Hood Rusting?!?!?!

[FordDieselDoctor]

I was washing my 06 fusion saturday morning and i found a rust bubble on the edge of my hood. It's about 1/2 inch wide and 3 inches long on the right hand side of the hood above the grille. :heartbreaker: :rant: :nonono: :shrug: :censored: :soapbox: I got 57000 miles on it and haven't seen this on any other ones i've worked on.

[2010SEL]

Stone chip that was never touched up? Bare metal rusts.

[FordDieselDoctor]

Stone chip that was never touched up? Bare metal rusts.

 

Nope no chips or nothing it's coming from underneath the hood. I pulled the black weatherstrip back under the hood and stuck my finger in and there's rust there too.

[Spectre]

Probably just a defect in coating. Bummer it showed itself that late out of warranty :(

 

My Ranger had a similar problem. The bottom seam of the passenger door (where the inner met the outer) started rusting after 2 years (about 20,000 miles). It was somewhat fixed under warranty, but it came back about 6 years later. It was the only panel to rust on the truck for 12 years (stored outside all the time, driven in winter, etc..).

[DaveM]

Isn't Fords warranty against rust 5 years and XXX miles where XXX is I think 60K?

[FordDieselDoctor]

it's 5 years unlimited mileage. The service manager at my dealership said that it's gonna get fixed under warranty.

[Spectre]

it's 5 years unlimited mileage. The service manager at my dealership said that it's gonna get fixed under warranty.

 

 

Thats good. Better the rust come through now then later.