Originally Posted by wpbritton

I purchased a new F-150 Lariat on may 28, 2015. When washing it a few days later I noticed a rough section on the Aluminum roof. Inspection revealed there was a hole in the roof about 1/4 inch wide and about 10 inched long in the inside lower edge off the first raised sections on the drivers side. It is not visible unless you get above the roof level. Has anyone else had similar problems with the new aluminum body? The vehicle was manufactured in January and has set in rain storms for about four months with all the items under the roof subject to rain and moisture. The dealer did tape over the hole when they inspected it.


Ford says that to correct the problem they must remove all the parts contiguous to the roof, cut the roof off, attach the new roof and then reinstall the moon roof, front and real windows, door gaskets and all the electronics and hardware installed in the roof. I believe the right thing to do is Ford should replace/buy back the vehicle. So far they have refused to do anything but make the repairs. I purchased the vehicle from Jim Kien Ford in Columbus Ohio and felt they would for sure support my efforts to have the vehicle replaced/repurchased but they have only supported Fords position to make the roof replacement. Any advise?


Thanks

Originally Posted by northflguy

Wow. How the hell does a defect like this make it outside of the factory doors?! Don't they do QC checks on EVERY vehicle? Or maybe they are just spot checking some vehicles every now and then.

Anybody "on the inside" of Ford production who can address my question above?

Originally Posted by Bret Tidwell

I just left my Ford dealer. I had oil changed and recall on master cylinder on my 2013 F-150 taken care of. Yes, the aluminum bodies are wavy when viewed on an sharp angle. I looked at over 30 2016-17 f-150's and they all had the wavy areas in particular on the area just below the windows and on the upper angels portion of the bed. You can only see it on an angle between 5 and approx 30 degrees off of the viewed area. The service rep and sales rep had never seen the waviness until I pointed it out. Then everyone went to look at the new super duties. Same issue. I won't bother most people but it drives me nuts. I can see it on all f-150's as they drive by. I worked in a body shop through high school and we would have never turned out a truck with as wavy a panel as on the new trucks. We would have used filler and sanded until there was 0 visual difference. Hope Ford cares about this enough to eventually address this issue. With future production.

Originally Posted by Bret Tidwell

I just left my Ford dealer. I had oil changed and recall on master cylinder on my 2013 F-150 taken care of. Yes, the aluminum bodies are wavy when viewed on an sharp angle. I looked at over 30 2016-17 f-150's and they all had the wavy areas in particular on the area just below the windows and on the upper angels portion of the bed. You can only see it on an angle between 5 and approx 30 degrees off of the viewed area. The service rep and sales rep had never seen the waviness until I pointed it out. Then everyone went to look at the new super duties. Same issue. I won't bother most people but it drives me nuts. I can see it on all f-150's as they drive by. I worked in a body shop through high school and we would have never turned out a truck with as wavy a panel as on the new trucks. We would have used filler and sanded until there was 0 visual difference. Hope Ford cares about this enough to eventually address this issue. With future production.

Originally Posted by Bret Tidwell

I just left my Ford dealer. I had oil changed and recall on master cylinder on my 2013 F-150 taken care of. Yes, the aluminum bodies are wavy when viewed on an sharp angle. I looked at over 30 2016-17 f-150's and they all had the wavy areas in particular on the area just below the windows and on the upper angels portion of the bed. You can only see it on an angle between 5 and approx 30 degrees off of the viewed area. The service rep and sales rep had never seen the waviness until I pointed it out. Then everyone went to look at the new super duties. Same issue. I won't bother most people but it drives me nuts. I can see it on all f-150's as they drive by. I worked in a body shop through high school and we would have never turned out a truck with as wavy a panel as on the new trucks. We would have used filler and sanded until there was 0 visual difference. Hope Ford cares about this enough to eventually address this issue. With future production.

Originally Posted by wpbritton

I purchased a new F-150 Lariat on may 28, 2015. When washing it a few days later I noticed a rough section on the Aluminum roof. Inspection revealed there was a hole in the roof about 1/4 inch wide and about 10 inched long in the inside lower edge off the first raised sections on the drivers side. It is not visible unless you get above the roof level. Has anyone else had similar problems with the new aluminum body? The vehicle was manufactured in January and has set in rain storms for about four months with all the items under the roof subject to rain and moisture. The dealer did tape over the hole when they inspected it.


Ford says that to correct the problem they must remove all the parts contiguous to the roof, cut the roof off, attach the new roof and then reinstall the moon roof, front and real windows, door gaskets and all the electronics and hardware installed in the roof. I believe the right thing to do is Ford should replace/buy back the vehicle. So far they have refused to do anything but make the repairs. I purchased the vehicle from Jim Kien Ford in Columbus Ohio and felt they would for sure support my efforts to have the vehicle replaced/repurchased but they have only supported Fords position to make the roof replacement. Any advise?


Thanks

Originally Posted by MrFenderpicks

I am assuming you are talking about on the bed sides u can see vertical lines running down the side of truck bed?
Can only be visible if you look at it from a angle... (In my case i was standing by the front fender area, tilting my head at a angle to be able to see it)?