wojo1988

So I barely ever open my trunk and recently popped it to do a full detail on the interior of it and body panels. Look what I see, there is a huge crack about 6-9 inches long on the underside of the trunk lid on the driver side. I have no idea how this happened and what should I do? I want to run by the dealer and see what they have to say tomorrow.

Has anyone ever seen this before?? The other side of the trunk lid is perfectly fine and no crack.

ez12a

has the car been repainted at one point?

wojo1988

Nope, still original factory paint on the trunk

blkaspec

wow, that is fkn crazy!

wojo1988

I have tons of warranty left, what should I do? What would they even do at the dealer

ez12a

repaint i guess. they cant say its environmental since it's on the underside/inside..

LoveMyTL-S

Take it in and see what they can do. Under warranty they must take care of it.

JTS97Z28

iTrader: (4)

You sure that things never had any body work? Do you see the original VIN labels on both your trunk lid and the rear bumper?

justnspace

iTrader: (1)

assuming he bought the car in April of 2011, I would take bets that it was in a collision before.

truonghthe

doesn't matter my step brother bought a brand new 06 TL with all the sticker attached on all panel from Acura dealer and only later we find out that the car already got repaint and the dealer admit that the car was scrape during transport to Acura dealer.

TVL65

If it was never in an accident I'd say due to poor prep at the factory, maybe no primer applied before the paint or too much paint in that area. I'd contact acura ASAP.

JTS97Z28

iTrader: (4)

Yeah I know the labels being there isnt always a perfect way to tell if the vehicle has had any repairs or collision damage, but its a good start and very easy to look. It usually doesnt help as far as repainting or basic body repairs, but in instances where body panels are replaced it can help with determining that.

wojo1988

the labels are all there. It is factory paint no questions asked.

shellready

Looks like body work has been done on the trunk

wojo1988

Ive thoroughly examined my trunk and cars history, there has been no bodywork done at all. even looking at it, I can tell that it is still the factory paint. Compared it to my friends 08 type s in NBP. My service guy said hes never seen it before and I have to go back tommorow to see the service manager. She will decide what to do.