texasbill

I have a 2011 F150 XLT Screw that has some of the rubber components cracking and falling appart. The first issues was with the door check rubber umbrella seals on the front doors. I have had those repalced twice now. The second is with the rubber air dams behind the grill on either side of the radiator. Those parts are cracking and falling appart. I guess I can expect to replace those parts every 12000 miles.

Has anyone else had a problems with this?

sullyman

Neither of those must be common, or you see tons of posts on here. Take to the dealer to replace under warranty.

Belushi

Do u have a pic of door check rubber umbrella seals? I think I know what ur talking about, but not sure exactly. I noticed mine looked like falling apart, but I don't know what they looked like before.

truckwheelin

Thought I was the only one with this problem. Yes and it's on a 2012. Also, Ford must have had bring your kids to work day when they friction taped the looms on my truck; well, that combined with bad tape. The tape has peeled off on virtually every loom from headlights to trailer hitch wiring.

Tatunka

I just noticed the umbrellas on my truck a couple of days ago, now to check the rubber next to my radiator.

1BADK9

Noticed mine the other day too and the rubber boot around the door catch is rotted in half, mentioned to a co-worker and he walked over and looked at his and they too were shot. Mine is a 2011 and his a 2010. Will look at the other rubber on the the truck too.

93Cobra#2771

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Believe it or not, they aren't meant to stay wrapped all the way to the connector. The friction tape holds the connector down to the harness, they grab and rip it off an plug it in. Every one I've seen is just like that, from the trailer harness to the air temp sensor on the intake right after the air filter.

texasbill

I'll try and get a pic up of the door check umbrella seal later today.

truckwheelin

To clarify, the problem is that the friction tape has lost adhesion with virtaully all the looms on my vehicle, which is less than a year old. There were no problems for the first 2 or 3 months. By month 6, most of it completely unraveled and fell off. The vehicle has not seen any harsh conditions and other Fords I've owned had the original friction tape at 10 years and well into 6-digit mileage. I understand you are saying that it is part of the install process, but there are other locations that are taped to hold retainer pins or mid-section portions of loom closed that are intended for more than temporary use. I'm guessing it's either an issue with the loom having manufacturing oil on its surface or failure of the tape's adhesive.

Green Gem

texasbill,

I just came across this old post while looking for something else.

My door check rubbers cracked and were replaced. My rubber air dams are tearing and coming apart too. My truck is a 2012.

Green Gem