2025 Explorer Front Black Grill

[Fishking]

Love this car! But…have struggled to eliminate white blotches on the front grill. I’ve tried wax, polish, every kind of cleaner … nothing has touched these white marks on the grill. Any suggestions would be most welcome!! I’m out of ideas!!

 

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[Blackhawks09]

Did the water spot remover suggested above help? I have the same blotches on my front grille. I had the car professionally detailed and ceramic coated recently. They weren’t able to get the spots off the grill - even after some test polishing.

Wondering if this is a paint/finish defect that others are also encountering.

 

[pgk1]

Strange, when I bought my 2025 back in November I detailed the whole car and did a ceramic coating, and the whole car except for the grill looks like new, I just noticed that my grill has some weathering on it as well, when I saw it the other day the only thing I could think of was the paint or plastic was out gassing which can be a problem with plastic causing a cloudy appearance?

 

[hbalek]

Strange, when I bought my 2025 back in November I detailed the whole car and did a ceramic coating, and the whole car except for the grill looks like new, I just noticed that my grill has some weathering on it as well, when I saw it the other day the only thing I could think of was the paint or plastic was out gassing which can be a problem with plastic causing a cloudy appearance?

My 2020 has had the same issues since it was new.