Front End components rusty!

2011 Lariat
Bought this new last summer and parked with the wheels hard over to one side I noticed that many of the front end parts look extremely rusty. Never had this in the snow and it doesn't rain much higher here. Certain parts look fine but others are orange!
If this is normal for the 250 I gotta say it looks like hell.

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I'd say it's normal from what i've saw. Some parts are not painted and are raw from the factory. So they will get surface rust.

The ones still at the dealer are like that. Knock that rust off with a wire brush and a pressure washer if you have one. Then shoot it with some self etching primer and semigloss black. I do it to my 2004 ever year or so. Keeps anything from rusting really bad and looks a lot better.

Name one vehicle on the road today that doesn't have parts underneath it that have surface rust on them.

With a user name like 'Surfcity,' doesn't anyone think it could possibly be salt water if it's excessive? Mine are all rusty, but I am in the snow for 3-5 months - depending on how bad the winter is. Last winter I think it only snowed twice, thankfully.

mortal798 said:

With a user name like 'Surfcity,' doesn't anyone think it could possibly be salt water if it's excessive? Mine are all rusty, but I am in the snow for 3-5 months - depending on how bad the winter is. Last winter I think it only snowed twice, thankfully.

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Read my mind...

OP where are you located?

Huntington Beach California.
It is obviously from the factory like that. My 2007 F150 never had this.


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Not me....came from the factory like this!

Big deal. Mine look the same. My dodge looked the same. My Infiniti looked the same. Moms dmax looks the same. My roommates dmax looks the same. My wife's xterra looks the same. Dads corvette looks the same. If there is steel exposed to air that isn't protected it's going to get surface rust. If its THAT big of an issue then wire wheel it and paint it real quick.

It isn't THAT big of an issue for me, but yes, I'm a little disappointed that these parts aren't treated or coated with something. I've never seen a vehicle come from the factory already rusty and I've probably bought 8 or 10 new cars and trucks in my lifetime. This one being the most expensive and nicest I've ever owned. I just wanted to get a sanity check and make sure this one wasn't sitting in water someplace for a week before it got delivered.

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My 2012 F250 that I just got 4 weeks ago looked just like the pic you posted. I hit them with rustoleum gloss black last weekend.

Thanks... That's what I needed to know!

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This is my 3rd new vehicle. All of them have looked like that. Just depends on how long it's been exposed to the elements before you bought it.

They only way it will get fixed is if people complain to the dealers about it. Ford will take notice and prob fix it.


I agree with what a new truck cost that **** should be all coated...

Ford has far bigger issues to worry about than some surface rust on front end components. They sell how many tens of thousands of trucks a year all over the nation? You think they give a damn about the 1000 people who might actually complain over something as insignificant as this?

I would take it to ziebart or some place similar and have it undercoated.

Phuck undercoating...all that stuff does is trap water and make it less noticeable but worse at the same time


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quicksilver11 said:

Ford has far bigger issues to worry about than some surface rust on front end components. They sell how many tens of thousands of trucks a year all over the nation? You think they give a damn about the 1000 people who might actually complain over something as insignificant as this?

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Might be insignificant to you, but I bet there are a lot more people out there (either on this forum or not) who see that and go "WTF?"

I was a little unhappy that when I lifted my 2 year old truck that my driveshaft looked like it came out of the junk yard.

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Phuck undercoating...all that stuff does is trap water and make it less noticeable but worse at the same time


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Snake said:

Might be insignificant to you, but I bet there are a lot more people out there (either on this forum or not) who see that and go "WTF?"

I was a little unhappy that when I lifted my 2 year old truck that my driveshaft looked like it came out of the junk yard.

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Go find one truck whose driveshaft doesn't look that way after two years. You pick the brand.