Peeling white paint, stained with black spots of dirt and mold.
This is a shot of the painted surface of a Plymouth Acclaim passenger automobile, showing the typical 1980s and 1990s "GM white paint blowout problem," which occurred on vehicles using the GM robot-painted vehicles and early mass production electrostatic painting methods. Remedied in the early 21st century, the appearance of peeling white paint, which allowed the underlying gray primer to become visible, was a widespread phenomenon in General Motors and Chrysler vehicles in the United States, and can still be seen on extant vehicles today. This particular defect spans approximately cm from left to right and approximately 8 cm top to bottom, a significant paint blowout. There was no real solution possible with this defect, because the white paint did not adhere properly to the entire surface of the car, and temperature differences, vibration, and debris impacts inevitably lead to this sort of deterioration on these year/models of GM vehicles bearing white paint. Most common on the front pillars of pickup trucks and the hoods and trunks/boots, as these areas are subject to the most vibration and impact from rain and debris.
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Photo credit: © LorenRyePhoto / Alamy / Afripics
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