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Can anyone advise . My partner has recently purchased a fiat 500 and after 3 weeks it is begin to show spots of rust.. We have contacted the dealer who in turn have contacted fiat, only to say its not their problem .. The Dealer now claim the cause of this is due to sparks coming from the train in transit and will be remedied by applying (DITERGISMOG) all over, leaving it on for a hour the peeling off . Ive goggled DITERGISMOG and had no hits. So my question is : Have you heard of anything like this before ...

Regards Alan
 
alan001 said:
Can anyone advise . My partner has recently purchased a fiat 500 and after 3 weeks it is begin to show spots of rust.. We have contacted the dealer who in turn have contacted fiat, only to say its not their problem .. The Dealer now claim the cause of this is due to sparks coming from the train in transit and will be remedied by applying (DITERGISMOG) all over, leaving it on for a hour the peeling off . Ive goggled DITERGISMOG and had no hits. So my question is : Have you heard of anything like this before ...

Regards Alan
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Surely the people who arranged delivery / transit are responsible for a duty of care in the case above? I am suspicious here that your car may have been damaged by the use of an angle grinder or similar in close proximity to your car TBH.
 
lots of owners have experienced this esp: on bossa nova white and mainly on the tailgate as beast said it is rail dust the little spots ( about the size of a pin head ) come of very easy even with a bit of polish but tp do the job right AND protect you'r paint from future contaminents do the clay then add a very good quality wax visit the car care section for a better guide, fiat would be responsible if the rust spots grow into something more sinnister then it would be a claim on the anti corrosion warranty.
 
The cause is a type of algae (chlamydomonas reinhardi to be exact) which is present on this metal due to where it originated from. These 'rust spots' are its natural deposits, just wash off then polish as already stated.
 
T14086 said:
The cause is a type of algae (chlamydomonas reinhardi to be exact) which is present on this metal due to where it originated from. These 'rust spots' are its natural deposits, just wash off then polish as already stated.
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Crikey, T's a microbiologist as well. No end to that man's talents I tell ya! :)
 
Just to add what I know re rail dust, its nothing like as bad as it once was. Many trains have what is called Dynamic braking fitted, which means that until they reach very low speeds the braking is done by the traction motors working basically in reverse. Then, at low speed, around 10mph the traditional disc brakes work. So, dust produced is minute compared to say 10 years ago.
Also, most car transport trains have covered wagons now, so no damage can occur to the cars from debris or dust etc.
Before you ask, I work for the railway:)
 
You may see it a lot on cars that have had their rear number plates screwed on through the tailgate (not using the original holes). Very small shards from the drill bit settle on the rear bumper and tailgate and rust in the atmosphere. Any kind of wax with a little cut will remove these spots.
 
monkeyman said:
You may see it a lot on cars that have had their rear number plates screwed on through the tailgate (not using the original holes). Very small shards from the drill bit settle on the rear bumper and tailgate and rust in the atmosphere. Any kind of wax with a little cut will remove these spots.
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Myth. Metal would have to be embedded into paint to not simply fall off, as soon as the car was being driven with a bit of air flow going over it.
 
Hi all...!! Here on the island 10 years ago we had many cars with a similar issue. We were having a new hospital built and the cars using the car parks next to the construction work suffered from similar problems. What was discovered was the steel erectors were using angle grinders in the construction of the steelwork and the ensuing grinding "dust" was blowing in the wind across the car parks and settling on the cars.
 
The Beast said:
Myth. Metal would have to be embedded into paint to not simply fall off, as soon as the car was being driven with a bit of air flow going over it.
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Nah atmospheric fall out bonds to the paintwork with usually the aid of moisture, giving bonded contaminents. Try telling the boy's on detailing world its a myth, if you've never clayed your car before give it a whirl and you'll be amazed at how much crap comes off a freshly washed sparkling car, depending on the pollution levels in your area etc.
 
AJ69 said:
Nah atmospheric fall out bonds to the paintwork with usually the aid of moisture, giving bonded contaminents. Try telling the boy's on detailing world its a myth, if you've never clayed your car before give it a whirl and you'll be amazed at how much crap comes off a freshly washed sparkling car, depending on the pollution levels in your area etc.
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I saw many things in my years as a professional valeter. When I find spots I can't easily credit to something else. I'll look at the evidence again.
 
hi mine had this problem bossonova white, its not train dust, its off the goons drilling the boot lid to screw in the reg plate, the front wont have it as they have drilled into the plastic bumper. i bet if most of you look your car with the rust prob has screws holding on the plate, instead of them using the holes already present on production line, they just put the new plate up to the car and re-drill to the holes in their reg plates, hence into the metal and the fine bits of metal coming off the drill. i just wonder if they treated the metal or will we all get holes behind our reg plates over time where they rust. Its not just on the white cars, its any screwed but shows up more on white.
 
jakedeano said:
hi mine had this problem bossonova white, its not train dust, its off the goons drilling the boot lid to screw in the reg plate, the front wont have it as they have drilled into the plastic bumper. i bet if most of you look your car with the rust prob has screws holding on the plate, instead of them using the holes already present on production line, they just put the new plate up to the car and re-drill to the holes in their reg plates, hence into the metal and the fine bits of metal coming off the drill. i just wonder if they treated the metal or will we all get holes behind our reg plates over time where they rust. Its not just on the white cars, its any screwed but shows up more on white.
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If it's not train dust perhaps you can explain why it is on cars before they have number plates fitted?

Also care to explain a 22 year old Fiesta I had with the original dealer plates screwed on that although eventually died at MOT due to rust had just a tiny bubble of rust at the bottom corner of the boot lid? the sills and floor pan I won't comment on.
 
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