Quick update:
I took the car to the dealer couple of hours ago. The manager said they've seen these trucks come in with rust on the frame. It's mainly because of the rubberized product that is used in the newer vehicle to prevent it from rusting. The problem with that is that as soon as there is a small chip in the rubberized coating it begins to rust from under. He did admit that mine is one of the worst he has seen. Today they gave it a quick sanding with a brush and put on different rust preventing spray (not sure the brand they used). Then he said if it starts to rust again to bring it back in and then they would have to completely sand it down to the bone and then put on their own rust preventing spray which will get rid of the problem. I wasn't happy with that answer really. First, I don't want to check on my car after every winter to see if it's rusting. It's a freaking $60k+ truck! Thats unacceptable. After a few minutes I was able to schedule an appointment it to have it sanded down to the metal and have it sprayed with better coating to solve this problem once and for all. I hope this helps other owners who may have a similar issue. I wouldn't wait to have rust eat through the metal and get into an accident and have the frame cave in. Here is a quick photo of the job they did. Good luck!
I took the car to the dealer couple of hours ago. The manager said they've seen these trucks come in with rust on the frame. It's mainly because of the rubberized product that is used in the newer vehicle to prevent it from rusting. The problem with that is that as soon as there is a small chip in the rubberized coating it begins to rust from under. He did admit that mine is one of the worst he has seen. Today they gave it a quick sanding with a brush and put on different rust preventing spray (not sure the brand they used). Then he said if it starts to rust again to bring it back in and then they would have to completely sand it down to the bone and then put on their own rust preventing spray which will get rid of the problem. I wasn't happy with that answer really. First, I don't want to check on my car after every winter to see if it's rusting. It's a freaking $60k+ truck! Thats unacceptable. After a few minutes I was able to schedule an appointment it to have it sanded down to the metal and have it sprayed with better coating to solve this problem once and for all. I hope this helps other owners who may have a similar issue. I wouldn't wait to have rust eat through the metal and get into an accident and have the frame cave in. Here is a quick photo of the job they did. Good luck!
