How does the pinion side of your pumpkin look?Checked my truck today. I bought it back on December 24th. Definitely have some rust but no where near as much as some other's. Curious to hear what people hear back from Ford. Not sure how I feel about this - not happy that there is rust on a brand new truck that certainly wasn't cheap...
Definitely seeing a pattern here regarding where the rust is on this particular part. Perhaps these axles were all facing the same way when stacked / stored and exposed to rain/snow.Checked my truck today. I bought it back on December 24th. Definitely have some rust but no where near as much as some other's. Curious to hear what people hear back from Ford. Not sure how I feel about this - not happy that there is rust on a brand new truck that certainly wasn't cheap...
Bob, you can bring your expertise and paint brush to Texas anytime..Karl
I probably won't either in your case, you flew up there and had a long drive ahead of you and the cold weather was new to you I bet.
I'm sure you thought the rest of the truck looked good so lets move on. Thing is, Northerners expect this and just accept it, so even if they notice this while off loading they wouldn't say anything.
It's really not that bad but you could contact Albert and send a few photos and get him to write it up, they were the receiving dealer. That, I think would help your case plus, they seem to be all about customer satisfaction there.
That is salt exposure and I assume you have driven through some rain since out of the North salt treatment, so that should have removed most of the salt.
The same treatment I listed above will work for you, if Ford doesn't agree to fix. Time is the enemy here so don't wait too long on an answer for it will just mean more work for you.
Those things are actually made to take rust because the metal is so thick but not acceptable for my truck. Lol
If your heading to Jville anytime soon give me a yell, I'll help you with that. Then bear time!
LOL. Same here in Houston.
That's great news! I'm hoping they do that on mine still waiting for an answer.Here is another shot.
Talked to the dealership this morning and they seemed to be aware of the issue. Scheduled to me bring it in next week and said they would replace all the parts with rust.
Hummmm, road trip??
Hummm, not sure I would go that route. In fact I know I would not. You can create some other issues replace the pumpkin and axles.Here is another shot.
Talked to the dealership this morning and they seemed to be aware of the issue. Scheduled to me bring it in next week and said they would replace all the parts with rust.
I really kind of doubt that they will replace a differential or axle because of rust. They might use some black rattle can and cover it up but that’s about it.Here is another shot.
Talked to the dealership this morning and they seemed to be aware of the issue. Scheduled to me bring it in next week and said they would replace all the parts with rust.
Yes that seems a little too good to be true. The labour is too costly let alone the cost of the new parts.
