This happened on our 02 Estoril 4.6 as well, notably around the windshield when it was taped to be replaced.

Thankfully it was at the BMW dealer's body shop and they had BMWNA cover it.

I would absolutely try to get BMW to take care of it - there is no excuse for paint peeling off of a $70k car.

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