I finally got the infamous rust bubbles on my '09. Traded it in got a '16, quickly traded that a year later and got a '17 Copper edition. Got under and noticed a bit of a change in how the rear liners are attached inside the well. You would think with all the comments and complaints they would address this with some type of undercoating....but no. The way the old liners were stuck on, the sand and dirt would accumulate on top of the liners. Any moisture would sit there and rust would start. Now they sort of spaced it away from the steel fender. But still no paint or undercoating. Best thing you can do is pull the liners out, Rust-Oleum the inner fenders or even LineX them. At the very least rubber coat them. May not last forever but better than the nothing Ram seems to take pride in doing with their trucks. Customers? Ram, don't give a **** or they would fix this.

 

Great news!!! They sent the pics in an will be replacing the right panel altogether. The left is not nearly as bad, so told to monitor it and come back when it's time. I really didn't think I would get this replaced, but feel like this is a big win!!! Thanks Dodge Service!!!!

 

depends a lot where you live too. i am 5 miles from Galveston Bay and 40 miles from the Gulf so bare metal here rusts very fast but it's not as bad as the salt used up north. now, luckily, our '01 and 2011 Rams don't have any serious rust issues aside from the surface rust, and even that is not bad at all. however, any repairs made i will go out of my way to use stainless hardware and epoxy paint any bare metal as needed.

 

my 2010 2 months before paint warranty was up pass side wheel well had rust and they ended up replacing outer rear panel and the body shop told me on pass side were they put sealant from factory to seal the inner and outer panel is a wavey line so water was staying in sealant they said they never recalled it because not enough reports but it didnt cost me a dime since i made warranty,