I could use advice on this as it's out of my wheelhouse. I went to look under my car yesterday and found a rubber hockey puck stuck to the front driver side pinch weld. I just had the dealership change the oil. Then I noticed the area by the 2 holes are bent inwards. Supposedly this area is where the factory lifts the car, but in the manual the Ben pack lift area is the pinch welds. The Front passenger side is warped too, you can see creases in the center and they are not symmetrical. The passenger side hole is deformed and also pushed upwards, See photos.
Here are the chain of events :
-I bought the car from a dealership new up in Northern California.
-500 mi i had the oil changed by my local dealer.
-700 mi I had PPF put on the whole car, they did not coat the wheels and I don't believe they'd have a reason to lift the car to PPF the rockers
-1500 mi the SC coolant outlet line cracked and the car had to be towed. I watched the tow truck driver and he never used any sort of hand jack.
-the same local dealer diagnosed and replaced the pipe and added coolant.
-4200 mi the oil was changed a 2nd time by the local dealer and the headlight recall was done. I found a rubber hockey puck stuck in the front driver side pinch weld
-i have never lifted the car myself nor have ever removed the wheels.
-i plan to keep this car long term.
-its possible that my car was damaged at the factory/lot of doom.
My questions for those of you?
1. Would the original selling dealer have any reason to lift the car during the PDI?
2. Due to this damage is there any long term implications such as structural integrity, alignment issues or diminished value?
3. Not knowing how difficult a repair like this is, should this be something I should fight to fix or if it was your car would you let sleeping dogs lie?
Here are the chain of events :
-I bought the car from a dealership new up in Northern California.
-500 mi i had the oil changed by my local dealer.
-700 mi I had PPF put on the whole car, they did not coat the wheels and I don't believe they'd have a reason to lift the car to PPF the rockers
-1500 mi the SC coolant outlet line cracked and the car had to be towed. I watched the tow truck driver and he never used any sort of hand jack.
-the same local dealer diagnosed and replaced the pipe and added coolant.
-4200 mi the oil was changed a 2nd time by the local dealer and the headlight recall was done. I found a rubber hockey puck stuck in the front driver side pinch weld
-i have never lifted the car myself nor have ever removed the wheels.
-i plan to keep this car long term.
-its possible that my car was damaged at the factory/lot of doom.
My questions for those of you?
1. Would the original selling dealer have any reason to lift the car during the PDI?
2. Due to this damage is there any long term implications such as structural integrity, alignment issues or diminished value?
3. Not knowing how difficult a repair like this is, should this be something I should fight to fix or if it was your car would you let sleeping dogs lie?
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