[Tofield16]

So my brand new truck is already blistering and rusting on the door sills. How the hell is this? Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Tofield16]

And it is not just the drivers door sill.....it is all 4. I will try to get photos on here too. Has anyone ever had to deal with toyota and their paint warranty?

 

[Tofield16]

 

[Tofield16]

It was a long winter this year and that is just the sand and crud they put on the road. The weather tech mats sure do there job

 

[Tofield16]

Ummm ya it has been washed and waxed a few times and regardless this is inside the truck and not exposed to the elements like the outside of the truck is. And the outside isn't rusted like that.

 

[Tofield16]

Christ, I guess I needed to vacuum before I took the pic....who gives a shit if there is sand inside the truck....I had a 15 thousand dollar ford and it didn't do this and I treated it a lot worse

 

[Tofield16]

So you are telling me my entire truck should be covered in rust right now. I need to wash my truck everytime I drive it? Give me a break. And because I didn't wash my sill for a couple weeks that why...okay??? And there is absolutely no scratches on the sill either (as the photos show) definitely not right to the steel to cause it to start rusting

 

[Tofield16]

Thanks for the info guys. If this is what is considered a filthy truck then I am screwed, because if I need to worry about rust with this little dirt then i guess the truck will be garbage in 3 years. What I cannot understand is that there is probably upwards of a couple tens of thousands of these trucks in edmonton alone and probably hundreds of thousands (if not millions) in the same type of climate who either salts their roads or puts calcium down and I am the only one with this issue. In my opinion this is ,without a doubt, a shitty job with prep of the steel before the paint and the paint itself.

 

[Tofield16]

Well, stopped into the dealer this evening and it wasn't a big deal at all. He said that they have had a few trucks come back with the same problem and that they will send it out to a body shop, sand out the whole sill and repaint it. I said that if it is rusting on the sill can we assume that there is the same problem underneath? All he could say is that we cannot do anything about stuff we cannot see.

Anyways, has anyone tried coating the door sills with bed liner or had it done by anyone?

 

[Tofield16]

The rust spots you show are clearly caused from paint chipping and the elements getting at them; even the bubbling where is where the water and elements get under the paint once the chip is there.

If it was caused by a chip then there would be a ridge....there is not a single ridge or chip. The paint is rusting from underneath, I can see and feel what I am talking about. Regardless, the dealer is going to repair it because it is obviously their problem (not chips).

I love the truck but if I need to treat it like a $100,000 show truck instead of a $35,000 work truck, then I guess this truck isn't for me or 80% of the people in Alberta.