Hey Gerrys, what is the year and mileage on your truck?

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97 F150, XLT, Flare-side, ext. cab, Pacific Green, 4.6L Triton V8.

 

Thank God for Ziebart and their lifetime warranty....

 

Rooster77
I have a 98 with 39,000 miles on it now. it had 35,000 when I started dispute resolution.
The first rust appeared at 11000 miles

Check out the other message for more on my story. Another "BIG" door problem.


Good luck.

 

Rust on the doors, Rust on the tailgate. Is anyone having success w/ Ford's Rust warranty in getting these things repaired? I currently have 55K and am hoping to get it in before 60K. Maybe they'll actually take care of this one unlike the door crack and piston slap on my 97 (out of reg. warranty) truck.

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97 F150 Lariat 4X4 Ext. Cab. 5.4, AT, Tow Pkg, bedliner, white/grey 2tone w/ grey leather, Fact. CD changer, Gibson Side Swept, K&N, Bosch Platinum +4's,Michelin LTX 265/70 16, S/D Triton V8 emblems, Both doors cracked, Piston slap quieted by Mobile One & Slick 50 Synthetic.

 

HI GUYS GUESS WHAT AFTER READING YOUR MESSAGES I WENT OUT AND CHECKED MY 1998 F150 4X4.WHICH HAS ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT. YOUR RIGHT RUST. ALL THREE DOORS AND TAILGATE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK ABOUT A MONTH AGO . YES I'M NOT A HAPPY CAMPER AND I WILL BE GOING BACK TO MY FORD DEALER TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. NOW ABOUT THE CRACK WHATS THAT ALL ABOUT.

 

I haven't noticed the rust, but you can bet I'll check it out tomorrow after reading all this!

Mad 1998, the crack they refer to is a small crack in the sheet metal near the lower right corner of the driver's side window. Hope you don't have it. Unfortunately I do!

1997 F150 4.6 Extended Cab Lariat

 

HI GUYS I WENT TO MY DEALER THE OTHER DAY HE TOLD ME THAT FORD WOULD NOT COVER IT. HE SAID HE WOULD FIX ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.HE TOLD. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS GIVING HIM AND ME A BIG RUN AROUND. THEY SAY ITS CAUSED BY SALT AND ACID RAIN.

 

HI ANYONE OUT THERE THAT HAS A RUST PROBLEM WITH THIER LATE MODEL FORD TRUCK DOORS AND TAILGATE PLEASE EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS I'M THINKING ABOUT TALKING TO A LAWYER AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO START A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST FORD MOTOR COMPANY. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ISOLATED PROBLEM AND THEY KNOW IT.

THANKS CHUCK MCCORMICK

 

The same exact thing happened to Broncos on the tailgate, they rust out where the metal is folded over at the bottom. I got a new tailgate and prepped it like this so it would never happen again.

1. spray the seam with Ospho (available at any auto paint shop) to kill any rust there and prep the metal.

2. seal the seam 30 year silicone caulk or automotive seam seal, making sure to smooth it out well with your finger so the water will run over it and out the drain at the bottom.

This will stop the rust from ever happening again. If you already have the rust and they won't replace the doors, make sure you you treat it with Ospho a couple times. this will kill the rust and stop it from spreading. Don't seal the seam up though, as it will make it worse. Just keep treating it with Ospho every 6 months or so.

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Boss™

Just Ordered 2001 F-150 Lariat Wht/Slvr medium graphite leather, 4x4, SC, SB, SS, 99L 5.4L, 44E tran, 7700# payload, Class III Tow, 3.73LS, Skids, Capts chairs, 4W disc ABS, shift-on-fly, keyless, HD everything

Planned Mods:
Westin Chromed Stainless Nerf Bars, ARE LS II bed cover, Bedrug™, Gibson Swept Side Cat Back, K&N filter w/airbox mods, Headman headers, Superchip

 

I don't think I can get silicone sealant in between the two drain holes. Didn't there used to be something called cosmolene to keep metal from rusting? If I go the automotive paint store will they
know what I"m asking for "seam sealent"?

Thanks, Jerry

 

JERRY,

Cosmoline is just about the same exact thing as Vaseline. It's just a washable grease MFR's coat things with to prevent rust in shipping. It won't last longer than a couple months.

