2010 Expy Horror Story - Content warning not for the squeamish

[Andy B]

So my 2010 Expedition is dead. After only 117K this is what the front control arms look like. (below) Then the cam phaser died.







On top of
* Seat heater died
* Cam phaser died
* GIANT rust holes in the rockers
* Peeling paint on all aluminum panels

I must be a glutton for punishment because I ordered a 2023 SPP in October.
Here's hoping the new one fares better

 

[Yupster Dog]

After only 117K this is what the front control arms look like.

That is a testament to your safe driving.
Looking like that, if i was driving it would have only lasted till the first curve.

Should have listened to the squeamish warning,
i am now going to have to look under any vehicle i drive from now on.

 

[bman440440]

holy crap!!! do you have to back down to the front hubs to beach launch a boat every day??

 

[Hamfisted]

That's just a sign of freakin neglect right there .... an accident waiting to happen. Maybe kill someone ...

 

[Fastcar]

That's just a sign of freakin neglect right there ....

Looks like it has been in the ocean.

 

[zorobabel]

Wow, amazing you didn't end up sledding it.

 

[BravoAlpha]

You leave it in the ocean? Looks worse than a Nissan in Wisconsin

 

[Andy B]

That's just a sign of freakin neglect right there ....

Neglect how?

 

[Andy B]

Looks like it has been in the ocean.

Never touched salt water. I bought it new and I don't have a boat.

I blame the salt spray on the roads. That stuff sticks. After a snow drive I get to the car wash on the first dry day and get the undercarriage wash. Still, if I wash it again later that white spray still comes out.

 

[Fastcar]

Never touched salt water. I bought it new and I don't have a boat.

I blame the salt spray on the roads. That stuff sticks. After a snow drive I get to the car wash on the first dry day and get the undercarriage wash. Still, if I wash it again later that white spray still comes out.

I'm originally from MA. Plowed snow for years. Ran trucks on the beach and got them a little wet at times. Never saw damage that bad. Mine were washed regularly to include the under carriage though.

 

[Andy B]

I'm originally from MA. Plowed snow for years. Ran trucks on the beach and got them a little wet at times. Never saw damage that bad. Mine were washed regularly to include the under carriage though.

That's what kills me. Whenever I ended up driving through salty slush on the roads I would get the car washed (car wash with undercarriage sprayers) as soon as the roads were dry enough.

 

[Jamo]

Do you have a heated garage? I don't, and I live in salt country too, but I have heard that heated garages let the ice melt and the salt does more damage than leaving stuff outside and frozen. Not a proven theory by me, but kind of makes sense. Yours is worse than I've ever seen. Aren't they replaceable parts if surrounding members are still pretty good?

 

[bloodhound]

Do you have a heated garage? I don't, and I live in salt country too, but I have heard that heated garages let the ice melt and the salt does more damage than leaving stuff outside and frozen. Not a proven theory by me, but kind of makes sense. Yours is worse than I've ever seen. Aren't they replaceable parts if surrounding members are still pretty good?

I live in a snow/salt state, park in a heated garage, and neither of my Expeditions or any other vehicle has rusted anywhere remotely close to that point. That is unreal.

 

[Frank Wilson]

That's what kills me. Whenever I ended up driving through salty slush on the roads I would get the car washed (car wash with undercarriage sprayers) as soon as the roads were dry enough.

Almost all car washes recycle most if not all of their water. I was told the one near me has a settling tank for sediment and the salinity is reduced by mixing fresh water with the recycled stuff. I suppose there may be some with RO filtration systems but that's got to cost a fortune and creates a ton of waste water.
I can't imagine high pressure spraying of a high salinity water to the undercarriage being a good idea.

 

[Gregg Eshelman]

Needs to be on https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/

If you live in an area where they use a lot of salt on the roads it's a good thing to get your own undercarriage washer. A water broom flipped upside down will flush it.

 

[Herby]

This is why I wash my undercarriage as soon as soon as possible after traveling through road salted roads.

 

[jmculbertson77]

Glad I live in the south. That’s rough!

 

[chuck s]

Preventive maintenance is the best maintenance. Heck, my pups go to the vet for an annual checkup. And 'cuz I'm in Virginia my cars get a mandatory annual safety inspection which "probably" will spot something like this before it reaches the crush state. Yeah I can change the oil for less than 50% what what the dealer wants but even in Ohio I let the dealer do it every year.

-- Chuck

 

[Andy B]

Preventive maintenance is the best maintenance. Heck, my pups go to the vet for an annual checkup. And 'cuz I'm in Virginia my cars get a mandatory annual safety inspection which "probably" will spot something like this before it reaches the crush state. Yeah I can change the oil for less than 50% what what the dealer wants but even in Ohio I let the dealer do it every year.

-- Chuck

I got new tires and an alignment less than 2 years ago. They were all up under the truck and never said a word.

Never going to a Town Fair Tire again, I can tell you that.

 

[Johnathan M]

Spray your undercarriage with wool wax every year or every other year and it can help avoid issues like that.