Feel the area directly in front of the rear tires. Is it pitted/looks sandblasted? As far as what you can do. Complain and hope you have a good dealer.

 

Pretty much up "The" creek without a paddle.


Pitting and chipping in front of the rear tires.

 

Here is a picture of mine that I took yesterday RIGHT AFTER I scrubbed them clean. And after I cleaned the rest of Tinkerbell...she is sooo cute clean!

 

I just noticed if you look close you can see glowing water spots...tee hee! But it feels like sandpaper when you run your hand over it. Pretty sick looking.

 

Looks just like mine pretty bad.

 

I wanted to add that about a month ago the fenders were polished up pretty good too where only the deep chips were showing. So, this is a month of driving on roads (not gravel). It was worse before the polish and worse than they are now from the snowy/sanded roads in December.

 

I'm having the same problem with 2006 HHR the dealler has repainted it once and now I have a meeting with the service manager about it happening again 45 days after the new paint job. I wish I would have known about this before buying because I would have waited this is really tickin me off. And my dealler says I'm the only one with this complaint general motors needs to put out a recall on this and do the right thing.
Talk with dealer today they will repaint 1 more time if i want running boards I'll pay $600 so I called BBB and then Chevy and THAT WAS A MISTAKE call Chevy First then BBB if our not satisfied Chevy found out I talked to the BBB and treated me like a piece of dog s**t and was very disrespectfull. Call 1-866-790-5600 ext 11601 to fill a claim with Lori she might treat u better than me. But call Chevy first not BBB. Mistake to call BBB maybe, I was under the impression Chevy would take care of me but not now because I got a complaint filed with BBB and now I wont be able to talk to Chevy about this problem. What a day this took 5 hrs to complete and I'll propably end up paying for the boards myself any way instead of waiting for the BBB

 

to the site!!! Sorry you are suffering from the sandblast nightmare.

 

Good luck with your meeting.

 

I had to go to the dealer yesterday for a brake problem and inquired about the sandblasting problem and if I could get a set of running boards installed. I was told by the service rep that he had not heard of the problem and sent me in to talk with the aftermarket guy.

I was told that GM is discontinuing the running boards but I still might be able to get a pair, have them painted (they don’t have any teal colored ones only primed) and installed for about $1000.

I did a little research and found them at GM parts direct for $400 and can have them painted to match and installed at a shop here in town for $350.

I might just chose option two and save a few hundred bucks.

Anyone else know of any other options?