Rust Already?!?

[Cyber Knight]

Was it unreasonable of me to think I could go at least 3 years/100,000 KM without having to worry about rust? When I spotted the rust last night I was ready to go trade the car in, I HATE RUST :pissed: . I thought that GM would provide better warranty protection than this on a vehicle, but it's not looking good. They state "All body sheet-metal components are warranted against rust-through for 6 years/100,000 miles (whichever comes first)", but I doubt this qualifies as rust-through. I'm glad I noticed it before it got too bad, I'm gonna get it looked at by a body shop ASAP, but FFS, I bought the extended warranty so I could drive worry free for longer than this. Funny how a bunch of odd noises, leaks, and rust come about right around the 100,000 KM mark. Planned obsolescence doesn't sound like such a crazy theory after all...

Anyone else as fortunate as me?

[Travis99Alero]

so you have rust, but u dont think it qualifies as rust? i dont understand what is going on here.

[Cyber Knight]

I have rust, but I don't think it qualifies as 'rust-THROUGH' which is the term GM uses in their warranty. I think it actually has to rust a hole right thru the sheet metal to be covered under warranty. I hope I'm wrong.

[b-spot]

^ Feed it some salt and water every night before bed, and you'll have that baby rusted through in no time and you can get some warranty work :D

[spclone]

ive got the same problem with mine, its only the hood though, according to the service dink, it has to have a hole in the metal, but im going tomorrow to argue with the body shop manager. mine is peeling and rusting under the hood.

[ptrudel]

Originally posted by spclone@Jun 9 2004, 06:38 PM
ive got the same problem with mine, its only the hood though, according to the service dink, it has to have a hole in the metal, but im going tomorrow to argue with the body shop manager. mine is peeling and rusting under the hood.
what year is your car? mine is doin that too, it's horrible right now, and it's a 2000

[coredump]

I've got the same problem with the rust on my hood, and also the beam thing (gotta love those technical terms) between the windows on the passenger side.

I spoke to my dealership about it and they've said that GM will cover 50% of the cost. I just need to get around to taking it in now. 2 days without a car isnt something I'm looking forward to.

[ptrudel]

the beam thing is rusting on mine too...but it's more noticeable on the drivers side

[Cyber Knight]

See pic for where my rust is. The rest of the body is rust free (it's a 2000), even my hood, it's chipped a bunch but fine for now, I try to keep the chips touched up.

[ptrudel]

:o that's the exact same spot as mine!!!

[spclone]

mines a 2001

[|Rev|]

hehehe I live in Colorado, and you could own a car for 30 years up here without having to worry about rust :thumbsup: sorry about ur rust guys, I just had to boast :D

[coredump]

Originally posted by |Rev|@Jun 11 2004, 01:54 AM
hehehe I live in Colorado, and you could own a car for 30 years up here without having to worry about rust :thumbsup: sorry about ur rust guys, I just had to boast :D
I may have to find out exactly where you and come down there with a truckload of salt water... dont worry, I'm sure I can give you some rust. :pissed:

[ptrudel]

hey coredump, how's about i pick u up and i'll give u a hand :pissed:

[coredump]

Originally posted by 2000_olds_alero@Jun 11 2004, 09:35 AM
hey coredump, how's about i pick u up and i'll give u a hand :pissed:
Or we could convoy down and take 2 truckloads of salt water... B)

[AleroGLS]

Originally posted by coredump+Jun 11 2004, 11:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (coredump @ Jun 11 2004, 11:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-2000_olds_alero@Jun 11 2004, 09:35 AM
hey coredump, how's about i pick u up and i'll give u a hand :pissed:
Or we could convoy down and take 2 truckloads of salt water... B) [/b][/quote]
ah what the hell.......Can i help :D :D

Gotta love the winter!!!!!!!!!

[ptrudel]

i've got access to heavy machinery if that helps ;)

[bdyman]

it`s all where you live, here to we use salt,not sand but you got to keep the car clean in the winter to wash the salt off the car
if ya don`t expect the rust

[Daytona]

Rust-Through means rusting from the inside out. It doesn't cover surface rust which could be caused by the paint being chipped away by rocks or whatnot and exposing the bare metal underneath.

If you want it to be covered, poke the hole all the way through the metal so that it looks like it rusted from the inside out.

[kwhauck]

f*** salt, here in colorado they have mag-chloride and will f***ing eat your paint aways like none other.....

[shockz]

Luckly I havent got any rust yet. It would just be another item to add to the list of problems I already have with this car.

It's a 2002, I am starting to notice some "fading" in my paint... on the spoiler and trunk. Its not covered under warranty and it really pisses me off.

[Ottawaalero]

Greetings all, I thought I would post a message about the rust under my hood...looks like i'm not alone though. My Alero is a 2001 and only has 64000kM on it. One dealership told me that is should be covered, when I contactd their bodyshop i was told after 3yrs or 60,000 kM you are sol. Another dealer told me that the GM rep would evaluate it on a case by case basis...of course i was told this after i started to fix the rust myself so i kinda screwed myself...

I have rust starting on the window beam thingy too....any suggestions on how to fix that? At least with the hood it's basically out of site so matching paint isn't a big problem.

I took some pictures of the rust strip i will post them and the final results of the fix up....

Cheers, Jay