Boot lid seam corrosion/rust help

[Kylemacca01]

Elkins Ford in Westbury and Peter Stirland in Hungerford - sadly not on your doorstep! There was somebody on here a while ago praising a dealer in Nottingham, but I cannot remember which thread, or dealer, which is obviously really useful!

Cheers

Car is booked in tomorrow at Loughborough, so we will soon have another dealer to add to either the good or bad list. Lets hope its the good one!

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[hinch]

Cheers

Car is booked in tomorrow at Loughborough, so we will soon have another dealer to add to either the good or bad list. Lets hope its the good one!

sandicliffe ?

if so i can already answer that one for you.

 

[Gregs24]

Cheers

Car is booked in tomorrow at Loughborough, so we will soon have another dealer to add to either the good or bad list. Lets hope its the good one!

Whatever you do don't mention hinch - they may think you are part of the same conspiracy

 

[raptor17GT]

man give it a rest you guys lol. Beginning to sound like a lot of the yanks that argue over size of the pixels on their screens. we drive a muscle car, a RHD muscle car so it's a good day to be alive

 

[Kylemacca01]

sandicliffe ?

if so i can already answer that one for you.

Doh. Will see if my experience differs.

I dont see how they can deny this, feels so cut and dried, they dont have a leg to stand on....

 

[raptor17GT]

Get rid of it.
these things are nothing but trouble to own. oil line failures. evap core failures. water leaks. drivline vinbrations. shite chinese gearboxes.
get shot and buy a proper muscle car with a pushrod motor

oh look our chevy loving stalker is back. Dude, do you need a hug?

 

[WD Pro]

WD

 

[CaptainSensible]

believe what you think i can't help it being wrong.

there's 2 people above in this very thread who are about to add yet 2 more dealerships and their shit bodyshops to the list of bodge it and scarper or spout bullshit and not fix it. bearing in mind over 30 years i've had mostly fords the quality and standard of the dealerships from cornwall to newcastle has dropped so far that these days you're better off buying from a pikey you get better service. couple that with ford head office threatening to take me to court if i don't accept their shoddy workmanship.

Ford's service levels are most as bad as your grammar. Learn to use a comma dude!

 

[Bullitt66]

Not trying to stoke the fire here, but there seems to be something weird going on with Ford ’approved’ body shops.
Loads of Ford dealers near me, loads with body shops, all have advised me they are no longer Ford ‘approved’ and therefore can’t do warranty (body) work .

So the biggest Uk brand thinks it’s acceptable for a customer to make a 4 hour round trip (Newcastle to Leeds) just to assess if they will honour their anti corrosion warranty.

Have to say I’m with Hinch, you couldn’t make it up!

 

[Gregs24]

Not trying to stoke the fire here, but there seems to be something weird going on with Ford ’approved’ body shops.
Loads of Ford dealers near me, loads with body shops, all have advised me they are no longer Ford ‘approved’ and therefore can’t do warranty (body) work .

So the biggest Uk brand thinks it’s acceptable for a customer to make a 4 hour round trip (Newcastle to Leeds) just to assess if they will honour their anti corrosion warranty.

Have to say I’m with Hinch, you couldn’t make it up!

According to the website you have Lookers Ford in Newcastle and Middlesborough and Stoneacre in York closer than the Leeds site. Not sure if these are still approved or not but as they are main dealers I assume they are ?

 

[Gloucesternige]

To the OP..

DO NOT accept a repair of this corrosion. There is no way on Earth they can get in that seam and repair it properly. All they can do is remove the corrosion, paint it then apply new seam sealer. If they do this the corrosion WILL come back.. guaranteed, only next time it will probably bubble up through the top?

Demand a new boot lid, or even a good used one and also demand a good injection of wax from inside the boot lid.

 

[Gregs24]

To the OP..

DO NOT accept a repair of this corrosion. There is no way on Earth they can get in that seam and repair it properly. All they can do is remove the corrosion, paint it then apply new seam sealer. If they do this the corrosion WILL come back.. guaranteed, only next time it will probably bubble up through the top?

Demand a new boot lid, or even a good used one and also demand a good injection of wax from inside the boot lid.

Whatever happened to asking nicely ?

 

[Kylemacca01]

To the OP..

DO NOT accept a repair of this corrosion. There is no way on Earth they can get in that seam and repair it properly. All they can do is remove the corrosion, paint it then apply new seam sealer. If they do this the corrosion WILL come back.. guaranteed, only next time it will probably bubble up through the top?

Demand a new boot lid, or even a good used one and also demand a good injection of wax from inside the boot lid.

At the moment the dealer i bought the car from are in talks with the ford garage and it looks like they have confirmed its a known issue and will be replacing it with a new boot under warranty.

They also checked the aluminium panels but there are no issues there. Need 100% confirmation but looking positive.

 

[Gloucesternige]

Whatever happened to asking nicely ?

I'm sorry, but I have found this does not work these days, certainly in my neck of the woods.

 

[Gregs24]

I'm sorry, but I have found this does not work these days, certainly in my neck of the woods.

Mmmmmm

As a business owner 'demanding' clients / customers go to the bottom of the pile. Those that are nice get the best response from us.

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