Yes, they will know what seamseal is. It's the stuff the MFR uses to put the cars together with. At every joint where sheet metal comes together, you will see a bead of caulk looking stuff that has been painted over. That is seamseal.

If you can't get in there to seal it up with caulk or seamseal, then get a spray on bed liner or good quality rubberized undercoating. Not only will it protect against rust, but you will be amazed how quiet it makes your truck by deadening the vibration and sound (stereo installers trick that has more benefits than just sound deadening). Just prep with Ospho first to kill all the rust that could there already.

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garrys

where in minnesota do you live i have the rust now and i want to bring it into a shop that has fixed a few so they know about the problem

some of us are meeting in Forest Lake this sunday if you want to come go under general and look it up for directions..

latter all Allan

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1999 F150 Bright Red Extended Cab 4x4 Off Road, With Gray Interior, 5.4L, 3.73 Gears,

Add On's for now!
Access Tunnel Cover
Stainless Steel Nerf Bars
Stainless Steel Rocker Pannels
Putco Bed Rails
Clear Turn Signals
Flowmaster Exhaust
Lund Bug Guard
Painted Vent Shades
Painted Taillight Covers
Painted X-Cab Covers
Superchip (in and loveing it)
Airaid FIPK
Red Stering Wheel Cover
Pionneer CD Deck

Wish List: F1 Ram Air Hood, Tinted Side Windows, Wiper Crawl, Viser, Supercharger, NOS, ETC...

 

I have a '97 and I live in Minnesota where salt is horriblie. At about 4 months after I took delivery rust was forming in all of the doors. I brought it in under warranty and they repainted. Keep in mind this is when the F150 new body had just come out. It wasn't another 5 months and the rust was back. Back in it went. This time they did such a poor job (this dealer used Abra Auto Body) that I made them redo the job. They put an epoxy of some kind on before the paint. It is quite thick and you can barely see the seem anymore. Well, it has been three years and no sign of new rust. It is interesting to here about the door replacements. I to have the cracks which were pointed out to me by someone that purchased my bedliner. Ford doesn't seem to make the consumer aware of anything unless it is complianed about and they only do what it takes to get you on your way. One more example was that my bumpers were rusting too. They said to polish them more. I new there was a problem. That happened in the first year. Another was the tailpipe issue which after my persistance I got it fitted with the new behind the wheel tailpipe. I now have 60,000 miles and I wonder if I can get new doors at this point? I have recently put on a cat back exhaust so no issue there. My rear bumper has been replaced because I bumped a telephone pole (stupid). The front is original.

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'97 F150XL 4.6L 5 spd 4x4
SC, Silver Frost
Clearcoat Metallic,
K&N air filter, Access
Roll-Up Cover, bug
deflector, rear custom
Ford mudflaps, Pioneer
Supertuner CD, 4 Cerwin
Vega Speakers. Future
mods: Spray-in bed liner,
shocks, Superchip,
stainless rocker panel.
* 9/27/99 installed
Factory Ford 60/40 seats
from Sonny's
* 10/13/99 installed
cat-back exhaust system
with dual pipes out back,
a Dynomax Race Magnum
muffler, and 3 1/2'
stainless slash tips.
* 3/9/00 installed BFG AT
285/75R16 on American
Racing Altas 16x8

http://sites.netscape.net/iridektm/homepage

 

I just finished lubing my motorcycle chain with Chain Wax and you know what? It smells just like my last truck did after picking it up from Ziebart. The Chain Wax sure looks similar to the yellowish coating Ziebart uses to spray into door panels. Maybe I'll it a try on the inner door seams.

By the way I was able to pick up the seam sealer and may just go ahead and pull the door panels off and coat the bottom of the inner door. I have already sprayed the hell out of the truck underside with rubberized undercoating. So, I think this time I'll save the hundreds that Ziebart charges and do it myself.

Thanks for all of the great information and assistance, Jerry.

 

Well, went ahead and sealed every seam I could find on my new truck yesterday...even removed the door panels and seal the bottom of the door's from the inside. Used white General Autobody Seam Sealer, took over half a day. Only thing left is to seal the inside of the tail gate bottom which I'll do by spraying a can of Chainwax in it.

The guy who came to wash my houses windows had a 97 F150 which I checked for rust and sure enough bottom of the doors and tail gate. He was bummed.

I really appreciate the tips, thanks, Jerry.