2013 Roof Rot?

Trail_Rider · Apr 24, 2016

I've got a 2013 Supercab with 28,000 miles which is now just 2 weeks out of warranty. It was a sunny day the other day and I had the sunroof open, I was walking in the house and notice some rust in the sunroof opening. When I got close, I noticed the rusting and paint bubbling at the seam inside the sunroof opening.

I can't believe this would happen after only 3 years? Now I've got to plead my case to dealer, anyone else ever see this before? And I think it should be covered under warranty given it's only 3 years old. The photos are below:

Any thoughts? I can't believe this happened, I had my last F-150 for 9 years and it did show any signs of rust until the 8th year.

I can't imagine Ford not making this right...

Bulletnjm · Apr 24, 2016

Did you ever notice any water pooling in that area? Thats the only thing i could imagine that would cause that is a leaky sun roof, where water could sit.

Trail_Rider · Apr 24, 2016

Bulletnjm said:
Did you ever notice any water pooling in that area? Thats the only thing i could imagine that would cause that is a leaky sun roof, where water could sit.

Nope, I don't have any issues with it leaking at all, it's been fine.

Bulletnjm · Apr 24, 2016

Hm, thats strange thats the only way i could imagine rust starting is some form of moisture there

CoronaRaptor · Apr 24, 2016

I think you have a good case for warranty. If I was a Ford dealer I would warranty that. My Raptor is 6 years old and I don't have any bubbles anywhere let alone on the sunroof area

TheJoker · Apr 24, 2016

I have a 2011 with no Rust in that area, just mud. Haha
I cleaned the opening and will spray silicon in there and grease the tracks next weekend.
I do have rust on the surface closer to the wind shield:

Pyro3601 · Apr 24, 2016

I had the same rust as you @TheJoker. I'm a little ocd and couldn't not see the spot every time I looked at the truck, so I paid to have it fixed. Of course they had to do the whole roof

TheJoker · Apr 25, 2016

Pyro3601 said:
I had the same rust as you @TheJoker. I'm a little ocd and couldn't not see the spot every time I looked at the truck, so I paid to have it fixed. Of course they had to do the whole roof

I know that it will need to be fix sooner, rather than later. I will keep my eye on it for now. There's a couple of smaller spots up there too. I may just have that section painted matte/satin black. Not sure if that would cost less than color matching it.

Yukon Joe · Apr 25, 2016

Trail_Rider said:
I've got a 2013 Supercab with 28,000 miles which is now just 2 weeks out of warranty. It was a sunny day the other day and I had the sunroof open, I was walking in the house and notice some rust in the sunroof opening. When I got close, I noticed the rusting and paint bubbling at the seam inside the sunroof opening.

I can't believe this would happen after only 3 years? Now I've got to plead my case to dealer, anyone else ever see this before? And I think it should be covered under warranty given it's only 3 years old. The photos are below:

Any thoughts? I can't believe this happened, I had my last F-150 for 9 years and it did show any signs of rust until the 8th year.

I can't imagine Ford not making this right...

Very odd that a place that is protected from the elements is rusting the way it is.
May be an underlying issue.

@Yukon Joe :baby:

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Raptor911 · Apr 25, 2016

yet one more reason not to get a sunroof.

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