IMHO most Mavericks will rot out at the left rear quarter, will yours?

[rret]

C'mon man......You expect me to believe my Mav is gonna "rot out" when you post a pic like that? I've seen blurry pics of Bigfoot and UFOs that are more convincing than this.

I see a Squatch in the mud.

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[rret]

Today I was installing LED reverse light bulbs on my 23 Maverick and when I removed the left tail light the inside of the body was full of dried mud and dirt. Since it is below 32 deg here, I blew it out with compressed air. I did snap a picture (attached but blurry-sorry).
To me this is going to be very problematic in the future if you don't address this. I see everything in the cavity covered with debris, and when the roads are salted, it will be all packed in the crevices and rot out in not much time, maybe even under warranty.
I just got my set of Weathertec mud flaps and will be installing them soon. They are the only brand that has a larger left flap to block the hole (hopefully it will be effective).
If you plan on keeping your truck it is advisable to correct this problem. I even sprayed CP90 oil into both bedsides from the taillight openings.

Yeah. Just waxoyl it. Great video on YouTube. Dude does the entire truck. Extremely thorough.

 

[PapaRico]

Not just Maverick owners. It's not called the Rust Belt for nothing. When I was looking at a used flagship SUV anything from there or the Northeast on Carfax I didn't even bother looking at. SE or SW used SUV's only.

Made decent money in my youth hauling pickup beds north. Take them off in a junkyard here for $25 and sell for $500+ in Michigan.

 

[m5040]

So if I have the truck undercoated will I dodge the bullet?! Rusting out is one of the things that has been on the list.

You have to block areas like this where the tire will throw everything you drive through up into that area where it will sit and if corrosive, will eat through metal.
Once you correct that, spray oil at least yearly all over the underside and any cavities. I use a product called CP90 from Carwell, it is a penetrating oil that migrates between seems etc. The first vehicle I used it on was my new 94 Ford F250, after a few years in made a dust ring around the shifter boot on the floor mat (it was an XL), this proved to me that it worked its way to places I didn't apply it. It also turns brown rust haze to a black color, like a tanic acid.

 

[Old_Norm]

Fort Huachuca, 6 months in electronic school and then 6 more as an instructor. Most of the sand damage I saw was headlights, windshields, leading edges of hood and fenders.

I lived in Kuwait for a few years. The sand storms there not only removed paint they etched the windshield and side glass so bad that they had to be replaced.

 

[homerdog]

This thread convinced me to look into those electronic rust modules that I see so many people in Canada using.
Glad I read up on it before buying. There is zero proof that these do anything.

Just looked at one on Amazon. Funny that there are no reviews.

 

[Michael Brisson]

Today I was installing LED reverse light bulbs on my 23 Maverick and when I removed the left tail light the inside of the body was full of dried mud and dirt. Since it is below 32 deg here, I blew it out with compressed air. I did snap a picture (attached but blurry-sorry).
To me this is going to be very problematic in the future if you don't address this. I see everything in the cavity covered with debris, and when the roads are salted, it will be all packed in the crevices and rot out in not much time, maybe even under warranty.
I just got my set of Weathertec mud flaps and will be installing them soon. They are the only brand that has a larger left flap to block the hole (hopefully it will be effective).
If you plan on keeping your truck it is advisable to correct this problem. I even sprayed CP90 oil into both bedsides from the taillight openings.

Thanks for the heads up. Will ck it out.

 

[Old_Norm]

I grew up in Ohio before moving to Texas. There are ways to protect vehicles from the salt but most won't go to that much trouble. We had our cars Ziebarted, storeed them in a garage and rinsed them off after running through salt. My dad sold a 1977 Chevy Suburbon after 25 years of ownership for more than he paid for it. Not a sign of rust anywhere. We spent years pulling a 30 foot Airstream all over the country with that thing.

Having restored may cars over my lifetime I can tell you that Ziebart did a great job of protecting the 1 to 2 inches around the injection hole. Rarely did I find a Ziebarted car where the material had actually covered much area away from the injection site. Spraying on the undercarriage was mostly hit or miss. Not a fan.

