You sure that's not a ding caused by a rock or something?

I hear ya on eyesores, though; mine is in the form of a 3" scratch on a bug deflector, but with the laws of physics and other stuff, these things are probably inevitable even under the best of conditions -- it's normal to wish that a car came with a deflector shield like the USS Enterprise so that the body remains new and holds up value for longer...

I honestly wouldn't call the dealer on it. That's my opinion, of course, and they too might (or might not) pawn it off as saying "a pebble hit it".

Two cars ago, I bought a car and 3 days later a pebble crashed through the left headlight...

 

I would see what they will do, it is only 4 days old.

I would recommend some sort of bra for the front, I just did a bunch of touch up paint on the hood for chips.

 

i dont think the dealer will do anything, its not a flaw on Fords part, it only takes on pebble to hit just right to do something like that...

a few days ago a pebble flew off a truck and and chipped my windshield...

 

They might replace as a good will gesture, but if a rock hits ANY car that hard it's going to do the same thing. Not exactly Ford's fault...

 

This makes me cringe for ya. Makes me wanna commit to one of those clear bras

 

why should they do anything? Its a rock chip in the emblem and not the paint. I can tell you that you well get more chips and they will be worse than that

 

you cannot be serious. This would be like me going to the ford dealership after just getting a car but somebody keyed it in a parking lot. not their fault .. not their problem. easy solution. Dont stick your face soo close to the emblem

 

^troof...

 

I've got a dent in the same spot, only bigger. Im glad it hit the emblem as opposed to my hood, that'd be a hell of a chip.

I doubt the dealership will do anything, its not their problem. Its not that bad, ignore it or replace the emblem.

 

Rocks > your car.

Seems obvious enough.....

 

Not a paint chip... Badge=Plastic

I know we all love sporting the Ford badge, but come on...

 

I got my first one with less then 300km on it. I saw it coming to, I shoulda moved! [bigcry]

 

You can order a new one fairly cheap through fordparts.com. It was a little tricky swapping it out on my Fusion, don't know how easy/hard it will be on the Focus. I bought two, one is permanently attached to the storage cabinet in my garage.

 

You can order a new one fairly cheap through fordparts.com. It was a little tricky swapping it out on my Fusion, don't know how easy/hard it will be on the Focus. I bought two, one is permanently attached on my storage cabinet in the garage.

Or you could just not worry about it, you will be seeing a lot more rock chips down the road...

 

Protection for your badge...

http://shop.tfbdesigns.com/Emblem-Decals-x3-2012-Ford-Focus-LOGO-OF-YOUR-CHOICE-FOCIEMB12.htm

 

lol, dealership will say sorry.. and when you leave, they will laugh at you for trying to warranty it