bubbling paint on liftgate?

[XR4Ti]

Hi,

I'm currently in the market for a slightly used Expe ('05 or '06). I looked at a couple of '05s yesterday and noticed what looked like bubble rust on the rear hatch/tailgate. I have been told it's made out of fibreglass so it would obviously not be rust. But on both vehicles, they had the defect. In one case, it was in the lip near the window latch and in several places around the inset panel that has the liftgate handle. On the other it was in one corner of the inset panel.

Any ideas? Since I've seen the defect on 2 for 2, I'm guessing there's plenty others out there that have it. In both cases, the dealers said it is a defect and therefore covered under the bumper-2-bumper warranty.

 

[toocivil]

Its covered under the 3yr/36K mile warranty. If you notice it after that it is not covered. The 5yr./100k mile corrosion warranty does not cover it. That warranty only covers rust through. And by that time you have bigger problems. I just noticed it on my 03 that only has 30k on it. In fact its at the ford dealer getting fixed. From what my local ford dealer told me, it is because ford no longer epoxy seals, the seal looks like a bead of caulk if it done, the seams on the bottom of the door, hood, and lift gate. Moisture gets in there and causes the paint to bubble. The seam eventually splits if the problem is not taken care of. If you have the problem get it fixed right away. Its costing me about 600 to fix mine.

 

[cahess]

I am surprised that more people aren’t having this problem. I have google’d it and I have found several people that were having this issue. My 03 Expy had 5 bubbles under the paint, plus the entire bottom lip (on the inside) was a solid bubble all across. I feel I am **** about cleaning the expy, always clean all door jams and dry completely when washing. I finally took it to the dealer thinking to get it covered under the 5 yr/ 100,000 mile warranty for corrosion. Like the previous post stated, since it was not penetrating, they were not going to cover it. I threw a huge fit, complained up and down and called the Ford Customer service line. They struck a deal, told me they would do all repair work less 100.00. I even saw used ones on the lot with the problem. I think that helped me out. The liftgate is made of aluminum the bubbles are not rust, but a white powdery corrosion. Hope this helps everyone. I have some lady’s phone number from ford if anyone notices this on theirs and wants it.

 

[ELVATO]

Yea, mine has it. I don't really pay much attention to it, and even though I like to keep my Expy clean, I wouldn't call myself ****. (Now get me a DA, and I will probably turn **** )

Hmm, forgot there was a corrosion warranty.

I could post some pix later if I get around to it.

 

[Borowicz]

I too have bubbles forming around the edge of the door latch cover on my 05. I plan on keeping this for a while, so I'll probably fix it myself. I didn't notice it when I bought it in December, but now they are quite obvious. If this is a common issue, it looks to me like a manufactures defect in production and should be recalled.

 

[ONEBADMK8]

Mine has ot too. So do many of my Navigator customers, Ford is cheapass ghetto when it comes to this.

 

[Boomer]

Had Ford repaint my 07 El Limited last July. Before you take any action take photos. I did not. When I went to pick mine up they actually put the wrong badge on the tailgate. They put on an emblem. EXPEDITION. Mine is an EXPEDITION EL LIMITED. Trying to get that through their heads was a PITA.
They finally changed it out.

 

[ONEBADMK8]

Mine is an 03 they will not cover anything.

 

[cjkoz1975]

Funny I saw this today. I was just at the dealer with another one of my vehicles today, and I mentioned this to him. I have an 08 limited with the same problem. He told me it is covered under the 5 yr. unlimited mile corrosion warranty. He said to wait as long as I can, otherwise they will just repair it as opposed to waiting and having them replace the whole gate. He did state that on the 08 the gate was aluminum however. I sure hope he wasn't lying to me about waiting. He didn't know how may miles were on it. I have right around 36k.

 

[jwood06]

2006 Ford Expedition

We have a 2006 Ford Expedition that is bubbling all around the lift gate window and across the front edge of hood. Some places have broken through and are peeling. Suggestions on how we should approach Ford about this issue?

 

[cdherman]

We have a 2006 Ford Expedition that is bubbling all around the lift gate window and across the front edge of hood. Some places have broken through and are peeling. Suggestions on how we should approach Ford about this issue?

Read the warranty carefully -- its 5 yr, but it warrents against PERFORATION. None of these gates perfs in time to collect under warranty. Sometimes people get lucky and they have a dealer that can fudge or just swallows the cost. But I do not think that the ALU gate will perf anytime soon.

 

[4Wolves]

Hi,

I'm currently in the market for a slightly used Expe ('05 or '06). I looked at a couple of '05s yesterday and noticed what looked like bubble rust on the rear hatch/tailgate. I have been told it's made out of fibreglass so it would obviously not be rust. But on both vehicles, they had the defect. In one case, it was in the lip near the window latch and in several places around the inset panel that has the liftgate handle. On the other it was in one corner of the inset panel.

Any ideas? Since I've seen the defect on 2 for 2, I'm guessing there's plenty others out there that have it. In both cases, the dealers said it is a defect and therefore covered under the bumper-2-bumper warranty.

I have an 06 White Eddie Bauer and am going thru the bubbling paint problem both on the hood and the liftgate areas. Its an 06 with 57k miles on it. I've taken it to the local dealer and argued 3 different times that it should not be happening on a 4 yr old vehicle, but Ford has refused to fix it. From what I can tell, this been an issue for several people for several years and Ford is doing nothing about it.

 

[thevalleyboy]

I got this on my 2006 also... 2 spots under the glass on the hatch - I'll pop up a photo when I get a chance

 

[Expedition]

i'm curious to see what this looks like

 

[kbrehbay]

Same here

I have an 04 with 110,000 miles and have the same bubbling on the lift gate and along the front edge of the hood. The hood bubbles have broken open and it appears to be white and slightly powdery.

 

[u.p.expy]

I have a 2007 expy with 58,000 that has the paint bubbling on the front edge of the hood and right above the rear license plate. I am in utter disbelief that this is happening. I guess I need to review my warranty-from what I gather from what others are saying is that Ford will not do anything about this unless a hole develops? WTF is that about. I have not witnessed any gm's or chevy's with this happening so soon.

 

[Expedition]

pics please

 

[Racenut]

The hood and lift gate on our trucks are actually ALUMINUM panels. The bubling that you are seeing is due to contaminates on the aluminum along with cheap metal sealers that do not adhear to aluminum unless preped the right way. It is very hard to get this warantied since it is actually not corrosion ( rust ) but instead just bad prep work before the truck was painted.

 

[vahsmom]

'04

i have an 04 that has the bubbling on the stripe on the door. $500 quote to fix it; not cool. i have seen others with the same issue. they supposedly fixed it but for those of us stuck with it, not so good.

 

[redhat6161]

I bought an '07 EL last week with exactly 40,000 miles and noticed this bubbling occuring on the front lip of the hood. I opened her up and it looks even worse underneath (See below). I purchased the Ford 48,000 bumper to bumper extended warranty at the time I bought the truck. Do I have any coverage for this issue?


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I also noticed what appears to be cracks forminging in the channel on the roof closest to the top of the doors. Anyone else have this issue?


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