Eric7575

I am not sure if I should be concerned or not but perhaps someone here with a little more experience than me with Ford trucks can shed some light on this. I have a fairly new 2012 ford F-150 supercrew FX4 ecoboost and I love my truck for the most part. Just today I was looking at my truck and I noticed a little bit of rust on my exhaust tip. Its not Chrome or anything but it should still last longer than a year or two on a 47k truck. I then looked underneath and it was pretty rusty like if I lived in the snow or something. I have seen cars from up north rust pretty quickly underneath but I live in Florida. I do own a boat and I have used my truck to tow my boat only 3 times since I bought it (I had a two babies in the past 2 years so its hard to get out there) so it cant be the salt water especially since I make sure not to dip my truck in the water and I rinse it off just in case. I live up on a 44ft hill so I don't get any flooding and the only water getting to it is rain water. My wife's SUV is a 2008 Kia Sorrento and I looked underneath and it has a lot less rust than my 1 year old truck. Did ford skimp out and use cheap metal on some parts? Should I be concerned? If anyone else is experiencing the same issue I would like to hear about it.

packplantpath

I'll not say it is right, but it is normal. My 2012 and many others look similar.

Doubleg71

Mine is the same too...just the nature of the beast!!

Stu Cazzo

Thats all pretty normal...I have a 2013 as well...looked the same except I learnt a trick from an old friend of mine...I spray everything under my truck with diesel (except the exhaust) every fall and it gives me a bit of protection against all this rust and winter road salt.

T Blackford

Nope just surface rust.

johnboy89

I would say that looks normal to me as well. For some reason the rear ends in the newer fords develop surface rust the minute they roll off the line. I have a new Mustang and looks worse than that and car has been in the rain maybe twice.

Old Smoky

I sprayed the complete underside of my F150 with Eastwood Chassis paint the day after I bought it. Won't ever look like that, of course living in AZ helps.

Silver FX4

Par for the course... I'll have to grab a photo of one that's been through a couple of NY winters (which is why I undercoated mine). You won't feel so bad.

Almgreaser

Bought my 2013 with 600km and it looked just like that the day I took it home

LaBalaDePlata

iTrader: (3)

first of all, have you considered where you live? if you have a lot of moisture in the air, or you live in the rust belt, then there you go.