Rust on roof bordering windshield

[SPIJG]

Not sure how to treat this and living on the salt water doesn't help, so looking for a remedy to repair/fix this....

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[Aleks]

uhh.. that looks really bad.

short of taking out the windshield, cutting out that cancer and welding in a patch, I don't see how you would properly fix that.

 

[Tbone289]

The windshield will need to be removed, then all of the rust. If the metal is near perforation, new metal will need to be welded in. If not, it will need to be treated and filled, then painted. The preference would be new metal.

What is concerning is all the pitting/bubbling you seem to have on the top under the paint.

 

[Aleks]

What is concerning is all the pitting you seem to have on the top under the paint.

I thought that was condensation on first glance, if its not that whole roof should be sanded down to bare metal and coated with some kind of rust converter/preventer and repainted to make sure.

 

[craigt502]

Yikes. Year and mileage?

 

[Tbone289]

I thought that was condensation on first glance, if its not that whole roof should be sanded down to bare metal and coated with some kind of rust converter/preventer and repainted to make sure.

You have a good point there, and I didn't consider condensation as a possibility. Those pitted/bubbled spots look an awful lot like the ones around the rusted area though...

 

[Joester]

Yikes! on a 2 year old truck?

 

[Aleks]

You have a good point there, and I didn't consider condensation as a possibility. Those pitted spots look an awful lot like the pitting around the rusted area though...

I think that unfortunately you're right it does look like rust bubbles, but to repaint that roof properly is a drop in the bucket if you're already taking out that windshield and welding in a new patch.

 

[SPIJG]

Yikes. Year and mileage?

2024 XLT Hybrid, 44,000

 

[SPIJG]

Yikes! on a 2 year old truck?

Yes!! 44,000 miles on it though

 

[SPIJG]

uhh.. that looks really bad.

short of taking out the windshield, cutting out that cancer and welding in a patch, I don't see how you would properly fix that.

Thanks, not sure either, obviously

 

[usedtobef150]

would that be covered under rust perforation warranty being a 2 year truck?

I wonder if it stemmed from some damage, a really bad rock chip or a manufacturing defect. Of course living by the salt doesnt help but that's extreme.

 

[SPIJG]

would that be covered under rust perforation warranty being a 2 year truck?

I wonder if it stemmed from some damage, a really bad rock chip or a manufacturing defect. Of course living by the salt doesnt help but that's extreme.

Thanks, not sure about warranties, but thanks for the input...

 

[BK007]

Not sure how to treat this and living on the salt water doesn't help, so looking for a remedy to repair/fix this....

Man, that is nasty for a 2024. Any chance you can drop a zoomed-out picture of the panel? It's hard to tell exactly where on the truck this is at. If you are still under your 3yr/36k bumper-to-bumper warranty, get that straight to the dealer before it turns into a major fight.

 

[SPIJG]

Man, that is nasty for a 2024. Any chance you can drop a zoomed-out picture of the panel? It's hard to tell exactly where on the truck this is at. If you are still under your 3yr/36k bumper-to-bumper warranty, get that straight to the dealer before it turns into a major fight.

I will take another pic at lunch so you can see the exact location of the rust. Unfortunately, 44,000 miles on the truck

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