My 2021 showed up in Texas with the very same "Ford Quality Patina". Luckiy, it seemed to be primarily the driveshafts and not much else. Still it's a shitty look on a brand new $50k vehicle. I also was at the dealership within 2 hours of drop off and under 40 miles on the odometer. The amount of dirt on the vehicle was shameful (even after the pre-sale inspection wash) that I made them wash it again (it still had dirt - I decided not to waste any more time there).
Most new cars arrive at the dealer with less than 15 miles on them, so I'd be suspicious. I bought a car off the showroom floor a couple years ago that only had 9 miles on it. I left it there so they could install a different mirror. When I picked it up the next day it had 20 miles on it. Everyone at the dealership swears up and down they only took it to the gas station 1/2 mile down the road to fill it up. Don't trust anyone at a dealer.
Just to be safe I drove my Bronco through some salt water at the beach shortly after delivery. And I never crawl underneath as I’d rather be surprised when pieces fall off.
I would imagine you shall be the 1st to hit a 100k...guessing by july.My 2021 showed up in Texas with the very same "Ford Quality Patina". Luckiy, it seemed to be primarily the driveshafts and not much else. Still it's a shitty look on a brand new $50k vehicle. I also was at the dealership within 2 hours of drop off and under 40 miles on the odometer. The amount of dirt on the vehicle was shameful (even after the pre-sale inspection wash) that I made them wash it again (it still had dirt - I decided not to waste any more time there).
Don't expect it to be any better than that. Still, that pitting is not right, but unfortunately normal. My driveshaft (front) was replaced under warranty for a boot failure. If it makes you feel better, I have 90k miles on mine with 0 days of downtime for repairs (driveshaft was just a few hours). It otherwise is still looking newish (but dirty).
Just going to note that Ford recommends a 5 tire rotation. So if you do make this a permanent spare and you still have warranty service make sure your service folks know to not rotate the tire in. I'd still raise hell with the folks that mangled your tire. Hopefully you have options regarding who does your tire work.
I work with metal for a living and believe it or not have been driving and working on vehicles since the 60’s and owned a Ford truck or 6. I know the difference between surface rust and pitting flaking corrosion spurred on by salt, that should not be there yet, and salt crystals all underneath the vehicle. My 21 year old Excursion has a lot of unpanted metal surfaces, and of course surface rust, but it has no pitting or flaking rust like is already showing up on this bronco on the bare metal and some painted parts. It showed up at the dealership with 30 miles on it and obviously somebody in Michigan drove it out in salt and then didn’t wash the undercarriage. I live in a dry climate where nothing rusts like this and plan to keep this truck until I pass it on to family. I’m just disappointed in Ford that it wasn’t cared for better before I got it. Chill yourself.
