Drives on PA roads never off road and no hauling. Obviously there was a manufacturing issue frame forming to cause this rust through in so many trucks at this frame location and not elsewhere. Online this rust problem at this point has a large number of complaints in Ford F-150 trucks in 20. Otherwise, with some minor mechanical issues, the truck is in good condition and could be safely used for a number of more years.
The licensed state vehicle inspection shop failed the vehicle due to the frame rust at this location. The remainder of the frame has extensive surface rust but no hole and otherwise fair condition. The frame bottom steel was easily stripped away with two fingers and a thumb to the length and width described. The rust hole extends the width of the frame rail for a distance of 17 inches. However the left frame rail starting 14 inches ahead of the front attachment point of the leaf spring. This vehicle is otherwise in good condition with very little body rust limited to the back corner of the passenger cabin. How can a problem this public go unaddressed? how many unsuspecting people are driving a rusted deathtrap at this moment, but would never suspect a thing due to low miles and a great body? Ford should make this right to the people that supported them for years. I believe a recall should be issued due to the sheer number of incidents I've read about, all of which are central to the mid 2000's f150. Consumers buy a Ford truck for their "Ford tough" reputation, not for the inadequately built trucks that they sold under that "Ford tough" guise and now refuse to stand behind. Ford should be held responsible for their poor structural engineering. At this rate, junk yards are going to filled with low milage Ford trucks that rusted out before their prime. With this poorly designed detail on the frame, consumers are left with next to no choice but anxiously wait for the premature decay of the most crutial element of their vehicle.
Corrosive elements get inside, then have no way out of the frames interior. It seems as though the frames on these mid 2000's f150's are very prone to rot due to the lack of weep holes in the bottom of the frame. I drive a company vehicle during the week, and my truck barely gets driven all year. My truck had just barely above 90,000 miles on it, with no other rust on any of the body panels.
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After I scraped some of the surface rust off, I found that a large portion of my drivers side frame rail had significant rot spreading. I brought my 2006 f150 in for service the other day, and my mechanic pointed out a rust hole on my frame that showed up.
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