Buyers beware when getting a new F-150…. RUST!
02-12-2022, 02:56 PM
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02-12-2022, 03:00 PM
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Painted by robots. Programmed by bean counters. Common knowledge. Less paint = saved product= saved money. Honda does not clear coat any door jamb. Like at all. Thin paint in jambs has been a thing since I started in this industry back in the 90s
Are you talking about the diff rusting? Idk. Looks like the truck has been driven. Judging by the mud slung up under there. I live in Wisconsin. Work in MN. My garage floor is covered in salt. From snow melting off my truck all year. My 21 has 11k miles. No where near the rust in the pic you posted
Are you talking about the diff rusting? Idk. Looks like the truck has been driven. Judging by the mud slung up under there. I live in Wisconsin. Work in MN. My garage floor is covered in salt. From snow melting off my truck all year. My 21 has 11k miles. No where near the rust in the pic you posted
02-12-2022, 03:08 PM
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has left the building
The reason the rear axle assembly has had so much concern is because the supply of the assembly has been left outdoors. And or not treated. It's nothing more than -your axle was left outside with everybody elses and it rusted before it was installed. There was a period of time Ford started to paint over the rust because there was a national news headline of the 'rusty differentials'. Maybe it was not national but it has been on the news.
If you've ever noticed, the axle assemblies are loaded onto pallets and stacked in the stock yard until it's time to be built.
There has been speculation that the axles were left outdoors during shop closures due to covid and supply problems.
I agree, the rust on yours looks a bit extreme, but you are far from being the first or only person with this observation.
Six months ago, people reading the thread got tired of it and just went out and painted it themselves. Those who are capable I mean. I understand not everybody is capable of such a thing, but they self-remedied the rust situation.
Don't take it personally -this thread is not unlink most other threads. We veer off topic and make a mountain from a rusty molehill. Then it escalates by being disrespectful, etc.
It only takes one person to be the bigger/better person and move on, ignoring the comments they do not agree with. If a person doesn't agree chocolate is far from the best ice cream, they don't need to tell me I'm stupid, or I don't need to tell them they are the stupid one based on a response.
At this point, the thread can't die because there are what, 3 separate subjects being argued now?
If you've ever noticed, the axle assemblies are loaded onto pallets and stacked in the stock yard until it's time to be built.
There has been speculation that the axles were left outdoors during shop closures due to covid and supply problems.
I agree, the rust on yours looks a bit extreme, but you are far from being the first or only person with this observation.
Six months ago, people reading the thread got tired of it and just went out and painted it themselves. Those who are capable I mean. I understand not everybody is capable of such a thing, but they self-remedied the rust situation.
Don't take it personally -this thread is not unlink most other threads. We veer off topic and make a mountain from a rusty molehill. Then it escalates by being disrespectful, etc.
It only takes one person to be the bigger/better person and move on, ignoring the comments they do not agree with. If a person doesn't agree chocolate is far from the best ice cream, they don't need to tell me I'm stupid, or I don't need to tell them they are the stupid one based on a response.
At this point, the thread can't die because there are what, 3 separate subjects being argued now?
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02-12-2022, 03:43 PM
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good thing it was caught early, would only have another 75 years before rusting through. lol j/k
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02-12-2022, 04:54 PM
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That's odd, you must have had a truck on hold sitting on the coast of the Southern Unites states to have a brand new truck with rust on the diff.
Kidding, yeah it's been a problem beginning on the 2020 models I think.
Anybody that's been here longer than a week had been through this type of thread countless times. haha
Many of the threads we've seen haven't been as enthusiastic as yours though. At least now you know you aren't alone, and sadly you don't get the aware for first recognition. teehee
Kidding, yeah it's been a problem beginning on the 2020 models I think.
Anybody that's been here longer than a week had been through this type of thread countless times. haha
Many of the threads we've seen haven't been as enthusiastic as yours though. At least now you know you aren't alone, and sadly you don't get the aware for first recognition. teehee
- Shyt, Mines a fkn 2009 only 80k on it and that mf is rusted and rotted out pretty much all underneath.
04-30-2024, 07:06 AM
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05-01-2024, 01:26 AM
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His truck is a 2009 so it's 15 years old it's not a 2021!! Not to mention it's his 1st post so can you believe him? Even if his truck was painted underneath in 2009 and looked good but not painted again i'm sure it would still be rusty underneath it's 15 years old!!
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