I'm trying to find a trend in trucks that are rusting. What year is your truck? how well is it kept clean? where is the rust? What is your location? Comments. . . 2000, kept clean and indoors, no rust. Northern Illinois
Timmy

 

No rust here. South Louisiana. Stays clean.

 

Absolutly no rust on the body 2002. 50000 miles put on it the first year, sat 1-2 years on a used truck center's lot, since 2005 it has been in a garage when it was not being driven and now up to 80,000miles. My uncle has a 2000 F-250 PSD it sits outside all the time like the rest of his vehicles 168,000 and no rust IIRC.

 

'99, outside, usually dirty, waxed perhaps twice. No rust!!

 

01, 90,XXX miles No visable signs of body rot outside, but frame, under cab, under bed, and most interesting, the oil pan, rust everywhere. Mid Mo. truck all its life where MoDot loves to spray liquid salt on the road 1 week before any predicted snow flurries.

 

Early 99 No Rust Anywhere Just Sold A 96 Powerstroke And No Rust

 

2000 Came out of Florida, very clean, very little rust

 

No rust... it's pretty hard to get any when it's 115 outside in the summer. During the winter it's pretty dry out here....

 

Lets try and get as much details here as we can. Lets also include the manufacturing plant of the truck. Me and Jim(five.slow) are noticing a lot of 01 and up trucks rusting when there is no excuse for it. Rear wheel wells, bubbling up through the paint. . . not starting on the inside of the body. . . but starting inbetween the pain and the body on the outside. Also on the lower door seam. They are rusting like crazy once again. . . appears to be between the body and the paint. Some rust noticed on the rear seam of a couple of doors. This is not something I've only noticed with trucks either. I have noticed it with all fords of the 01 and up years. Something is not right. I've had a chip about 2"x2" on my fender of my VW for about three months now. it sits outside and never gets washed. There isn't any sign of any rust whatsoever. so whats the deal with the fords? I've seen lots of newer fords with rust stains coming from the backside of the lower window seals on the doors. Even on an 05! So. . . details people!
Timmy

 

Where is this very little rust?
Timmy

 

early 99 raised in VA till 3 years ago...very!!! very !! little rust when i got it..now showing under the bed and surface rust on frame where paint flaked away...lots of road salt used up here..truck is mostly coverd in salt cause its used so much..i wash under carage as much as posable and she is parked in my non heated shop at night so slush and chunks of snow full of salt will fall off..heat will activate salt and rust out a rig faster..she is waxed twice a year (spring & fall)and polished once a month.even in winter,,,.she will be repared and repainted then parked for winters here soon..i want her to last a good long time....

 

2001. Washed only when the blue turns brown, and parked outside. No rust. Central Arkansas.

 

I have an 03, was made in kentucky. I have the rust starting under the doors, and I had made a chip on the tailgate (line x coated on the inside) and from the little chip there is a fair sized paint peeled area, that it starting to rust.
My truck stays outdoors, gets driven in the summer and the winter, and is kept clean. When washing I spray the bottom of the doors. The rust oddly seemed to start in the summer.
238,000 km's on it (147,000ish miles) I live in saskatchewan canada, where we do get some salt on the highways in the winter.



The stuff around the bottom of the doors looks like its starting the exact same way as my old 97 half ton had.

Went to a body shop and they told me how to fix it so it shouldnt come back, so when i get able to move around a little more Im gonna fix it.

A little disappointed since my truck isnt that old yet.

 

01 f-250, '02 excursion no rust in NC, But doesn't snow much here anymore. F-250 is a work truck, pretty beat up only tiny rust showing where paint has been chipped for a while.

 

2002 - built in Kentucky
Lived equal amounts of time in TX, SC, and CO.
Doesn't fit in the garage, stays outside all the time.
Usually kept clean, sometimes however I'll go a month without touching it.

Rust on the lower window seals and on the rear lip of the windows, rust on the lower inside of the tailgate. I keep fixing them, but they seem to want to pop up in nearby locations. So far it's only surface rust, nothing more.