getting between the two pieces of metal and rotting out from the inside.

No, they don't bother painting the bits you don't normally see.

Samjef11 said:

So not alot i can do the front plastic bumper will keep getting those spiderweb like cracks won't it it

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Depends on if you touch-park or get hit by flying stones.

unsightly

But not so bad that you noticed pre-purchase.

the car costed £7350

At most, 40% of the list price of a new one, then...

and was part exchange by a elderly gentleman. 

There y'go. Touch-parking.

How much is it to repair the bumper damage would you imagine? 

Well, I've recently had the rear bumper on my Ford Focus repaired after a motorcyclist didn't notice that I had stopped and rode into the back of my car.
There was quite a bit of scuffing  and gouging and one small crack and this was repaired by my local Chipsaway franchise for £330.
They removed the bumper and filled and smoothed the damage and repaired the small crack then sprayed the whole thing.
They had the car for a day and it looks like a new bumper.

Samjef11

David713 said:

Samjef11 said:

AdrianC said:

Samjef11 said:

Stubod said:

..can't comment on the spider cracks, maybe the result of some localised damage(?), and the "welding" looks more like a sealant to me?

Thanks so it sealant by the looks of it is it normal for the manufacturer to put it in the boot or is it something as a result leak or rear damage?

Yes, perfectly normal.

Every welded seam on the bodyshell gets sealed to stop water getting between the two pieces of metal and rotting out from the inside.

No, they don't bother painting the bits you don't normally see.

Samjef11 said:

So not alot i can do the front plastic bumper will keep getting those spiderweb like cracks won't it it

Perhaps. Perhaps not. Depends on if you touch-park or get hit by flying stones.

unsightly

But not so bad that you noticed pre-purchase.

the car costed £7350

At most, 40% of the list price of a new one, then...

and was part exchange by a elderly gentleman. 

There y'go. Touch-parking.

How much is it to repair the bumper damage would you imagine? 

Well, I've recently had the rear bumper on my Ford Focus repaired after a motorcyclist didn't notice that I had stopped and rode into the back of my car.
There was quite a bit of scuffing  and gouging and one small crack and this was repaired by my local Chipsaway franchise for £330.
They removed the bumper and filled and smoothed the damage and repaired the small crack then sprayed the whole thing.
They had the car for a day and it looks like a new bumper.

I got several spiderweb like cracks on front and rear bumper only had the car for around 4 days or so.

Samjef11

some more pictures