I'm just curious if everyone else with the black grab handles on your door, do they or are they suppose to flake of black paint? it sems like lately my passenger side and driver side have like these nicks where the dark paint came off and it looks grey underneath... if this is an odd thing I'm going back to the dealer with a WTF?

I'm gonna get a picture real quick...

Left side

Right Side(worse)

 

yea thats not supposed to happen. even my 2000 has none of that

 

take that shat back to the dealer.....MAKE them replace them under warranty....

 

that sucks man....mine is a 99 and no problems...*crosses fingers*

 

Ditto... that's bad.

 

damn near every 01+ ranger i have seen does that... heck the door i got out of a 97 the door panel was still on it and the handle did that... but yes get it replaced

 

maybe a random nick or two, but that looks like somebody took a screwdriver to it. damn

 

thats on your 07?

 

Every one I've seen has had that. It's from zippers and buttons on pants and fingernails.

 

Don't let them convince you that it's due to jewelery or something like that.

That should not happen!

 

Hey i have that same problem, i used to wear sunscreen to work and would rest my leg on the area and this is wat happened!!



The alcohol in the sunscreen softened up the black rubbery coating on it and I can now actually scratch off some more but havent wanted to touch it. been meaning to take it to a dealer, prolly should.

 

I think the owner of my truck before me had a dog cuz theres chew marks on my handles on the inside....... :S

 

thanks guys! I'm going to ask them about it tomorrow when I get the oil changed... what should I do if they try to deny fixing it???

 

My 06 is like that just not that bad and only on the drivers side.

 

Did ford start putting the rubberized crap on the whole black part in the new ('06+) models? the ones in my truck were only doing that on the actual handle part.. but my GTI has that crap around the door grab as well.

 

I've got 4 rangers 2002 or newer. All of them did that.

 

Mine is only on the handle itself but i have crank windows and therefore don't have that extra plastic piece around the power windows and locks.

 

even the replacement ones i got from an '04 power equipped ranger did not do that...craziness

 

no no rubber at all on my bezel or door grabs, its plastic, its like their coating that made it smooth is coming off... I can easily rub it off, actually it came of on my elbow earlier today :(

 

that is ho wmine looks...i was thinking about re-painting it....maybe a better idea than getting it replaced and having the same outcome.

 

yeah your 07 shouldn't have that problem yet

 

wow my 99 with 90k doenst even have that happening... try and get that replaced for free

 

mine always did it because of the watch i wore. someone wearing a watch that rides shot gun?

 

mine aren't like that.
but my radio bezel is doing that, speaking of that i want to peel all of the rubber crab off of it.

yay now i have something todo because im bored.

 

my 95 dosent have that problem and its been thru hell in back with teaching people how to drive a standard and just me abusing it.