 

[gwrace14651]

I can only speak from 20 years of living in Ohio. Never had a car rust out. Here in Texas we don't worry about it. The engines wear out long before the bodies.

 

[Raymundo76]

Today I was installing LED reverse light bulbs on my 23 Maverick and when I removed the left tail light the inside of the body was full of dried mud and dirt. Since it is below 32 deg here, I blew it out with compressed air. I did snap a picture (attached but blurry-sorry).
To me this is going to be very problematic in the future if you don't address this. I see everything in the cavity covered with debris, and when the roads are salted, it will be all packed in the crevices and rot out in not much time, maybe even under warranty.
I just got my set of Weathertec mud flaps and will be installing them soon. They are the only brand that has a larger left flap to block the hole (hopefully it will be effective).
If you plan on keeping your truck it is advisable to correct this problem. I even sprayed CP90 oil into both bedsides from the taillight openings.

Come on down; not a problem in AZ

 

[WJOHNM]

1 year in and my mav is doing fine.

It takes years for rust to develop, if you're keeping your maverick for the long hall I would do something about this, the paint and rust warranty I think is around 4/5 years I didn't look it up because I never keep a vehicle that long. fords bean counters know it's going to take at least that long for rust unless you have bare metal. So am going to do the guy a favor who gets my truck and do something about this, am not crazy about mud flaps But I might just install the rears or fabricate something to cover that area. I was under the back area when I got my truck a year and a half ago to see spare and looked around
I saw that open area around wheel wells and said to myself it could be a problem in the future. Am old and retired now But in my younger days working in body shops I must of repaired 100s of rusted vehicles welding plates etc. and none were under warranty.

 

[LSchicago]

Nothing like that feeling when you notice the first orange bump forming on your rocker panel, and realize you still have 2 more years of payments left.

Neil did say, Rust never sleeps!

Stupid Neil!

Never had rust form that quickly.

 

[Jah.]

Not a problem in Florida unless you think it's cool/fun to drive on beach thru salt water . of course the whole underneath would be rusted . If you live beach side and park outside then truck rusts from top to bottom . If you do both , then rust meets in the middle and plastic is only thing left . hope this eases folks mind's .

I added an extension to my mudflap on the left side to cover the gap . previous post about 18 months ago .

 

[Bohefus]

Today I was installing LED reverse light bulbs on my 23 Maverick and when I removed the left tail light the inside of the body was full of dried mud and dirt. Since it is below 32 deg here, I blew it out with compressed air. I did snap a picture (attached but blurry-sorry).
To me this is going to be very problematic in the future if you don't address this. I see everything in the cavity covered with debris, and when the roads are salted, it will be all packed in the crevices and rot out in not much time, maybe even under warranty.
I just got my set of Weathertec mud flaps and will be installing them soon. They are the only brand that has a larger left flap to block the hole (hopefully it will be effective).
If you plan on keeping your truck it is advisable to correct this problem. I even sprayed CP90 oil into both bedsides from the taillight openings.

We don't have those issues in the desert of Arizona. What is this road salt you speak of?

 

[Hybrid Nut]

Today I was installing LED reverse light bulbs on my 23 Maverick and when I removed the left tail light the inside of the body was full of dried mud and dirt. Since it is below 32 deg here, I blew it out with compressed air. I did snap a picture (attached but blurry-sorry).
To me this is going to be very problematic in the future if you don't address this. I see everything in the cavity covered with debris, and when the roads are salted, it will be all packed in the crevices and rot out in not much time, maybe even under warranty.
I just got my set of Weathertec mud flaps and will be installing them soon. They are the only brand that has a larger left flap to block the hole (hopefully it will be effective).
If you plan on keeping your truck it is advisable to correct this problem. I even sprayed CP90 oil into both bedsides from the taillight openings.

This is an issue that was talked about last year. Yes one big hole for salt to get thrown up inside the box in an area you will never see.unless you go looking for it. lay on the ground behind the left rear tire and look up between the outer fender and the box and you can see all the way to the top of the box on inside. How did ford not think this could be a rust issue. And it will be a a few years.

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