2017 Water Leaks

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Faaesh

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My 2011 Expedition EL LTD has always had a leak in the rear window. The inside of the window always shows the trail of the water down the inside. The liftgate is rotting from the inside out. This started with less that 50k miles. I took it to the dealer, clearly there was an issue, and got told, it would only be covered when it rotted all the way through, if it happened before the 5 years was up. What a crock. It is more than 5 years old, more spots of rot have shown up all over the liftgate, but none made it through. The car has under 90k miles on it. I paid for a new window gasket out of my pocket. Next I will have to buy the liftgate. This is my 3rd or 4th Ford and the 2nd with water rusting out the liftgate. I thought after waiting 15 years between cars, Ford would have fixed the issue by now. Guess no more Fords for me.
 

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My 2011 Expedition EL LTD has always had a leak in the rear window. The inside of the window always shows the trail of the water down the inside. The liftgate is rotting from the inside out. This started with less that 50k miles. I took it to the dealer, clearly there was an issue, and got told, it would only be covered when it rotted all the way through, if it happened before the 5 years was up. What a crock. It is more than 5 years old, more spots of rot have shown up all over the liftgate, but none made it through. The car has under 90k miles on it. I paid for a new window gasket out of my pocket. Next I will have to buy the liftgate. This is my 3rd or 4th Ford and the 2nd with water rusting out the liftgate. I thought after waiting 15 years between cars, Ford would have fixed the issue by now. Guess no more Fords for me.

That’s no good sorry to hear that. You’d be waiting forever and beyond for water to rot through aluminum, better off fixing the issue. Most likely you just have the paint bubbles everyone gets. I agree that’s a crock sounds like a crappy dealer.
 

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That’s no good sorry to hear that. You’d be waiting forever and beyond for water to rot through aluminum, better off fixing the issue. Most likely you just have the paint bubbles everyone gets. I agree that’s a crock sounds like a crappy dealer.

What about a lease? That way if you still like it after 3 years you can just buy it then. Kind of like rent to own.
 

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What about a lease? That way if you still like it after 3 years you can just buy it then. Kind of like rent to own.

An 18? Yea that’s one route to go if your okay with that. I’m not big on leasing but it works well for some customers. I’d have a hard time renting a vehicle for over $600 per month personally. But if it fits your lifestyle and wants it does eliminate some risk of a lemon as you aren’t taking the depreciation.
 

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I encourage anyone who can’t have a conversation like an adult and who can’t handle honest opinions to block me yes! We all gave honest advice of what we’d do in that situation. The points of failure are either sunroof gasket, luggage rack penetrations, or body sealant. Only other recommendation would be to take one through the car wash on an extended test drive. Nobody else has experienced the problem and the user was just plain rude to people giving opinions. I said that it was hard to believe and was honest then gave my best advice. she came asking if anyone else has seen it on this forum, so far nobody has, therefore what are we to do?? What we did. Thank you now she can go click on that ignore button, i would very much like that.

You specifically called BS on her post...BS stands for ********. Which is saying what they are saying is crap, and is not true. You started the rudeness.

Sorry, but that is the honest truth. Some of your other replies were just as combative(You edited most) as were other people’s.

You did make some good points, but when your first post calls somebody a liar, they really aren’t going to pay much attention to you after that.
 

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My 2011 Expedition EL LTD has always had a leak in the rear window. The inside of the window always shows the trail of the water down the inside. The liftgate is rotting from the inside out. This started with less that 50k miles. I took it to the dealer, clearly there was an issue, and got told, it would only be covered when it rotted all the way through, if it happened before the 5 years was up. What a crock. It is more than 5 years old, more spots of rot have shown up all over the liftgate, but none made it through. The car has under 90k miles on it. I paid for a new window gasket out of my pocket. Next I will have to buy the liftgate. This is my 3rd or 4th Ford and the 2nd with water rusting out the liftgate. I thought after waiting 15 years between cars, Ford would have fixed the issue by now. Guess no more Fords for me.

The tailgate is a known issue on the 3rd Gen Expy’s. Do a search on here for it. There is a LONG thread discussing it. Ford has basically ignored the problem.
 

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Everyone should relax. There is way too much drama here!

Drama is when two girls cry over liking the same guy, and they are best friends, and the guy likes both of them and they like like just don’t like know what to do.


The previous posts....are not drama. Just a couple of peeps trying to get their points across. Let’s keep that straight.

Back on topic: I had my truck rust control sprayed today. Before I had them treat it, I power washed the whole truck and undercarriage in prep. I noticed I had a constant and never ending stream of dirty water coming from my tail gate handle and chrome trim. It literally never stopped. I’m wondering if that’s water from inside the lift gate mixing with the dust inside and draining out? These trucks do have water ingress and egress issues.


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I don’t know why y’all are still talking about this. The OP isn’t coming back
 

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Drama is when two girls cry over liking the same guy, and they are best friends, and the guy likes both of them and they like like just don’t like know what to do.


The previous posts....are not drama. Just a couple of peeps trying to get their points across. Let’s keep that straight.

Back on topic: I had my truck rust control sprayed today. Before I had them treat it, I power washed the whole truck and undercarriage in prep. I noticed I had a constant and never ending stream of dirty water coming from my tail gate handle and chrome trim. It literally never stopped. I’m wondering if that’s water from inside the lift gate mixing with the dust inside and draining out? These trucks do have water ingress and egress issues.


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The definition of drama: A way of relating in the world in which people consistently overreact to or exaggerate the importance of benign events. So obviously there is more to drama then 2 school girls.

By the way thanks for creating more drama.
 

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