RUST ON TRANSIT BODYWORK

[griffj]

have to admit the transit is by far the worst van ive ever come across for rust issues.
mate of mine has a P reg VW transporter which is properly battered and never washed, not a spot of rust to be seen on it.

[madmark]

it is a great shame ,fords have the best van so why dont they do something about the rust the mk5 transit is a rust bucket and am shure the mk6 is going the same way!
i was down a auction the otherday looking at 11 ex rac vans all of them and i mean all of them had rust throught the front wheelarches
i dont mean on the edge i meen through the arch
these were 03 plate vehicles
and the otherthing that people find out with a transit is if it does rust in the 6 year anty-rust there is allways a excuse oh that has been repainted sir or oh you must have washed it with non ford shampoo
look at the floors in the mk5 2000 they had some had to be replaced under warranty they rotted that bad!
its not good enouph ford you are looseing customers very quickly!

[pikeybob]

there is an easy fix for this sell the tranny buy a ldv take wife away with the left over money simple

this is not the way to go ,the ldv is the old skoda of the van world and basicly is only good for keeping chikens in!

Last time i drove an LDV convoy i couldnt belive how disconnected the steering is from the wheels id heard the rumors about kack steering but its true had to steer the damn thing left and right to keep it in astraight line Had to borrow it off me m8 cus my mk6 broke big time think its in ascrapyard now,but that LDV still going doh

[100 T280]

the ldv is the old skoda of the van world and basicly is only good for keeping chikens in!

[darkbluevanman]

Don't Ford have a 6yr anti peferation warranty??? or it that just cars?

[g10wmo]

FORD would learn a thing or two from the likes of RENAULT with A GALVANISED CHASSI. Know of a few traffic + master vans with high milage with only stone chip rust showing , underneath not waxoiled + as good as new.

Ford wouldn't make any money selling you a new van every few years if they did that though would they.

I think the opposite, youd have more buyers for the second hand ones and more of an insentive to stick with FORD to purchase another NEW van. My van is a very good advert to FORD with its RUST issues and their looseing customers in west wales after 1 look over mine which is washed regurarly and polished. I could give you a list of names in the area of owners with the same problem. And i am purcing this matter with FORD until its resolved through my solicitor

[pikeybob]

Don't Ford have a 6yr anti peferation warranty??? or it that just cars?

Think its seven years on the mk7, it says in my handbook but if you have any bodywork done it has to be by ford or ford approved or they wont validate it.Typical Bloody hard work keeping a van mint when u use it 4 work, ive not had a van for more than year without some plank denting or scraping it

[AndyG]

As madmark says, there are VERY strict conditions applied to the "Anti perforation" warranties from ford
As I found out

The vehicle must not have had ANY paintwork during the warranty
Any work carried out during warranty must be carried out by Fords themselves (or their agents as directed by them) and this is also not good enough unless it's recorded on their data base and you keep (insist) an official record of such

As I understood it, if the repaired part goes rusty, Ford will back it onto whoever carried out the repair Or it's down to them

The vehicle must have it's annual check for corrosion, that YOU have to pay for separately

Now, having said that, there is a certain amount of discretion with the dealer to justify these sort of repairs to Ford

I (unfortunately) was directed to a newly approved repairer and as such, they had absolutely no experience of Fords whatsoever, let alone handle a MK5 with corroding arches and wait for it...............a go faster "self fitted" wing vent

Their microcat (correctly) showed that the front arch of the MK5 is actually part of the whole door aperture
This would have meant major, I mean MAJOR dismantling of the van on both sides at a cost of in excess of well over £2000 per side (a few years ago now)

So every excuse possible, was found to get out of a warranty repair

They subsequently put in their report to FMC which makes it extremely difficult for any other dealer to even consider taking on the job under warranty

[bazw]

ha what a bunch of whingers lol
my sprinter paint would rub off with a fingernail ( no primer as fare as i could see ), tranny paint is much better than that , just

merc has millions of $$$'s worth of claims running in the states( well ok many thousands of $$$'s ) where the sprinter is sold through dodge , because the paint blows off as you drive along the road almost

tranny drivers , dont know when they are well off

[madmark]