Got 97 Mondeo MK2 and i have noticed some rust bubbling up along the length of the seam where the door sills meet the floorpans. This is on both sides but drivers side is worse.
Is this just unavoidable on a mondeo this age or should i start looking to get rid of it before too long and it needs fixing?
Well on the newer models apart from Ka it's 12 years, however I once tried to claim under the warranty on a 20 month old focus that had rust bubbling from behind the rear screen and ford simply said we only cover rust from the inside out! Rust from behind the glass is clearly a maufacturing fault! This problem was very common on early focuses and it took about 10 phone calls and 4 letters with print outs of similar cases from the net before Ford would offer any contribution. They offered to pay 60% however my local dealer fiddled the books so i didn't have to pay anything and they paid the lot without knowing !
So in my experience the corrosion warranties are worth very little, hate to try and claim for rust on a 10 year old car if this is what i got on a 20 month old one!
Having worked at a Ford dealer I have also seen literally dozens of Kas with seams rusting in the first 6 months, of all the ford range theys eem to be the worst rotters now, but thats hardly suprising as they are a pretty old design.
always have been good at that. I have heard the KA problem is because they're not painting them on parts of the underside before they leave the factory.
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