Hi, all:

Is it normal for a new F150 with less than 120 miles on it to show orange rust-looking somethingorother on the drive shaft and wheel hubs, when I look under the body?

Thanks,

pjd

 

Unfortunately, yes. As time passes and you get a few more hundred miles, things will get even uglier underneath.

I don't know of a new vehicle that this does not happen with.

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1999 F-150 XLT Supercab
Black factory steps
Flareside Sport Package
Oxford White
Full tint
Bug Shield
CD player
17" wheels, K&N
Ford Soft Tonneau Cover
Gibson Super Truck
"Did it myself" Undercoating
Herculiner
"Freak on a Leash"

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Thanks!

I called the dealer in a panic (this is my first new vehicle, and I had no idea what to expect), and he explained that the rust was surface rust on cast-iron parts in the F-150.

Now I can't shake the mental image of my truck as a skillet.

pjd

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2000 F-150 XLT Supercab
4x4 Sport package
Black factory steps
Chestnut Brown
CD with 6-disc changer
Cloth captain's chairs
17" wheels
LT265/70R17's
Towing package
Extang tonneau cover
Ford liner

 

Hi their! My 97 is black underneath I saw the rust and painted it with black rust paint.

 

When my 99 was new I did my own undercoating. Even thought I did a pretty good job. Now I can see all the splotches I missed. I don't think it really hurts anything, (other than my pride).

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99, XL, SC, SB, auto, 4.6L, 255x70R16, 3.55LS, 2wd, Med Tor, Dk Grph, Raider LoRider Tonneau, Valley class III hitch, bed mat.
Computer Code YBQ3
More to come!



[This message has been edited by Tiger (edited 04-28-2000).]

 

I noticed the same thing on my previous 98 F-150 and the new Y2K F-150. The rear differential cover on my 98 started to rust and peel..all in less than a year. I scraped it off, primed and repainted it with flat black...it looked great. So far, the new 2000 is holding up much better. I was very concerned that my new factory ordered 2000 had some surface rust underneath only 3 weeks after it was built (the day I picked it up)...but this seems to be quite normal.

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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Superchip, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55 rear, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, factory leather wrapped steering wheel, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99