I have a 01 superduty and the paint is starting to peel and crack all over a friend told me it is bad primer and nothing will stick if i just repaint, but it needs to completely sanded to metal then prime and paint. I thought their was a recall on this but im not the original owner, will ford fix it or do i need to take it to a shop.

 

Ford uses our technology for paint durability analysis within their facilities. We have completed an investigated research of vehicle finishes used for quality control of approximately 9 million vehicles.

We have forwarded a letter to Ford's Board of Directors which was delivered on April 05, 2010. We have requested Ford's Board of Directors to conduct an investigation of their Cost Per Unit contracts. We have worked within the auto industry and with paint suppliers during the past 16 years.

Quite simply, a significant majority of Ford's vehicles were and are being released to the automaker, auto dealer and consumer below the automaker's paint thickness specifications. Handling over the process and quality responsibility to the three major paint suppliers have resulted in millions of factory paint defects.

Ford's issued TSBs pertaining to aluminum parts, corrosion, etc. is incorrectly being associated with the root cause of the wide spread paint failure that is occurring. Our research concludes that the issue is not aluminum body parts. Coatings (paints) not applied to specification will result in paint failure.

Thin paint coatings are the major cause of paint peeling, blistering and chipping, not bird droppings, stone chips, etc. Note also that too thick coatings will result in paint failure (however, they are in the minority).

Objective criteria, not subjective opinion, should be used to validate a vehicle finish.

This is done by reviewing the thickness measurements of each of the individual layers that comprise a vehicle finish.

 

So what is the verdict on this? I have the same problem with the paint on the top of my cab of my truck, which is an 02 F-250 crew cab. I did take it to ford to have them look at it and they said that it had probably been in an accident. Do I need to take it back? Just a few questions
Thanks Fellas

 

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