5 month lease car with rusty arches?

[Westarmy]

Hi all,

AXLES sorry the title is wrong my bad

I'm looking for some advice here, I have a 5 month old lease car and already the rust is quite severe I'm my opinion. I have looked at the caps and even the wheel caps are giving off some white limescale colour which doesn't come off.

I'm concerned that somethings not right here what are my options here? Attached are photos.

Edited by Westarmy on Monday 9th August 14:32

[steveo3002]

thats a brake disc not a wheel arch...they do rust as theyre bare metal

[Westarmy]

steveo3002 said:

thats a brake disc not a wheel arch...they do rust as theyre bare metal

I've just updated the pictures, the brake discs are spotless, it's the metal surrounding the discs that are concerned, even the calipers have rust on them

[steveo3002]

its still the brake disc...nothing to worry about there

rusty caliper is a bit soon , maybe its had some harsh wheel cleaner used on it

[Canon_Fodder]

Book it into the dealer for a check / fix under warranty

[C. Grimsley]

You can see just looking at the rust it’s had a wheel acid used to clean it, but it’s nothing to worry about.

Carl

[Chrishum]

Westarmy said:

Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice here, I have a 5 month old lease car and already the rust is quite severe I'm my opinion. I have looked after th caps and even the wheel caps are giving off some white limescale colour which doesn't come off.

I'm concerned that somethings not right here what are my options here? Attached are photos.

[Bungleaio]

You're really asking this?

[steveo3002]

someone show him what a rusty arch looks like

[hyphen]

^^ be gentle. We were all young and less informed once

Canon_Fodder said:

Book it into the dealer for a check / fix under warranty

OP as above, if a lease and under warranty and won't cost you, just get the dealer to run an eye over it when you have time free.

[iphonedyou]

Excellent thread.

[wiliferus]

+1

And it’s a Peugeot. This early disc rust will be the least of the OPs worries in a year or two

[georgeyboy12345]

lol bloody hell

[ChocolateFrog]

What makes you think that's a wheel arch

What do you call the bit of bodywork closest to the wheel/tyre?

[ChocolateFrog]

As it won't have seen any road salt yet it's most likely from the harsh acid based cleaners that the local illegal immigrants charge a fiver for.

That and being a cheap french car that will be built down a price that will make a yorkshireman wince.

You can take them off and paint them yourself but a bit pointless on someone else's car.

[Drive Blind]

the plastic wheel nuts covers going white is an indication an agressive acidic wheel cleaner has been used.

brake discs will rust because they are bare metal

[PH_77]

steveo3002 said:

someone show him what a rusty arch looks like

[Jamesgt]

PH_77 said:

I can also show what a rusty 2019 Golf R estate looks like.

[Graeme123]

As said this is what using cheap wheel cleaner does for you…

[ZX10R NIN]

That's caused by an acidic wheel cleaner probably from a hand carwash, nothing to worry about.

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Sunday 8th August 22:23