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How much does dodge really care?? can we get a count??

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Old 02-06-2014, 12:46 PM
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Mine has no rust and I can't say I've ever noticed that being a problem around where I've lived. Certainly nothing compared to what the old fords used to look like after a few short years.
 
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Old 02-06-2014, 01:54 PM
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I don't have rust on the Dodge Ram truck but I have it the bottom of my Lincoln Navigator. Any car will rust when you break through the protective layer. They are a lot better than they used to be in the past.
 
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Old 02-06-2014, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dratomic
I have an 05 1500 and the rust on wheel wells on the back drives me crazy no matter what I did to try to prevent it I still got it almost every 3rd gen I see around here has it and chrysler wont do anything about it and I know a bunch of guys on here have it too. How many guys have cancer on the wheel wellson the bed of the truck??
It would be helpful if you would put you location in your profile. Some people live in Rust Belt areas where vehicles rust, no matter what.
 
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:07 AM
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My '07 is starting to rust badly. Gotta cut it out, weld new peice on, grind smooth, prime, paint and clear coat the whole side.

It's $600 per side at a body shop. Bleh.
 
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I had a couple of paint bubbles show up over the right rear wheel well this summer on my '08. It's since turned into a small rust spot.

I had it in for it's 5 year warranty inspection a few weeks ago and asked the service adviser about it...he just gave me a blank stare and handed me card with Chrysler's customer service number on it. I haven't called them yet, but I pretty much know what they're going to tell me.
 
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Old 03-03-2014, 11:02 AM
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I had no rust on my 06. It's been sold now. The stuff you see now as rust would have been welcomed 40 years ago. Back then cars rusted completely through...everywhere
 
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Mine is just starting on the drivers side.
 
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My '05 has it on the passenger side well.
Rust, it's a fact of life around the Chicago area!
 
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The wife's 08 still looks like new, including the uncoated, bare metal underneath the panels and rockers. If a bureaucrat tried to put salt on a road here, we'd hang 'em. Seriously, though, when I visited Kansas last year I noticed Fords had the worst rust by far, but I also noticed a lot of 3rd gens were cancerous.
 



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