With regards to warranty - if I have ford "fix" this before my 3 year/36,000 miles warranty is up, but it comes back at say 50,000 miles, will my extended warranty cover it (6 year 75,000 miles) or am I SOL? I know the corrosion coverage is 5 year/60,000 miles, but that's for perforation only. As I read it (see below) this "bubbling" will only be covered under 3/36 warranty. I'm just wondering if the fix turns out to be temporary, will I have to pay for the next attempt if i'm out of warranty.


whichever occurs first).

 

I've decided after much thought just to carefully clean out the problem spots and use touch up paint.. When I bought the langka I also bought a fiberglass clean up pen which should clean it out quite well.... They added it to the computer; stating I was there and the fact that were 3 bubbles so if it gets a lot worse I will battle with Ford when the time comes; of course I got a copy of that....

There's no way I could see repainting my hood since it's PERFECT, I don't even have any rock chips, just to fix those 3 small bubbles Hopefully I'm not making a mistake - if it's really bad 5 years from now I'll just have to foot the bill and get it repainted but for now I'm gonna leave it.

My car only has 12,000km's and has been in winter storage and hasn't seen any salt either.

 

I'm leaning toward that as well. I have more than a few bubbles, and one is impinging on the outside edge. But my car has 25,000 miles, and for all I know it hasn't progressed much. Plus, I have a clear bra on the hood, so that would have to be redone if I paint now.

I also bought Langka awhile back but never used it. Maybe it's time to try.

 

Well the dealer just called me to get my car and said MY portion (aka the deductable !!) Will be $84.00. I just don't get this !! What the hell is Ford trying to do...**** off ALL their customers??? They couldn't absorb a rotten 84 bucks to make a returning customer happy for a problem that was their fault to begin with !!!!

 

Dropped my car off yesterday to have my similar issues looked at. Hood, both doors and the deck lid all have blisters along the seams. Ford rep happened to be there this afternoon when I showed up. He had no explanation, but agreed there is an evident problem. He authorized dealer to pull all 4 pieces from the car, media blast the seams, and repair per the TSB. He agreed the only way to complete the repair was to have each panel removed from the car. fwiw....

 

I gotta put a fender/bumper on mine, and figured a good time to do the shaker hood as might as well while doing paint shoot it all at once...but I talked to the local dealer and he gave me a price to paint the new hood/fender and blend to the door, newtake off bumper and other fender - said they offer lifetime warranty on their paint(sounded like he was saying if the paint ever blistered they would redo it, but who knows the details on the warranty...). my hoods corroded really bad underneath showed it to them, said yes it should be covered under warranty, so might get it redone just to hang on the wall of the garage...
btw- the 07 v6 we picked up saturday (also vista blue) with 9,000 miles on it has the corrosion starting too- its not that bad yet, so I'm gonna probably void my warranty, but plan on cleaning up the edge, finding out what to etch it with and seamseal it. I'd rather stop it now and live with a line of sealer under the hood than a repaint later on.

 

My 05 goes in tomorrow. My dealer sends all body work to a local shop. I talked to the owner, and he thinks the entire hood needs repainting. I feel sick. If the problem areas would never get worse, I'd leave it alone, but with my luck, it would creep over the entire hood next week if I left it alone and did nothing.

 

Is Ford paying for this, or do you have to pay the repainting?

 

Ford is paying for the repaint under 36/36.I had the dealer install stripes when the car was delivered,the stripes are not factory, so I have to pay for new stripes and their installation. I'll be out about $400.If I could be certain that the problem areas would not spread, I'd leave it as is.They can only be seen when the hood is up. I can't wait any longer though because of the 36 months.

 

Man this sucks!

 

Well I was detailing my car on the weekend and took a look under the hood. Sure enough, paint is chipping along that seam and has bubbled up in a few spots. Fortunately it is all on the underside of the hood. I guess I will have to look at the best way to clean up the area and repaint it.

 

Obviously, some owners do have some sort of paint issue (may or may not actually be corrosion), and to those, I sympathize with you. There may not be a satisfactory solution to your problem. Refinishing "may" solve the problem but it you may have to deal with a mismatched finish then. That sucks. Been there, done that, didn't like it. But there ARE at least some owners that really do not have a problem (at least based on some of the pictures in this thread). I'd agree with the retired body tech that at least some of the pictures are of seam sealer etc. that will not pose a threat to the finish in any way. It's tough that OEM's make it hard on owners but, to be honest I've experienced issues like this with many of them and found that Ford is definitely NOT the only OEM to try to avoid standing behind their product 100%. Has anyone considered getting a lawyer involved? Maybe looking into a class-action suit? Face it, there's a whole lot of current gen. Mustangs out there, so you gotta believe there's a whole lot of possible people to get on-board a suit. Big group numbers attract lawyers.
Makes me glad I have a plastic hood on my '03!

 

I didn't know things that new could rust...

Sorry to hear about this. rust is the pits

 

I like that!

Why don't we start a list here in people who are seriously interested in going this direction?

Please add your names here and at the appropriate time, when we've checked possibilities with adequate lawyers, we'll get in touch with you!

I'll start:

- StangRalle
- ...

 

So, what has Ford done about the $84 ?

Did they justify it because it wasn't perforation and out of warranty?

 

I gave up with Ford in this issue. I have sold the car. Too bad, I really liked the car. But there are just too many things going wrong with these cars. Plus I really like the 1st gen Mustangs so I got myself a 69 vert to play with. At least with this car I expect it to have rust !!!

 

Seems like everybody is *****ing about it, but when it comes to resolving the issue, no one is supporting...

Happy rusting...

 

My hood is back on the car! She's been repainted and striped. (vinyl) Looks pretty good. The guy who worked on it told me that the corrosion was well past the bubbles at the seam. A Shelby was in due to corrosion at the hood pins. Check your hood!

 

Yup...It's only gonna get worse as the years pass. StangRalle is correct. There should be something done about this issue. Ford obviously knows they made a mistake in the production line while painting these hoods. If your car is over the "paint" warranty and it stars to show signs of corrosion your screwed. This has the potential to cost a lot of money.

 

That's a lot to say Glenn

maybe your var is termanily ill and had Cancer You don't drive it under salt water or park under High Tension wires do you ?