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I looked at a Vibe over the weekend but the major thing I noticed was the cladding on the back and passenger sides were weathering, by that I mean like white streaks and all sorts running through it. The car did still have warranty, Would it cover that?

Quote, originally posted by fuel4soul »I looked at a Vibe over the weekend but the major thing I noticed was the cladding on the back and passenger sides were weathering, by that I mean like white streaks and all sorts running through it. The car did still have warranty, Would it cover that?Was it weathered, or did somebody wax the cladding?

does it look like this? http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...8.JPG

I used to have a RAV4 with very similar plastic cladding. After about 4 years or so it weathered a whitish gray. This even though I mostly parked in the shade. I got a Vibe hoping the same thing wouldnt happen; but based on your posting it looks like it will. Bummer.

Look anything like this?

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Kind of, It's more streak-ish like that. It's really only on one side.

Quote, originally posted by fuel4soul »Kind of, It's more streak-ish like that. It's really only on one side.Sounds like another case of "Oops I waxed it again!"

The car is actually 45 miles away in a different town. I have been looking at it for awhile, I was just wondering if I bought it if I could get the cladding replaced under warranty? The car is listed for 13,9 but it's KBB value is around $10k.

Discolouring because of wax on the cladding does not qualify for a warranty replacement.However, you may be able to bargain the dealer into throwing in new cladding as a term of sale.