harrison14allen

Designed to rust like that?? That's a good one.

My truck had a couple small truck when I bought it but nothing out of the ordinary. The steel will get a little spotty from sitting around but I personally don't think it should be that bad.

AKBray907

Geez looks like someone parked that in the sea water down there. If you want to fix it I'd suggest spraying some ospho or gem rust on it, it's basically phosphoric acid an will kill the rust and convert it to a black oxide an then you can top coat it if you like

kenbob

Thanks for the advice!! Waiting to hear from Ford. They may replace the exhaust

AKBray907

The exhaust should be covered for sure, companies have to warranty emission stuff for a long time ( forget the actual date) now they may say it still functions okay so no warranty but as soon as it rusts through theyd have to replace it. but the rear end and driveshaft are raw steel from the factory. If you want to protect the rear and driveshaft do what I said with the ospho an paint. Also I would suggest a catalyzed paint, anything that comes out of rattle can wont be that great

sullyman

That's excessive rust, no doubt.

Master of Faster

I agree that is excessive, my 2011 that has been through a couple Michigan winters isn't that bad yet.

stufarmer

I first want to apologize if this come out wrong. But first, for as long as I can remember I'm (54) the Big Three have always shipped there vehicles with bare steel underneath. It's a very common procedure. My first brand new vehicle, a 76 Toyota SR5 p/u. had many rusty (unfinished) steel pieces. Back then it was explained to me that the Drive Shaft wasn't painted because of the weight of the paint. The paint could easily weigh 12-16 oz. That being so, balancing (to grams) would be difficult. As far as the other components I'm not really sure. Being so, I've never seen an unfinished suspension part fail because it rusted threw. Like sheet metal does. I've never lived in the (Rust) belt but I know there are available aftermarket undercoating etc. packages offered by several different companies. To me, the bottom line is, it's our vehicle and our responsibility for it's care and maintenance.

joe mcmillan

Go back and see the other posts, the other pics. This mans truck is brand new and has more rust than others that are up to 10 years old.
Then please come back and make more comments.
Joe

kenbob

Well forgive me if this comes out wrong but I think it's just complacency. If I spend that much money on a truck I expect no rust on the exhaust. The drive shaft is fine, but if you are gonna charge me $475 for window etching then offer me an undercoat option. I just want my new truck to be shiney like a new penny. It's that warm fuzzy feeling. I've owned 2 mustangs and neither one of them had this much rust 10 years after I owned them. I'm not afraid on any structural damage.

kenbob

Got my truck back from my local dealership yesterday. They really went above and beyond to fix it. New exhaust, new drive shaft. And they coated the rear end in CLR. Hats off to those guys!!!