Haha, @Sevokevo c'mon Kevin, if it's going from Detroit to Texas, it's going right thru the middle of the country, called the "Rust Belt", where old industries belched smoke and had rusty old steel plants! The rust will just jump off those old smoke stacks onto your shiny truck!
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This was the first time hearing that term. No joke!Haha, @Sevokevo c'mon Kevin, if it's going from Detroit to Texas, it's going right thru the middle of the country, called the "Rust Belt", where old industries belched smoke and had rusty old steel plants! The rust will just jump off those old smoke stacks onto your shiny truck!
I really like this truck hope the dealer can do something to help.
Roll Tide...enjoy the Mav,but I didn't like them when I test drove them, compared to the Ranger! Love my new one, but only been 5 days. Stereo for some reason sounds much better, but both my old 5g and new 6
Last night I sent the question during the live stream that the dealer in Kansas does every Tuesday and he said he has not seen that much of issue pertaining to the rust issue and others have said that all it is was just surface rust and not the kind of rust that would mess up the joints.. maybe we ask more later in the future if more and more people come up front with it.. but by the looks of it.. the rust more or less might not be a issue… however I will still check my truck on this when it comes later this year but I have a feeling I might not have this issue now that they are all shipping so more and more trucks are not going to be sitting in the shipping yard as much as some of the ones that have been produced in the last few months.
Don't know which is worse. Going through the rust belt or a real stinky Hobo riding in it to the rail yard.
The problem is NOT the trucks being driven through salt or sitting in lots. The problem is that the axles and drive shaft are sitting in the elements BEFORE they are installed at MAP. Every other component underneath is brand new, except the surface rust on those two parts.
I am at my dealer now. Will let you all know what will be done.We all know our new Rangers probably were driven to an open field where they sat for a while. My Ranger had 60 miles on the odometer when I took possession of it. I checked underneath my truck today. My truck must have been driven on a snowy, salty road to wherever it was kept. Make sure you look under your trucks when they arrive at your dealership. I spent a chunk of my day today washing the underside of my Ranger to rid of the salty residue. There is some rust as a result of this. Here are a few of my pics.
But can we confirm that they were installed this way? We have no source stating that these pieces where rusted before they where installed… all we know is they are rusted on the truck.. we can only assume they where like this before they where installed…
Check your spare tire for wheel size...mine's 16"...
There is easily 6-10 months of rust on these parts. And the rest of the truck is so clean you can eat off of it. Logic says that the drive shaft was installed after those parts alone sat outside.
I hope this all gets resolved before my build date. And others get this addressThere is easily 6-10 months of rust on these parts. And the rest of the truck is so clean you can eat off of it. Logic says that the drive shaft was installed after those parts alone sat outside.
