I went in today to get rear parking brakes fixed... (at the dealership) surprise not a recall item because I have a automatic transmission, not manual. Exact same parking brakes, but since no one has died yet from the parking brake failure on a automatic transmission its not covered! Anyway the almost $300 repair job worked fine, I have better parking brakes than new. Why do I care? I park on hills a lot and just somehow can't bring myself to trust the parking pawl in the transmission.
So since the brakes are working so good, I thought I'd jack up the rear tire to make sure they did not have them sooo tight they were dragging. They were ok, but I did notice a BIG hole (maybe 1 x 2 inches) rusted in both rear brake backing plates... I could look in and see something that looked like brake parts!!
I realize this is a 6 year old truck, but I've never seen so much rust on everything underneath, brake, fuel lines and these brakes. So should I just get some galvanized or stainless sheet metal and patch up the hole, complain (to who?) or trade off the truck?