Ryan Janssen

Hello all, I currently own a 2010 f150 that I've had since new, I've never seen a vehicle rust so badly in such a short time, I'm just wondering if there are others with these issues. It seems like every day a new piece of paint falls off and more rust appears. I live in northern ontario and the roads are salted in the winter, but I look at vehicles of similar age and kms and don't see near the amount of rust damage that my truck has


Picture is of the driver side rocker panel, the rest of the truck pretty much looks the same.

paintballdude05

Have you ever cleaned out your rockers or got your truck undercoted? That's pretty bad, even for a northern Ontario truck. My '08 F150 was starting to look similar to that but it also spent some time on mining properties and hardly got washed.

2008__XL

Do you have pics of the rest of the truck? That's bad for a 2010 no matter where you are. I live in Vermont and they use lots of salt and brine all winter. My 2008 doesn't have any rust.

Side note, given the rust, I'm not sure how long I'd trust those running boards.

Ryan Janssen

Drivers side rear fender
I've already had to replace the bolts on the drivers side step, the passenger side is starting to go now, in hindsight undercoating would have slowed this process, but it's also rusting around the windshield and door handles.

RLXXI

That's what happens when you don't properly wash it in the rust belt. 7 years no maintenance (under carriage washing).
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2008__XL

The rear wheel wells rot from the inside (top side) out. You need to be flushing that area out constantly or you end up with this.

If you look up from under the rear bumper you can see the opening that leads to the topside of the wheel well. That's where they start to rust. There also foam up there that'll hold in salt, etc.

I've washed out my wheel wells constantly throughput the winter and we get a ton of salt. My truck is a 2008 and I have 0 rust back there.

Lack of preventive maintenance (washing) is the reason behind this rust.

kbrock

My dad's 02 sierra 2500hd that he bought new has no rot on the truck and just some surface rust in some places. We live in the rust belt and the truck probably got washed a couple times a year, if that, and probably never in the winter. It was used as a plow truck commercially for some years. No rust on the body (besides a tiny dent where paint chipped off) and no rot anywhere on the frame. This truck is in 10x worse shape than my dad's 15 yr old work truck. And I have been using it for work the past 4 years for work, abusing the hell out of it and it's still in great shape for what it is.

I know it isn't how any of it works, but I swear sometimes it's a hit or miss. My uncle bought the same truck maybe a year newer and it was rotted to crap in less than 10 years and he had to get rid of it. They live across the street and work at the same place. And my uncle is the type of person to always wash his truck, whereas my dad isn't.

Mike94ZLT1

I wash mine thoroughly all year long (I don't really wash the underside in the summer and fall) but in the winter and spring I spend more time washing the wheel wells and underside than I do the rest of the truck. I had mine Ziebarted when I bought it, then I bought a sprayer and have done the fluid film treatment myself ever since. Zero rust, other than a little surface rust on the rear axle, springs, and front lower control arms.

jhelrey

Gravel roads?

Featherstone

I've had my 2010 since October, I wish I had noticed the bubbling in the paint when I bought it because as of now I have a quarter sized hole on the passenger side rear corner of my crew cab.