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That kind of looks like the remnants of a stray bird. One reason I loved the pano roof on my last vehicle. They can't etch glass with their acid poop!

I hope I'm wrong and Ford takes care of you.

Good luck!
 

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That kind of looks like the remnants of a stray bird. One reason I loved the pano roof on my last vehicle. They can't etch glass with their acid poop!

I hope I'm wrong and Ford takes care of you.

Good luck!

Being vertically challenged (short) I've got in the habit of checking my roof every couple days. Bird poop will destroy your finish especially here in the baking sun.

Matt, Keeping a good coat of wax will help too and I'd hit your roof and hood with an extra coat for added protection. I love the 303 Graphene and it really has helped out here. Hopefully they take care of this for you. Good luck!
 

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Being vertically challenged (short) I've got in the habit of checking my roof every couple days. Bird poop will destroy your finish especially here in the baking sun.

Matt, Keeping a good coat of wax will help too and I'd hit your roof and hood with an extra coat for added protection. I love the 303 Graphene and it really has helped out here. Hopefully they take care of this for you. Good luck!
I was going to say the same as both of you
 


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Here it is fellas. Got back to me pretty quick. Anyone else think it is completely ridiculous that paint would do this 1 year into ownership?

Not for anything, I kept my 2015 focus ST in this EXACT SAME PAINT COLOR parked outside in a driveway for 5 years and never had this issue. For the last two years that I've been in my house, the focus was in the same driveway that my ranger is now parked in every single day. Never seen an issue like this before in my life.

Pretty frustrated at this point.

Denial attached.
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That kind of looks like the remnants of a stray bird. One reason I loved the pano roof on my last vehicle. They can't etch glass with their acid poop!

I hope I'm wrong and Ford takes care of you.

Good luck!
Looks like Ford agreed.

OP, this sucks, but there is a lesson to be learned here. Wash your truck more, check the roof more.

My vehicles will collect dirt for quite a while sometimes. However, bird shit won't last a day.
 

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Was the claim denied by the dealership or Ford? I would probably push back on that and see where it gets you. Unless you let a bird turd sit on there and fester forever I can’t see that being an issue on paint so new. I honestly think they just don’t want to do the work. Call customer care.
 

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I'm sure Paul @OrangeStreak will find this 2 years from now and comment on it. :LOL:?
Thank you RANGER PRIDE for your deep insight on the value of keeping old threads alive :handshake: . I will be starting a new thread making it illegal ?‍♂ to do posts on subjects that are less than a year old... :ninja: o_O :LOL:

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Thank you RANGER PRIDE for your deep insight on the value of keeping old threads alive :handshake: . I will be starting a new thread making it illegal ?‍♂ to do posts on subjects that are less than a year old... :ninja: :LOL:

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I just messaged Rob to see if we can have your posting privileges limited. You'll be blocked from any post over 6 month old now. lol :giggle::shock:?
 

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Last week I rolled past the 36,000 mile warranty. This week I noticed the paint on the rails on the roof were peeling. Anyone else had this issue yet? How did you solve it?
Maybe some spray on Rhino Liner or something else. Any suggestions?

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many threads on this already

most have been successful with warranty replacements
Get to a dealer ASAP and have them start the warranty process. They likely won't have replacements, when they come in they may be damaged and need re-ordering and take lots of before pictures in case their service department mangles your headliner/trim replacing them.
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