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Rust already?!?

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So my car is just about 2 months old and just hit 500 miles on it...a 2021 Charger (392 Daytona).
It lives in the garage all of the time.

I have an appointment on Monday with my local dealer for some other little issues (sunroof needs to be adjusted & the passenger door needs to be aligned better & the hood vinyl is starting to peel up a little), but my original main issue was the transmission is acting weird as it's slipping/clunking into gear--this is my 5th Charger and I've never had any transmission issues like this before.

Anyways....so I gave my car it's first bath the other day and discovered a spot of rust on the driver rear door.
I know nothing has hit it, and I went back to pics I took of it when I bought the car & it was still on the dealer's lot and sure enough....there was a little silver spot (paint missing) on the door that I didn't see at the time and now it's rusting already.:cry:
(you have to zoom in on that pic btw, but it's definitely there)

I already have a case open with FCA/Stellantis for the transmission & other little stuff and added this to the "case" as well, but I have a feeling that I'm going to get the run around from the dealer or FCA/Stellantis.

I don't think this is acceptable though for a $52k brand new car and it's really disheartening to me, because even if they do "fix it"....that'll require paint work which I don't like being done on a new car. :confused:

My selling dealer is about 45 minutes away and were worthless when I had some issues with the car right off the bat, so I'm just going to my local dealer (about 10 minutes away) instead.

I understand they have to look at it (first), but any tips/advice how to handle this?


PICS:
E62EA2BA-AB6B-47B6-A16F-9FAD8E9325A4 by snobrdrdan, on Flickr

5F3ECA3D-E1C0-4763-A5DE-A3B039B706BE by snobrdrdan, on Flickr

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FF2FAAAF-2763-4340-9DC9-FF413D8D1D4F by snobrdrdan, on Flickr

The day I bought it/on the dealer lot still:
AB8444EE-9971-4483-9567-CFA996D577D7 by snobrdrdan, on Flickr
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I'd be surprised if the dealer dealt with the rusty chip months after it left their lot.They'll probably blame it on being opened against a curb.

It should be a major relief though that it's not rust underneath the paint creating a bubble or stain! It got chipped and bare steel was exposed which then started to rust. Very logical with a relatively simple fix - sand off rust to bare steel and have repainted or touched up.
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