Anyone noticed their paint peeling around the fuel door? has anyone had this repair? what was the cost?

 

Not sure peeling paint around the fuel door is a real common problem. Now flapping fuel doors -- that's a different story.....lol

 

Seems to happen on only 2004 and 2005 trucks. Paint peels right under the fuel door and then rust sets in. The problem seems to only happen in areas where road salt is used. I haven't seen any Florida trucks that had the issue.

I'm pretty sure it's a factory defect on those model year trucks. I haven't seen any 06-08s like that, but every 04-05 in my area has it with lots of rust too.

You'll have to get it repainted, but first figure out the problem and what's causing it. Search for rust under fuel door or paint peeling under fuel door in the search function on here. There have been MANY posts about this issue.

Hope you find the info you need.

 

Ha. Do a search. It's actually a very common. Mainly where the roads are salted though.

Must rot out from the inside somehow.

Every 04 and 05 in my area has that issue.

 

Never seen it once down in Texas. Up in Minnesota this week though and it makes me think of how happy I am to not be driving my vehicles in this environment any longer -- cancer on cars all over the place!

 

Haven't seen this issue in TN.

 

Just about every 04-05 I see here in the northeast has this issue with a ring of rust right under the fuel door. Peeling paint is just the beginning.

You guys that don't see much road salt won't be seeing this issue too much. But it still happens.

Here are some threads.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...fuel-door.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...door-rust.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...oor-issue.html