Which "modern" cars rust badly?

[V8A*ndy]

I have regular use of a Renault Kangoo van and the corrosion is shocking.

My mother had a Fiesta that just disintegrated.

[sniff diesel]

E36 BMW's suffer a fair bit of rot on the arches.

[robsti]

Wife had a 99 mercedes c240 sport it had 2x front wings 2xdoors 2x rear wheel arches resprayed and a new bootlid all done under warranty! she now drives an Audi.

[Stu - B]

robsti said:

Wife had a 99 mercedes c240 sport it had 2x front wings 2xdoors 2x rear wheel arches resprayed and a new bootlid all done under warranty! she now drives an Audi.

Did they not have the correct panels?

[h4muf]

All ford ka`s.

Badly.

[crossle]

Disco_Biscuit said:

Dodge Caliber, 2 years old and rusting

Ha ha! Somebody actually BOUGHT a Caliber?!

[Fruitcake]

The ubiquitous PH answer... MX-5

Oh, and Fords.

[Disco_Biscuit]

crossle said:

Disco_Biscuit said:

Dodge Caliber, 2 years old and rusting

Ha ha! Somebody actually BOUGHT a Caliber?!

Yeah my boss,

[gradeAfailure]

Mk3 Golfs - sills mainly but also bottoms of doors, top of windscreen, rear arches, bootlid..

[Leicesterdave]

Are Mercs built nowadays ok?

[V6Alfisti]

Merc's and BMW E36//E39/E46 seem to have a number of problems with rust.

MX5's sometimes on the rear arches too

Edited by V6Alfisti on Sunday 18th October 21:30

[finlo]

Leicesterdave said:

Are Mercs built nowadays ok?

NO

[davidspooner]

The majority of ford pumas have arch problems - they forgot to rustproof them (the old man had his inspected and properly sealed)

5 wh said:

Mercedes and Ford are the worst rusters from that era

[V6Alfisti]

h4muf said:

All ford ka`s.

Badly.

The ones I have spotted are always around the fuel cap area.

[ZesPak]

mate had a not-that-old BMW E36, rusted very badly at the doorsills & arches.

[FreeLitres]

snuffle said:

Jaguar XK8s are failing on front floor pans and inner sills.
X types should be failing too, but thats just personal opinion.

As an owner of an old X-Type, I will have to disagree with you sir.

As a regular on various Jaguar/X-Type forums, rust is never mentioned as a problem.

[5 wh]

A customer recently had to scrap
an 03 ford ka because remedial work for rust made it uneconomical for him to put a fresh mot on it(I sold him a golf)Pumas always rust around the rear wheel arches,with mondeos and focuses it is mainly door bottoms.I recently took a 98 e class that was so rusty it was a lost cause-I sold it in the trade for £600

[insanojackson]

i saw a nice blue fiesta today, the one 2 models ago, and the sporty one, i cant remember the model but the one with the same chassis as a puma? Anyway it was nice and subtly modded so i went over for a peek. On closer inspection it was riddled with rust! both rear arches.

[aw51 121565]

V6Alfisti said:

h4muf said:

All ford ka`s.

Badly.

The ones I have spotted are always around the fuel cap area.

Have a glance under the sills, at the flange where the sills meet the floorpan. Can be quite revealing on KAs less than 5 years old. And it doesn't stop there. (The rust around the filler cap is usually on older ones - and owners often scrap 'em as this repair is complicated.)

There have been a few articles in Car Mechanics about indifferent protection from the elements on metal parts under smaller Fords this millenium.

Car Mechanics have currently got their teeth into the MB problems. It makes troubling reading . MB are apparently repairing corrosion to cars up to ten years old (from memory) with proportionate contributions from owners (eg car is 8 years old, owner pays 80%), it seems. My numbers may well be out in terms of years (am reporting this from memory, the articles are in the loft), but some support is there from MB!

[poshboyracer]

Stu - B said:

robsti said:

Wife had a 99 mercedes c240 sport it had 2x front wings 2xdoors 2x rear wheel arches resprayed and a new bootlid all done under warranty! she now drives an Audi.

Did they not have the correct panels?

lolz. Love your work.