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Your new coach was built in Elkhart In. but you don't say where you took delivery.
To me this is significant because the coach would have to be driven from the factory to the delivery point. Also of significance is the time of year. Many states use salt, or brine water to remove ice and snow from highways. While auto manufacturers go to great lengths to minimize the damage to cars from salt exposure, RV manufacturers do nothing, probably because RVs are typically driven in the summer more often than the winter.
From the photos, it looks to me like typical corrosion from salt water being splashed up on the chassis while being driven on highways treated with brine water. Having lived on Ohio all my life, I am very familiar with this problem. If there is a chance your new coach was driven during winter months, this is the problem.
Someone above recommended Rust converter
I am not familiar with this product, but plan to order it and try it. Living in Ohio, and being familiar with this type of rust damage on my own RV, I am going to try it to see if it works. You may want to consider this also.
In all too typical fashion, an RV manufacturer and to a greater extent, the dealer refuses to provide any relief for the problem and you are on your own for the solution.
Good luck.
To me this is significant because the coach would have to be driven from the factory to the delivery point. Also of significance is the time of year. Many states use salt, or brine water to remove ice and snow from highways. While auto manufacturers go to great lengths to minimize the damage to cars from salt exposure, RV manufacturers do nothing, probably because RVs are typically driven in the summer more often than the winter.
From the photos, it looks to me like typical corrosion from salt water being splashed up on the chassis while being driven on highways treated with brine water. Having lived on Ohio all my life, I am very familiar with this problem. If there is a chance your new coach was driven during winter months, this is the problem.
Someone above recommended Rust converter
I am not familiar with this product, but plan to order it and try it. Living in Ohio, and being familiar with this type of rust damage on my own RV, I am going to try it to see if it works. You may want to consider this also.
In all too typical fashion, an RV manufacturer and to a greater extent, the dealer refuses to provide any relief for the problem and you are on your own for the solution.
Good luck.
