Even brand new ? That seems ridiculous i live in Pennsylvania US and a brand new vehicle never driven on the road shouldn't look like that
Yep even new, remember most of our trucks have been sitting waiting for chips/components plus parts ordered for trucks that couldn't go out, things are gonna get rusty
When I first read your post, I thought this is probably some complaint over light rusting from exposure to the elements. After viewing your photos I’d agree with you and there’s no exaggeration happening here. That is totally unacceptable and it seriously looks as though the tuck was built and parked in a field for a long ass time or they used parts that sat in a field for a long ass time. Either way, that should have never reached a customer for sale and should have never left the plant much less passed the dealers PDI that YOU paid for. Give them a chance to fix it, replace it or do something but I’d try to keep the miles down as much as possible or not drive it at all if you can live with it until they correct the problem. I think I’d also be on the phone to an attorney to have a back-up plan. At the very least you should be able to get Ford to extend your warranty out much further than the standard one. Good luck and keep us updated.
My understanding is this is the normal amount of rust that the dealers are seeing. The connection plate from the transfer case to the drive shaft looks to be the biggest concern. I would have them replace that as it looks to be near pitting. Also, be sure to check the front of the drive shaft under the front end.
Many of those parts have no paint or a light dusting of paint, so they'll get surface rust quickly. I see this as simply an appearance issue. I've owned 50-60 year cars that all of those components are completely rusted over and still work fine. If the appearance is important, wire brush or wire wheel the heavy stuff off and apply a rust control primer and black paint. You can go a step further and coat with something like POR-15 available from Eastwood and you'll never see rust again.
Amsoil HD metal protector, it will darken the rust and will not get any worse. I did my truck almost 5 years ago when it was new and it still looks new today. I redo the wheel wells maybe once a year because I’m always spraying my truck off especially in the winter from road salt. I did the whole truck with like 2 cans.
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This is how mine looked also but i told them i wanted it fixed so they did
exhaust is stainless 409, which will develop rust on the outside. Which appears is what happened.
At $70k+ nobody should have to lay under a new truck and paint anything to hide rust thats developed on something thats less than a month old. I agree its appearance, but again at $70k + it should appear good, not rusted.
