2019 Raptor Corrosion

[MDJAK]

Uh, ain’t no way in hell I’m even going to venture a look-see underneath. Ignorance is bliss in my book.

I remember back in the late ‘60s and ‘70s when my dad would take delivery of his new Checker cabs. Straight to the undercoating place. Vehicles ain’t supposed to need that anymore. But hey, I’m staying stupid.

 

[Raptorman19]

I was the one of those that had a 2019 taken back (Pics on another post) by the dealer for excessive rust and corrosion on the undercarriage. The new one that they ordered for me was almost as bad as the first one but they had sold my trade in so I gave in and closed on it. I can see both sides but I have also owned a lot of new vehicles and not one has ever been in this poor of shape on day one. After 5 years maybe but never day one.

Its funny this is also the only vehicle that I have owned that friends have noticed the shocks and take a peak further in excitement underneath only to notice the rusty axle. My Raptor is not a daily driver.

Ford is aware of the problem as they took the first truck back.

 

[Oldfart]

So I think that there are two separate points there, but both valid. If your argument is that the increase in price has not been met with a linear increase in quality, you and I are in full agreement. The price:value ratio isn't what it once was; Not even close.

On the other subject ("based on a $25,000 truck"): A buddy of mine just purchased a '19 XLT with a sticker of $55k, which is $19k below my Raptor. And there are five models above an XLT. My thoughts on the matter are that extra $19k is pretty notable (for brevity's sake, I won't get into the items that justify that increase). My point is that even the "cheap" F150s are selling for $50k+. If the delta were, hypothetically, between a $20k Focus and a $70k Focus, I think the monetary value vs expectations argument is much more palatable. But for the real world XLT vs Raptor, there are only so many improvements you can squeeze out of that extra $19k.

And apologies if I made it seem like those concerned about the corrosion were babies. I only levied that attitude against someone who started taking cheap shots. As I said, I'm glad tabs2000 was able to get his issue worked out. And as I also noted, I added a ceramic coat to my Raptor, so clearly I do believe in vanity in some regard.... Just not on the undercarriage. ;-)

Due to your nicely worded and reasonable response I have decided to not challenge you to an internet cage match!! I have also told the Cyber Police to hold off on the raid of your house.

 

[tabs2000]

Just to end this thread on a better note. Here is my truck corroded skid plates and all in Baja this weekend.

While it still performed great, it made me double down on wanting the corroded parts replaced. While driving down the coast I realized down the line some one may think I put it in the ocean a kill the resale value.

But the truck did great and did not skip a beat this weekend.


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[Scott D Robinson]

try living in New Hampshire or Michigan if you want to see corrosion !!!

 

[EricM]

I was the one of those that had a 2019 taken back (Pics on another post) by the dealer for excessive rust and corrosion on the undercarriage. The new one that they ordered for me was almost as bad as the first one but they had sold my trade in so I gave in and closed on it. I can see both sides but I have also owned a lot of new vehicles and not one has ever been in this poor of shape on day one. After 5 years maybe but never day one.

Its funny this is also the only vehicle that I have owned that friends have noticed the shocks and take a peak further in excitement underneath only to notice the rusty axle. My Raptor is not a daily driver.

Ford is aware of the problem as they took the first truck back.

If you don't live in the salt belt, buy your new truck in the fall. No chance of it getting a 1000 mile salt brine bath on a car carrier headng south.

If you live in the salt belt and plan to drive your truck in it- well, it's going to get that way in the first snowstorm.

Co-worker bought a Mustang back back in 2003. She popped the hood and all the bare aluminum (alternator case, water pump, etc) had the nasty crusty chalky white looking corrosion all over it. That car only had a couple hundred miles on it and the aluminum parts looked like the ones on an engine sitting on the ground at the junkyard. I assume it was from transport- not sure what else would cause that so early.

 

[Fastback89]

This thread has peaked my interest so when a friend of mine showed up at the track with a beautiful new 19 Raptor I couldn't resist looking underneath and sure enough it looked like a corroded mess under there! My 18 sitting next to his all nice and shiny has gone through a very salty winter I might add makes me wonder what happened to these trucks to cause such bad corrosion???

 

[tabs2000]

This thread has peaked my interest so when a friend of mine showed up at the track with a beautiful new 19 Raptor I couldn't resist looking underneath and sure enough it looked like a corroded mess under there! My 18 sitting next to his all nice and shiny has gone through a very salty winter I might add makes me wonder what happened to these trucks to cause such bad corrosion???

I scheduled an appointment for next Tuesday to drop off my truck at the dealer to get whatever was corroded replace. Funny thing is I called a different dealer than where I bought the truck because they are closer to my house. The service writer acted surprised like he had never heard of this issue. While at the dealer to drop my truck off I’m going to look under any new trucks on the lot. I am curious now.

 

[Raptorman19]

If you don't live in the salt belt, buy your new truck in the fall. No chance of it getting a 1000 mile salt brine bath on a car carrier headng south.

If you live in the salt belt and plan to drive your truck in it- well, it's going to get that way in the first snowstorm.

Co-worker bought a Mustang back back in 2003. She popped the hood and all the bare aluminum (alternator case, water pump, etc) had the nasty crusty chalky white looking corrosion all over it. That car only had a couple hundred miles on it and the aluminum parts looked like the ones on an engine sitting on the ground at the junkyard. I assume it was from transport- not sure what else would cause that so early.

Your assumption about the first snowstorm is wrong. I live in the salt belt and I am aware of what salt does to a vehicle. 48 years of driving in it. This is not the same thing. My 2018 XLT doesn't look like this after a full winter and neither did the 2015 I traded in. My engine compartment on both Raptors had some oxidation starting to show on some parts. Only if you used a flashlight would you see it. I quit looking after that and had it all documented by the dealer and Ford.

I understand wanting to downplay the situation and I do the same thing. The lack of quality on these trucks is going to start affecting the resale. Add in the the fact that Ford has been producing them what appears to be larger numbers and now selling them under MSRP is very common...has some teeth for concern.

The first truck I got was delivered December 8th and it hadn't seen snow or salt covered roads. After I saw the 2nd truck that they replaced the first one with had the same issues I decided it was not worth my energy any longer. Dealer was shocked by the corrosion too, they had a 2018 Raptor on the lot and it was fine.

This will for sure sway my next purchase. Time to move on for me.

I do really like driving the truck it's a lot of fun. It also tows way above my expectations.

 

[EricM]

The first truck I got was delivered December 8th and it hadn't seen snow or salt covered roads.

How do you know it wasn't shipped like the red tuck on salt covered roads?



It could have traveled hundreds of miles like that on roads covered in salt- or way worse, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride. A nice fine mist of it constantly being driven into every square inch of the undercarriage. Then it gets unloaded and left to corrode on the lot for weeks or months.

Nothing else makes sense. There's no reason one truck would be all corroded and another not, unless one is exposed to something the other hasn't been.