That's your garage door, this is normal, at least for several months for many of us.
You are correct. I just looked at a new Maverick on the dealer lot with no bed liner. Those areas are to drain dirt and water from those seams, I didn't notice them the other 4 times I looked at the truck.
I like it saves me from having to drill drainage holes to get rid of water in front of bed after rain when rear springs are not compressed enough to slope bed to rear of truck. If this drainage was sealed up we would endlessly be harping about lack of draining!This should help:
at 3:27 min in the video where Ford is building a Maverick you will see the gap in the 2 panels -
it appears they don't fill that with calk. Don't know why but it seems normal production design element.
Can you say warranty, I'd be making an appointment with my dealer to have them inspect It does not look like it should be that many Maybe 1 or 2 up by the cab for drainage but that doesn't look rightI was unloading my gold clubs from the back of my Maverick and noticed light coming through from the underside of bed between bed and floor of bed. This can not be a good thing as it looks like the bedside and floor are not connected. The other side looks fine. I am heading to the dealer to see what they have to say. I am very unhappy about this because I love the truck and now I have concerns
Did you ever get a straight answer on the gap/missing welds/sealer?
No I spoke to the Bodyshop manager today and he is still trying to find a answer. I did see a XL with no bed liner that had sealer there. Told Bodyshop manager if he didn’t have a answer By week end I will be calling Ford myself.
The Maverick I looked at had no bed liner and no sealer in those seams. It looks to me like the bed is manufactured that way, the wide areas are for large dirt particles and water to exit that seam. There are round holes in the front of the bed for drainage also. The floor of the Maverick bed is different than the floor of a Ranger bed that doesn't have that type of bed panel and drain holes.
I don't see where it would cause any problems with warranty, you are not disturbing the paint, corrosion protection or sheet metal. It would just force all the water that gets in the bed to drain out the front drain holes or out the tailgate. If you go that route be sure to use a good sealer and lay down a good thick bead to bridge the gap.
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