Do you pull your taillight housings monthly?

Sounds like either they build a crappy truck or want you to pay for a bogus service. Or someone on a forum is playing you. Things up north rust out real quick with salt use but that is rediculous.

My 2007 NBS is currently in the body shop to have the box sides replaced because of the wheel well rot. The owner brought up this very subject. It is very easy to do so I will try to make it a habit once I get the truck back.

QCMan wrote:
Sounds like either they build a crappy truck or want you to pay for a bogus service. Or someone on a forum is playing you. Things up north rust out real quick with salt use but that is rediculous.

Crappy truck yes. It's getting its fourth set of AFM lifters after seizing one at 103,000, a second at 140,750 and a third at 141250. Yes, it only ran 500 miles this last time before seizing a lifter again.

This was a forum guy telling me what *I* should have been doing to prevent the rust. Basically blaming me for the truck rusting out already.

They also figured out how to make it my fault that the AFM lifters seized. It's a really crappy forum.

Back in the mid-'60s a old body man pointed out how the manufactures shaped the insides of panels to hold dirt, cause rust. Add salt, thinner steel, rust helps sell cars.
BTW, I have never pulled the taillights, but for years brother and I would load 1 of our winter drivers on trailer, meet at car wash. Wives bring their cars, we put trailer on ramps in bay use the extra height to wash bottom of vehicle, unload/reload/repeat.

mkirsch wrote:

QCMan wrote:
Sounds like either they build a crappy truck or want you to pay for a bogus service. Or someone on a forum is playing you. Things up north rust out real quick with salt use but that is rediculous.

Crappy truck yes. It's getting its fourth set of AFM lifters after seizing one at 103,000, a second at 140,750 and a third at 141250. Yes, it only ran 500 miles this last time before seizing a lifter again.

This was a forum guy telling me what *I* should have been doing to prevent the rust. Basically blaming me for the truck rusting out already.

They also figured out how to make it my fault that the AFM lifters seized. It's a really crappy forum.

Last summer I decided I needed a pickup vs SUV when I lost my wife. I looked at all three and ruled out the GM's because of this known issue and the RAM's because of the cam issues.

dupe

Don't they put salt on your roads there in NY in the winter time? That's the source of the rust..

You probably have more rust on the frame and such as well. Do you undercoat or clean the underside of your truck all at least once a year?

There is this guy on youtube from around that part of NY I think (South Main Auto) and he shows vehicles with rust so bad, he can't even pass them for the inspection tag you guys need to have..

Anyway, I feel for you Eastern guys that have to put up with that stuff.. They call it the "Rust Belt" for a reason!! :)

Good luck! Mitch

mkirsch wrote:

QCMan wrote:
Sounds like either they build a crappy truck or want you to pay for a bogus service. Or someone on a forum is playing you. Things up north rust out real quick with salt use but that is rediculous.

Crappy truck yes. It's getting its fourth set of AFM lifters after seizing one at 103,000, a second at 140,750 and a third at 141250. Yes, it only ran 500 miles this last time before seizing a lifter again.

This was a forum guy telling me what *I* should have been doing to prevent the rust. Basically blaming me for the truck rusting out already.

They also figured out how to make it my fault that the AFM lifters seized. It's a really crappy forum.

That’s a bummer and a chitty round of luck with the truck.
Is it your fault it’s rusting out in 7 years? Nope. Is it Possible to have done more to prevent rust? Wouldn’t think you’d have to, but ya do.
And unless it’s a total garage queen it’s gonna rust anyway.
Buddy in IL who is OCD about his stuff and has a “mostly” winter garage queen F150. 04 with like 100k miles on it. Only winter towing and occasional winter use and I guarantee he’s undercarriage washed it almost every time etc. only took like 12 years to start bubbling paint. And some other stuff rusted out like exhaust.
Truck prices are still high right now. Time to make that beauty someone else’s pride n joy!

Neglect and then blame it on the manufacturer. Out of about 20 general motors cars and trucks over the years I have only had one truck from the mid to late 70s that rusted out under the doors. That may have been my fault as I used it to pull my boat to the coast.

Me Again wrote:

mkirsch wrote:

QCMan wrote:
Sounds like either they build a crappy truck or want you to pay for a bogus service. Or someone on a forum is playing you. Things up north rust out real quick with salt use but that is rediculous.

Crappy truck yes. It's getting its fourth set of AFM lifters after seizing one at 103,000, a second at 140,750 and a third at 141250. Yes, it only ran 500 miles this last time before seizing a lifter again.

This was a forum guy telling me what *I* should have been doing to prevent the rust. Basically blaming me for the truck rusting out already.

They also figured out how to make it my fault that the AFM lifters seized. It's a really crappy forum.

Last summer I decided I needed a pickup vs SUV when I lost my wife. I looked at all three and ruled out the GM's because of this known issue and the RAM's because of the cam issues.

I ruled out GM products back in the early 90's when I watched the paint on our company's fleet of chev/gmc vehicles have paint peel off in sheets. It was like their paint jobs were merely lousy 'wraps".