bigandtall

I returned to the dealer today. Their body shop indicated Ford may want this front fender back in its entirety. They acknowledged there is some kind of active corrosion going on.

AbitaPro

99%, perhaps you are correct, I doubt it though?

Fit, finish, quality and workmanship are important throughout the construction of vehicles, not just what the eyes can see. I certainly wouldn't hire employees or keep them on our payroll that felt those things didn't matter. It's called pride, and doing the job right way!

News in

Interesting. I guess you may have been right all along. In this instance you'd have probably rather been wrong, though! Good luck.

CurryBob

I'm glad you got the skinny from the professionals that checked it out thoroughly!!

Thanks for posting the results!

Think I will look a little deeper into mine and make sure I don't see anything but everywhere I looked that I could easily get to was perfect.

I'm for one glad you took the time to photograph and generate this post for the rest of us to become aware of!!


Bob

Gator9329

Did the dealer strip the bolt and washer of paint? I would be interested in seeing what it looked like.

I found a steel tool box that had a six pack of beer and some tools in it under the dock of my house. They had been submerged for several years. The only thing that survived was the aluminium cans.
Yes i have a "that guy" freind that drank some of the beer,that didn't do so well either.
The tools inside the tool box had rusted solid and the wood had rotted away from the grips of them.
I'm still hoping that these aluminum bodies will be better than the steel ones.

bigandtall

Not yet. The dealership is uploading all their digital pictures today to Ford Corporate to get this fixed, as well as repainting about half the truck. I havent messed with the bolt at all as I did not want to affect the warranty in any way by an inspector saying I had caused any problem.

For all I know, something could be trapped between the bottom washer and the aluminum panel during factory assembly - loose metal, a small washer, machining shards, or anything.

I'll let Ford unwrap this present. But yes, I sure wish this wasn't me. Not the new vehicle experience I was hoping for.

But on the bright side, the mechanicals work so smooth on this truck. The engine and transmission work so well together. I want to drive THIS truck a million miles if Ford can take care of the cosmetics and corrosion.

Texrep

Just curious... where is this bolt exactly located?

CurryBob

I would ask Ford for a free extended warranty or something for all the painting issues you are having.

Something very similar happened to me and I got a pricey warranty extension for free.

Just a thought


Bob

powergator

Hey bigandtall,

What happened with your vehicle? Just interested in what was actually going on and what was done about it.

Thanks.

Krieg

Huh...so according to this thread of thought, Ford's engineers either don't know what galvanic reactions are, or they intentionally designed one of their best selling vehicles to fall apart in only a few months...

Sounds a little too hard to believe to me...but that's probably just me.

In other thoughts...has there been any attempt to scrap off the paint and show the actual metal underneath?

Last thought...this looks a lot like what I've seen before when someone's painted a part and not properly cleaned a solvent/lubricant off the part first.