3 years in, more than surface rust

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Serious response do not take as sarcasm!


Or pick up a new one for $8


http://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/__...U00301396.html

I think it's this part.

http://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/__...U00305827.html

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I think it's this part.

http://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/__...U00305827.html

Yep you are correct. The one I had was just the rubber seal. I misread the diagram. Anybody interested needs part #5 not #7. Still cheap.


And for the record mine looks WAY worse than the picture.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Still cheap.

Oh yeah, for sure. If mine rusted beyond the point of serviceability I'd probably replace what they call the radiator support tie bar. I bet for anyone in the rust belt, those shoulder bolts will be frozen solid.

http://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/Sc...U00301365.html

Also reasonably priced.

[J.Deo]

Hey - just a small heads up. Parking your car in the garage isn't always the best to avoid corrosion. When you park outside the car does not rust below 0C (32F), however when you bring the car in a heated garage it can.
What essentially happens to a lot of daily driver cars is people fill them with salt driving on the winter roads then allow corrosion to accelerate by heating it up in their garages.

That being said, the car is relatively new still and shouldn't have any significant corrosion for many years to come, even if kept in the garage.

Long time lurker on this site - considering as a future car from my MX-5

[Spartarus]

Originally Posted by J.Deo

Hey - just a small heads up. Parking your car in the garage isn't always the best to avoid corrosion. When you park outside the car does not rust below 0C (32F), however when you bring the car in a heated garage it can.
What essentially happens to a lot of daily driver cars is people fill them with salt driving on the winter roads then allow corrosion to accelerate by heating it up in their garages.

That being said, the car is relatively new still and shouldn't have any significant corrosion for many years to come, even if kept in the garage.

Long time lurker on this site - considering as a future car from my MX-5

1. Do it. It's worth it.

2. Former Alaskan here, believe me, metal will rust just fine below freezing. You are correct though, in that many freeze-thaw cycles will get salt, water vapor, and liquid water into the damndest places, and corrosion will significantly accelerate.

[krayzie]

After you wash the car and dried the exterior, open up the hood and you would see some blobs of water pooling up around the seal strip. You should dry that area also.

My car would be 3 years old in a month and no such issue.

[~el~jefe~]

These cars have a 5 year rust warranty. Uh... I never bought a car under 10 year rust warranty. The GTI and Mini cooper clubman all4 S I am looking at have 12 year rust warranty. The GTI has unlimited mileage 12 year, and the mini has something similar.

I know warranties do not necessarily mean things will last long, but... +7 year gaurantee could be meaningful.

Thoughts?

(I cant believe that the whole line has 5 year rust warranty!)

[synchromesh]

Originally Posted by ~el~jefe~

These cars have a 5 year rust warranty. Uh... I never bought a car under 10 year rust warranty. The GTI and Mini cooper clubman all4 S I am looking at have 12 year rust warranty. The GTI has unlimited mileage 12 year, and the mini has something similar.

I know warranties do not necessarily mean things will last long, but... +7 year gaurantee could be meaningful.

Thoughts?

(I cant believe that the whole line has 5 year rust warranty!)

The competitors have a better rust warranty.


1. If the Subaru/Toyota sell theoretically 150,000 of these cars but save $75 on each unit by using these vulnerable parts, the accountants will have a potential realized savings of a million dollars.


2. It could be possible the plant manufacturing these tin components may just have been drinking too much sake and Suntory. Thus, possible junk.


I remember a Knight Rider episode where KIT was dumped in either an acid or salt bath. That was a sad week but that image falls under my understanding of what a rust bucket is.


3. It could be also that the standardized salt spray test have different industrial standards trilaterally?


An Toyota FJ Cruiser would be a decent courtesy car if I find any rust in the next few months. Charming, but I don't even know what the fine would be to drive along a wet sandy ocean beach in one of those things.